The farmer and mechanic. [volume], August 17, 1915, Page 2, Image 2

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Catawba County Pioneers the
Way In Diversified Farming
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(Continued from Tape One.)
things. That is why the West and
the North can command a hundred
million dollars worth of North Caro
lina'8 cotton crop each year. And
because we do not make enough cot
ton to pay the hill in a raw state a
lot of it has to he manufactured, and
a lot of lumber, and furniture and
other things have to be made and
sent North and West to help make up
what cotton lacks of paying for the
things we buy from other farms that
Catawba county is starting to make
for itself.
Ivxamplt of Immense Value.
I don't' imagine we appreciate the
value of the example Catawba is set
ting, or that Catawba realizes the
magnitude of the work it is laying
out for all of the State. The com
munity effort that has started up
there is one thing that is bound to
sweep North Carolina sooner or later,
Kooner in some sections, and more
slowlv in other sections but once a
thing of that sort is begun it can not
stop.
The other thing that is coming out
of Catawba is the butter factory, the
cheese factory, and the keeping of
cattle and more farm stock of all
sorts. The successful farming coun
tries have always been farming coun
tries where cattle were plentiful
Wheat is the greatest of all human
foods. It does not thrive best on the
virgin soils of the prairies of America,
but on the old farms of the countries
where the land has been tilled for
years and generations. The average
yield of wheat in (Jorniany for twen
ty years has been 27 bushels, in Great
liritain 32. in the United States less
than 14. Hut the average in the ITni
tei Mates is rising. In ls!U it was
11 bushels, in 1900 12 bushels, in 1910
13 bushels. We are moving the
wheat fields from the ranges to th
cultivated farms whore cattle are
raised and are moving the cattle from
the ranges to the cultivated farms.
The farm that raises cattle wil
raise other things successfully, and it
win oe a permanent tarm. mat is
one of the lessons Catawba is im
pressing on the State with its cat
ue, its putter and its choose. 1 am
not very good at figurine out the
relative values of things so I would
hat'o to say that that little pile of
cheese Shu ford had at ontrent is
worth more than a million dollars,
yet perhaps it is. It will show some
other farmer that he can make
cheese a good as can be made any
place else and that other farmer will
show another one. and so the infection
will spread.
Dairy products $.r,790.000 is what
the census said for this State in 1910.
That is about two dollars and a half
ahead, and not enough to run the
average head very long. Two and
half pounds of butter apiece, a gallon
of milk for each of us. and 29 pounds
of cheese to divide between 2.300 of
us for the year's rations. North Caro
lina is a right good market for the
dairy.
I have no idea that the folks of the
State are going to turn from cotton
and tobacco and their other idols of
agriculture and take to the notion of
stock farming all of a sudden. A
man likes to do the thing he is famil
iar with, and in that he usually suc
ceeds better than In something of
which he is ignorant. Hut it is evident
i nai me oairy cow anil tne oeer cow
are going to drift into wider areas
than the cream routes of Catawba
iiere ami mere tne tanner will get a
cow or two. and a silo will go up. and
i ne rream separator man will come
with his implements and his wiles
where the separator is not sold bv
the local hardware man, and grad
uaiiy ine cow win be a more promi
nent factor. Hut if we work the thins
right North Carolina will be invaded
by dairy men from other States who
know how to make butter and cheese
and who are eager for a good mar
ket like we have here, and who are
eager for a good dairying country like
we nave here and for a good climate
and a good place to live and do busi
ness.
I his State could take care of a hun
dred thousand dairy farmers this year,
and no ready to ask for more bv the
time the bunch had settled.
it would hurry that number to
catch up with the demand for da.irv
products that now has to be supplied
With importations from other States.
importations sometimes gilt-edged,
some times no edge at all. The mag
nitude, of the market for dairy pro
ducts in this State would not be al
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lovvt-u to go a minute it it wa.s a mar-
km lor shoes, or tools, or something
that the organized and systematized
f ig industries of the country make.
t.atawba is showing North Carolina
wnat to do with sweet potatoes. Here
Is the great sweet potato State of the
world, but we let a Jim Crow State
Hue incw Jersey tell the people of the
North, sixty millions of them, that
hit- ixiiui aronna sweet potato is
no good. Catawba folks have taken
Kweet potatoes North and shown that
they are good an wheat, and tho poo
pie who have seen believe. The North
used to think that Jersey and Dela
ware were the only places it was safe
io miy a pearn "i w.unim'ion. or
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Other things. JNOW ii anynouy says
peaches Uiey have to wait to hear
from North Carolina before thev
speak of real peaches. So with sweet
potatoes. Just as a Northerner 1 win
confess that the people of the North
do not know sweet potatoes, and an
ingenious Yankee could go up there
with a car load of Nigger Chokers.
