THE SME11 HERALD !
A FARMER'S PROGRAM TO MEET
THE CRISIS.
(Hy Lacy John.)
1. I nc j ease the corn acreage or
production to at least 200 bushels for
each horse and mule on the furrn.
2. Increase the acreage of forage
crops from 25 per cent to 50 per cent
over past years, growing especially
such summer legumes as cowpeas,
soy beans, velvet beans, etc.
3. riant the best and most prolific
seed available and plan to save an
abundance cf seed for next year.
4. Increase as far as conditions
warrant, the amount of fertilizer u:?
ed in order that larger yields may be
produced.
5. If procurable use labor saving
machinery to help out in the matter
of the scarcity of hand labor.
(!. Devote not less than one acre
to garden crops, especially such
things as Irish potatoes, cabbage,
collards, onions, tomatoes, etc., with
a large amount of peas and beans
for eating green, for canning and for
drying for winter use.^ Keep your
garden occupied with crops through
out the year.
7. In the matter of cultivation i
giv?s first attention to food and feed
crops. Increase the yield on all acre
age already planted by cultivating
level, shallow and frequent.
8. Keep a close watch for all
kinds of diseases and insects among
your plants and animals and take
prompt action to save any crop, or
live stock that may be attacted.
9. Save the breeding stock; cows,
heifers, mares, sows, gilts, ewes,
hens and early hatched pullets should
not be disposed of, but should be kept
for increasing the amount of live
Stock on the farm.
10. Increase the number of hens
per family to fifty as soon as possi
ble and continue to hatch chicks
through May and June.
11. Plan to produce 200 pounds or
more of pork for each member of the
family.
12. Provide as soon as possible at
least two good milch cows for each
family and more where it is conven
ient and advisable to have a surplus
of dairy products for sale.
13. Begin now to plan for an in
creased Acreage of winter crops such
as crimson clover, bur clover, hairy
vetch, rye, rape, oats, wheat, etc.
14. Take such community action as
may be necessary to provide seed for
all fall crops. Save all seed possible
from the present harvest and buy
early the others that will be needed.
15. Study the best plan for dispos
ing of all surplus products and if nec
essary organize the community to
learn how to grade and pack for mar
ket.
16. Discourage the destruction of
young animals for barbecues and the
practice of wasting by providing lav
ish picnics, etc.
17. See to it that the very best
sanitary conditions are provided in
and about the home that every per
son may keep in good health.
18. Keep in constant touch with
your Farm Demonstration Agent,
Home Demonstration Agent, and
County Health Officer that they may
be worth most to you, your communi
ty and your country during this
crisis.
RAISE MORE SWEET POTATOES.
The following letter was written
to a firm in Richmond by C. L. New
man, Professor of Agriculture in the
State A. & E. College :
"For a week I have tried to find
time to write an article urpinjj the
farmers to plant heavily of sweet po
tatoes. If the war f?>Mnues for an
other year the production of human
food crops will be a serious problem
not only in the South but through
out the world. The Northwest has
arnually been supplying the South
with hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of food necessities to feed the
people of the South. The enormous
quantities of food that the United
States have been shipping to Europe
must continue, and hardships are
inevitably coming if the war contin
ues six months longer. There is no
crop grown in the South that will
furnish as much food value per acre
or so cheaply as will the tweet pota
to. A dollar's worth of sweet pota
toes used as human food has practi
cally double the food value of a dol
lar's worth of wheat and corn. An
acre of average land in sweet potatoes
will produce more food than two acres
of corn and more than four acres of
wheat in the cotton belt.
"Sweet potatoes may be planted as
late as July and yield twice as much
human food as corn on land of aver- J
age fertility. It is the most import- !
ant crop that the South can now ,
grow, and there remains May, June
and ^ part of July in which this
crop may be planted.
