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TH€. CHARLOTTE NEWS, DECEMBER 3, 1911 CDITBD BY J. M. BiaHAM. Farmers Crop Financing Plan Dibsected Ml. Alexander By Q ALEXANDER. defends himself and his family, or he 1(1 and re-read the press will be snatched up before a court t hsTf . . . . of justice (?). devised yj analyze the plan and New r*eeir* ?cuthf"' rery fp’ild r thp plan i^piesontatives and New i further. The grower lays nVprs to aid the Southejh down his stronges; and most rella- hnMinir cotton. I wish hie weapon of defense when he lets ,n holding . f go the cotton. Possession is three ^ . he plan my unquaimed. the. law and it’s the ,p,piv 1 redit these Southern jgj. gg ijj^* farraei;^ * pc with honest>- and | ig concerned in this fight for living uurDose In their efforts prices at the naads oi the specula- purpose ,^rs. Again, the grower is taking all Souths, great receives only thrive jp obi* son?' :c or the WINDING ROAD. There are mtay to aiag doleful song Of the heart that la heavy with teari; But who will sing ua the dauatfess aong— A marching measure that swings a- long— Of the heart that has %o tears? The joys of life Is the forward road To the heart that is ready to go; There’s a laugh and a Jest at the End of day, And a sweet voice calling from far away Whenever the Wild winds blow. Though what we shall see at the turn ' of the road Is hidden from you and from me. Yet with heart that 1» free of vain disguise, And face to the front and fearlteas eyes, We will dare whatever we see. —Tertiua Van Dyke, in the OuUook. A price that will leave jom-ths of the profit^. The fee of icer a fair margin ot ©ne dollar per Dale which he pays, is four per cent interest in the * not P-- ’ Put ' tso'P ■ If fiifi ' b' In N' r*f’ \ The Famei^s Thank^t^^ r*'f of . the cost Of production, is four per cent interest m Tne ppflf *t>o' ^2.5 dollars for twelve months. It is in f. I’rol'ahl.' .hardly probable that many of the •nt could be made through • twelve months and ” ,rn . ultalists. Cotton is strict-’ it l« a reasonable conclusion that coutliern crop and the North the one dollar per bale fee will ’ Hive'tlv irtterested in the'cover all expenses of “grading and ,I rho ‘producer. I handling” and four per cent interest A p a loi of money to' on the loan. This is considered pret* r ('ottoM crop. This money | ty good interest on such a large lirectly or indirectly j loan as is here contemplated. Add moncv tru3t! which centers to this the 9ne fourth of the possi- oriv. Wall street is dl-|ble rise in trice and it looks like n er>«ted in securing a high a money making scheme. *rrp t on this* money, and. i believe if all the cotton now in i nftjii directly or indirect- the hands ofthe growe r was turned r interpMe'i ni making it buy the lose according to th^ plan, that " ntion at as low a price we would see a e prospect 'VLVefoV 1 am reminded of the of an advance until the next crop Beware of the Greeks became a positive factor in fixing This may be an un- the price. But with •the present bai- >«Rainst the bankers Unce of the crop in the hands of ptit up the money andithe^ grower and a'strong determina- tTlm to let it remain there, it be- the plan. It, comes a strong leverage to pry up the price. Our home bankers and merchants ought to give the farmers all iK>8* Rible aid, in holding for better pric es. They are doing it in many lo- Education That Ed ucat et pncf prov uf? •Id p^^ver hff.nn? j.jst =-.>irmaiion I tope " - lot n« examine eropof''" l^an twenty-five dollars ,^le, on the payment of a fee pf pa? dollar per bale, without in- for fl limited time; this limit e«ing l^niiary llU.I. when the con- jrjff must he clost'd regardless of the nf rotton. The plan as reported fur:her. that "the cotton )i not held nor taken from the chan- B#U of trade but is placed, at the bf«f artr^nta^e.” Thf crower is given the right to (i«-i:na'e the day of sale prior TO Isnnarv 1st 19U» and will partici- • nr advantage in price to ni of rhree fourths of the r.’.p n 'ho market.’ The fund will hf placed throuRh state committees tiimed I' he Rovernor or commis- rrnp) n aericulttire. These com- are empowered to sell when ■ ''tton rearhe?' 