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SECTION TWO NATIONAL PUBLICITY EDITION
Scotland County Un
equalled in Diversified
Agricultural Possibilities
"Choicest Piece of Land
Bounded By County,
Lines in the Whole of
the Unitd States."
(By C. L. Newman, Associate EdiJ
ter ef The Progressive Farmer.)
(By apodal request Mr. C. L. New
maa, former eounty agent of Scot
land county aad a man of wide
knowledge aad Inti mats
with agricultural conditions through
out the soothers states, has wrttfen
for this edition of Tha Exebrnwe the
following article oa possibilities of dl>
vctaifisd agriculture in the county.
Mr. Newman adds, "I have devoted
my life to agriculture and have bean
continuously engaged in agricultural
work ef eoe Mad or soother la Geer
AribmmaTs^ilh’cSSK^ ’ ond^orlh
maF'giva mere authority to^nyifafe
It is naeeuaary that we go further
Into the past than human records d
tsod when wo seek to discover why
Scot lend Bounty, North Carolina, is
the eh siaest prim of land botfedsd by
county lines in tbs whole sf the
Hid tad States. That this, one ef the
smallest countks In North CareBea.
is the rh id os at in the state has long]
bean tempted without quest!ew. How
ever, about e quarter of a eeatury age
the United States government com
pleted an agricultural survey which
mclodsd the character and qualities
of the county's sells. This survey,
grthai with a map ef the county end
a detailed report of tho findings of
tho survey com mission U in printed
form and availabto for distribotion fay
tha National Department of Agrical
‘“ftorna cheroeterv that cemhla* M
producing fertile seOs are chamfaal
composition, physical properties.
topography and tarn of cultivation,
the latter being h resultant of a har
monious mingling and union of the
(In* named thru busee of soil fer
tility. It ia thane aoil character! that
piece Scotland county in Its enviable
agricultural position, when compared
with other super-fertile areas of the
world. That Scotland county la dis
tinguished by the construction of Its
soil is due to things that took place
when the American continent waa In a;
formative state untold aons ego.
(Genesis lrdA) It waa then that the
separation of the waters and the land
brought the choicest of each together
and the roeutt waa Scotland county.
Just why the Lori should ae many
years age aUn the cream from no
vast an area and collect it and do-1
posit It as Scotland county is ex-1
plsinsbte in only one way. Ha willed
that hla rhaossi people should dwell
upon hla eheiesat land! And it is so,
even In the Seventh Dey.
The greatest agricultural handles®
under which Scotland eoentv has suf
fered la an utoaaal one and unique—
the people there just wont let well
enough alone., Tor several genera-'
tloaa cotton has brought them peace
and plenty and each generation has <
been content to do aa their father* I
did. There ia ana eetatanding excep
tion to this. Some yearn ago It ia said'
that two-ho me plows were unknown:
and the cry of the wise men was. i
“Why bother with two homes when I
one will do?" And the ene-hors*
nlnw was the chelae of the aons andi
the fathers, hat acme one ■ it does net ■
matter wha hitched two horses toi
one plow and went his way back and
forth hr the bread deep furrow. And I
behold! The tain descended and the
sun shone and the crops on the land
plowed with the two-home plow wax
ed stronger and mightier than the
ergfM on the land olowad with the
one-home plow. Thin marked the
3&&'5ESJd£,'S”SiU5:
»•« Af iyll and frmmS thm of
tin burden of noitfifii
Jurt M» the brightest day in tha
life of Scotland count; is dawning,
and it la a little bug, not a child, that
laada them into a new and greater
greatoees. Scotland county has base
living by bread alone. Now eh* In
faat awakening ta tha fact that the
Lord gave her more than ten aefl
talent* but that only one has bean
used.
Just a* the two-bora* plow year*
ego uncovered hidden soil talent*,
epeeOUaOoa. dlvewdSeatfen and co
operation now open the way. t* the
development at a doien or two doien
ilee mant, waiting talent* that noil
and climate in Scotland eeanty can
unfold in oearien* abundance and ear
panning qualities. Ne part si the
south offers equal advantage* for th*
development of the dairy, hog aad
poultry Industrie*. Th* day is not
far distant when thi* legirel part of
bn vine** farming in Scotland county
soil become evident through its es
tablishment and mwwful operation.
"n*e profit* that come from these
three branches *f agriculture depend
upon cheaply provided feed, aad
cheaply provided foed depend* upon a
fertile noil. This Scotland county
ha*. The cow, the sow and th* hen
will place three stars in Scotland
county's crown of prosperity along
with the one that so long ha* been
lonesome. Then three farm Industrie* >
At well together and need not inter-,
fere with the profit that conies from!
present day cotton culture. . They will
balance and Increase the proAt from
labor, making labor profitable twelve
nwmthe in the year instead of eirht
But let's look mote closely into IH#
(Continued on page S)
Parra Women of Buncombe county
have organised a Sower growers'.
association to grow dahlia* and t
gladioli tar beautifying their home
errand* and for selling bulb* to
bring in extra income, report* home
agent, Mr*. Sarah p. EHls The
bulb* aad tubers will be sold through
the organ! ration
Gibson, a Town
of Many Splen
did
Ranks High in Per
Capita Wealth, Noted
for Its Culture and
Hospitality.
(By JACK GIBBON)
Gibson is s small town, as com
pared to other towns, bat none has
more to offer its own people, the com
parative stranger and the capitalist
looking for a place to oatabUah a
borinem. Its greatest growth baa not
boon revealed In popsilatton figures.
Them has been no isatiiutlou
against people from other parts of
the state and nation serai mi to GEb
ton. On the other hand, them ia ne
town in North Carolina batter knew a
for the hoMpKabty ef Ha people and
the welcome which the stranger finds
whan business er pleas ere brings bin
hem for a day or for a Bra rim i.
There is that characteristic af sooth
sm people, umwually characteristic
of tho Gibson pooplo, to whom H la
more natural to give than to merivo.
But them ia also another sstjseablv
community trait that ignores the gen
eral eng ora cm *• grow rmpldiy; and
wtiil# its growth has bean steady, it
has not boon swift. Its posplo am
not ashamed af the fact that, IB
years after bring Incorporated and
asanratag tho states and dignity af a
town, it ia stOl Bated as one of tbs
149 town* in North GemUna having
a population of loss than MW.
The rosoH af this tuaatnstiu
growth ia a community walks J by the
kindliness ant) neigh bo rheess of its
people. These who am bar* ham too
often take It far granted, never hav
ing had an oppfrtanity to compere H
with mam napdtau* communities that
have paid dearly for the privilege of
calling thonswlvos lame. Bat when
thov have spent several years, or evee
lest a few months, -else share, the «Mf
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