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, I.IALIS A GCGJ G2ED-BZD BEFORE YOU PLANT Patrca-3 cnJ 17, "N--- V ! -A . ' , ( : "c::- ;-::-',;.- i V" ; ' - ! ; - - I. '--Vi ! ; V' 4: f.'V- A Foim tmd Home v1dyi for the Carolines Ifamnfcv Lr if,-- - - ;WeW:N6tNeedMbe:Liibor or Cheaper Labor. - j PI 'FRIEND Jof oars voices what 13'no " doubt n general desire -in the tolloTTiagr; paragraph of s a letter recently received ; We have read in papers' ; how Jo improve, cultivate r aad make the crops. Nowvj the important, question comes now to net more la- 1 ; bor,1 cheaper end better. V In . V our neignDcrnood wc are ' ' ccarce of lacor find have to -I - j . car double what it is worth.", i The dedre.hfor "mere cheap-: cratd btttct Lcr,V. . 1 It .bsafej to xtate, raiher pcdtively, tiit J . u the chances cf cur .friend getting . . . , mere t iina deeper ' labcr ere ' . 1 I - . . .. - . . ' - i . inunLV Llcrc Ixn,lwerrwillnbt j - r 1! t we 'Deixeye; we need more labor. ? in i&cc; ( wev ceucve .xaai . one oi j the defeda of, farming? sysr r tsmw"liawe-:i'W - - - VW , T" .... .j'-'1 V 5. By a readjustment of our ' cropping system so as to distribute work better and introduce the maximum of machines and the mini mum of man labor. - ,6. By a readjustment and re organization of our methods and , ideas 'regarding the handling, of labor and by the" improvement of i out tenanr-sy stem. y J - - j ve would be glad to suggest an f easierwsy.forbur.rea'ders to meet ' the existing conditions, tut in the ; nature of thb tsg it is cot pccdble. i It is not a xmtter of choice with us-, as ;to how we are going v to adapt csr methsds to the changed cons its tyagca cf how . ,.y... ' r - rW J i i" ' ' ..'.'.I.1 :':!'' '' ' " j ' . -i -'. - c . t" 1 ! r'v :v.v r'i.' ? ". . j 1 1 1 ';t ' " 1 Tk.. nliifnm. r). fh. mrwtTrA rvlan anil an nirfglfla view nf tfl ttl P-f PpH i nCT Viartl WiwisriTOlA.ft M. Coflew. This bsrn ii for thfedineof beef attie; It t8 feet wWety 129 feet ions, it kxs fonruxce cxtlle roima, I1 of wtiich htre doors placed conveniently for ha famnviner n fha nnnn -, VaaH frniierhd and hav mnVs fire tllaPM fllonC t'fefl-WaV. Pell floors are 4111 feed-way floors concreta. The xirawoldsMS ton of Juy, whicli Is put to froa, the outside with a hay fodc- The roof Is buia oa the Wins; c4st-fraine" plan; . y ea; will do'mbre ' work than is riownein theSouth. 'At leest; produce or earn more: . : " As to cheaper labor, that is al-; :i not :ta?ito desirable lOieap labor is always "i inefficient labor and the trend of i tusSness is to higher wagei not lower, fllorcover, in e opinion of the writer, wnen able-bodiecl j men can Iiiot be-jnade to eani( more than 75 cexifs to S1.C0 a day ;with the Resent price of arm products there j is something wrong either in the management or ...the cropping system. : ; : i j These are plain statements, but they are facts. We may as well face the truth and strive- tb meet the new. conditions. Conditions -.have chanrre'd and our crops and methods must conform to the changed con- : diti6ns.; yThc relief must comfc along rational lines, ') Vie Jeye tiiey will and 'arecolning ;&1bng..'luies. which are already weu defined and . demonstrated. -V'i! vs.-r':A JT- 'V; 'r.vj'y;;;. v -t- - I; f By more pcxnai supervision of tcctual ;rork of the farm by' the land-owner. -'4; uf :? XT'f::P-, I ' 6. ty oeuer Auiowieugu uuu piuv-nvc ua uwuuiMtwwu wu v the men who direct and those who actually wWlC. J v 3. By the use of more, larger , ana . uettcr : larm implements ana ; machinery., . v; , - . - . 4,v By the use of more ; power, on the farm, other than man power. By the xzz of more horses and mules ind more gasoline and oilier engines, tractors, eta ... .,..,. - .. . .... V V;,'"v. ; 2m' 11; se; wiroHainline. of : ,woft ;iii'tiSiMi present, niust3l&dsna:h Fcr in- stance," ipirifrfng f cotton. Many things ;are also .done at la , great waste of labor, because we i have had an cbundance : labors ' caul; recenuy icna: it uxes (tunc ( fc.chlaxige our ';.'iod&V'T6t'iBir-! this we inust change our methods, : and learn g'jailtfBle hand labor. f&riifi:: ' ('tt" :! ,'Ny 4coWtTyocan 'be rich; and t prosperous when the average man makes less than a dollar a day. At . ' present he cannot earn more,' but w'ibfoi'power.land , i machinery he can earn much more, I .worker,.the country oyer; :are in ;). direct proportion to the number of horses I he uses" and " the. laborr . saving implements employ ed. ' - r., '. ' ' ( i FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE : , Do and wnat the Farmer Can.:: ............ ft VDOITT GET IN A mJIUtlT TO PIiAOT-It T7ia Fay to Tato Plenty r'-;- ::;:V''f-TJm.to-lXalce'.. - JUST A BIT OF EDEN- A Gardener's Troubles and Delights .' . . . .14 'MAKINO THE CMTLDIEN,S CIX)TlIESr-41ow to 2Xake the Spring; . :; Sewing .Easier, .iV.... . . .;; . . . . . . : . . . . . , 13. . MORE LETTERS ABOUT SOIL FKUT1L1TX What Some Farm ers Ilave to Say About This Big Subject . , . . 5 PROGRESS OF. CATTLI3 TICK EUADICATIO? Oac-fiTth the Job ; - Pone In Five YeawV, l.-V.; v., : v;-'. , !V,V.'.;.- Iff TRE DISTANCE TO PLANT- Why Tlard and Fast Rales Cannot - '; Bo Laid Dovrn; 7 i ; . .'; v,, i . t . -..v . . ; . : 3 7E BO TiOT. KNOW TOW TO GROW CORN The Proof Is to be A ': . .-Found in Our Average Yields , . , . . . . ; 10 "WHAT TO BO FOR BAD ROAD-Row to llake and Use the Road V --; : Drag and What It Will Do . . f . . ... . . V. . . . . . . "i: . I ; , . . V v 8 If-" 1
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 23, 1912, edition 1
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