12 cents and are reaches 13 cents. (,r»8t is taken to provide nKin^t A violation of the Sherman unri-miP' lai* A big business can law for years and years and «hen Anally brought before the roir* and adjudged guilty is let off wi 'out an penalty whatever 5tnd lilo’ced t'» prescribe it/ own method c' ronformmi to the law. But the must be careful how he Th people of this oountry are be ginning to appreciate the necessity of. a change in the policies of the public schools. The popular Idea uopn which the school systems should be based is for the best service to the greatest number. Education that does not lit one for service Is but a holloii^ and unmeaning form. The old-fashion ed classical course which drilled Greek verbs and Hebrew roots into the rnlnd of the student is now obselete. What «siiimn in the price the p^ple are demanding is a system slump in tne pnce country^ the vast army of boys and girls who need free schools and turn them out after their course is complet ed better fitted to meet the demands of everyday life. Over 70 per c«jnt of the people of this country live in the country or in small towns. It stands to reason, then, that this large proportion of the people must make its living from agricultural pursuits. Farm ing in all of its branches, especially dairv farming, has progressed rapidly I in the last 20 years. The change has calities. Whatever price the farm-1 er receives for his cotton will soon find its way back to the banker and merchant; that is the greater part of it. What shall the cotton farmer do in this crisis? Do the very best been so radical that the man who was successful then would be a hopelesa has-been today. Something must be done to help these people to keep up with the times. Where is the agency that is better suited to fit them to meet the problems of the farm than that he can with the aid of home j the public schools? It is not to he banker and merchant to hold on to supposed that agriculture should he his cotton. Then get busy sowing 1 forced into the course of study of ey grain and preparing to make a living next year, instead of trying to make money on “time bills and cotton.” Build warehouses for handling the next crop. Quit buying so much high priced fertilizers and go to farming In a sensible way. Make tne farm self-sustaining by growing all food' crop*. Adopt a systematic ro tation, with deep plowing and tne sowing of legumes to fill the soil with humus iand nitrogen. And sta}' out of debt. I had expected to say something about the problems of the tobacco farmers and the possible remedies; but this letter Is already long enough. Comment On The • P> ice Ot Cotton Tlis ill ibforbing queation of th« liour, Mr Editor, seems to be the I>nfe of cotton. The Farmers’ Union %*epi the dally papers hot with all •01^1 of criticiim* ef tkoM who they l»im are defrauding the farmers by tlUier forcing the price doirn or al- lowini tome one else to do it. The lOTsniors and commisslonera of ag- Tifulturs of the various states are t&esting, discussing and resoluting on price of cotton. I hare been sitting by the waytlde ^ thinking. The procession is »ng and noisy. Abuse of aoma taaftnary power that is pressing the Tines of cotton down fills the air. and •^ms to be expelling from th« minds ths people their usual stock of com oon sente. ^litt are the facta? The cotton f grown and are gathering l^efi crop of cotton that has been grown. The weather con- ^tions ftimished us by the Supreme fowfr have cause the crop to ma- jrs ana open thirty dayfc earlier and Quickly than ever before known. '^®^ton grower has rushed his , P the market and the capacity w 1 and warehouses h^s f * * been over-reached. The has been unable to meet Vj. ntsh and those wanting cotton Th.* a* low as they could. presented with a fine’ » bargain and rh»t same manner rnnH,. f‘'>tton grower meets aimllar advantage of the unity, i»ecured the bargain and th» discomfort of other fpiio^., hull!! blamed? Who What act of conin T turptltude has IT ””Ver or consumer com- tK # farmer rather lo«rt attempting : ^ ‘he other fel- gn>w»r the eotton nf unprecedented •“•rrv n.i market would *• Per«i«** down? Why then doea his produce on ov.r j ** and declining? .'’^PreHs the market i«»l , marketed slowly '0.1 »n*-"^^"'atically. Legislate as r>n » heavv have prevent- *hen ‘. rrVJ!^ cotton mar- n th« - ®*'®P S »ori(i months. •‘"’0 h«i.l ‘ consume 12.- anem *1 months, and bales on it In three or four months. With what result? Disaster. The cotton buyer Is just like all other human-beings. What 1^ buys he want* as cheap as possible; for what he sells he wants the highest price possible. 