Barbadoes. Nancy Halls. Triumphs.
Hanover Yams. Red Noses, or any
thing good, bad or iniquitous and
how that they are better than any
thing else that grows, for they are
all better than nothing, and compari
sons are of no account when you are
dealing wkh a man who does not
know, and who has nothing else at
hand to compare.
But North Carolina can make the
best qualities of sweet potatoes, and
Catawba is telling the world that fact,
and proving it, and selling the spuds.
Now Catawba is not making anything
new, except that one feature of tell
ing about it.
The things are community effort,
picking up the little things that can
be of use. for the farmers are not
starting out with big herds and mak
ing great splurges. They are adding
a cow or two, or more, adding a little
to the potato patches, adding a little
to something else, pursuing a policy
that will make the added products fit
to appear before the crowned heads
and the great men, and then they are
putting their stuff where it can be
seen and bought.
Catawba is opening the road to di
versified farming on a modest scale
to include the whole people and make
and sell a product that they can stand
back of. Catawba stands for efficient
work on a community scale, and that
is a big thing.
Bar Association in Visit To The
Grove Park Inn
(Continued from Page One.)
mented CJeorge W. Vanderbilt, whose
memory will be cherished in affec
tionate regard by these people so long
as the Blue Ridge endures. Then
came Mr. H. S. Howland, of Provi
dence, R. I., who gave zest to subur
ban development and to urban and in
terurban electric railway building.
Grove and Keely Come.
I,ater Mr. K. W. Grove, of St. I,ouis,
Mo., came, i nsearch of health, and so
realized the alchemy of recuperation
in daily traversing the sequestered
trails and imbibing the ozone of fir
and balsam in the rarified air of these
mountains; and then, with a philan
thropy surpassed by no chronicle of
the centuries, he in turn has lavished
here a fortune in purchasing and
beautifying vast areas of mountain
and valley holdings, only, or chiefly.
that mankind may the more conve
niently avail themselves of amplified
opportunity and intelligent facilities
for regaining health and enjoy all the
comforts and conveniences with which
art and genius might supplement the
bounty of nature.
As a coadjutor in his great work of
development Mr. Grove enlisted the
co-operation and active personal su
pervision of his son-in-lawr, Mr. Fred
L,. Seely, and what they have done and
are doing for Asheville, in physical
improvements, and for the general
public in providing hotel accommoda
tions, convenient attractions, healthful
pastimes and pleasurable features is
already recognized everywhere, as is
daily evidenced and emphasized by
the guest register of Grove Park Inn
the finest resort hotel in the world,
designed and constructed by Mr. Seely.
Grove Park Inn.
Grove Park Inn is operated the year
round; is absolutely fireproof- built of
great boulders taken from Sunset
Mountain, at the foot of which it sits
full of rest, comfort and wholesome
ness. Its front lawn is the hundred
and twenty acre eighteen-hole golf
links of the Asheville Country Club.
combined with sixty acres of lawn and
a thousand acres of woods and moun
tains belonging to the hotel. And be
yond the golf links, from the porches
of the hotel one looks upon an ever
changing and inspiring vista of moun
tain scenery, lofty peaks fading awav
in the distance, the most entrancing
region and the most delightful cli
mate to be found in America.
Construction a Marvel.
The construction of Grove Park Inn
throughout is a marvel of inventive
gonitis and artistic execution. All the
water used at the Inn is pumped sev
enteen miles, from the slopes of Mount
Mitchell, over six thousand feet alti- !
tude, and is unexcelled for purity and
softness. The watershed from which
it comes is the highest mountain east
of the Rockies. The milk and cream
used here are exclusively from the
noted herd of Jerseys on the Vander
bilt estate.
The kitchen is a marvel of conve
nience and hygienic cleanliness not ex
celled, or even approached by that of
the finest hotels in this country or Eu
rope. Its walls are of white glazed
tile the floors are of white ceramic tile.
