The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-04

rock it;
M eat in the smoke house, and there |
go to find it,
I have in my life attended many |
sherlffs' sales for debts but have never |
seen the sheriff in execution sales offer |
a full crib of corn; and although l
have called attention to this in nearly
every Southern State, l have not found |
the man who said he had seen it,
The boys sang:
"All l want in this creation
Is a pretty little wife and big plan
tation.
If ever 1 get back again, I lead a diff
ferent life,
Save my money, buy a farm, take
Dinah for my Wife
The Negro sang:
IF l had a Scoldin' wife,
I'd whip her shures you born
SEN her down to New Orleans,
And trade her off for corn"
Two ballads, which generally ex-
press conditions of the times, at this
, time recognized farming as a profit
able business. due to a supply of corn.
The institution of the North Caro-
lima Department of Agriculture under
power of the Constitution was author
lied by the Legislature in 1877. The
principal business from that time to
1899 was the analysis Of fertilizers, as
| a very poor quality of goods had ap-
peared in the State, the publication of
| bulletins, and exhibition of the pro-
ducts of the State at national and in
terstate expOsitions.
A Practical Farmers Board.
| 1899 the Department was by law
recognized, to be directed by a Com
missioner of Agriculture and a Board
composed of one member from each
Congressional district, with fourteen
different departments of work stated.
Shortly after this it was enacted that
the Commissioner and members of the
board should be practical farmers
engaged in their profession The
work of the Department was with the
adult farmers of the State, those who
were too old for school age and most
of whom had had but very limited Op-
portunities for education. Neither
orator nor technical book could be
fused to advantage, but such measures
as would cause them to think were re-
Quired.
ITO make men think at all
Is of all things the principals;
The second is of importance quite
, Make them when they think, think
The third and then your task
through,
When it's done, think that is right
which they do"
RI The good book says that mar
f should eat bread by the sweat of his
, face. Some one said brow. Many
: farmers seem to think that the brow
: was located on the back and that the
amount of sweat produced was the
I main thing desired-use Of the muscle
not of the brain. The brow is on tn
/, head and near the brain and Woul(
!, rather indicate work Of the brain thar
: of the muscles. Let the farmer lear1
80 hr0I a T(
= brain; not be like the Irishman wh'
n having volunteered took piece o
:, metal as a shield to the tailor VIII
was making his uniform and told hin
y to place it over his heart. The tailo
put it in the seat of his breeches. Il
" the battle Pat concluded to fight an
n other day" and turned to flee. bull
let from the enemy struck the meta
whereupon Pat exclaimed: "Faith an
O amt it great thing to know where
. mans heart lies!"
h To Use Brain With BraWn.
1t To use such means as would enabl
l. the adult farmer to recognize and us
is his brain was the object of the De
,r partment. The State could not wa
ID until the boys were educated. bu
is the development of the adult farme
re while giving the young people ever
~ opportunity for preparation to NEE
IA lAc oAIudlAOA wAoh eHSS H'
l. to maturity. That the Department he
rs made greater advances in it's woI
Il than any other Southern State is du
e. to the attention that it has given
a thee development Of the adul farme
OF He was the States most valuable vi
ut developed asset and yielded the qulci
he est and most valuable return.
ny In 1913 North Carolina stood sixt
en- among the States as to value Of cro]
Ii per acres, $2484. Only Connecticut
en- Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ne
e Jersey and South Carolina exceedir
le. her, South Carolina being thirty-fi'
p cents greater; in 1914 she pass
a South Carolina by three dollars. 81
on excels not only the other Southel
nd States, but the States of the corn al
lOt grain belts which are generally q
It noted the garden spot Of the matte
wv where farming is most remuneratiN
,aat The Census of 1910 ren0rt