The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-21
robson STANDS AMONG FOREMOST
FARMING COUNTIES OF Wt1OI E UNION
Biggest Livestock County In State and Strong Cotton Corn and
Other lhlngs-~ Makes Better Farm Averages Than
Iowa. Banner Farm State

century. coming up from next t.
nothing TO be one of the foremost |
farm counties Of the United States. |
Yet if You ride out over the country
roads YOU Will easily see that RObeson |
mas the bulk Of its work ahead OF the
present date. The men who are drain
ing swamp land and who are forming
new banking and development plans
sec this with perfect clearncsS.
| The census sh~wed that OF the en-
not q third " ed in farms
/ That tells the biz story of
''I Of mahins SGan'S s7ooS.o0o SGo0o '''@s os
On 4 third Of its land. ana o.,
that third cultivated in an indl rs
/ style is q land OF resources. BY ali
! the laws Of ordinary averages ii Is not
! very much Of an eXaggeratiOn to
! figure that if Robson should increase
its acreage to three times the present
acrea sc, and increase its production to
4 half more than the present produc-
ton total could be expected Of thirty
million dollars q year
To be interpreted the situation indi-
Gates that the remarkable advance the
county has made in the last twenty
years is nothing as compared with
what it can do in another twenty
years, and it is reasonable to expect
that the big things of Robson are
, not far ahead. What has been accom-
plished SO far has been done under
more primitive conditions Now the
E improved machinery of production is
, coming. Better implements, betteI
, ideas Of doing things, better schools
, better roads to get about. telephones
, railroads, automobiles better mail IA.
cilitjes. better mercan antile and banking
l1,1 n0 Ri hot
, ter local markets, better everything
that goes to help in development arr
| available now.
New conveniences are contemplate ed
n | Bonds have been issued for puttinE
: LumbertOn on an electric basis. Al
0 equipment will be provided that viii
r give day and night current SO tina
!. small machinery and the modern elec
: trical household devices can be used
A filter plant is to be created that will
O filter the river water for certain ex
n tended uses Already deep wells sup
t ply drinking water Of the finest quail
f ity. Good streets have been built i
> Lumberton. Road Improvement ha
commenced in the county but has no
e yet gone to the extent it will befor
y long.
e Leads Even Iowa.
~ All these things that count for pro
% greSs are under way. Robson has nC
- yet entirely passed out of the wOOd
=, a lot OF lumber is manufactured W
N in the county and considerable timbe
-, ~ here and there shows that the sa
- mill has job ahead of it before IL
-, ~ land can all be turned over to II
-, farmers who are heading this wa
- The whole population of the county
"a not engaged in farm work A consiC
+r cradle number are in the towns,
= the mills, on the railroads and 9th,
Il work. Those who are on the farms al
- making crop that Will average clos
- to s175 for every member Of the fan
is lily Of every farmer in the count
80, Iowa IS the most productive far
80 State Of the Union. Iowa does n
- make a better average than RObesc
- does, Yet Iowa is held up 70 Us
a. a great State, which it is. Iowa hi
- | halted in its progress. Robeson
~ merely getting its gait. and catchir
- the idea Of doing things.
he Robson county has several adval
k. tages over Iowa. Iowa is limited
k a certain kind Of crops. Robeson c.
he raise about all that grow in Iowa, al
tv. in addition can raise what Iowa ca
or not raise. The 5000 bales Of cotto
en- in RObeson are impossible in low
in but Robson can duplicate the cor
9r. the hogs the cattle. the vegetable
be and can probably geat Iowa in almC
IS any crop Iowa can make. for a long
,g. growing season, with more rain al
i'll more sunshine can OutClaSS a limit
a amount Of these essentials.
Robson county is an interestil
discovery After the war II was
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