Saturday, February .19, 1910.
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PROGRESSIVE FARMEB AND GAZETTE.
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right of the child' and the duty of the state.-, it The Biggest Money-Making Opportunity
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la seldom that one sees a finer truth more finely
pat. And Mr. Bryan has himself done not a little
to bring about the bettor condition of which he
writes. . . - .
Offered Southern Farkners.
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S COTTON HIGH? Cost of production and
shortness of crop considered, cotton is not
half so high as meat. ! i c ; : r
Five acres in hog pasture in 1010 will mako
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W. P. Brown, the New Orleans cotton bull, de-
- M I pin T-rwa I T 1 M I lin Will UUL UO DU. L. '
Too Can TeD by . : - v - : MT all twice the profit of flve.acrpa in cotton.
TKttMir Ha RH It or ro IZU cenis a pouna ui mo um , . . ., . , ; . . . ?
the cotton has passed out of the hands or tne - t
farmersand a speculative movement at this time . er. corn ;: then soy beans. ;cowpea and
will not only seriously injure the manufacturer homj-4toe as.,an arUcle in next; week's pa.
and demoralize business generally, but will prob- Per.will indicate) w;iU make pork for you at threo
ably prove hurtful to the farmers themselves in f ents a founr :i;re lii if v;
.-. hV .Hrmtktir.? ovemrodnction thish : uvw:,0musf: awiw, Tett
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wiiF.JPh la A another, reason - for; supporting the
Associate Editor. ., .
. . Makaoino Editor, efforts oi tne Farmers; union w restrict biuuiiu&
gBdaTABt-TRKAscBra. jQ products, If there is any practical way.
Fhlj Rkprkskntativb. . 4
The Yorkville, S. C.. Enquirer puts it this way.
Put!isfc:d Wcskly by tta Agricultural PutlisWng Ca
. tt, Editorial and Business Management of
CLARENCE H. POE.
DR. TATT BUTLER. Associate EDrroB ahb Managd.
Prof.W.F.MASSET.
e. b. miller.
JOHN S. PEARSON.
CLF.KOONCE. - -
, . . . imfflo uni vnRK Represent at rvs.
at mwp HfraNS. - - Chicago Rkpresbntativk. and perhaps this statement of the case will reach
8. M. GOLDBERG. St. Louis and Kansas Cm Rbtrbsehtativb gome tnat na?e nQt been reached by our former I ihg hog pasture.
cents! .;.i:,k.-; .i -; :
There are going to be, hundreds of thousands of
farmers going , cotton .crazy this spring: ; nothing
can stop them. Don't,, "follow this multitude to
do evir and get caught. . .
I Rather, put ; fewer, acres ; in t cotton, more acres
You may say: that the cattle tick
rteM second class inattw at the po now, live porkon foot Is sell-1 prevents you from raising cattle, but there's no
under the Act of capgresaoiMarcnB. j ing at : from 1 0 1 to 11 cents a pound, corn is reason wny we can beat the , west ; raising hogs.
We Guarantee Our Advertisers. worth $1.10 to J1.15 a bushel, and flour is worth And consider this Associated Press, dispatch just
57 a barrel witn a gooa cnance or going nigner.iBeui. uuw ailu muagu;
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TrE wmporittreiyii Fifteen-cent cotton will not buy these commodities
ZP these prices, and it-is the part of wisdom for
very f armer s to arrange to raise these things be-
. t a jis ita anil in a ira o-nm lu Lilts . . - .. . . a . .
SffiW Iore ne arranges lor , tne pianung 01 nis couon
tee is that the claim for toes shall oe reporeu w u crOD.
fWvJrtrfvBrtiMment appears in our paper, and that the crop.
subscriber most say when writing each advertiser. I am wmmg
ssradTertS in The Proirreaaive Farmer and Gazette, which
"HOGS GETTING HIGHER. (- .
i4.-Tho wide-
Editorial Gleanings.r
Again, we would urge our readers to save their
papers. ' It is easier to start the habit at the first
"Reach the Highest Price; Save One, in the
Past Forty Years.
'Chicago, Illinois, Feb.
preading agitation against the highpriceof
meat has failed to check the, advance in hog
prices, live stock at the stock yards here sell-
ing to-day at the highest mark, with one. ex-
new
high point recorded to-day .was $9.28i per
hundred pounds, and predictions were freely
made that within a few weeks the $10 level
will have been passed. - , - r.
"Coutinued light receipts v of hogs at .all- .
Western packing centres ; and', an .unusually
active demand by Eastern shippers, are the
reasons for the persistent upward trend." ;
Ajnd if ybu are" going to raise hogs, raise hoga
you can fatten quickly and thereby get greater
1910 copies together than it wiU be later. Re-!