1 realize that these views are ^inpopular just now, but they are the reauH of a close observa tion of one sitting by the wayside. When cotton was 15 to 16 cents the cotton grower laughed In his sleeve at the antics cut up by the manu- jfacturer. Th« cotton consumer squirmed and writhed with financial colic on account ot his inability to digest 15 and 16-cent cotton, and the cotton grower looked on with that contented smile that indicated satis faction and a full pocket. Mill after mill closed down, thousands »f opera tives were deprived of the bread of life, yet not one grain of sympathy was extended’ hy those who now curse and abuae that imaginary be ing who is ‘‘bearing cotton.” Away with all this demagoguery and lets return to the old fashioned common sense. How? Make It an Invariable rule to plant M cotton, I'A corn, 'M in small grain and M in forage crops (such as alfalfa and clover) and poUtoes and other small crops. Don t preach this doctrine, but practice It. yourself. Don’t argue that the other fellow will curtail and yo« will In crease and profit by his good work. Move your meat, hay and com supply houses from the vest to your own farm. Go to market with a full wagon and return with the proceeds in your pocket behind a team gladdened by being only required to pull an emptied wagon. Whol When the cotton grower quits talk ing so much about being oppress^ by the other fellow and •dopts meth ods that will make his business Ind^ pendent of th# other fellow, then and not till then will the cotton price ques tion be solved. I am a farmer and ex- pect to make my living out of the ground, but I have been a manufac turer and I know both sides.—A. o. Murphey, In Southern Cultivator. TWO BADLY INJURED ' IN TRAIN WRECK. By Associated Paducah, Ky., Dec. 2.—Only two of those who were lajnred ^In the wrecK of southbound Illinois senger trrtn No. 101 last nifeht w^re brought back to . a Paducah hospital today on a relief train. These aw Bn^neer Andrew Fralley, of J^uis- ville, and Joe Smith, a Meiijhia me* ery high school or even of every pub lic school, but there should be men and women capable of teachlijg thes practices of the farm and the farm home to all those who are interested in bettering their conditicm and im proving the prosperity of the agricul tural section. The academies and the colleges take care of the boys and girls who are financially feble to fit themselves along more advanced stud ies, but the large majority of the boy* and girls are never able to go beyond the grammar grades and a large ma jority of those who do finally graduate find that thej-* must depend upon the farm for their success. Why not, then, teach those lines that will be helpful to. give the boys and girls an opportunitF to learn^^something about the various lines of dairying? Why not give them toe privilege of studying the varied lines that are closely relat ed to farlhing? No more Inttsresting course could be offered and iwthing could be put before them that would have a greater'tendency to hold them irrevocably to their course of study*. There is something fascinating about any lesso)^ that has to do directly with those things that are vitally connect ed with a child’s home life. If he can be shown how he can increase the prosperity of the farm, he will-find, much keener enjoyment in following his course of study. Give him a chance to get this Information U the common schools and you Will Improve the sys tem and make the boy a better citizen at the same time.—Kimble’s Dairy Farmer. Wintei Wmk On the Fam One ofthe most Important things to look after during the winter months is making manure tor our impoverished soils. There is no part of the year so favorable for rotting a quantity of bedding as the winter Because we uisually have more rain in winter thaii any part ttf the year and we houuse our stock more reg ularly than at any other time. If tne readers of the Furum would resolve to make all the minure their stock could rot this wlnte^, it would sur prise them at the quantity they would have to spread during winter and spring. The making 6f manure on the farm and the growing of legumes is the only way tor us to economically develop our poor lands. We muat quit relying upon commercial fertil izers. The hogs upon the farms are us ually