The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-18
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track found out |
In Granville the question 0. .
sources is no question at all II.
sole question is Of the people, the peo- |
pie who are here and the people who |
are not here. The county is on the i
verge of an election to provide bonds |
for more schools. The Commercial |
Club, General Royster, Superintendent |
Webb, and a confident wave of public |
sentiment, have taken on themselves |
the task of broadening the school sys-
tenn. The Commercial Club is one
way Of including a lot Of energetic.
shrewd and active men Of the county
instead of naming them individually.
This crowd has it in their heads that
by mixing school houses with the
coming crop Of boys and girls Gran
Vile is likely to get a good crop of
rural efficiency, and these folks are
arguing theory that the most re-
mote corner of the county should have
every convenience the most fortunate
| section has inst as fast as conveniences
/ can be prOv10ed. There are tohse in
the county who will tell you if you
| ask what the three graces are that
| they are the test farm, the farm dem
| onstrator and the improved school
| house: Granville is pushing ahead
| right aggressive1y on that neW-fangled
| notion that the country is as much
a part Of the county as the town, and
| that the county thriveS much more if
the country is made an attractive and
| fit place to live. That notion is get
! ting hold all over the State, and the
efforts now active in all quarters to
| make the farm life more attractive
are as surprising as they are encour-
Iaging. Two motives actuate the people
who are sponsoring the school move
ment. One is the general principle
that school house is good com
munity asset. Beyond that is coming
to the surface everywhere the notion
that to develop the resources Of the
, county the first thing is to make every
body as efficient as possible because
, general efficiency is the greatest field
, officer that ever took command. This
. thing Of better machinery, better
, stock, better roads, better mail serv-
til it includes better operatives in all
, occupations.
Plan To Get Dairy.
It was right interesting at the Com
mercia1 Club the other night to hear
these things discussed. Just as an ex-
ample, while the question of eff
| cheney and utilization of resources was
} on one member of the club proposed
Y that some efficient dairymen might be
I | ciSdScu ny TIE CluD ana assisted &c
e find location on some farm where
. he could make butter, and to assure
e him that he would have no trouble ir
a disposing Of his goods it was suggest
: | ed that every one Of the 200 members
j of the club agree to take butter from
0 the man, and pay him a good figure
r for a grade Of butter that must b.
t up to the highest standard. That go
e around to the other question, which
r is the need of more people in Gran
d vile as in all the other counties O
e the State.
!. Naturally a stranger coming int
r Granville and seeing the forage ant
It feed crops that are to be found ask
S why this is not one Of the foremo
e cattle feeding and dairying countie
n of the United States. He is answered
n that the people Of the county hav
" learned the trade Of making tobacco
and that they have the equipment 70
making tobacco, and that they hav
l. their money in tobacco farming, an,
It to make dairy products would requir
o an entirely new training and ney
= buildings and new stock, and ney
d methods. Then comes the next ques
i tion why do not other farmers iron
n other States come to Granville count
a to take advantage of the magnificen
a dairying possibilities, and the answe
s. is that the people of other dairy sec
ID tions do not know of the resources Q
.e soil, climate and market availabl
w here.
le Farm Place To Begin.
Of How to make known what they hav
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