The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-12

as the forces could be organized work
was pushed forward. 1t is a fasci-
mating picture TO watch a crew of men
sweeping through the woods. and
taking half an acre an hour. or more
as they did when l was over there on
one occasion. The force has reached
as nigh as eight acres a day with It's
clearing, which is cutting off the
ground at a rather rapid gait. OF
course the average has not been so
G yet n one week the work done
has reached as high as fifty acres
cleared.
While clearing was in progress and
the crew Of men with mules and plows
was following behind breaking up the
ground n getting it in shape. An
other force was busy getting out and
grading roads. Still another crew
found employment in preparing foun-
dations for houses, in building the
structures, in putting up the barns,
and in the woods another bunch OF
men were getting logs out for the
mill, for the lumber for the build
ings came from the farm property.
Busy and Buster Still.
1t will be seen that the Dundee
farm has been a lively place since
| work commenced there at the begin
ming Of the cal 1t is a busy place
now, and it will be a buster place as
the days continue, for the preliminary
work will continue on into next year,
and the permanent work will be con-
slant all the time.
Carrying a farm out of the woods
in a few weeks and raising a crop
in summer where forest stood in win
ter is a novel stunt. However, that is
simply an example of the progress that
can be made if men want to-. It
shows that the conservative advance
ment of the farm is merely a matter
| - xrilli, orr G TO do1oXv rofhoY than q
necessity. The experience at Dundee
shows that North Carolina in three
years could be made one Of the fore
most farm States Of the Union if
people so desired. 1t does not take
time to make a farm any more than
to make any other productive enter
prise if men will go al it in a business
way.
The operation Of clearing at Dun
dee is a little radical in the face Of
many of the new theories. It is not
a traction plow proposition, not {
modern stump puller scheme, no
anything that introduces the modern
IRENE OF Old North Carolina prac
tees, cutting down the trees. burn
} ing the brush, saving h wood tina
is fit for fuel, and tearing up tn
ground with mule drawn plows.
+ Here is a thing that has interested
me considerably. We are encourag
E ed to believe that the way to clea
: the big stumps, put in a lot to work
and have the field as smooth as a BIO:
e OF sifted ashes.
e That is good. But it overlook
e one factor-the factor Of cost. TIL
Dundee farm wants production at tn
least possible cost. They have fgur
S ed things down to a commercial prop
= oc;t;op ThoU arc getting the Ian
e cleared for two or three dollars a
acre, and plowed for about the sam
s figure. They expect that five dollar
e will put the forest in shape to plan
y If they could find that a greater eX
penditure of money would enable tn
q place to increase it's earning capaclt
a this would expend tn
o money. But the whole gang ha
Is friends in Missouri and they have in
re bibed thai Missouri suspician-shO'
e me.
IL Make Dollars Farmers.
The Dundee farm starts out wit
S, the determination to make every do
lar invested an earning dollar. Ever
Is step has been figured on the baS
at Of cost and Of efficiency. Much
he the work done here has been ate
al what some Of the proSresslves Wou
lie call primitive ways. Besides clearir
IN in the primitive fashion the schedu
" is to operate WIFI OHc-flOISC pAo"
in and c~ultivators, instead Of with II
two-horse riding implements.
Looking put over the big tract, all
with planters, plOws, and n Jof
es McFadyen remarked to Will NJ
he Laughlin the other day when | w
he at the farm with them that it was
fine collection of StumpS.
ID, Standing on one side where L
he three hundred acres can be seen Wi
n, the farming in progress it would su
gest that a crop Of stumps had be
X. planted and a goo STAND a resu
ed. But among all the stumps t
plow hands had laid off rows
is straight as the moral law, and tn
We lodged the stumps with pillow a
lrt planter as nicely as a politician W
MT. dodge a question that has two slo
is. do not present this fact for t
est sake of defending it, but simply as
he detail in the job the n peol
lie are laying out for themselves. a G