Wlowed to waste their iiMiur« While if they were>. gf«fe» suitable quarters they w6uld make as much, manure as any class of animals on the farm. I have mide a* much ma nure di^ring the Vefr from a siiafle brood-sow as from a _oow. And a half dozen shoats during the fattening period will rot a great quantity of litter. While fattening hogs* should have ^ry quarters to go into at will they should b# fed in the opening where they can stir and rot a lot ot litter. I hare practiced this method and hare been much pledsed with th« quantity of valuable manure they have mide me. I^et us all resolve to five si^ial attention to this feature of winter R. B, SULIJVAN Hebroiv. Va. , '^niptlng to force 14,000,000 i gro. ’ Both probably will re!6v*r. —The crematory rep^ for Noven^ her show* that there were bniiied 12 horses, 2 mules. 8 cows, 7 calvea, 30 hog.. 4» do*.. . MS cati, *16 cWck.^ ]7 ducks. 1 turli.y. 49 rabbits, 12M, nk. sp^l«d fish, 650 pounds spoiwd meat, and 1084 barrels night aoll. While the preaident of the nation and th« govwnors of the varloua states call upon the people year after year to give thanks, among other things for bountiful harvests, they do not al ways remember that the harvMt de pends not alone upon the bounties of Providence but upon the farmer also. No matter how favorable the season may be,^ how rich the soil, there wlU be no oro98 unless the farmer pre pares the ground, sows the seed, culti vates the crop, and gathers In the har vest, In other words, the farmer is is God’s partner in feding the wodd; God’s hired man, or perhaps better, he and the afaount of food that the world will enjoy depends largely on the effi ciency of the junion partner in this food-producinr The farmer, we’ fear, does not al ways sufficiently “magnify his office” nor his position in thlg partnership The prophet Isaiali, however, recog nized it long ngo when he wrote: “Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Doth he that ploweth to liow plow continu ally? doth he continually open and harrow his ground? When he hath leveled the face thereof, roth he ^lot cast abroad the fitches, and scatter abroad the cummin, and put In the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof? For his God doth in struct him aringht, and doth teach him.” The farmer's Thanksgiving, there fore, differs, or at least should differ from the Thanksgiving of any other man or class of men on the face of the earth. He is a partner with the Al mighty In the work of feeding the world, and without him the human race would perish. The work of these partners is quite distinct. The raw' material—the sun shine, th3 rainfall, the climatic condi tions—is furnished by the senior part ner, as He sees best. The farmer has nothing to do with that. Hl» business is to utilize this r^w material, and by utilizing ic create food for the-hungry nations. If he has made full use of this ra,w material, the best use irossl- ble under the conditions and circum stances, he will have a harvest and abundant reason for thankfulness. If he has failed to do his duty, it Is his business to know wherein he has failed. ' -JThe farmer'can see as no other man can his dependence on the Power that rules this world. Without the senior partner, the junior partner can do nothing. He may plow and plant aftd cultivate; he may even mature heavi ly; but,’4he amount of the harvest de pends mainly on the raw material, whl€h‘ is entirely beyond his control. David long ago recognized the fact that this rain from heaven and fruit ful seasoijrf are the gift of God, that fiUeth the heart of the farmer and the consumers of his*product "with joy and gladness. ' * While the farmer should give thanks for rain and sunshine and fruitful sea sons. he should not forget that he klso owes thanks for any natural ability he may have to work up this raw mater ial. We have known men who were really good farmers, but who spoiled it 411 by taking al Ithe credit to them selves, and thinking and , speaking slightingly of their neighbors who had not their skill and success. This is human nature. This streak in human ity runs back a'long way. Moses saw it in the w ilderness, and in the eighth chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy writes: “Beware lest thou forget Jehavah thy God. * * * ]«st, when thou, hast eaten and art full, and haat built goodly houses, and dwelt