The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07

pOSal of the State Bureau of Publicity +
as soon as that organization is ready
to undertake active work.
The farm alluded to is to feed a
thousand hogs this winter The hogs |
will be turned on the SOY beans and |
peanuts, and with cattle Will be al |
lowed to range over the big corn ,
fields, and the crop now growing will |
be harvested with mighty little human
effort and will bring a price that will
make the operation worth while.
George Holderness is big bust
ness man of North Carolina. Among
his other big occupations he is a big
farmer. Some folks will tell you that
he has lots of money and can afford
to farm on a big scale even if he does
not win out, but like most big bust
ness men he is a systematic operator,
and he surprises some of his critics
once in a rare While by pulling out his
records and showing that systematic
farming leaves comfortable balance
on the right side. On this eight hun
dred acre farm this man has not a
stalk of cotton. Last year it was
big cotton farm, and a highly sue
cessful one. This year the plows
| turned down the cotton stubble and
| opened burrows for feed crops and
cotton has given way to those things
mentioned. In addition herd of fifty
dairy cattle grazes on the pastures,
and makes a gilt-edged product that
sells at the highest figure in the local
market. which asks for more without
a question Of the price.
Corn Growing Revelation.
This is only one Of the Holderness
farms, for the other side of Tarboro
is the Cotton Valley farm where hogs
are again in evidence. One hundred
| hrNo
!. 1000 pigs year and on the Cotton
Valley farm is some of the finest corn
that ever stood out in the sunshine
The fact is that trip over North
, Carolina this year is a revelation as
to the corn growing possibilities o1
the State. If I could impress on the
4 people Of North Carolina the posi-
: bilities of this State for corn makins
7 as / have seen in the last two months
would claim to have been one O
r the greatest benefactors the State eve
e knew, for If the people could see thes
S native resources as I can see them ii
q my wandering here and there the,
t would never rest until they increased
n the corn yield by millions of bushel
: or worried all the rest of the Unite'
! States to death hearing the story o
: the marvellous opportunities.
FL However, in this lesson I am tellin
&c what Farmer Shelton could hav
brought to Raleigh with him if h
could have found transportation fO
1t, and could have removed it frOr
= the soil. At Cotton Valley farm M
< Holderness has a herd of 100 Abel
y deen-Angus cattle. He is working OF
the question Of the Angus steer ju:
- like Mr.. Shelton is working out tn
- ! Hereford, and these two herds al
~ u identifying Edgecombe county wit
~ the foremost progress Of cattle rearin
and feeding as it is found any whe,
~ to be many years until men who al
- looking for well-bred. uniforl
,s punches Of beef cattle will keep COZ
- stantly in touch with the Tarboro ca
= tie center. for from the three Or fol
we'll established herds now in IL
or county the influence is spreading, ar
Io | the black cattle and the white-fac
~ are beginning to appear here ar
~ ~, there in many directions. At the Co
ton Valley farm is 100 acres in 81
he beans, 100 acres in peanuts and II
an acres in corn for the hogs and cattl
o besides 100 acres in mixed crops f
m the hogs to Craze. Hay in abundan
e, ne, will also be made, but on these tv
~ farms of Cotton Valley and PanOla
~ not an acre of cotton. OF about q
-, acres pastured and planted the enti
10 acreage is paSturing stock and raisil
"a feed crops for the stock. small
70 factor in numbers but possibly ~
as important in the experiment
~ Cotton Valley is q flock Of fifty Shro
-. shire sheep, and a half a dozen bro
~ mares raising mule colts.
he Cotton Valley farm has also been
Of cotton farm as can be understo
;s- when it is known that last year on