The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-01
Cattle and DairYiHlg
BION II. BUTLER.

Sanford, May Hown from |
Chapel Hill few L <s, came q |
machine gun they call + W When
he first came to Chapel IA s5s he |
gan to get acquainted with /. 70 ks
in this State they called him no
fessOr f.. c. Branson. Then it got
down to Prof BranSon and DR.. Bran
| son, and III time down to just plain
| BransOn, and today il you hear one
| man ask another about Branson YOU
know it is Branson, of Chapel Hill, or
| OF all North Carolina, for BransOn
is like lot Of other big fellows who
don't need much name to distinguish
| them as long as they have distinguish
| ed the name.
| Down from Chapel Hill came Bran
son to Sanford, and a man who hap
pened to hear him talk told me after
information about Lee county in ff-
teen minutes than We had ever found
out in all our lives before. If Prof.
Branson will not blush too much at
such bouquets l want to use him for
a minute to illustrate the text: Half
a year or so ago BranSOn, Hamilton.
Wilson, Judd. Williams and | don't
) know who all. started up q publica-
ton at Chapel Hill they call the News
Letter. That thing is sent out once
, a week all over the State and like
, enough over a big slice of the rest Of
the country, and it carries each week
a bottle of tabascO sauce applicable
to the ordinary things Of life, especial
a ly those things that pertain to the
farm and to the material progress OF
= the home. The bunch at the Univer-
!. sity does not realize the value of the
q | work the News Letter is doing fOl
: | they cannot see the entire field they
+ cover, but no doubt they hear from
!. it every few minutes, for it is one o
q the agencies that are stirring III
y | things in North Carolina.
" Branson On Development.
W There was a time a few years ag
e if a man wanted to know anything h
IS hunted up some Of the statistics tina
IS Edward Atkinson had gathere'
/ around him up in Boston. I have no
n heard of Atkinson in a good while
n from which it is probably safe t
= figure he may be out of the running
IS But as applied to North Carolln
is Prof Branson has Atkinson set bacl
g in the lower classes, although Atkin
of son was surely a thoroughbred. Bran
N son has been digging into the devel
er opment Of the State, OF the cOuntie:
"a Of the towns, of the farms, the COW:
le the schools the railroads the foo
oe supply, and everything that he ca
OF hang any figures on, and it is tn
IS. truth that he is getting North Care
er lima excited. He has the folks figul
~ ing in Lee about when he will com
m down again, and he arrived here jul:
10 a. the psychological minute.
r Lee has farm demonstrator, J.
IHenley, who has been botherin
around over the county until he he
IA encouraged a lot of folks to increas
Of their corn crop from 20 bushels
n the acre up to over 40 bushels. an
en- Henley has been advocating ne
n things in farming. He had been pilo
O. other A. and M. men around the coul
dy ty who talked to farmer about crea
a. routes, and Branson came just
Of time to throw another shovelful
re fuel on the fire Of enthusiasm.
lie looks at this writing as if Lee coun
on be more cream routes to send crea
ii down to the new creamery at We
Raleigh, and it is rather hard to pr
ds dict what will be the outcome of Il
10 ambitions these various forces a
u awakening. Henley is showing Il
- farmers what is required in the W:
~, Of providing the cream. and what
-, gained by keeping good cows on Il
ls,. farm. He has the thing SO far alol
- ~. that it looks like winner now, al
E ,tv the gratifying feature OF it is that Il
l'y outbreak of this movement in l.
ne ,1. county is nothing more than what
70. taking place all over the State.
Diversification Cropping Out.
pe Diversification of farming is Gro
ne ping out on all sides: It is not e
SS' dCtly tudl 1uctuOO1Cdl u1FcESl1lCdll
eas that was figured on, but it is a
1er versification That is diversifying itse
lat The girls canning clubs are introdu
on. ing a diversification that has abo
ma. taken possession Of the State At I
eS. State Fair in the fall the canni
ith clubs are to be given marked reco
nd milton. Several counties will have
ons exhibits of canned goods from t
ins girls.
op- Over in Moore county another pha
OF of the cattle question has come 1T
The observation. AT Aberdeen the Pa
the Trust Company has taken a hold, a
four pure blooded short horn bu
have been thought to distribute amo