The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-29

creek folkS are working o.. 3Hr
easy TO recall that over the s., lS
erai centers Of enthusiasm >'-
uon are al work. Most 81 H. =
se'uhs Fesuits- som" rroroarcst
some not SO much so. vet ali 'ed,
ing In the right direction arc ID
having an influence for bet+.r 0e
Yet not many sections seen
Eguring on putting so much =.
general operation of the who.
munity on co-operatiye a.s
these Drowning Creek folks A.. IS
ming. Here the scheme iny.rv,
the people, and would Iike Ia N
everything as cooperative as could J.
done.
The allusion of Derby to Ross 80.
us back to Mr.. Ross again. and ~.
merely another Illustration of 80
Grafton. Ross is graduate -
agricultural college. He comes ,.
to Derbys big plantation as mara..s
of a big business proposition u.
OF an affable disposition anc -
makes friends Of his neishhors ar ~
smaller farms. They drop in T. a.,
with him as they drive bach "a
forth, and he has occasion t. dr,,s
over to their farms. for like eye-.-
body else out on the good roads he
runs car.
place and gets results Immediately
his example has become the sucfes.
tiOn for the neighbOrS. and Will, E.eo
is running the big farm he is inrs-
encing all the farms around HIM
Derby is another man who makes az.
| Quaintances. He is a good mjx,r
| and instead of standing aloof from ms
neighbOrS he is one of the comnur{-
| ty. The work done at A. and NJ col
lege is strictly cooperative work
| for the State. The young men vbo
go out from that institution preslm-
ably go to work for themselves or fur
| the man or concern they hire to hut
| every idea they carry away with
| them and put into practice il any
| place becomes at once the property
| of the community that is working for
| ward.
| 1t is possible these things are only
| fOrerunners of what is about 10
| come on the farms In everything
else cooperation has already arrived.
Capital hardly thinks of trying To op-
crate on big scale singly. The cor
poration is nothing but a form of CO.
| operation along lines laid down hy
law and restricted to certain narrow
fields. But it is form that does not
| move backward. The same tactics
| applied on a more flexible plan t. he
| community is as littlely likely to re-
! trograde.
Good roads all over this part Of
! the State are revelation. II IS easy
| to dodge about over the three coun-
ties, and the roads are such that they
invite the run. Several things tend
to surprise the visitor, one of then
being the decided change that has
| taken place in the character Of the
| cattle since the ticks have been wiped
| out. 1t looks like a new country 1o sec
the sleek grazing stock in The fields.
and it ensures a new country when
this sight has spread over more
farms. Whether it is due IL the
spirit Of cooperation and communI-
ty stimulation or, what, 1t Is pretty
evident, that a newer spirit of farm
progress is at work along all these
improved roads. the style Of farm
ing seems to have grown more deer
SlVe and more intensive. No doHh'
the good road, the good school house,
the blooded stock and all those things
tend to make everything else look p
for improvement is the ultimate ann
OF all Of these innovations.
One thing that can not escape ne
eye of the stranger on the fine ne"
roads that lead down the Drowning
Creek Valley is that much lane q
tine quality is here yet awaiting lht
! settler and developer. There i si
much of such evident excellence tina
1t takes no dreamer to see that III 'h'
i. future if these improvement scheme
keep up the triangle that centefs u
the corner Of Richmond, MontGofnf y
and Moore counties is destined to -
one of the most deSira ble and thfHi-
| parts of the South. Drowning cree
| is not far from that underlined an
which separates the Sand Hllls IRON
the Piedmont, and because the CIV"
| ing belt shares the character of ~
two sections it is right valuable -
: diversified farming. 1t enjoys the ao
Vantages of both sections IN ferbh'
Of soil and ease of working. In u
l abundance of springs Of soft WatFi
, in early spring, extensive sWtep
bottom land. clay and rock fohha"
ton for much of the land, and
good community. Railroads are a'
r oessible in every direction. and ih
1 good roads that have made M""T
2 county famous go down the ftlchhl'p
county side of the creek as wei =
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