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Come to Cabarrus County Fair, October 16=20 fIUIW Concord Daily Tribune Till VOLUME XXIII Cabarrus County Has Great Agricultural Wealth With Growing Seasons of 218 Days, Most of Money Crops Can Be Raised Here More and Better Feed is the Greatest Need to .Imyrove and Extend the Livestock Industry Here. (By It. 1). GOODMAN, County Farm Agent) Cabarrus County, located in the Pied mont Section of the West-central part of North Carolina eontaius 368 square miles, or 235.620 acres. The general surface features or topo graphy of Cabuffns County consists of a series of gently rolling inter-stream areas, which become more rolling, hilly and broken as the streams are approach ed. and the natural drainage is good with the principal water courses. Rocky Riv er. Dutch and Irish Buffalo, and Cold Water Creeks, with their small feeders, flowing from North to South through the County, making at well watered and an ideal location for the growiug of good live stock, as well as general farming. The climate of Cabarrus County is wel) suited in general to the successful production of the crops now grown, as well as live stock, as the average date of the last killing frost in the spring is April 1. nnd of the first in the full No vember 4, givjng a growing season for pasture and farm crops of 21K days, with men it temperature for this period of 0!) Crop Statistics. As a hit of history it would probably be interesting to note that in 1860 t'a bnrrus County produced about 12 i.'Hli) •bushels of wheat, 308.000 bushels of corn. 3.000 bushels of oats, about 5,000 (jules of cotton, about 5,(100 tom* of hay. nnd (UWO bushels of peas, a eonsiderabl- nuui ‘ I SeKT)f Bushels of sweet and Irish iSfittP’' toes, _rame rye, a fni'te number of live stock. Unntil 1880 there tvas practi cally no change in the production of crops other than the production of wheat had decreased to 84.000 bushels and cot ton had increased to 7.500 bales. This condition continued until 1000 when the average size farm was 102 acres. The amount of cotton had increased to B,(MX! bales and wheat to 127.(HH> bushels, while (lie production of corn, had de creased to 2K4,(XMI bushels. It was during the period from 1890 to 1900 that agriculture began to be carried on upon a more scientific basis nnd a much greater variety of products were grown, and in' 1907 when the 1 S. Department of Agriculture decided to put on Farm Demonstration Work iu North Carolina, and after looking over the State for counties that would co operate with the Department:'the follow ing eight counties were chosen: Cabar rus, Gaston. Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklen burg, Rowan. Stanly and Union. Up! to Ihe present time the above initial list! has continued to increase until 69 oM the 100 counties in the state have farm demonstrators employed |o assidt the farmers in improving their soil, securing improved seed, growing a more standard product for market, growing more leg umes, getting better live stock, and poul try ami earing for same, as well as im proving farm buildings nnd living con ditions on the farm. The work was be-! gun with A. H. Litaker, Concord, Route 5, N. 0., as the first couhty agent in | 1007, and with the exception of about' eight months the demonstration work has been used to help the farmer with his every day problems up to the present time. Cotton. At the present time cotton is the im portant money crop and may continue to remain such. However this will de pend on the effort the farmer puts forth to fight the boll weevil. While it is well to grow this money crop, too much at terttion is being paid to it in proportion .to other crops grown, and the present ’production of 12,000 bales on 20,404 acres could well be secured from a small er acreage, thereby giving a larger acre age to other crops, providing a greater diversification and promoting more set entire methods of soil improvement. The principal variety of cotton grown for the past 10 years was. Cook; but since the experiment stations have been breeding up different varieties and testing them for the largest money value per acre and the (juajity nnd length of. staple most desired by the manufacturer; there is be ing grown a considerable acreage of the following varieties, on the 21 different different types of roil found iu the coun tv; Lightning Express, Webber. Edge (■omb Cook, Cleveland and Mexican Big 8011. The last named has proven from tests to be the most desirable short sta- A pie cotton from the spinners’ standpoint as well as the farmers’, as the lint will average a little better than an inch if length and the breaking strength of the fibre is the greatest of the short staple varieties. Lightning Express is being need with good results on late maturing Boils as It is the earliest maturing va riety that’we have and it has a premium lint measuring.! 