The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-17
BION ii. BUTLER.

BION ii. BUTLER.
hickory, Aug. 14.-One of the first
places that l became acquainted with
in North Carolina was Hickory, and
one Of the first men was Shuford. al
though / never saw either Of them
until in the last few days. But you
become acquainted with people when
they do things. and that is how Shu-
ford came my way. One day the boss
at our house concluded she wanted
a new COW, and she came in with a
clipping from the paper saying that
ShutOrd at Hickory had good cows.
! don't recall the various debates
over the subject, but in the course
Of time we had a letter from Hick-
DRY and Shuford told us he had some
high priced cows, and some lower
priced ones. and some other ones, but
Just at that time he did not believe
h. had one that was just what we
wanted.
got to thinking about Shuford
thcn. and it occurred to me that we
would know more of him before the
committee erects that monument over
Us for a man who has a lot of cows
ana is frank enough to say that he
does not have exactly what a pros
peCtive customer really needs, can't
be suppressed.
Presently l found I was using a
Hickory wagon, and buying Hickory
seed. and Hickory flour, and watch
ing The progress Of a chap who was
making nickie-plated butter up a,
Hickory and the chaps name was
Shuford, and every once in a while
that name and Hickory kept bObbins
up. Then at Montreal one day a:
we came out Of the hall we found {
stand by the door and on the stant
jars Of butterndlk. and little piles o
yellow round disks, and those disk
were cheese
Memory Sweeps THE Past.
Your think department gets auicl
action sometimes, and sweeps tn
range OF life with swift completeness
Two pictures flashed on the screel
Immediately. In wartime days a farm
house stood on the Pennsylvania
mountains a hundred feet back fron
the road, and that farm house wa
Paradise. The path that led to tn
front porch from the gate was f1anke
on both sides by apple trees laden eac
summer with endless quantities of tn
best CRAFTS. Across the lane wer
plum trees. Bees hummed in tn
garden, which was garden. an
sailed under no false colors. Flow
ers backed the apple orchard. .
bigger orchard stood across the bi
road. Back of the apple trees wa
the farm house, and the cluster {
farm buildings. The buildings wer
designed by the farmer who lived
them, and they were designed for
farm. One roof sheltered the farnil
home. the cellar. the wood and co;
house, the repair shop, the outsid
kitchen, the big back porch which lie
10 the well house, the dairy, the ic
house, the store house and minor r.
treats. Across the lane was the WACO
and tool house and shop. Down tf
Zane the barns, chicken houses, shee
sheds, and that impedimenta.
Virginia has asserted a claim of tt
farm homes of the United States. TIL;
Is Well. But Pennsylvania had son
OF tho farm homes too, and it alwa.
seemed to me that when we allowe
The old farm to pass into the han'
"i the younger member of the bloc
who pulled down the old buildin;
and put up the offensive square, mo-
"in outlaws of rural architecture tn
We who submitted were guilty of
crime. ! never expect to pass th
road again. ! could rot approve
rlIiinS the ancestral home
! Look ~ the Old Place.
eot il is a pleasure to look back
'he old place, and see the gray-hairt
EU1ndmother as we of the smaller f
followed her about the big house fro
'he pantry at one end of the lol
porch to the dairy store room at &
other, and pestered her as she brouG
out The milk and the butter and t
cream and the cheese for the old dai
store room contained all Of them.
lna' old farm house the farmer ma
cheese as religiously as he made t
potatoes in the cellar or the cider