The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-24
FARMER'SLIFE
IS BEST OF AII;
Herman Newbern Who Knows
How to Work and to Play
Says So. ....

Within eight miles of EliE-
abeth City lives a farmer WHO
will continue to get the most
out of life, altho he is burdens
ed with the management of 700
acres, furnishing employment
for nearly 80 people or more
who are tenants of his Ia sub
divisions. That farmer will be
contented because he knows
how to get the pleasure out of
life as he goes along, discard
ing his troubles when he gets
away from his business, and
thinking of nothing else but
business when he is on the JOBS
Knowing how to work while you
work and play while you play"
has made Herman Newbern Of Bel.
cross, Camden County the owner
of 700 productive acres at the age
of 80. He bought the. Belcroes
farm in 1917, mostly on notes, and
soon had it paid for. Subsequent
ups and downs of the truck fasmer
do not worry him, and he knows h0v
to continue in spite Of them.
Mr.. Newbern Is the one leading
farmer in this section who 10 strong
for old fashioned methods. He b.
lieves in cultivating his truck crops
with a turn plow, giving every hill
a personal cultivation and he Isn't
strong for too much riding machin-
cry. A man who gets used to rid
ing all day, soon finds it hard to
get down off the plow to make adj
justment, he says, and truck
crops won't stand for any sort Ot
haphaZard work. 4
Mere words do not express the
successes Mr.. Newbern has achiev!
ed with truck crops. 1t was only
about two years ago that people
were reading in the papers about
him making $4,000 from II acres Of
cabbage. Again folks have heard
of him raising 100 barrels Of Irish
potatoes to the acre, md this yeax1
20 barrels to the acre when other
farmers in many sections got only
25 barrels and a little better.
The secret of this success is due
to constant cultivation. Mr.. New.
bern never overlooks the importance
of breaking land deep in the Spring,
using a turn plow to make SURE
that it is done right. IL -.
The cultivation Of the Germ, cat.
ton and bean crops is,left up to tht
tenants. the tenants keeping busy
with their own work most Of the
year But many of Thesis. teirh1,tA
and members of their families
assist in cultivatingtthe truck srops
Mr.. Newbern giving them employ.
ment by the day. When the truck
crops are harvested. they 20 back 10
catching up with their crops. The
most successful, and happieSt OF
tenants, are those who have some.
thing to do all the time, he says.
The Newbern farm contains large
acerages. The Irish potato crop
runs to 200 acres, soybeans i26
acres; Cotton 100; Corn 200; Nay
Peas 20, and fall five.
Keeping the crop clean, IS Mr..
Newbern's idea of good farming.
One doesn't see overgrown ditch
banks OH the New Bern farm, bush-
es beside the fences, or rows filled
with weeds. The barns and other
outbuildings present the saAck and
span appearance Of a model farm
home.
81 wouldn't live In town for any.
thing, because l believe the best Ofyt
pOrtunities are on the farm, the
most wholesome living conditlonS
and a far happier existence" says
Mr.. Newbern. "The farmer who
wants the. best of everything. eau
live bette. than the man in town
He may have comfort and convent.
ences that the city man cannot have
and in this day Of good roads, there
is every opportunity for the .farmer
to have AZ that he could want"
Proof of this idea Of farm life
may he found on the Ncwhera
farm, because it has every advanb-
age, lights, water. the radio, the
telephone, an auto for the children,
one for the family business and Z
car for the whcle family.
Mr.. Newbern Is found foremost
in many activities for the agrtcul-
tural development Of his section.
lie is president of the Camdsr Gin
Com any, a coopcrailre orsaniza-
ton fer the farmer; of that section,
and several other enterprises. In
social life he is q member Of tha
Elizabeth City Country Club, and
the Rotary Club.
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