Page Pourtefill
THE dAHOLlHA tTHlOH f ARMEH
[Thursday, August 8, 19i2.
INSECTS IN RELATION TO THE
DYING OF CHESTNUT TREES.
(Continued from page 11.)
Eastern States. The elongate, slen
der larvae mine in the inner bark and
outer wood in such a manner as to
girdle the trees. When they attained
their full growth they transform to
the adult stage in the outer wood, or
bark, to emerge the following spring
and repeat the process. Investiga
tions have shown that it can be con
trolled by disposing of the infested
trees in such a manner as to destroy
the bark on the main trunks during
the fall and winter months.
The extensive dying of the chestnut
in the Southern States during the
last century, where the chestnut
blight disease was not known to oc
cur, together with extensive investi
gations in this region, indicate that
there are a number of agencies of de
struction which must be investigated
before the problem of protecting the
chestnut can be solved.
In some sections of the South where
more than fifty years ago the chest
nut trees were abundant, very few
are present to-day. Observations by
Dr. A. D. Hopkins, in charge of For
est Insect Investigations, during the
past twenty years in the Appalachians
show a widespread death of both
chestnut and chinquapin during the
period.
In order that Investigations may
be extended in all sections where the
chestnut grows, owners of timber
should report to the Bureau of Ento
mology as to the healthy or unheal
thy condition of their timber. Infor
mation Is especialy desired from lo
calities representing the most North
ern, Western, Southern, and South
eastern parts of its distribution,
namely in the North from Maine, New
Hampshire, and New York; in the
West from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky, and Tennessee; in the
South, from Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia, and in the Southeast, from
South Carolina, North Carolina, and
Virginia. ’
CO-OPHRATIVE DEVELOPMENT
WORM.
On page three of this issue we have
a half page advertisement of the J.
Van Lindley Nursery Co., of Po
mona, N. C. This is one of the lar
gest and best nurseries in the coun
try.
Judging from the way they dress,
a whole lot of women seem to think
that the men are all from Missouri.—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Customer: “I want a ton of coal.”
Dealer; “Yes, sir. What size?”
Customer: “Well, if it’s not ask
ing too much, I’d like to have a 2-000-
pound ton.”—Brooklyn Life.
It had been a hard day at the polls.
The addition of nearly a thousand
women’s votes made the counting a
prolonged proposition.
“Well, James,” said Mrs. Wallicky,
as her husband returned from his ar
duous labors as teller, “how did the
vote go?”
“Nine hundred and two votes for
Bildad, seven hundred and forty for
Slathers, eight receipts for tomato
ketchup, four wash lists and a mil
liner’s bill,” said Wallicky. “That’s
how It went.”
Notice to Members of the
Farmers’ Union In Wake
Connty.
Dr. J. M. Templeton, Vice-Pres. N. C.
Farmers’ Union, W. G. Growder, member
of State Ex-Com. and W. H. Nichols Busi
ness gt. Wake Co- Farmers’ Union will
meet the brethren of the Local Unions in
Wake County, named below at their re
spective meeting plac s on the following
dates at 8 o-clock p. m. unless further
notice is given:
Olive Grove Local, Monday, Aug. 12.
Bay Leaf Local, Tuesday, Aug. 13.
West Grove Local, Wednesday, Aug 14.
Little Rock Local, Thursday, Aug. 15.
Stony Hill Local, Friday, Aug. 16.
At the court house in Raleigh on Sat
urday Aug. 17, at 11:00 a. m. a Mass Meet
ing to Discuss the Torrens System of land
title registration will be held and to discuss
the Warehouse feature of the Farmers’
Union- A full attendance of Members
is desired at all Local appointments and a
general attendance at Raleigh.
Address by W. W. Finley, President,
boutuern Railway Company, at a
Meeting Unaer ti»e Auspices of the
Board of Trade, Waynesville, N.
C., July li5,
Mr. President and Gentlemen:—In
his letter inviting me to address you
on this occasion, your Secretary re
ferred to th« work being done by the
Greater Western North Carolina As
sociation. This has suggested to me
that I speak to you brieny to-day on
this work of development in which
we are all interested.
it is the aim of the management
of the railway company that I have
the honor to represent, to make its
policies BO far as may be practicabl®,
helpful to the communities which it
serves. For the attainment of the
beat results in this direction, it is es
sential that the company shall have
the ehective co-operation of the com
munities to be benefited, and that the
work shall be carried on in accord
ance with a systematic and intelli
gently worked out plan. The method
adopted in the formation of the
Greater Western North Carolina As
sociation is typical of the character
of co-operative development work
that it is our desire to organize
throughout the territory traversed by
the lines of our railway system.