I VERY REASONABLE question about agri-1 member, we Bhail be glad to send copies of our
' cultural subjects that domes to us receives 0 9 index to any reader , "sending a two-cent I
a direct personal answer that is, if the 1 Btamp for a copy. rWershair publish our 190 in-
writer signs his name and gives his postomce. so 1 &ex either, quarterly or semi-annually, so that our !
far as we know, no other farm paper does this; I readers may quickly and easily find articles on
and the cost of doing it amounts to hundreds of any subject in which they are interested. ;
dollars in the course of a year. We are glad to f
give this aid to our readers, however, and feel Have you no love for the acres you tend? Do
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it part of our work for the cause or oeuer iarm- you not wisn w see inem lairer ani more inziwui j proflts. Get blooded breeding stock. Every
lng. But we must ask our friends not to ask Do you feel no throb of pity or no sense of breeder who has' any improved breeds for sale
questions that have no relation to farming, not to shame when yon see them bare and gullied, or should make haste to let the fact be known,
ask questions that no man can answer, and. above weed-grown and water-logged? Have you not There Is a flood of golden proflt in meat-raisfng
ell, not to ask questions that have been answered dreamed of how. beautiful and productive they at present prices. Southern farmers cannot afford
over and over in the columns of the paperr rJl mignt be maaei 11 not, you aare not call your- longer to surrender this " profit to their Western
you can't find the information you desire in the self a good farmer.
paper, write to us and we will do the best we can
for you; but be sure before you write that the
question hasn't been answered in the last Issue
or so of the paper, and don't forget to sign your
name and write your address plainly. A stamped,
self-addressed envelope is the best thing to insure
no mistake on this point Moreover, if you file
your papers and get our index, you can often find
your question answered in some back number
without an hour's waiting.
The extraordinary heavy editions, we have
had to print of late, and the increased size of each
individual paper, have overtaxed the capacity of
bur presses, running day and night though they
If the boy has a calf or a pig or even a pair
of chickens all his own, the work in the corn and
cottonfieWs7.wUlnqteem-80hardrAnd-when
the boy's cow or sow presents him with a calf or
a litter of pigs well, he is Ukely, if he has any
farming blood In him, to take a fresh grip on
country life. ; ... .
brethren. ', "
i ; Re-arrange yout fanning!; plans for: 1910 and
add' several acres for hog pasture; ' '
The Virginia Governor's Good Example.
IRITTNG FOR OUR paper a tew weeks ago.
Mr. - O. B'. Martin, in charge of ;the boys
corn club work of the United States Doi1
A good movement, and one that should be en-Partmeilt of Agriculture, suggested that Southern
couraged, is to have the farms in connection .with Governor's give diplomas to boys making the best
the .' county, poor-houses in the South made yields in each State. It is gratifying to see that
demonstration farms. A number, of counties are Virginia's hew Chief Executive,' Governor Mann, !
working this plan with excellent success. . act8 011 this matter in his inaugural address. Re-
' & .... . Iciting the progressive action of 8tAt 'Biinorffiw".
This is a good time to ; get rid of the stumps dent Eggleston and State nmnH
have been. In order to catch up, we are forced to which cumber the ground that should be nnt tC. 1- . - . ..
- . oauujr ux urruugmg to nave five thousand hova
. have this week's issue printed by the Dally News better use. A wide-awake farmer will find oppor- each cultivate an acre under demonstration nUh
and Observer, which accounts for some changes tunity for. putting his time to profitable use every 0ds. Governor Mann announces this policy which'
irom our uuuai biw ui pnuuug, loiumg, ana 1 uay oi winter as wen as summer. -wrv ntir t, v ;
oacMne . ' - . - eve; otner ern Governor should be urged"'
; . I We learn from one of the Western farm papers
"You may Judge a civilization by its buildings,"! that" six "hundred farmers attended the short
writes John Stewart Bryan in what is perhaps I course at the Iowa Agricultural College this win-
tho most significant single paragraph in the South- ter. Why shouldn't we have such records as this
, .em number of Collier's Weekly. "A century ago Uu e South?
' Virginia's great edifices' he goes on to illustrate. I ' : ' " ' -- Jt..
; .wero the homes "of", the planters': beautiful 'and I ,Tou 8noald Vt .oat Ouit Btrawberry bed
to adopt:
stately shrines for. an individualism that is'gone. lagt fall; ;but you'did't; Itcanbe done, this
it is the country schoolhouse that dominates the sPrln Just what excuso can any Southern farm
lanjacape in yitgifila tc-day.; That IchahgeMsthe er 5176 ' r ela tn0ttt Btrawberrict anyway?
t most impressive and hopeful -fact In .Virginia's tmu , . r "
Inn nanniA 4Vi r (lA'V.Ant A
,vu uvuu yvsaimo is iuo your worir, Dut.aisoaroaa and.neodlcgj yrteto,
"To encourage the boys, I" propose to oirer
them certificates of merit, as follows: Spen
cial certificate to the boy under eighteen pro
ducing the' largest yield 6f corn "per acre; not
to be less than one hundred bushels; 'certifl
cato number one, to all boys under eighteen
who produce one hundred, bushels of corn per
acre or over; ' certificate number two, to all
boys of the required ago! producing seventy
five bushels per acre and over, and .certlfi
icate number three, to all boys under eighteen
producing fifty bushels per- acre-or oyer.' ;
No fruit on your farm? ! Then there is sonW
thing thf matter with tho farmer.