The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13

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and there it remained until the
awaking came. But the insantiable
earth-hunger suffered TO bring man
kind back home again. The day,
therefore, for better farming ap-
proacheS and its greatest gift VIII be
the enrichment of the farm nome
The material agencies TO advance this
condition are better seed. better an
imals, better machines, and better
appliances.
\ Crying Need.
In every section of cur unit
and particularly our own beloved
Southland. better marketing faCili-
ties are a crying need. We can over
do the cooperative talk. however.
Certain terminal storage and cold
storage warehouses with several
small markets will be the only way
out Of our difficulties. To preach
cooperation all the time gains moth
ing. Cooperative associations of
producers have helped, but they have
not solved the problem. Our agri-
culture is SO diversified that We
can't follow the Dane and the Dutch
TO the extent that it has been antici-
pated. [ fancy that our agricultural
methods are not going to change very
muCh within the next few years-and
yet, from another viewpoint, aSrlcul-
ture is making wonderful changes
when you consider the extent in the
use of wire fencing, silOs, improved
farm machinery and evrey other
phase Of farming. Examine what has
taken place in a philosophical spirit
alongside of changes that have oc-
cured in banking, manufacturing,
r~ailrOadlnS, and you are forced to
see that agriculture has practically
turned over. If banking and rail-
reading have been as completely
metamorphosed as farming has been,
it would have turned tOpsy-turvy.
\ Greco Suggested.
Our creed should be-not greater
active production. but less units of
production; not mere acres Of cotton,
corn, wheat, tobacco or potatoes, but
a greater acre yield; not less ~fertili-
zers to be used, but more from the air
and from what is produced on the
farm; not more cotton in the aggre-
safe, but more per acre; not more
COWS in the dairy, but a bigger yield
from each; not more farm horses, but
bigger and more efficient ones; not
more chickens, but more eggs; not
: less tools and machines, but more to
) be used to cut down labor hours: less
exploiting Of agriculture by philan-
5 thrOpists, city finance organizations,
but more demonstration by skillful
: farmers themselves, strict adherence
| to crop rotation; spraying Of fruits
, CIV iAloS ooiA C0IIoi -
mechanical devices and a fostering OF
, side lines like poultry, small fruits,
. pedigreed seed, etc.
We can talk of railroad reform, but
s there will be little change in freight
+ rates or in new routes. TrOlleys may
be extended, but the main travel OF
earth roads will carry the bulk OF
farm produce to market or shipping
n station. HydrO-e1ectric power is preg.
nant with possibilities, but the gaso-
: line engine will continue to operate
most of the machine co%ntrivances, anC
the kerosene lamp to light the farm
= buildings. Gas and electricity are
academic, but a better oil lamp fol
farm house is a practical hope
The farm home needs more moderr
co~nveniences, and they are possible
so for instance, the septic tank, tn
bathroom, the kitchen sink, etc. I
will be a long time befoNe our farm
homes are refurnished as they should
be. The aim should be to throw asid,
- those that are obsolete, n to u.s.
those that are practical within tn
i. reach Of the rank and file.
1t is all right to dream and see Wis
ions; it is all right aiso to present TIL
~ experiences Of the unusual farmer
= But our ideal n aim should be t,
= work with and for the average mar
- Our steps should be with the rank an
- file. In REIMBURSEMENT of tariff
finance, Panama Canal, other govern
, mental products cannot influence thes
:, projections because agriculture WOul'
~ progress whether froced or not, and
- will prove in accordance with evolu
70 tionary IDEAS.
a When the Farmer Enters Into Hi
=, Own.
tv The farmer enters into his own a
III the very moment when he realizes tina
he ought to be educated. When h
w uses his powers Of thought to till nj
"a land, and to grow his crops; when h
uses his muscles less. and the brai
n more; when he spares the physica
a body and crowds the tool or machin
~ he has created. The effect of tn
- elimination of hand labor and the US
- of labOr-sav wing machinery on tn
I physical and mental man soon becom
2 apparent. Before the invention O
- many of our modern farm tools, Ed