It is, I believe, an opportune
time for the inauguration of a cam
paign of education as to the resources
and opportunities of this region such
as is being carried on by your Asso
ciation. The Southeastern Section of
the United States is attracting in
creased attention as a region of op
portunity. It is being looked upon by
intelligent and far-seeing men as the
section in which greater agricultural
and industrial progress will be made
in the Immediate future than in any
other part of the United States. The
view being taken of the Southeast by
men of affairs is illustrated by a let
ter which I have recently received
from a progressive man at the head
of a great enterprise who, upon re
turning from a tour of the United
States, said:
“The development of the South
eastern States which I saw as I pass
ed OH my recent trip, particularly in
agriculture and manufacturing, leads
me to believe that that section is des
tined, with the expansion of commer
cial facilities, to become one of the
richest in the United States within
the next ten years. The diversifica
tion of crops and manufacturing will
promote a permanent stability and
remove the section beyond the effect
of ordinary economic disturbances.”
Those Southeastern communities
which will profit most by the grow
ing interest in our section, such as is
shown by the letter from which 1
have quoted, will be those which are
first to undertake the work of making
their resources and opportunities
known to the world and which follow
it up most persistently. In Western
North Carolina you have the great ad
vantage of being able to work along
very broad lines and of appealing to
many classes of people. You can pre
sent the unsurpassed advantages of
this region at all seasons of the year
for the home-seeker and the tourist.
You can make known its splendid op
portunities for agriculture and manu
facturing.
Heretofore the exploitation of Wes
tern North Carolina has been devoted
most largely to making It known as
an ideal place to live amid attractive
and healthful surroundings and as a
region of delightful resorts for the
tourist. It is all of this and more,
and I am glad that the Western North
Carolina Association has taken up
the work of compiling and dissemi
nating as to your various agricultu
ral, horticultural and Industrial op
portunities. The reports on these
subjects being made by your commit
tees will be most helpful in attracting
farm settlers and new manufacturing
enterprises.
These reports are full of just the
information that the man considering
a change of location wants. This in
formation is put before him in an at
tractive and readable way, without
the exaggeration which is often
found in literature of this character.
It would be difficult to exaggerate
the advantages of the Land of the
Sky, but neither the tourist, the set
tler, nor the man looking for an in
dustrial opportunity should be lead
to expect more than you have to of
fer. It is better that their expecta
tions should fall short of the reality
than that they should be disappoint
ed in any way. The Live Stock and
Poultry Committee of the Greater
Western North Carolina Association
expressed my view on this subject in
the introduction to their report in the
following language:
“In compiling this report we have
endeavored to give only such facts as
can be substantiated by actual con-
ditone and results rather than to
paint in alluring colors inducements
that the investor would have difficul
ty in realizing. We could not hope
to interest investors in this line of
business unless we could show: (1)
That this country is, by location, cli
mate, and natural conditions, espe
cially adapted to the live stock in
dustry. (2) That the industry, as it
now exists, is paying good returns on
the investment. (3) That there is an
opportunity and demand for much
greater development of the business.
(4) That such opportunity is open to
the investor of either large or small
amounts.”
This live stock report and the re
ports of the Agricultural and Hor
ticultural Committees of the Associa
tion are models in their way, and tak
en together, form a complete hand
book on the agricultural, horticul
tural and live stock opportunities of
this region.
The Greater Western North Caro
lina Association has been actively at
work for only a few months, but it
is already getting results. Its adver
tising by posters and otherwise and
the personal work of Its manager will
materially increase the tourist busi
ness of this section, and I have no
doubt that its work for agricultural
and industrial development will be
equally effective. In this connection
I may say that the long experience of
the Railway Company that I have the
honor to represent has taught us that
it is often difficult to trace directly
the effect of development work. It
will probably be impossible for you
to know just what proportion of the
tourists who come to this region have
been attracted by our work and you
may not, in all cases, be able to trace
your influence In locating settlers and
industries. You should not be dis
couraged If tangible results, especial
ly in the early days of your cam
paign, are not as great as you would
like.
Development work ie very similar
to salesmanship. Successful sales
manship depends in large measure
upon having a line of goods that peo
ple want and upon keeping their mer
its constantly In the minds of pros
pective buyers. You have the goods,
and the facts to Western North Caro
lina should be kept so constantly and
persistently before the people of the
United States that they will think of
this region instinctively as the place
for an outing, for farming, or for
manufacturing. The results of your
work will be cumulative. Each tour
ist who comes to your resorts and
goes away satisfied will be disposed
to come again. He will talk to his
friends and acquaintances about your
beautiful country and will become a
most efficient solicitor of tourist busl-
nees. In the same way, each farm
settler who locates in Western North