All dishes are boiled after each ser
vice. All refrigeration is artificial, ice
not being used. No flies are to be
found in the kitchen or anywhere in
the hotel and mosquitoes are un
known." In the main section of the
Inn there are sixty-four guest rooms,
every one a double room and every
one with private bath, and all other
sections of the building are in suites
of rooms with baths. All bed rooms
connect and all walls between rooms
are double fireproof walls with air
spaces between, which render them
nearly sound proof.
Furnishings Superb.
The furnishings of the hotel
throughout arc superb. The "Big
Rotfrn," or lobby is one of the most
wonderful rooms in the world. It is
120 feet long by 80 feet wide, and can
comfortably entertain 1.000 people.
The two great fireplaces burn 12-foot
logs and each required 120 tons of
boulders to build. This great room is
built on of the most unique collection
of native boulders, flint and mica, and
is illuminated at night by indirect
lights which are reflected against the
ceiling. The lights in this room alone
give over 12,GC0 caidle power of illum
ination. Complimentary Luncheon.
The annual convention of Southern
officials, including the entire system,
is being held at Grove Par? Inn this
week, and last week the State liar
Association held its annual session at
Battery Park where they ewre ad
dressed by a number of distinguished
men, invited for the occasion, includ
ing Hon. Josephus Daniels. Secretary
of the Navy; Hon. J. Ham. L.ewis,
Senator from Illinois, Hon. W. R.
Vance, of Minneapolis, and Hon. W. P.
Bynum, of Greensboro, the last nam
ed being the first speaker. He ad
dressed the Association in the morn
ing of their first business session, and
he held his hearers spell-bound
throughout. At this session a compli
mentary luncheon was t( ndered the
entire Association and their lady at
tendants by Grove Park Inn, which
was accepted for the following after
noon at 2 o'clock, and at which there
were more than two hundred in at
tendance. At this luncheon Col. Jos.
E. Robinson, of GoTdsboro, by invi
tation of the management, presided as
toastmaster, and his brief address of
welcome to the Bar Association and
the ladies of the company was punc
tuated with appreciative applause by
his intellectual audience, and he was
showered with congratulations when
the luncheon was over. In address
ing the many beaming guests at table
in the spacious dining room Col. Rob
inson said:
Col. Robinson Speaks.
"Mr. President, ladies and gentle
men brethren of the North Caro
lina Bar Association: In the wonder
fully comprehensive, yet masterly
condensed, instructive and interesting
address delivered before your Asso
ciation at your morning session yes
terday by Hon. W. P. Bynum, he por
trayed with prideful precision and
inmiing eloquence tne wisdom, cour
age, power, patriotism and philan
throphy of the legal profession of
America in its marvelous progress for
the uplift of humanity, the safe
guarding of human rights and the
fostering of liberty and opportunity
unto all the people in common, upon
the untrammeled enjoyment of which
rests and depends the perpetuity of
our free republic. As he thus held
the mirror of your own splendid
achievements up before you, I felt
that you could not but catch, individ
ually, a new inspiration to high re
solve net to be couched in words but.
to be realized in results as the years
roll on. As I contemplated that rugged-framed
man dealing out to you
the intricate niceties of human rights
and sustaining the wisdom of revealed
law I was thrilled unspeakably with
pride and satisfaction that North Car
olina the mother earth of human
liberty, the classic State of all English
America has not yet ceased to pro
duce men of the mold and mental
stature of the immortal framers of
the Declaration of Independence.
Following close upon the conclu
sion of Judge Bynum's address came
the announcement by your president,
Judge Biggs, that Mr- Fred L. Seely,
the broad-minded, generous, patriot
ic r.nd progressive proprietor of Grove
Park Inn, desired you and your wo
men folk to be his guests at this lun
cheon, and when your president stat
ed that he had accepted this invita
tion on behalf of your Association I
was indeed most happy; because as
an abiding North Carolinian to the
manner born' I appreciate all tllat
this splendid captain of industry, this
tireless, indomitable, lovable man has
done and is doing for the greater de
velopment of this Land of the Sky
the common nride nf all nntHntin
North Carolinians. He has builded
nere an hostelry in a class all its own:
constructed of pristine rocks and
boulders gathered from the mountain
sides and shapened into a structure as
enduring as the everlasting mountain
on which it rests, overlooking the en
trancing valleys between and the
beautiful city of Asheville which it
adorns. Here all that nature could
provide, all that wealth could procure
all that genius could suggest, all that
generosity could lavish, all that art
can approve has been assembled into
one grand expression of enduring
comfort, convenience and delight that
as the years come and go, shall chal
lenge the admiration of passing gen.
erations "till the last syllable of re
corded time.'
