The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-21

range In Robson and they concluded |
that about twenty per cent. of the
normal cotton acreage has been given
over this year to other things. which
include more oats, much more wheat
sofa beans, peas. and q variety Of
new products. They mentioned partic-
ularly the amount OF wheat sowed and
harvested. y carload of wheat had
just gone from Rowland to the mill
with several more 10 follow from
there. At st. Paul 1900 bushels
await shipment \ new mill ct Penn
broke is completely overwhelmed with
grain TO be ground. The people are
much pleased with The wheat expert
ment and will SOW a greater acreage
this season than last year
Robson is becoming a great corn
county. The crop this year will BE i
big one. In the census year it eX-
ceeded million bushels. All of New
England in the same year made only
eight times as much corn as this one
county. the entire Pacific coast coun-
try made but little more than twice
as much as RObeSOn, and the whole
mountain country from Kansas west
to the California line made about
| eight times as much corn as Robson
| county.
When it comes to the entire crop
| product of the county Arizona Nc
vada and Rhode Island are three
States that do not make a crop worth
as much in the entire State as this
| one county makes, and New Mexico
| Wyoming and Delaware barely exceed
| this one county in the total value OF
| farm products. If the whole State
of North Carolina had Robeson's crop
record this State would show a farm
product bigger than that of any other
two States of the Union.
hot ,o
North Carolina can do if it digs ir
its toes.
To Moralize a Bit.
Now to moralize little bit. Wyom
, ing made a crop little bigger thar
, the one county of Robson. Wyom
ing has within it's borders over $1,000
T persons who were born in othe
States, besides the native population
, Robson has a little over 81, 900 in
habitants, nearly all native. If Wyom
? ing, unable in the whole State to max
more farm products than R"beSOl
: makes in the one county, can attrac
81. 600 people from other States, Wha
a can Robson do if the effort is made
y Does Robson need more people?
, / answer this by citing two or thre
q things 1 have noticed in the county
. Possibly the most significant is tn
4 Jacob swamp drainage project. BY a
q dCl Ol tIle Legislature peIullSSlOl Wd
G granted certain persons to issue bond
to the extent of $50, 900 to drain 33
O 900 acres Of land on the Jacob cree
II swamp. The main bitches have bee
! cut. This $4,000 acres of eXtremel
\ fertile land is becoming available fC
= cultivation. To cultivate the land wi
take some 700 or 500 families. 4
- Robeson county did not undertak
- this job of drainage just to spend goo
y money I infer that Robson wan
- more people This Jacob creek in
% provement is directly across the Lun
20 Der river from LumbertOn, a town tht
- has grown with its suburbs to hay
a about 5000 people now. When tn
=, reclaimed land is filled with bus
- producing farmers the business Of II
- town will broaden and more peop
= will be wanted here.
~ Another answer as 10 wheth
~ Robson wants more people is four
- in the incorporation of the Plante
Bank ard Trust Company. an inStitl
- ion that has been chartered with Il
- right 20 issue $50, 900 capital stoc
- and which has for its purpose a ban1
&c ing business devoted largely to Il
aid of development of the count
This new bank is formed by two
=, three hundred of the progressive ms
!. ,.' of the county, and expects to be
operation by the first Of the new yea
~ Agriculture and industry VIII
20 fOstered by the company. which
le going on the theory that a CROWN
u productive, developing community "
~ continually create new business for
20 bank.
e. From Next To Nothing
II, Robson county has made wonde
- f,l proorpcG in the last quarter OF