8-lfl inches. Corn. Corn ranks next to cotton in impori ance and is grown in all parts of the county on practically every soil type. The gourd seed type is the most popu lar. while a number of the farmers grow, the llinty prolific varieties. The grow ing of corn and soy beans in the same row is a practice that is growing rapid ly in popularity and giving the fanners good yields of corn and at the same time a first class legume to turn under for soil improvement without decreasing tile yield of corn. While tlie average yield for the county is only 29 bushels per Acre we have farmers averaging 49 and 50 bushels per acre op their farms and some yields of 199 bushels, proving that we can compete with the west in the growing of corn per acre as well as in quality if we build up our soils with more beans, peas, and clovers as well as stable manure. As a proof of the qual ity of corn that we can grow, a farmer just over the line in the county on our north exhibited at the National Corn Show at Chicago, 111., last fall and won second prize at the largest corn show in the i'nited States. Wheat. Wheat hasn't been making a profit to tlie farmer only when the following prac tice is used, either discing corn stalk land or pea or soy bean stubble and seeding then with a grain drill or the open fur row method between the cotton rows.. While we have some farmers growing over 25 bushels per acre, our uvrrage yield is a little less than 10 bushels and if the cost of preparing the land isn't kept to a minimum there will be no profit in the crop for the farmer. The princi pal bearded varieties grown are Fulcas ter anil .Marvelous, and the beardless. Leaps. Tile crop Ims been damaged cou .aprtcrabiy' iu t)ie past by Red Rust, but tin* plant breeders are breeding a new beardless variety that is very resistant to the disease nnd after five years’ test ing are offering it to the "public. So by' tile aid of the plant breeders we are hop ing to increase our yield in the future. Oats. Oats js on the increase and the farm ers are more interested, in using better seed and treating them with Formalin to prevent smut. While Fulghum and Appier oats are the most popular varie ties, we have a farmer who originated an oat that he named after the County—Ca barrus I’rolifio—that is giving good yields of grain, as well as a large yeld of hay when sown with vetch. A great mauy of the farmers are growing oats and vetch for hay for their-stock and find it a very profitable .crop. Rye. I Rye is becoming one of our money small grain crops as there is a great de mand foi it at home for early spring grazing as well as a cover crop and a greater demand for good seed iu the strictly cotton belt to sow for a cover crop. The pedigreed strain pt the Ab ruzzi Rye lias practically replaced the old winter rye aud practically doubled the yield of the latter, making it mdre profitable than wheat at present. Legumes. Os the legumes or soil building crops grown red clover is decidedly the lead ing one as to acres grown, however lalsike aud crimson clovers are increas ing very rapidly aud by another year there will be a good start made with j Lespedezji, the legume that will grow ,on | any kind of soil, as plan* are being made to secure-seed. As to summer legumes, cow peas have been tile standby but the soy beau is rapidly replacing them as on the experi ment stations as well as the farmer* have been convinced that they will make about double the amount of hay per acre besides being richer in feeding value, and tlie seed is easffir to gather with ma chinery than peas. A small acreage of velvet beaus for winter feeding of cattle and soil improve ment is raised, though they are not very popular. The Muug Bean is just beginning to be grown iu the county and is gaining rapid popularity as a summer legume, as to date it is claimed that no insect or soil disease has been found that decreases the yield. Over 100 acres of alfalfa are grown in the county and where the soil has been properly prepared it has been n very profitable hay crop and some of the best farmers have cut a total of over five tons of cured hay per acre in four to five cuttings. One of the records kept this summer shows n plot sown last Septem ber to have been already cut six times with an average length of 20 inches per cutting, or a total length of ten feet, growth for hay the first season. All of these legumes will be exhibited by the farmers at the County Fair and you are invited to be there with an ex hibit of some farm product and also learu more about what your neighbor iii another section of He county is grow ing. * R. D. GOODMAN County Farm Agent Bee Keeping. Bee keeping offers a niee little side line of which a good man of the farmers are taking advantage. There arc 2.290 hives, a good many of which are in standard hives. Tlie keepers are using Italian Queens aud producing a real good grade of honey, for which they find a ready market locally-at i*-fair price. Home Orchard. The home orchard is being eared for and increased from year to year and the necessity of plenty of fruit for the farm family is being realized more and more. Our crop has been almost a failure this year due to the extremely lute freeze in the spring and our fruit exhibit at the fair will be SByili compared to what it would have been hnd it not been for tlie freeze. Pruning und spraying are being fully recognized to be absolutely neces sary ib the growing of first class fruit. Cabarrus county has the honor of being the home of the noted “Tony” apple which has very few rivals when it comes to flavor and keeping qualities, and only two years ago it was introduced into tlie nurseries for the public as it hud been propogated from sprouts for years from the old treeN. Considerably more of tlie fox grapes, as well as the muscadine family should be grown 'on every farm for home use. as they have proven to bp easily grown all over the county. - Dairy Cattle. During thejpast year we have complet ed what we had in mind for a number of years in the cattle business of tlie coun ty, that of having them all tested for tu berculosis under-the federal and state government and we now belong to the accredited county list of about a dozen in the whole state. We think