The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
Edgecombe County Indicates
States Immense Possibilities


in Edgecombe county did not come
as the result of this years enthusiasm
They have been gradually arriving.
The farm Improvement that resulted
from feeding cattle on a small scale
has led to feeding cattle and hogs on
larger scale. On the farms where
many cattle are fed the productive
power of the farms is reaching a sur
prising state. Mr.. Shelton in 1912
sowed an acre in orchard grass, herds
grass. italian rye grass and red clover
In 1913 he cut from that acre $500
pounds of hay which was baled and
weighed. He grazed the field in win
ter and in 1914 cut a further 4,34O
pounds Of hay, which was baled and
weighed.
This kind of yield comes from cat
tie and hogs. To help out 500 pounds
of lime to the acre, 400 of acid phos-
phate and eight loads Of stable ma
| nure with sc pounds of soda were
applied. The same farm reports
| 10 IL tons Of silage from an acre
and the farmers report that $50 BUSH
els Of burr clover seed is not uncom-
mon. This is a great burr clover
country Burr clover and soy beans
| are two of the features in diversified
| farming that are highly esteemed The
soy bean fields are pictures AS a
| ulC lIeSe Cdttie ana nOS-1oeU1ng
| farmers get remarkable stands and
they get remarkable growths, a soy
| bean field with an unbrOken mat of
| beans two and a half to three and a
| half feet high is the rule rather than
| the exception.
| Edsecombe county has been inocu-
| lated with the silo bacteria l noticed
slios here and there and more of them
| starting to grow. When that thing
/ in
what is going to happen. The silo
| settles the COW question, and the COW
settles the soil fertility question. and
SOIL fertility in a country with a rain
fall like is in eastern North Carolina
settles a lot of other things Edge
combe has begun to figure on more
population. and has a mighty inter
estlng scheme under nsideration
which IS nothing more or less than to
cut up some of the big farms of the
county into small units and settle on
those small units good men from other
states. To do this it is proposed tc
back those men. give them a dozer
years II necessary to pay for THEN
farms to stand behind them in every
possible way that they may be GER
tain to become successful producers
and developers of the community.
| The TarborO crowd has a lot a
sharp-eyed business men. and the,
are planning sensible movements fo1
their county. They are paving atten.
5 ton to the development of the farm
and also to the other things that are
worth while in life. They have one
OF the quaintest, most interesting OLE
towns on the continent fine streets
! shaded by old trees that are amons
the patriarchs of the United States
and in the heart of the town the wis,
men who founded the town long year
, aSo reserved a park that is to be ;
handsome thing as the populatio,
s closes in about it and needs delight
e full recreation spot. Enough of tn
Ola is on all sides to make the tow
interesting. and enough of the new t
g make it thoroughly modern The ney
will he long. long time in overcom
ing the ancient charm of the oil
5 place. although the modern things ar
IN abundance sufficient to afford a
n the conveniences that have come wit
recent invention and practice. Fin
homes and plenty of yard room ar
s two features. Good schools. goo
! churches. good stores and cordie
e people are on ell sides Good road
81 lead to the farms and to the neigh
n bOrhood towns
[ look for Tarboro to be one {
g these days a famous center of a bi
cattle industry. and with the farms {
, the county developing as a great focr
! OF live stock breeding and feeding
&c can imagine here one of those inter
sively cultivated counties like Lanca.
9' ter in Pennsylvania, for instanc