therein: (13) and when thy ^erds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; then thy heart be lifted up, aad thou forget Jehevah thy God, ♦ * • and lest thou say in thy heart. My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, who glveth thee pow er to get wealth; • * ♦ ” The hlch man is not the only man who puta on airs, pats himself on the back, and “What a tremendous big felloe T am.” Nor is the good- looking gft*l. who. by birth' inherited a fine form and a beautiful face, the only one whose head is swelled* The farmer Is quit© likwy to pat himself on the back and say: “I am the big gest man in all this community. These neighbor* of mine are pobr farmers, shiftless and lazy.” \ The question we wish to put to any maA who feels so inclined on Thanks giving Day Is: Where did you get it? Who gave you the knack, of farming? Why Is It that everything you touch turns into money? and why is it that some of these other people failed after doing their very best? It is partly natural endowtoent; and all thie credit that is due you is for developing that endowment. This brings another «lact: that the farmer in this day, and especially the Western farmer, should be thankful all Thftnkaglving Day that he was bom at the rl^t time; that his father or his grandfather settled in the right place; that he was horn at a time when in ventive genius enables him to get rid of moBt of the backbreaklpg work and drudgery of farming; that scie^ice has Ibnabled him to hang his cradle and scythe on a tree and get out a mower, a reaper and binder; that science has taught him how to preserve cknned feed for "^ils^lve stock all the year faround. winter and summer; that scl- eace has Uught him all abotu bugs and worms and blights and molds, the life-habita of all these pests, and has taught him to stand by Wa teath6r^ friendi throusk thick and thin. This In itself la ground for'^hankfulness. It is true that we do not utilise all these advantages, and that it at matter for hunjlliatlon even on Thanksgiving Dty. There never wias a time In the history of the world when the fairmer had 80 many helps in utilizing and making the most ot the rawr mat^al which the senior partner gives hlrf. If our neighbor’s cornfield has yield- ours has yieldM- only 20 on iiift same kind Itnd, that’a no reason why we should" be. Jealous of our neighbor; but it is reason why we should enquire why it is that our neigh bor under the -same- conditions has been so sutoessfol. If, oai^ has been a blg^ crop and/^our neigy>pr’8 a small one, this Is no reaaon' why we should look do 'n upon this neighbor; - but the very best of reasons why we should win his confidence and suggest to him how he can reaiv as great a harvest as we have reaped this year. If ouf readers will think this over, we believe'' they will see new reasons for Thanksgiving and gratitude, new reasons for using extra efforts next year, taking more and better agricul tural papers, reading more carefully fully and reports of ^experiment sta tions. attending the com and judging shows, getting in touch with the young December. • In December ring ‘ " Every day, the chlmea; ^ud 'the irlieemen sing In the streets';theslr meriry rhymes. ‘ I>et 'ufi slhg 'by the fire Ever" higher- ■ ' " Sing them till the .night expire. —Lonffellow.—“By the Fireside.” Try to side step it as you may. two farmiers when they meet will not talk two minutes until the subject of the price of cotton is introduced. Like Bangos ghost it will not down. Some lay the low price of cotton lo the speculator, some to the > manufac turer. while some say the farmers are to blame themselves. There al ways has been some corelation be tween the acreage^ the production fellows who have been wide-awake to and the price. Some yeais it is more the opoprtunities and are ready to help' related than others, but in a us. Theire is no reason why this-should j deqade of years this proposition is not be the best Thanksgiving we have true. Accepting this woposition as ever had since Thanksg;iving began in true, the farmeis, then, our experience. — Wallace Farmer. Mr. Sullivan Writes Interestingly The Farmers’ Forum: I often wonder if the farmers real ly do read with interest the stuff we continue to write for them. It may be that they do./ for they are a long- suffering people. It is like the Scrip tures: We have read them all our