The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-17

He said boy had a big dog and a
little dog. They were different kinds
of dogs The little dog was a little
dog for keeps and would not grow up,
and the big dog was a big dog. Then
one day the big dog was discovered /,
to have some little dogs. and these lit
tie big dogs were bigger than the big i
little dog. Go out back Of the wagon |
shed and let that soak in
For years have known that Shu-
ford is about the biggest man in this |
State, and when I cav~ht my first
glimpse of him | was II 'Sed 70 see
that he is no. any bigg,< | am.
which is six feet three. 20. >ver
a century the name of Shu> d,
been conspicuous up in this COu. GIo
| figuring in the pioneering story Of t..'Ss
| Piedmont with the FOrneys and Bre-
| wards, and the HokeS and the Gra-
hams, and the long list that have
| come down as the builders Of the en-
pire. From which it is evident that
| Shuford is not alone. He is merely
| the leader of a lot of people who
have the blood and the breeding be-
hind them, and from which it is to be
expected that the Catawba expert
mentS have only made their start.
How CataWba Folks Got Together.
1t is a pretty familiar story how
these Catawba county folks have been
getting together, and starting some
thing, until now they have the county
/ right well aroused. and Catawba has
marked out her plan. Nobody knows
very much about what the plan is ex
cept that it is to stick together and
be ready to jump onto any new op-
portunity that may present itself
Catawba has learned its lesson,
which is team work. 1t has not yet
accomplished it's tasks. 1t has just
/ | loov aS hat iS IN ha
to go at the job. These things we
have been hearing about Catawba are
not the task that has been set for
the county. Not a thing but the
> strumming Of the strings as the fiddle
: is tuned Catawba is now ready to
join hands and circle round and open
the dance in real fashion.
Catawba has shown the State that
no better butter can be made any
where than in North Carolina. It has
shown the people that butter made
= fresh in the county and delivered fol
use within six hours from the churr
is as good as any butter that is made
O York and freighted miles in the sum
4 mer through cars. many hands, anc
a many doubtful places. CataWba ha:
y shown that North Carolina can make
!. as excellent cheese as Cuba, New 7 ork
d or the Swiss products Of Wisconsin
Il or any OCneE pace Ol tuluS tld
g boasts Of cheese.
e The Great Need Is eats
a The great need Of the human race i
# something to eat One-third Of al
s the crops raised in the United State
r. is grain. Animals and animal pro
y ducts will account for another third
e while the cotton crop. including seed
l. will not quite reach One-tenth Of tn
D. total agricultural product Of the coun
( try Of the cotton seed products con
g siderable goes for food. The foo
s raised is six or seven times as mucl
t. in value as the clothing crops raised
1t Meat, butter, cheese, eggs and mill
p constitute the most nOuriShing and de
h pendable Of all the food crops. Wheat
1t corn and oats. re the grain crops
y Vegetables. fruits Of all sorts, pOta
IS toes etc. reach in value just a lttl
h more than the dairy products alone
Catawba county has grasped the fac
that il is better business practice |
% raise FIVE billion dollarsa worth 9
" food products to buy $500 600 90
X worth of cotton for clothes than I
1t raise the cotton TO buy food that Wi
as cost FIVE times a. much as the cot
l. ton viii bring. Or if We count a
d agricultural products the cotton GRO
ar Will pay for only a tenth Of all tn
IS Illinois and New York and thos
le states are prosperous rural region
III while North Carolina and the Sout
"a occasionally have the dumps. The
"a raise stuff 10 eat. and it buys te
times as much as they need Of othe
n
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