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An
Albemarle Tribute to the Farmers of America...
"The
Glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it
is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his primitive
activity."
—Emerson,
"Society and Solitude" FARMING
"Of
all occupations from which gains secured, there is none better
than agriculture, nothing more productive, nothing sweeter,
nothing more worthy of a free man."
—Cicero—"De
Officils"
The
following historical photos and captions were taken from the
1952 Annual Albemarle Potato Festival program...
" A
Farmer and His Mule...no machinery has yet taken
the place of
the mule for cutting drains across potato fields, and despite
the hard work, Mr. Henry Thornton, of Elizabeth City, who
farms near Bayside, has a working understanding with his mule,
'Sally.'"
"Kenneth
Hall, Route 1, Elizabeth City, drearily strains
at the 'far from glamorous' chore of plowing drains behind
a mule."
"In
the face of threatening weather, Paul Hall rushes the discing
of his fertile Brickhouse Point potato land while son Lem
rows up in turn." Photo by Jack Williams
"Farmers
Are Their Own Mechanics...when they have time, that is. Reuben
James, of Weeksville, makes adjustments on his potato seeder
and fertilizer sewer. Typical of the ingenious American farmers
who fed the whole world in World War II, Reuben designed and
built his own motor-driven potato seed cutter, an elaborate
time-saving machine.
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