lives, and yet we find something new at each reading. At any rate it is like, the new preacher. He came to his new charge, and took a certain text and preacheu a fine- sermon that Veased his-people very much. The next Sunday he came back and r€^d the same Scripture and an- .nounced the same textl The brethren listened attentively and felt sorry tor the preacher, thinking he had for gotten that he had preached from the same teitt the Sunday previous, 'i'tie next Sunday be read the same Scrip ture and preached from the same text. The brthren began to mur mur and sa(d they were tired of the same sermon every Sunday. The fourth Sunday he did the same thing, but that was the limit. They could not stand it any longer. They were really indignant. So they got the dea cons together and told them that something must be done; they would not stand it any longer. So one ot the deacons called on the minister and toid him the people were tired of his sermon, and that he must change it-or they -would ask for his resigna tion. The good naan replied that "he had been preaching for results t)ut had not seen arfy.” Thus it is with those who are- writing to encourage reforms ■ in farming; they are writ ing foi- results but they are slow m coming. For instance, we have been preach ing, that it is the best fo*i- every farmer to grow his own “supplies” at home, and not depend upon some other farmer miles away to produce them for him, for in this way the farmer purchasing his supplies, not only pays the farmer tl»e cost of producing them, but ap rofit as well, and besides lie- pays the transporta tion company" for hauling them; and one or two middlemen a profit for handling them. Then when that is done, he must cost the time of a hand and a team to haul them from* town to his farm, which may be sev- real miles. There is still another mat ter to consider, and that is the quality, very often it happens, that the purchased product is inferior to the one he eould produce at home for less money. Then again, this same farmer must manage in some this true, the farmers, the6, themselves are to blame. Adam Smith, the great English economist, said nearly l50 years ago, “that the price of a com modity varied according to the de mand.” Experience and observation has amply proven this position. Moreover, observation and* experi ence has proven tha^ the hiaximum or minimum quantity of a commodity increases or decreases the demand. This is a universal principal that has never been controverted, and yet this principal seems to be. hard to put in practice. Let us go back to the original proposition-^that there la, a corelation between the'average, pro duction and the price. I^st spring the farmers planted 35,000,000 acres an dmade 14,000,000 bales and the price is 9 cents, about 2 cents below cosrt of production, under present conditions. Who is to blame for these figures? We pause here for answer Surely less than 14,000,000 bales on the above acreage, ^ould be consid ered poor farming and it would. l>e Then obviously a reduction of the r%- i i * I acreage should be the end^ a9U|^t. 11 J btir memory Is not at fault, Senatox; Sii^ttk,' of South Carolina, in a speech D^rts^burg, when cotton wa§ brinfeflfg 12 or 14 cents, that he would | never a^in-advocate \ a reduction of J th^ acreage of the cotton crop. Thi* | shews how the wisest of men should . change their minds sometimes. Suj^^» pose-next June -41912) the acre^e . should read 30,000,000 acres in c^ ton, then barring an extreme season^ we' should have 11,000,000, this ey^gj under present trade condition shoi^^^ bring 14 to 15 cents. But w'ill the farmers be wise. Some say they will IU)t. Do you know, Mr.^Cotton farm er/ that the acreage given to oats, one of the best stock and cattle feeds in the South, is less than it was ten yeai^s ago? And that corn, oats and hay are all higher pr, will ^ spring, than they were a year ago’«^^ 'Now, what are we going to about it. There is a scripture thft says, he that soweth to the wind shall reap of the whirlwind. The ap-- plication is not far to seek. If duplicate the crop of 1911 In t^ • ^ood year 1912, we need not pect 9 cents for our cotton, but cents instead. There was^5,000,9^^ * acres of cotton in the South Vast son that should have been in oaw corn and potatoes not so much ttmt the 5,000,000 acres influenced t]ie^* price of cotton, but that