"The sweet potato has a higher (
food value than the Irish potato, and |
it is now too late to plant the latter j
with any assurance of success, and j
then there is practically no seed j
available. There is ample sweet pota- 1
to seed available, and u bushel of
sweet potatoes will produce plants
enough to plant from six to ten times
as much land as a bushel of Irish.
"An acre of land that will produce
15 or 20 bushels of corn, 8 to 12
bushels of wheat, or 150 to 200 pounds
of lint cotton will produce 50, and
may produce 80 or 100 bushels of
sweet potatoes, depending upon the
good preparation of the soil and good
fertilizers. No crop will yield so much
per acre of so high a food value on so
poor land as will this highly nutri
tious root crop. Sweet potatoes may
follow the various early truck and
farm crops harvested in May and
June, such as cabbage, Irish pota
toes, etc., small grain, crimson clov
er, etc.
"In view of the scarcity of potash
I would recommend for sweet pota
toes between 600 and 1200 pounds of
a fertilizer j'.nalyzing 8 to 10 per
cent of phosphoric acid, and 2 to 4
per cent of nitrogen. On very thin
land 1 would use the higher per cent
of nitrogen, and on better land the
lower per cent."
Attention Confederate Veterans!
A car for your benefit, will be at
Sclma on the A. C. L. R. R., at 1:30 i
p. m., on the 4th of June for the
Washington Reunion. You can go via
the Southern Railroad if preferred.
Tickets will be issued there that day
only. Get to Selma before time and
secure your ticket. Mr. Sam Honey
cutt or D. H. Oliver or myself will
be there. A list of those entitled to
go will be there, and names not on
the list will get no tickets. I have
tried to pet all and am writing to all
that 1 have knowledge of. A list of
all now in hand is herein given. If
any others come in later, will be ad
ded. This is the last to be published.
I trust no one will try to "snake in"
when not entitled. I am expected to
protect the county. The following
names are eligible for a ticket, but
many cannot go. 1 only wish they
could.
Robert Johnson, Josiah Stancil, Sr.,
George Jones, W. M. Murphy, Wm.
Bass, Lovit Ennis, B. B. Davis, Ran
som Batten, J. H. Broadwell, H. F.
Gerald, Zack Taylor, Bridges Crocker,
C. H. Benson, J. R. Benson, Jesse
Edwards, H. F. Peedin, J. A. Wood
all, Robert Strickland, J. M. Childers,
Israel Stephenson, J. A. Baker, J. W.
Strickland, A. J. Ellis, W. B. John
son, W. F. Parker, J. S. Eason, J. H.
Wood, Lewis Braswell, J. H. Parker,
B. T. Long, A. B. Vinson, W. II.
Grimes, W. II. Barham, J. T. Bar
ham. J. T. A vera, F. M. Hinton, C. R.
Tomlinson, Sam Strickland, Elisha
Wallace, Hardy Home, Jack Ellis,
George Ellis, B. R. Massengill, Gid
Phillips, A. C. Davis, William El
dridge, J. R. Watson, A. B. Sasser,
J. A. T. Jones, D. W. Adams, William
Worley, C. S. Powell.
C. S. POWELL,
Commander.
Smithtield, N. C., May 21, 1917.
Raise Something.
Let every man, and every child
old enough to do any kind of work,
raise something. No matte* how httie
? raise something. If every man and
boy raised one hill of potatoes, it
would make more than a million bush
els. If every housewife raised . one
chicken, it would add measurably to
ihe meat product. "Despise not the
day of small things" ? "every little
helps." Millions of individual efforts,!
added together, make a national
achievement. Raise something.?
Bryan's Commoner.
Costa Rica last year exported 33,
853,707 pounds of coffee.
WILL STAND FOR FREEDOM. I
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The New Russian Government An
nounces That it Has No Intention
of Seeking Separate Peace. Has
(ieneral Peace in View, but Must
lie at Germany First.
Petrograd, May 19 (via London). ?
