The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-26

be the type. 1here comes Inc
Trust company which proposes to
hack as MANY small farmers ii es-
tab,ishing themselves as lis finances
will permit The company nSuTes
that if il can establish thousand
small farmers on farms of their OWL
and can help them 70 become sue
cessful, il will not only nave en-
ployed its money for the tune the
small farmers need it, but the COM
pany will have located possible
thousand new and permanet c'isto-
ners Of the bank. This is figuring .
long way ahead. but il is figuring with
the absolute certainty Of future sue
cess for the bank.
Here comes the Aberdeen and
Rockfish railroad and figures that IL
can find in the North way 10 mar
ket the combined product Of several
small farms it builds up permanent
| traffic for the road reaching away into
the future.
Here comes the town man who hg-
nres that if a thousand families can
| be put on small farms all around the
| town. bigger central school houses
| will take the place Of the smaller,
| isolated school house units, and bigger
and better everything III the way or
public utilities will follow
! Here comes the Board of Trade
which figures that its function of en-
|
| to put the small farmer on a different
relation toward the consumer The
| idea now entertained is to encourage
| the small farmer to keep a few hogs
enough for his own needs, and few
| for sale. With q hundred farmers
raising a few hogs for sale they can
be sold through thhe common agency
classified as they are brought to the
| selling lot, and a car of uniform
| stock be offered the buyer. The board
proposes to try for a canning factory
| that surplus beans, fruit. tomatoes,
etc, can find a market through the
| common effort and in such quantity
and Of such character that a stand
ard can be created and maintained.
The sweet potato which grows IL
North Carolina in spite of neglect or
any form Of treatment, is to be look
ed on as a possible revenue producer,
and the suggestion will be offered the
farmers that they plant varieties that
will either suit the Northern markets
or that may be suitable for canning
Working By Plan.
All these things and a lot more are
recognized as strictly within the
limits. The only reason they have not
been taken up before is because nc
organized or sufficiently large anC
systematic effort has been turned il
any one direction. The farmer has
, followed the drift, and the drift ha:
followed aimlessly and without logica
aim
Men like thhe Blues, Pages, Gateses
, Tuftses, and those fellows are no
( drifterS. They work to plans, and tn,
/ plans have to be analysed before the.
! are approved. In every little town il
S the Board of Trade territory is cen
e terof enthusiasm, backed by the sub
e stantial men of the town, and all ar
: determined in trying out the idea
K that have been gradually working t
v the surface. The thing has reache,
h the stage now where it seems tina
it is finally a question of pressing for
= ward along a definite line.
y Possibilities Proved.
o The remarkable advance the Sand
Q hill country has made in the las
t few years is one of the best guar
y antees Of the possibilities of the re
y gion. That such advance has bee
made without any organized plan
e pretty good indication Of what is t
r come with plan organized an
# with the most capable men to carr
o it out. Therefore I maintain thu
/ what these Sandhill folks are pro
n jecting they will carry out for tw
l. reasons. The first is that they wi
q carry it out because they can, an
Re the second because they must.
the situation were much less favor
II
t to hunt out some way to work OF
i'll the problem which they have set f
II themselves for they are not the kin
as TO fail. especially where failure Woul
Mt mean SO much.
Possibly / magnify this propos
* ton, but | do not think SO. To II
IL this Sandhill experiment which b;
Z passed the stage of experiment.
ne one of the most important affairs
a | the State Possibly he eyi-
re en- first place, for it is a work tn
&c can be duplicated in every count
d The swift progress that is visible
- every traveller who comes into tn
ne neighborhOOd is fully as possible
pe the northern and eastern and ives
II ern countries as here in the cente
That this particular spot has draw
es some wealthy men to cooperate wi
20 those already here is an incideI
h' These men are setting the pace for
the other communities, which is
ol advantage to all. But every commu