The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-18
BION III. BUTLER.

BION III. BUTLER.
oxford, May 15.-One of the most |
surprising features in the rapid de- |
velopment Of North Carolina is the |
enthusiasm that is apparent in every
community and every town from one
end Of the State to the other. Every
thing that indicates going ahead has
its signals out. 1t is practically i'm
possible to go to any place in the State
and not Immediately recognize the
signs. One county points to its farm
DEVELOPMENT One to it's health meas
ures. One to its multiplying schools.
All of them have some special lines.
You meet the good roads engineer, and
Just after him comes the man who is
stimulating the creamery production,
and after him is the man who is pio-
neering q paint and cleanup move
ment. And every where is the cry for
more people to help in the accom-
plishment that North Carolina has de-
Cided on.
Granville county is just now figur-
ing on bond issue to get more school
houses. Granville is a mighty active
county. 1t is one. of the leading to-
bacco counties Of the State. 1t is
good farm county for any number of
important II IldS d SoOOo
road foundation. The Capital High
way. with it's red, white and blue
stripes painted on the telephone poles
and mail boxes along the line, runs
down through Granville on the route
from Washington and the north to-
Atlanta and the South.
Has One of States Farms.
Granville has one of the test farms
Of the State, the one here being more
20 ic NJ
far out from Oxford, and about the
first striking thing that greets the
stranger who is progressing down
along the Capital Highway toward
Durham Is a field in which is a croI
Of oats, vetch and clover. E. G.
Moss, the superintendent Of the farm
figures that he will get about three
tons Of hay to the acre from that field
Then he will plant something else or
the ground. and by the time he has
completed the cycle OF the crop yeal
he will show hay yield that viii
make his crop as good as a crop o.
tobacco or any other ordinary crop
and the work on 1t will be insignifican
in comparison. Moss is something o
a joker. He is running his test farm
here to work out the questions con
corning profitable production of to-
bacco in North Carolina, and he i
iVduIuS SOlI1S Oh Tile lolhS WhO ScC IlI
fields to the belief that If Granvill
never planted another stalk Of Tobacco
the county could still have hope TO
pulling through.
1t is said that Granville tobacco Ian,
comes the nearest to perfection OF an
that has been discovered. / pass tha
along as l get it. After tobacco me-
have had their say, and the State to
bacco men have gone into the questiO
lntelligently and the Federal Govern
ment folks have had their fling at tn
subject. and all decide that Granvill
sits by the head of the table if nc
exactly at the head, there is nothin
Tor us spectators to do but accept tn
verdict. These folks know about a
that is known so far Therefore Grar
vile is accepted as a highly-endowe
tobacco section. The people make tn
goods. and that is more evidenc
Granville is a great tobacco county
q great tobacco belt of a great tobacC
State.
Three Places To Show.
After fooled around here in Grar
vie county a little, looking at tf
new roads and the red hills and tt
sandy ridges. and the progressive ga
these folks have struck I fell in wit
punch of men who said they wante
70 SHOW me their county. Il hay
seen It, / told them. But not all
they protested. "Not all, to be sur
put when You want to show ma
your county take him. said, 'thr'
piaceS. Go over to the test farm ar
Sve sn, the vetch field nearest to tow
Ihen go to the Masonic Orphana.
ana show him the alfalfa field ju
oeioW the main building. Then go