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t ? I- " i f 4 THE RAILWAY AND "THE -FARMER-rrPae 5. i-v n r; V . Ik i S "NV rAP F Xz r ! r, 1 r : ilfH J Up .. 5 LlQI ' B J P R-71 ZJJ IHjN v '-7 ;: v J. Yv b iJ ErD J Q;- "A ; Farai aridrHo'Sekly fpjtKGolijyif Vjeorgia anq , i ennessee. FOUNDED; 1886, AT RALEIGH; N. C. Vol. XXVII. No. 7. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1912. Weekly : "$1 a Year.; Add to Your Efficiency by Using More Power. v-t -v T A It 1.1 . ... ; IF Ve could only induce all the readers of The .Progressive Farmer to ' turn overtopag piece in the, upper right- , nana corner,-we wouia.ieei .inaxwe nau uone a line piece 01 wotk Itwe could induce them to read it;; and ire-read it-and study-over it .until they had thoroughly, fixed in their minds its biff lessonthat the : more horse-power a man directs and controls in -his farm , work, the inore efficient, he becomes and the v " moreVhe can make his ownilabdrr. ;time arid thought -w6rth,we would be doing. Southern, farming, a jtre- mendous service. , . - We print -herewith a picture of a traction engine ; at work plowing and we ask every reader-r-specially ; every, reader ,who ,is. farming .with only one; horse, orjwith two yery , light horsesto take a good long; lbok: at if and ask 'himself how it ; compares .th his: plo.g buWiU Of coutse, we, do hot say that every . reader, or, that : any certain reader needs such an outtit; but we do ;say xnai every man wno is iarming ipr living needs to think seriously of; his effiaency as a plowman. ' Whether you do this or not, the great mass of farmers will. ) More horses and larger ones are going:to be i used on the farms -More en. -ginesof all kinds, especially "more traction engines; are "going ;to. be,5 ; used, and the men who use them arel going to do more1 and- better, work and make more money.: The farm tractor has come to stay,' and' in numbers and usefulness it' is bound to increase- with a rapidity of J . which most of us have little idea. Before you decide "that you dp'n't :need one on your farm, you had best . look .carefully into, the subject and : see it lt-will not bea'payng propo sition. , - . . - ,1 t.; v ' ''rft S IMC T..V :.1"1WX!1 You, especially, Mr.- Qne-Hbrse- r ui luci , uuw uu jf.uu, vvmKiuy i uuuu arid round your field every time ,' a six-inch furrow is turned, hope to be ; as well paid for. your work as is! the man who " 'gets pril his? .tractor land ; turns live, - ten- or iweiye-incn iur rows at a. through ? ; A You?; will not, ; that's : all. ,;V The man who has the twelve or: twenty horse-power under his .control j has every advantage; and will inevitably be able to. tend more, land, to pro- v ducc larger crops, to make more money, to secure for himself and his family more of the comforts and luxuries of life than you can. Between 1850-and 1900 the power per worker on the farms of the country doubled an( so did.the production per worker. It has been so in ine pasii u is su luuuy ; ii win ue so in xne luxure. : i ne man wno , .works the most horses, or drives the most .efficient machine gets the riiost for his labor. . - s - : ' v ' ; ' . - But," you risk, Svhat is this to me I can't buy 'a tractor, and I don't need it on my farm." 1 ; . ' Probably not..' We don't advise you to buy. one though there are - . lots of readers who could do so with 'great profit but we do advise -you to begin working toward the place, where you will need one and " Jbe able to own it. If you are working now with, one horse," set your stakes for two. If your team is not heavy enough to handle a heavy disk harrow or a binder, set but - to get a . heavier team. If you have a large farm to tend and heavy work to do, investigate the trac tor and see if it will not pay you to buy one. ' Ipsm ill ",v f i " ft vi 11- i 17 A MODERN PLOWING OUTFIT. We say this, not to boost tractors, vbut! to ' emphasize the fact that the , farmer must do whaV other ;men are doings-increase his : efficiency ' by; - adding to the forces under his control,-" and :that "he, must constantly; - be on the alert to make his labor and time count just as much as. possible' by finding , and v using; trie, cheapest and most efficient sources of power; ,:; available. ; "' 'J- :f '!Alwriys tarid everywhere v the far; " i mer with the .greatest , horse-power r arid ' the most', efficient implements gets the most pay for his work. This is why we continually urge our 'r readers to use ' more and larger , horses; to get more and better farm equipment; .to "igei. rid of ; stumps, ditches and other obstructions , in - thieir fields so .they can use the -mpre-modern machinery ; and to be "constantly on the lookout for any new means of increasing their abil: ity to do good work. t FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE; BEST VARIETIES OF CORN ANT COTTON What Experiment Station Tests Show . ........ . .... ... ........... 3 DAIRY TALKS How to Test Cows, How to Feed, How to Go Into . the Rusihess r 20 ESSENTIALS OF SOIL FERTlLITY-r-WIiy Humus is So Important 20 COOD TOOLS AND HOW THEY HELP Letters Left Over From 1U liast Week r HOW TO CONTROL WATER Letters on-Under-Ground and Sur- - face Drainage HOW TO LAY OUT THE HOME GROUNDS Advice by a Land scape Gardener . . . . '. ....... . '. " LET US MAKE THE FARM RE AUTIFUL We Can Make Coun try Life Almost What We -Choose C . . . . . . : . ... 33 THE ROY; QUESTION What Some Mothers Think About It. . . . tli THE RAILWAY AND THE FARMER Ry President W. W. Fin ley 'of the Southern Railway Company '-. . . . . ... ........... 5 " WHERE TO RUY FARM IMPLE3IENTS A Directory of Our Ad vertlsers Which You Should Preserve 0 1 s
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