this'is one of the greatest tilings ever done in the county fbr the advancement of the cat tle industry, for no business can be built jup without a solid healthy foundation. I The next thing to be done for the growth of the cattle business is the growing of more and better feed as fell as pastures, as we huve tbo many pines and briars under fence and not enough good land seeded to cultjvated grasses. We are not growing good cow pea, soy beau and clover ha.v to feed them well through the winter, One farmer in particular last year instead of keeping two cows as he had been doing, kept ouly one of the two I and fed her all the soy bean huy that | she would eat and then a little grain, and | he tells me that the one lie kept produc ! ed as much ah the two had been produe j ing on ordinary feed, -Which goes to prove I that you enn’t cheat a dairy cow. I There are several small herds of regis- I tered Hattie in the county witli the | Guernsey in tlie grentest number and ithe Jersey next,* and a few Holsteins. As to beef cattle the Aberdeen Angus is practically the oiily registered breed rais ed. We have a number of good dairy as well as bes bulls ip the county and the best breeders are only using registered sires, and the cattle are being rapidly im-, proved. Hogs As to the swine industry of the coun ty. practically 'all the farmers grow their own meat aud lard aftd a few are raising hogs for market. Some of them are us ing corn and soy beans, others grass, clover and ground feed supplemented with tankage of fish meal, and some are try. ing out the self feeder and the dry lot. However, those using the green pastmes with the dry feeds have been the most uccessful financially. As to the breeds: we have n few leni nod breeders as well as feeders, for they otli ga| together. Berkshire* are iu the najerity, with J’oland-Chinas next, foi owed* by Du rocs.'a lid a few Hampshires. Poultry. With the very definite effort that is icing put forth by county agents, cham bers of commerce and poultry organiza tions throughout the south, poultry is .esmied to up one of our leading Indus ries. At the present the farms of the •ounty are closely dotted with small flocks if poultry bred well enough that or.e onssing through will notice instead of mongrels, the predominating blood of iome of the following breds: Plymouth Socks. Rhode Island Reds, Wyandottes. as well as Leghorns aud a few other breeds. ' While tile income from no individual lien is very small, if tlie total returns from tlie farm flock for tfie year were all sold at one time instead of weekly Ifi buy supplies for the family, the return would compare very favorably with some if our other principal crops. Consider ible interest is beiug taken throughout the state and instead of having to spend the night in a cfcdar tree using all their ■nergyand skill keeping their balance on this kind of a perch, with the sleet and mow to keep them cool and tlie rain for leaning tfie house; while the moon and itars furnish light, all thought to be nec essary by the nineteenth century farmer in order to keep down lice and mites and insure sanitation and health during the night while during tlie day she was per mitted against her owners' will to gather the wasted grain from the feeding places of the larger animals with the addition of a little grass and worms in tip spring, managed to exist and lay a few eggs and perpetuate her race; until she was admitted into society of tlie present century and modern houses are being built for tlie farm Hock with only an op en' southern exposurq. providing foul square feet of floor space per lieu, cover ed with litter in which she can scratch for her grain regardless of the weather outside, with 9 inches of roost space on a piece of timber sawed for that pur pose, access to self feeders containing lie proper feeds to produce eggs, with plenty of fresh water and lime-to man ufacture a package in which to market the product which mau_ lias not improved ■in. this little 'ltetU lX supplying .many farm families, as well as the product for which hotels and boarding houses pay out the largest amount, as well as making a nice income for tlie poultryman that teep them by the 509 aud 1,000. This fall they will have the privilege of being shown in a nice new building at the courtty fair October 16 to 29. where you can come and see a number of different breeds. Any one being from Missouri in re gard to any statement in this article, will do the writer a favor by coming to the fair or going over the county witli him and seeing the improvements for him self. Concord Furniture Co. Large Concern The Concord Furniture Company, pre sents an unbroken history of successful trading. Established in 1909 it came un der the present ownership in 1913 when C, B. Wagoner, president; A. B. Davis, vice president anad .1. E. Davis, secre tary-treasurer and manager, formed the Concord Furniture Company, Inc., and bought out tin* business of Royall and Borden. A stock of about .865,009 is carrier witli an annual turnover of about $75,000 a Wear. A fine brick building at 4-6 South Union street pro vides ample allow rooms 49x115 feet, of two stories and a basement. They are exclusive dealers for Buck's stoves and ranges. Globe Wernicke office equipment and book cases aud carry a full line of general furniture. Ten 'employes, of whom eight are salespeople, comprise the staff. Three trucks are required to keep up with deliveries. C. B. Wagoner, the president, is one of the best known busi ness mep iu tlie Piedmont Section, be ing president of tlie