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1 : crAA'-, v:.;v.-'--'i'.i' 'aa'-" A-' :aas: A'; xa:a? .;,-.A'A . kajA Av'-A-A ";"H;h -.Al ; A. ' v v.". . . i-v:;',:,.vw. AGRICUUTURAL OUTLOOK FOP n,iru CAROUNA ' XCi 1 i .1 , EASTERN EDITION AFamjt and Home Weekly for The Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, Florida. FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEI, vol. xxxv, : tik-d . . : - " Saturday, may 29; 1920' h' ' -; 1 ' : ' in North Garolina By P. T. INES -' ' a Copy. tacked in the barn. Some time during:. donth a man comes to the farm frqm the bctcnsion Service and spends two days there. ; To make the test fair, jhe, farms doing the" work ao not know- when the inspector wilr come. It is blazing away in the new and somewhat negl of course the buyer can come close to telling the oLh Whh 'm rtJ X' S.7' i , ted field of dalrvAfarmmg,? and information, Qlity he is getting, but it is only, by the test Eird diration ahar suggestions Jalong this line ' work that one can be sure-especial ly, the Un- ZslCt?1 MR. J. FDIGGS, owner and manager of . Diggs Parm; Rockingham, N, C, is a big cotton farmer who- has. worked out a fine system of farm management. - On this 'phase of r animals. How is the general buyer to tell the his farm activities V story containing much in- litference between the registered scrubs and the formation could be written;On the -other harid, reistered producers? If a good judge of, cows, he lected inspiration mux, suggestions ,aiong inis line ",w"1 v Va uc swpspeqany, uic uu- ft.";-- lj: .i,,. Ak' :n u- t 'JrJl ti u-'i.T- -a' irinA mahnf th o Uf,, ctf.t during his..- stay, .-.the, inspector .'.also , inakes two of The Progressive Farmer; : ' , being bought. Cow testing is therefore done to J "a0 Lttef L bad ' ' . K..v.r, v. ur production ot butter is based. ZJVZW e bffen and the bVeVanSn Tn' r't . The Ceding problem is hrgely takencare of by onne r.orm roiina ptaieoiiege oigiicui- - sure of what he U ttinV thc Pastur in summer and the silos in winter, tureand Engineermg. The barn itself is'built' on land adjoining the farm for the . purpose -of carrying forward the From his herd, Mr. Diggs sells milk, but he also Pee Dee River, the bottom UnA f wWh fnrn.-h farm-building process which his father bad starU sells considerable breeding stock. " HTe soon real- fine grazing f ronxnative grasses and clovers Two edA' . . - - -:-:.vV:- -U-V-j. . ,-rA 'silos' are used, one if -250 WmmmM v tOnsr, made; df A concrete A W. jlki'A. 4ttA.Sritrf -'At- 1?C Am A 1 JrV AA'AM- ;-A.i!M r Piwooa staves. A A'AA:. u?:;'",AH ofr'P''' As the plantation is de- terests of his bro'tKer'and sisters and purchased: an by. . ,;K;r;';;i:A j On the Dices' farm -.-at W - -- - , ; ....... .... ..y!, some 30 families and about r-l H XiA "i.- i '..i'Jr.V.'a'&J'.v.ai ...isEi .Aii. .ai . pcopie. ..-jiacnAinomeivAAii m& mm has.; its: cow, . garden. pigafnA l-VVA Z and chickens, and 4 ; fire wood for the cutting and hauling. Every, farmer v ; also follows the methods m : , - outlined by Mr. Diggs lor j , -- .A the whole farm ' A jBtnaltr H A -., -. ... . ... V-... T. er cotton ,icVge.prtIH plow is grown here than If "J '4 -V ' ' on the average cotton farm.. All; thee ;thin'ALi mean gradually improved 1 soil KaH., IfS' an d cultivation, more i ' prosperous owner & nd P tenant.. v:" :: " - MM, Eight : vearRlalM A ll &, Dices madA-AWSc-aW'Srt . ' M .... I .11 1 if 1 Av m"';-a" ;4A voted a chiefly to p o.tton P lowing, nearly alf pf the , r ... p : grain tor tne aairy cows 01 11 - is" raised i for the farm 1 11' P as ec'ej that wifh the v. Hif'-d - present price of cotton it ) "5 wilt-not be wise to devote tJf.-'pf cotton lands to; growing r p : grains for the cows. Most 5 gldlll uuugm 13 III Mm - tht. form of commercial v .c9'wpea - hay,, soy beans, "7 ip. .and velvet beans are also f; I p :A raised for the dairy cattle, p . cowpea nay is consiaereq p: one of the very best feeds. 1 A Much of hi s success in ffX 'r " .. - , r . P A aaVy worK, Mr. Yjuiggs savs "is due' tn 'his dairv- ln'g a few granddauehters of the famotis rersev sire of the North' Caro "Eminent.''Sirfcelhatiiime1 ? :--"'r-.-''::':v !;A-:- . . 1 - 1 "'-Ca : lina State 'College of Ag- !,c "'s Dullt P one of the vCrr best dairy herds A1 n the South, two-thirds of the present herd cows - cows, owned by diggs farm, Rockingham, n. c. Farm in 1915. ,With the exception of a yearand having been bred On the f arm. In the breeding A :A - . V A :Vy ;:.A:.r,?A a half spent in France, Mr. Lewis has had entire work, only the "Raleigh' and "Eminent" families ized, therefore that he would have to put on the charge of, this farm's dairy herd since his gradu have been used; and all this" has" beent toward-the;. test work if he was.to get very far in the breeding ' ation.' A." A .r A yU'0;'r P" .ot -.proauctivenesSj ,oeauty,ni con-, opss., icu wuuiiiu ;v AThe ho raisine on this farm deserves mention formation- ".-i-'j- j 1 , , Qi. KnipR nthM-sfrhave been added .-.'r-.Mr. on in,ia.oescrves .mennon, n. .Y,1: 4 - "'T'X'-T ' n .v Jn th'hVrd on especially its cooperative featured Five men in . Dlggs Farni ii one of th first in North (roli o enter into cow-test wprfcrrortune'Admira-; test as. fast as they freshen. . ;, , " ; Durcic-Jefsey Hogs.' They have organized them. , fp. 297207" has been. on tesV for id months " This test work does not make - the ;herd any ; seiVeS into a company called "0uroc Farms" and au .with present indiration will -nroduce 13.000 - better, but it eives the breeder definite facts about hroiicrh thi nro-an5atin nwn v tkV hna; Pounds ot triilk and 600. pounds of butter; during the animals he has to offer, arid itrafsb-giye The meri who are year. .This .will break- all nrevious' North a chance to check up on his own judgment and; : garolina records; She has stood'the test well and thereby better the herd by getting rid of any cows ;. Mr; Henry C. Wall, Mr; H. F. Long and Mr. W. E. be in perfect show condition at IhV.end of that fall below the standard set, It also makes it; rland . A: , - ' : .. . i .- - , S- , lne year,-. which indicates .that -she' has not; been possible to tell very closely, what' young' stock A 'f.A';.A.' 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The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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