The provisional government 'Volared
today that it was united in tne detes
tation of a separate peace and that it
adopts as its aim the re-establishment
of a general peace which will not tend !
either to dominate over other na
tions or to the seizure of their nation
; 1 possessions a peace without an
nexations or indemnities. The rov
ernment expresses its conviction that
the Russian army will not suffer the
Germans to destroy Russia's Western
allies.
The statement ainbodying these
declarations was issued by the newly
reorganized provisional government
as a declaration, and reads:
"The provisional government, re
organized and reinforced by repre
sentatives of the revolutionary dem
ocracy, declares that it will energet
ically carry into effect the ideas of
liberty, equality and fraternity be
neath the standards by which the
irreat Russian revolution came to
birth. The provisional government is
united as to the fundamental lines of
its future action as follows:
"First: In foreign policy, the gov
ernment, rejoicing in concert with
the entire people all thought of a
separate peace, adopts openly as its
aim the re-establishment of a gener
al peacc which shall not tend to
wards dominion over other nations,
the seizure of their national posses
sions or violent usurpation of their
territories a peace without annexa
tion or indemnities and based on the
right of nations to decide their own
affairs. In the firm conviction that
the fall of the regime of czardom in
Russia and the consolidation of the
democratic principles of our internal
and extennal policy will create in the
allied democracies new aspirations to
wards a stable peace and a brother
hood of nations, the provisional gov
ernment will tane steps towards
bringing about an agreement with the
allies on a basis of ths declaration o?
April 0.
"Second: Convinced that the de
feat of Russia and her allies would
not only be a source of the greatest
calamity to the people but would
postpone or make impossible the con
clusion of a world wide peace on the
basis indicated above, the provisional
government believes that the Russian
revolutionary army will not suffer the
German troops Jto destroy our West
ern allies and tnen throw themselves
upon us with the full force of their
arms.
"The development of the principles
of democratization in the army and
the development of its military pow
er, both offensive and defensive, will
constitute the most important task
of the provisional government.
"Third ? The provisional govern
ment will tight resolutely and in
flexibly against the economic disor
ganization of the country.
"Fourth ? The measures for the
protection of labor will in every pos
sible way continue to be promoted
further with energy.
"Fifth ? The provisional govern
ment will take all necessary steps
towards insuring the greatest possi
ble production of the cereals and for
furthering the systematic utilization
of the soil.
"Sixth ? The provisional govern
ment will devote particualr attention
to the increasing direct taxes on the
wealthy classes.
"Seventh ? The efforts to introduce
and develop democratic unity of
self-government will be continued
with all possible speed and assiduity.
"Eighth ? The provisional govern
ment will also make all possible ef
forts to bring about at the earliest
time practicable the calling together
of a constituent assembly at Petro
grad.
"Dedicating itself resolutely to the
realization of the above programme,
the provisional government declares
categorically that fruitful effort is
only possible if it has the absolute
confidence of the whole people and
the ability to exercise the full power
so necessary to reinforce the suc
cesses of the revolution and develop
them further.
"Addressing all citizens in a reso
lute appeal to safeguard the unity
and power thus won, the provisional
government declares that for the
safety of the country it will take the
most energetic measures against all
attempted counter resolutions.
"The provisional government be
lieves that in this way alone can it
conserve all that which is dear to
free Russia."
The declaration is signed by Pre
mier Lvoff and all the cabinet min
isters.
Trees, shade, pretty bridges,
flowers, pleasant views, little dust,
wide sweeps, mile-stones and warn
ings ? there are a hundred ways of
making a road beautiful. ? Ex.
SIGNS OF PROGRESS.
The production of food and feed
crops in typical cotton and tobacco
counties is one of the signs of agri
cultural progress. Moved not only by
a sense of patriotism, in assisting in ,
the growing of staple food stuffs, but
also by the Teeling that it represents
a more profitable type of agricul
ture, former one crop farmers are
beginning to give attention to diver
: ification in all of its significance.