we neeid oats, corn and potatoes! There arp, ' 100 days yet. before the next cott6n- crop la planted, in which oats may t>^’. sown. There are 100 days yet think over the fully of last yea^s planting—that 35,000,000 acres plaht^^ ing- to cotton. That holding ment; we were about to forget "ftiX' It is very good, in that it will pre vent a glutted market and preserve- a uniform price—that and nothings, more. And as for that 2 million doUa^ loan, we could as soon advise chas^ ing the rainbow for the traditional^ bag of gold. Our help lies along 4^-=^ other line. ' - Weather Forecast For (Written for the Farmers’ Forum by O. O. Atto, Observer, Weather Bureau) Nothing has brought the weather forecasts within such easy reach of the farmer, as has the extension of the rural telephone lines to prac tically every immunity. \ An arrangement has been. effected and put into operation, between the LT. S. Weather Bureau and the B^lj/ 'felephone Company, for the free dis tribution of weather forecasts over ru ral lines. The number of farmers’ residences reached by this arrange ment. in this sectioa of tlTe state alone, reaches well into the thousands. Any farmer who is on a rural line of the Bell Company, and i^not receiving thei forecast daily,, free of cost, can do so, by. inquiring of his local exchange, and asking for the information. On Cutting The “ Cotton Acreage (Prof. Masacy In Pro^iressive Farmer.) I notice that the conference Southern ‘ governors ^ lias started 1^,^’ old cry to ctit the cotton acreage. Tfi^ effort has been made years ago whcu cotton was down low in price, Ij^t it availed little, for every other mjlW; will imagine that there is going to., a reduction in the acreage and he ^1% plant all be c^ to get in on the bet^r prices and the result is the usual overt acreage, t ’f The only way to red%‘e the cotton- acreage is to get the farmers to farrh' ing and to quit dejiending on c6t,toYi alone. Good rotative farming— mere growing “supplies,” but growJ^S other crops besides cotton f^’r sale, most lines, the operator caUs all the,^’^''®*' trops esi «ubscril«ra shortly before' noon' on '“A,?"'*,' 61 efich day,\by a preconcerted signal, |bbgR. in shot, « giving the forecast to all the subscrib ers on his' line at one time. ,\ni quests as to ])eculiar phases of\the merely planting cotton. No agree among th^ all-cotton planters to acreage will eye In addition to this,\nany special re- duce the cotton* \ wi Hiiests as to ])eculiar phases of\the , amount to anything, e weather, are gladly answered by the;cotton was down to its lowest poi^ a observers, wherever a local oflUce of; certain state commissioner o ^ the bureau is maintained. The great ture was urging in all his publicatii^ng variety of these requests, show the! that the acreage should be reduee^r importance of the weather in farming | He had a farm in the country, andone operations. Many of these calls are ^ day I iode out with him to his received over long distance lines, from ; in the early spring, and to iny way to make the money to pay for(^}g^ances of fifty or a hundred miles prise, found the whole place plowed th^ supplies, and this is usually hard-|j^^^r Following are a few of the ac- er to do than to produce the supplies, questions asked of the local of- at home. There is yet another econ- flee, in the last few weeks, by practi- omy, that of keeping the money at ,^1 farmers. “I have . five acres of green . corn out.' It is going to frost tonight? If it is I shall cut at onc^ and make en silage of it. If it does not frost. It will make roasting ears in two Weeks.” “Am going to have a sale at my farm tomorrow: will it rain? Yes^ Then I shall provide a large tent un der which to hold the sale." “I have a few acres of hay to cut: is rairi expected today or tomorrow?” “I live at Dalton, N. C. Have a large acreage ofr cowi>eas to cut for hay. Will you kindly let me Kmw by long i^r',7otton'''Single'crowlns 1« distance ’phone, at my erpense when trouble aboiii three or four days clear w^eather are Please keep me Informed If all the money that North Caro lina sends out of the state each year could be kept at home for ten years, we should hardly know what to do with it. How many farmers know this ana yet fail to do it? this hard year when cotton is short in all Piedmont Carolina and also low In ^ce, will hardly suffice to teach the lesson. .My