"And here, gentlemen of the North
Carolina Bar Association, and ladies
ot your company, it is my prideful
privilege to welcome you on behalf
of Mr. Seely and the management of
(.rove lark Inn, and assure you that
your presence here is appreciated and
your enjoyment of the occasion their
supreme desire of the h.mr-
V ,,?,RK Vol Appreciation.
Col. Robinson then presented Judge
Biggs, of Raleigh, president of the
Association, who spoke gracefully in
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"j'itjuuuii oi Mr. rj-eelv
"'y io tne Har of the
oi men- pleasure at beii
of Grove Park
,HT1hen Preentfd the Secretary of
the Navy, who with Mrs. Daniels sat
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Daniels arose he was
with a spontaneous uv;
plause, which im wi 1
ed his love for his h
expressed in tloquvnt w
preciation of the n.ntp.,. .
he stood of ttu -ccas.'.'
great joy at being aca:: ,:
olina, his native heath at,,-;
own folks. The entire jjatt
with hearty vociferatiw,
taneous applause call, d ,
and his response was a
cerity, and what he said a
lose its inspiration r,, r ,.
memories of his State-w;,;,
Climbing to Sunvet
The climb either h
macadam road or t-
the plantened top .f Suns,
from Grove Park Inn is ,
ous iteration ana reitei
smring scenes an, sni.i
where else lo be equal,
and if you time your
mountain so as to b,
at sunset the scene an.
tion are not to be ties,
nor painting and never
ten. Two thousand feet a
neath you lies the eitv ,
surrounded by mountan
and fertile valleys betwe.
. i : v. -i .
eu wiin me meuow goitic
setting sun, reflected t
varying hues from tree
and flower and mean,!,
while all around you, n
jesty, all silently from
rise adamantine walls .f
finite, hoar and gray in
looking as old as time.
foundations of the umv. -rs.
unchangeable. Yonder, m n
line, they form some as:
grander than man ee! ,i
whose spires verge int.,
heavens towards which ti
and over in another direr?
stand out like some imim i
with tower and turret ar..;
wall, against which tim.- ..
winter's blast and lilm n
might war eternally - a.nl w
And you, upon whom this
of sublimity so suddenly 1
dazed and silenced . i w
the impotence of all int.:
you just gae and gaze it,
the whole world vanish.
thought, and, entrained n.
you silently worship the
alone there in the glean. n
far westward to the pun
along the sunset's rim. "ih
never was on sea or lai..;,
cration and the poet's dr.;
Development Rots on
From this eminen.ee rai
too. modern sand-ela ani
roads traversing the mom::,
sides or leading across tin
every direction far as th
trace, and, in fact the
as being the very inspira: i
astounding development th;.:
acteristic of all this seeticr;: ;,
roads building is still h i .
with the modern renaissa: .
sical progress, for everv. h
turn you see large fore s
blasting the mountain side
and building good roads.
marvel at the lethargy of
of the lower country -threi
eastern sections of the Stat
seem content to plod th
market town or neighborhe
or district school through
mud and ruts and ro-t
century have disgraced tin
county road and dwarfed th
ment and retarded the pro
social growth and happir
people who are alone r. sj
the existence and continua
road conditions. Would th
splf-onmnhicpnt. se 1 1 -1 e t a
terity-impoverishers conic
themeselves what good r
been and are being eenstr
herculean effort, through
mont and western count;'
State, and what marvel.,
have appertained for the
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make anv imnression vr
on intelligent prospectors
inviting locations for horn
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A Question of Tim.
She was a young and r
a sporting turn of mine',
she heard that a certain h
win a certain race, arid.
indulge in a little spec:,
went to a "bookie" :ind h
on for a win. asking h"'-
would get if it came off.
"If it starts L'U t !. '
$21 back," said the bookn
to 1, $11 back; if at a t
get $G back." "
"I see," said the maider..
starts at 1 o'clock, how :m.
then?" Kansas City Star.
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