As a prominent factor in bringing
about this agricultural change, the
county demonstration agent of the
Agricultural Extension Service looms
up as one of the most valuable as
sets any county may possess. Edge
combe County employs the services
of County Agent Zeno Moore. For a!
number of years prior to the pres
ent economic crisis, Mr. Moore has
been urging the growing of grains,
permanent and temporary pastures,
the production of hays, the feeding
of livestock and the management of
poultry.
Seeing is believing. On B. F. Shel- !
ton's farm in Edgecombe County,
one of Agent Moore's best demon
strations is a ten-acre field of oats,
planted at the last cultivation of
cotton. In spite of the bad season
this year, which resulted in the kill
ing out of a good deal of grain, this
field of oats is in excellent shape.
It was sown broadcast, just as the
cotton rows were given their last cul
tivation, and when the soil was in
excellent seed-bed condition. No ex
tra preparation of the soil was ne<?
essary; the amount of labor was re
duced to a minimum; the field has a
cover crop all during the winter; the
oats could have been used for graz- 1
ing purposes or for grain; the total
cost of seeding the grain was repre
sented by the cost of one bushel to
the acre. *
Seeing further is believing furth
er. When compared to the ordinary
method of sowing oats in the early
winter by scarifying the soil, a prev
alent method in many sections, the
outstanding advantages of Mr.
Moore's plan are only too readily
noticed. Mr. Shelton's oats are a
foot higher and a month nearer ma
turity than his neighbor's grain. Mr.
Moore's rotation plan for this field
of oats is, to follow the g^ain with
soybeans or peas, which in turn will
be followed by clover. Then the
clover will be plowed under and the
field put into corn. Rye will follow
ihe corn as a winter cover crop and
will be secceeded by cotton. Oats will
begin the new rotation, which includ
ed two grains crops, two legume
rops and two, clean-cultivated, cash
crops.
Mr. Moore's campaigns for past
ures and legume crops have resulted
in a good sprinkling of fields of al
falfa, crimson and hur clover, lespe
deza and grass pastures. Right now
the clovers are veritable food carpets
of green, crimson and yellow. Bur
clover seed in itself will yield a very
handsome profit to the acre; and the
lespedeza or Japan clover, sown
broadcast on grain land two years
ago, on one of Mr. Moore's demon
stration fields, is now carpeting the
ground with its tiny leaves and pro
viding one of the most excellent
pastures.
Grain, corn, hay, pastures, live
stock and poultry, plus cotton and
tobacco, is Mr. Moore's plan of work
for the farmers of Edgecombe Coun
ty, arranged in such a way as to fill
out the farmers' time for 365 days of
work with the assurance of maximum
profits for the year. The signs of
progress are pointing to a new and a
better type of agriculture for North
Carolina. ? S. G. Rubinow, Asst. Club
Agent, North Carolina Agricultural
Extension Service.
Typhoid Fever and Vaccination.
The State Board of Health, in a
recent bulletin, says: "Typhoid fever
is becoming to be more and more
considered a disgraceful disease and
rightly so for we all know now it is
an inexcusable one. The means of
preventing typhoid and the efficiency
of the means employed are too well
known not to be made use of and in
case of typhoid fever, it is quite evi
dent that some one must shoulder the
responsibility, as some one has failed
to do his intelligent duty either by
himself or hit. fellow man.
"Vaccination against typhoid is
getting to be rather an old story but
its power to immunize against the
disease is as new and effective as
ever. Scrcens, the prevention of flies
and the destruction of filth have lost
none of their power to keep down the
disease, neither has pure drinking
water or clean milk become any less
a means of reducing the disease in
epidemic form than we have hereto
fore considered them. In other words,
typhoid fever is still with us and as
we know Fhe means of preventing it,
common intelligence demands our
doing it."
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Also a few bushels velvet beans at
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Selma, N. C.
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