Citizens Bank and Trust Company. A. B. Davis was born in Wayne eoUnty, and lie lias been' in the furniture business all his life. lie attends the Central Methodist Church aud is a member of tlie Junior Order of American Mechanics, and a Knight of I'ytKias. He is married witli one child and takes an active part in the business. J. E. Davis for 29 years was manager of Royall and Borden here and has been in the furniture business all his life. He is ail active member of the Central Method ist church being superintendent of the Sunday school nnd a member of tlie Board of stewards. He is in the Junior Order of American Mechanics, a Woodman of the World nnd a Knight of Pythias. He is married with three children. ' To have attained tlie age of 71 with out evpr having travelled on a steamer before, or in fact without journeying a greater distance than 15 miles from her some, is the unique distinction of Mrs Simon C. Corkuni. who. witli her 75- ybar-old husband, lias left her home in in Yarmouth, N. C., to spend the winter 'with their son on his ranch in California. The great cathedral of Cologne is rep resented on a new stamp issued for Ger many, and huving a value of 19,(XX) marks. Two of these stamps are re quired for domestic postage and six for foreign postage. Religious Life of City Reflected In The Fine Churches and Attendance Growth of Christian Life fla‘ Kept Pace With Develop ment of the City and the County. j(By REV. L. A. THOMAS.) In estimating the things that enter uto the making of a community one must necessarily take into consideration jts religious atmosphere. This, after ail. is the true gtuige of any development. The increasing of the population indi cates the value of the place to live and 'ransact business. This is one of the test signs, of real life. There are few -owns that do not have a desire' to grow, aud to have institutions and business firms among them, The prns oerity of a town is an indication of the thrift of the people, and probably -cer, tain natural conditions that aid in this direction. But there is a progress tiiat 's possible for every town and commu-n ty, but is not taken advantage of b every one that easily could. And tha’ s tile religious life and consciousness ' n this Concord has always been couser 'Stive but has kept steady pace with he* ither developments. The religious lit'. if this town will compare most favor ibly with that of any other, either in o >ut of tlie state. If tlie religion of Con old could be measured by tlie number oi •hurdles and her loyalty to them then here can be no loss bv comparison. As an indication of the external P'cvTti of tlie' religious forces of tin own. fifty years ago there were four churches with a membership of less than 109.- No*y we have eighteen white and icven colored churches. The white mem rership is a little more than four thou sand. with a Sunday school enrollment >f three thousand and eight hundred. In 'ookiftg at the development we find that he religious growth has more than kept ip with tlie numerical and material trowtli of the town, if this be an indi cation of the spiritual increase, then Concord lias a most excellent record. Neither do we suffer in comparison in pnK* • v■ -- ■ ■ % ' , - ■■ ’ - . EPVVORTH METHODIST CHDRCIfSCONCORD, N. C. the beauty and churchliness of our places of worship. The First Presbyterian church has comparatively a new build ing. but has under advisement now re CENTRAL METHOBIST CHURCH ' . I V, ; «. •illl "•* ; V -te'* If ■ •*- - -* ST. JAMES LUTHERAN CHURCH. CONCORD, 2C‘*!l t , Im-atiiiK and putting up n splendid new church. The Central Methodist Church possesses one of the most beautiful lo cations (hat con ho found in any com munity and has a «vell apointed house of worship. St. James Lutheran Church has outgrown its present building snd must either, enlarge or rebuild. Calvary Lutheran Church is just now completing a new church on Buffalo street. Like- dedicate their remodeled Sun day School building <fn September B 4). The Epworth Methodist Church has reeeently dedicated their new church on Depot street. This is but an evidence of the interest that the people of Concord are taking in that part of their life that will eventually tell in the whole fabric of the community life. But there is something that is more durable and even more in evidence thau these beautiful houses of worship. This is found in the splendid character of the people of Concord. With a population made up more or less of the citizens of this county and state, she has never been flooded with an element that has no interest in the religious development of the town. Therefore her religious life has never been disturbed with beliefs that disrupt the spirit and life of the people. The ideal of Concord has been to make this town a place so that it will make its own appeal to the better class of people. The ideal has always been to make this a place where parents may bring their fam ilies and feel that they are getting the very best that can be gotten anywhere. This has been to a large extent realized through the wonderful progress that has been made in her religious life. These forces have said that the town must be made as dry as a town can be made and to this end they have .labored and the results of the efforts are evident. They have been back of every effort for a bet ter school equipment and higher stand ard school system. You need only to compare the schools of Concord with those of any other town to see how well (Continued on Page Thirty One.)
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