friends, it is not a question to be argued. I know of a sjnalUtown in North Carolina which hM had ped into it this year two car loads of corn, three car loads of hay, and a vast amount of fat back meat. etQ., each week, and not more than two miles from this town lives a farmei^ yes, a farmer, who sells hay and corn every year, and makes money at it. No man can successfully carry,on a farming business on a one crop basis. Diversification Is as necessary to successful farming as diversified diet is to the welfare of *n animal. Na ture wants change. Our aolls dema^ change. They do not tell It but decreased yi^ds ses are just as elbquent. Friends, the remedy Is potent. What say you! remeay ^ ^ mILI_SAPS November 28, 1911- '' Soke Smith ^its On President cotton. “Why,’ said 1, “1 thought th%^ you were advocating a reduction of the acreage?” “Yes,” said he, I thihk there will iSe a large reduction ih-:g*^ acreage, and I want to be And men all over the cotton belt wfei*« just as insincere in their efforts. Th^ wanted the other man to reduce a^ give them a chance to make mpne^ But if we can but get the farnBcrt to really farm with cotfftn, it would:ho: be fnany years until as large a as this year could be grown on third the acreage, and being growooj^i less than half the usual cost, the er, with othfr things to s«ll, would UE« be .so much worried by a low for^otton. Single cropping is bottom of all the, trouble about cOtiOt expected? for the next two weeks.” Have two acres of sweet potatoes" dug, but not picked up yet. Will it freeze enough tonight to/hurt them? If so. I shall rush the work tiU they are picked up.” One cold morning, several calls were received like this: “f Want to butcher a hog today: how long will tiais cold fepell last?” • ' Another farmer says: “I have sonrfe fodder to shred; \^at are the indica* tions for rain for a couple of daya?'' “I am about to. take a big contract for some heavy winter hauHng over country roads. Will you kindly give me the average rainfall for each of the winter months, and. the average number of rainy days in each?” These questions will lllustFate the uses, which the progressive farmer makes of the forecast^. In all cases, the questions are answered to the best of the Ability of the observers or Washington, Dec. 2.—Hoke Bmith,|fpj.^casters, and It is perttaienU:^ add the new senator from Georgia^ ^ho, Qjigtakes a.i'e seldom/made in gLv- as goverior, signed his, own creden-jiug informatim of this kind, wh^h.the tials of entry into Waahin^on'* P^-need for-the knowledge of the WMther la plainly, stated In the req^i^t. 'he farmer who gets this knowle«te« even .at the exoense of a few cents for the call, will win out in the long run, for “fovewarned la forearmed." and cotton growing cotton at an ex pease that is needless if the farftei farmed well. The man who has nothin? but cofton and whose cotton costs hfir 10 cents a pound to make it, is distress at present prices, while tm farmer w'ho makes from one to twt bales an acre still has some pi^fit even if not as much as he would like to see. ■ - The only cure for these recur^^ 4>anics over the price of cotton is farming with cotton a.» the mon^3 crops and stock to pay all the Of the farming. — "ji Want New Trial' ^ in Night Rider C%\ tials lltlcil life, made his Ural call on I»reaident Taft today. Senator Smith went to the execu tive offices with ag reat crowd of other law makers who dropped In to pay their respects before the begin ning of the session next week. Among the other callers was Sen ator Bailey, ef Texas, who iays he «d 40 l^ahela of com this year wt^j won’t come back. ^ «—Tkere were twelve interment In Pinewood (colored) cemetery during’ Nov«mber^five mmles and sevea fe- tCnoxville, T6nn., -Dec. 2. i mWnt for a new trial in the case^®: Robertson county “night rider” styled Thomas Menees vs, T. J. es et all was presented before al Judge Edward T. Sanford her«.^ day. .Judge Sanford took the mt^mi Under advisement. A verdict for 000 damages was rendered in fa^: of the plaintiff at/a session of^' federal court in N.ashville In Oc^e, last., Menees sued for ^25,000 cfilrg ing that the defendants . who it alleged were members of the Tpl lent Brigade” had dynamited Iti ithrvahing oiatfit. dynamised lli
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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