Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-09-02
MR.. CARTER FARMS FROM HIS
BED, AND BOOK-FARMING PAYS
Burnett Carter is Experimenting With
Sofa Beans, Peanuts and Pure
Bred hamDSire Hogs.

Burnett B. Carter, despite the fact
that for three years he has been con-
fined to his bed and invalid chair, is
offering the more imposing truckers
and farmers some object lessons in the
possibilities of Henderson county soil
Mr.. Carter has not been able TO get
| out now for long time, but he is do
| ing some intensive farming that should
serve as a valuable lesson to some OF
of the more sturdy who are not living
up to their opportunities, and his &C
complishments are the more Iemarka-
BILE when one considers that he knew
nothing of farming before confined to
his bed. Mr.. Carter is an architect.
He didn't even pretend to know how
to cultivate a little garden spot, but
upon being confined to his bed he
didn't give up, SO proceeded to take up
something that, could, be done under
his directions. He seized. upon the
idea of trucking, and equipped with
number of farm papers, he took up
what some of the farmers snort at as
being "book-farming," and this under
taking was made on plot of ground
on. Fifth avenue adjoining his res
| idence under almost a protest from
some of his we'll Wishers for the
reason that they said all efforts even
by an expert would be a failure on the
ground available. Mr.. Carter has been
studying trucking, farming and stock
raising and has also entered the stock
| raising business.
Some people say that sofa beans
can't be grown in Henderson county
but Mr.. Carter decided they could and
that they would stop the buying of
corn and hay as sofa beans when fed,
! both bean and vine, furnish a balanc-
| ed ration. Mr.. Carter has tried the
| beans for two years and he says that
his experiment has shown that from
one to two tons of this feed can be
produced to the acre when planted with
corn at, no extra cost except for seed
! and harvesting, and being nitrogen
| Gatherer, they are a benefit to both
corn and soil.
| By directing farm operations from
his bed Mr.. Carter has been able to
support himself and family on the sale
/ of vegetables from little patch of
ground on which he grows many vari
cites of eatableS. He is now trying
his first experiment with Spanish pea
nuts, and the result shows that they
will grow. here. The peanuts have not
yet matured but on the vines are
large quantity that will mature before
frost and even though they may or
may not be grown here successfully
| for market, Mr.. Carriers experiment
shows that they can be grown fol
sock feed
Mr.. Carter says that Hampshire
hogs, dairy cattle and Percheron
mares together with SOFA beans would
start the 1,164 Henderson county far
mers who buy feet to hauling farm
products to market instead of to the
| farm. He has succeeded in interest
| ing E. G. Stone, secretary of the Ma
tional Hampshire Recorders associa
ton in the adoptabiIity, of Henderson
/ county to the production of Hamp-
shire hogs, and Mr.. Stone, VINO has had
20 years experience in pure bred stock
business, has selected from the herd
of Lambert Ogle OF Sheridan Ind,
/ pure bred SOW of the finest marking.
The hog arrived Sunday and Mr.. Car
| ter says that q boar of equal breeding
as well as other sows will be shipped
as the demands for this stock justify
i He hopes to be able to offer some O.
this stock to hog growers of Hender-
/ son county.
Mr.. Carter takes great delight in
! talking of his trucking andAstoek rails
ing activities and despite the fact that
it is to a great extent book farming"
some of those prejudiced against these
methods of tilling the soil could pro-
badly get some valuable Information |
from him regarding his successful ex-
periments. /!