The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-29

of the State. Stand off a little and
see where the railroads lead to. They
converge at "a q dozen different
points and Raleigh is n or them.
Where the railroads go business and
people go. Raleigh IS on the main
line OF the SeaboaTd n on the main
line Of the Norfolk Southern. The
Southern has q line into the city. At
the Chamber of Commerce banquet a
few nights ago a speaker talking ap-
parently eXcathedra, said that 4 lit
tie road is trying to get to Raleigh
which everybody sumo IS the Coast
Line, and he minated that 1t would
come if Raleigh says so. Looking over
| our clues | think Raleigh will say so.
That puts the town on all the prin-
cipal lines of traffic Of the State.
Which means that as q commercial
town Raleigh has nc superior of loca-
ton. 1t is the political center. 1t is
a chief social center. II is a grow
! ing educational center.
In rambling about the streets we
come on another bit of evidence. This
is an unloOked-for clue. but it is none
the less important, for it is new, and
might be overlooked. The State and
Federal governments are making q
giant effort to agriculture
on a much higher and more scientific
| plane. The progress of agriculture in
North Carolina in the last fifteen
years has been one of the industrial
marvels of this marvellous big United
States.
Raleigh Boats Farming.
The progress Of agriculture in the
State is certain to be greater IN the
future than in the past, for the peo-
pie have discovered that North caro-
lima. is on the roa to Farmville. With
this wave Of agricultural progress has
come the knowledge that at Raleigh
is a systematiZed organization having
for it's object the advancement Of the
farm, and the whole State is becOm-
ing an agricultural experiment sta
ton with headquarters at the capital
in the Agricultural Department, and
at the Agricultural and Mechanic Col
lege. Raleigh becomes the Mecca OF
the North Carolina farmer, who has
grown up in a few years to be a fac
tor of commanding Importance from
Raleigh as the home of the strategy
board will extend all over the State
a comprehensive movement for the
development Of the farms. That thing
will have an influence on the towr
that we can not yet classify. NORTH
Carolina has only commenced to farm
1t has only commenced to do any.
thing. The principal crops Def thu
State are corn and cotton. The lane
area of the State is over 81, 900, O0(
acres. Last year not one acre in clever
in the State was planted to cor
About one acre in twenty-five wa
planted to cotton. One acre in three
undre was planted in sweet pc
tatoes.
What Farm Development Does.
1t was farm development that mad
Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City
indianapolis, st. Louis, and a lot o
the big and little places. 1 AXE thi
possibility as a clue to the future o
Raleigh n set a good deal Of stor'
by what it indicates. Anything tina
appeals to so large an interest as tn,
: farms Of the State, and which has tn,
ments, aided by a large force 0
5 trained scientific workers is boun'
! to have an influence.
. As to Manufacturing.
Is Raleigh going to be a manufac
: turing town?
t Let us do a little more Sherloc]
, Holmes business. What makes
. some case. Great Britain is a manu-
e featuring country because she coul
not sustain her people on the farms
+ That is not the case here. Pittsbur
IS a manufacturing town becaus
S while it could sustain its people o
: llO IiS II Ildu cheap power.
S Tally one. Raleigh has an abund
ance Of power in easy reach.
Kansas City became a great manu-
t featuring town because the territor
round about produced a great amour
e Of the raw material on which the fac
I tories of the city are built.
IS Tally two. Raleigh has raw ma
e terial until you cant rest.
e High Point became a phenomena
s manufacturing town because the pee
d pie felt interested in doing things G
n that sort and when they made a be
ginning they kept up from force G
habit. Raleigh has already com
IS menced to make things on a consider
able scale, and you can tally thre
right there, for the mills that hay
l started are going to be the forerur
1t ners of others, and of just as great
ct variety of shops and factories as ther
I are varieties Of individual tastes. Fc
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