The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-11
Richness of Lincoln County

hlCnneSS OF Lincoln county
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the wisdom of the experiments is
proven. This happens every day.
Every day some farmer establishes
some new thing. 1t may be big or
it may be little, but it is an advance,
and it is at the service Of the whole
county.
Value of United Effort.
1t is not hard to predict the future
of this section. The combination of
circumstances writes the whole story
plainly On the page Here is a great
market for wheat, for butter, for
meat. North Carolina has never yet
been supplied without calling on 9TH
err States for help. The farmers Of
the Piedmont are coming to see the
demands that are at their door. They
have come to recognize that they car
maxi as good butter in Lincoln as
can be made anywhere. They are
and united effort. They have the
| climate and the soil suitable for their
work. Anybody who can put two and
two together can foretell what is in
store for this section Of the State.
Yet more than this is the industrial
side. Lincoln is in the industrial belt
of the State. Power is generated on
the streams that thread the valleys.
| Here is that same generous prodigali-
ty of force that is one of the boasts
of the State. So Lincoln county has
mills and factories. The cotton mill
is a conspicuous feature in Lincoln.
The group Of mills Of the county add
many hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars to the cotton that is shipped
away, for cotton shipped from the
spindle Or the loom brings more
money than cotton shipped from the
gin in h bale. Flour mills in the
county make flour of the wheat and
OF the corn and give the product an
added value. Various factories add
to the products OF the county. and
f~oreshadow what is to be expected as
the days roll On.
Lincoln Is Expanding.
Llncoin is expanding along all the
various lines. The farms are getting
a new enthuiasm. for the farmer has
discovered that there is no limit r.
possibilities Of his production OF
Things that a ready market will alb
sorb. The factory is utilizing the
ready raw material and the convent
ent power. AS these chances are bet.
ter known more people to engage il
tnese is a certainty. At the present
Lincoln 6 the possibilities O.
thoSe thrifty half-rural. half-indus
trial communities so Frequently en-.
? countered in the North and West anf
IN the Old world, h communitie
long established. prosperous and we'll
! Kept, tidy and with money in tn,
nanks' energetic and looking to tn,
= Auture as Well as to the present.
f County Ideally Located.
r Lincoln county has an ideal ,oca
liUu. lIS mIi0Qr climate o;-1~
long advantage over towns of ire clao
iarlner north. Its ridges that one,
the endless picture and handsome j,
every olrectlon set it in the class vii
me hi!i country Of the New Englan,
7 anu M1odie States. Lincoln co,1n1,
e feu ~ financial stringency less las
A IAN and winter tina some o,her 49,
b OF the State, for Lincoln denends 1as
i on cotton, and the other things tho
ASoIn makes were not so Athlete,
e WIN the heart bowed down. 1t is
Y 'lat the man with cattle in I'll
oaiL Saro. hay in the NOV and mea
n 80 Iie smoke house has less occasior
~ give himself concern than the ma
VINO mas these things in the croao.
Il or the warehouse owned hv sonahe5
$ else. Lincoln county is one Of -
" counties Of the State. Fror
'oo 20 1910 the value Of it's ia =,
n etopertS increased from s2,37S.OOO +
so,iVo,oOe, or ia per cent Tb
nuiioihss on the farms increased i
saIue at n rate of 1875 per cen.
o~liS mat the tangible values in
creased more than the fictitiou
values which always attach 70 49,
Inc value of the farm impIeuents in
ease 10 per cent. and the valne :
lae I'VE stock 100 per cent. Anyho6
: can increase land values bv movin
up the hgures, but to increase th