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HOW TWO ONE-HORSE FARM-" -Southern' methods. .Nevertheless, with money at 6 per cent, I can af-
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ERS CO-OPERATE.
This Is Oar First Prize Letter Be
cause It Teaches Practical Co
operation. .
ES, I am a one-horse farmer, and
while It is not satisfactory in
every respect, yet I think on the
and-all. have been given a complete
nign scnool education, except one,
and he will soon graduate. ; I have
raised them in such: a way that they
might associate with a good , class of
people. They all love; the farm and
of fQols in the world; first, the man
who acknowledges himself a fool,
and never tries to learn anything;
and second, the man who thinks he
knows it all, and will not listen to
anything.. I resolved to be in neith-,
er of these classes: but to learn any-"farm neoDle.' and their chief Inform
whole it has been the best plan for thing I could from any source I seems to ber centered in farmlife.
me to follow. r - could, provided it was worth learn- But I don't-clainr alt bf .the credit
Now let me tell you about the . way ing ..v. -, : --v . - for this. -My family, have done their
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crop was not a brilliant success, )inlt. We7 have .worked together,
neither was my second, nor my' third; rBuved together, -and , planned togeth
but I succeeded in getting along. Af- er. . Not one of the boys Taas. ever
ter the . first : year I got rid; of my had an individual crop, and' not one
bulls, anji: entered the one-horse of them has'eyer. had :to, ask for the
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BATE MA If M'P'O CO.
Boal8-PCrenloch, N.J. '
of my land with two horses. I have
a brother living about half a mile
from me, and we own a-; two-horse
plow between us. We put our horses
together and break our land. "This
answers very well for us so far, but
of course we are not able to order
our land as we wish to do. We also
have a two-horse wagon and dolour
hauling the same way. We also have
two other brothers living near us,
who have an interest with us in our
mower , and hay rake, and we help
each other put our hay in the house
after it is cut.
I keep as much stock as I can feed
so as to, make as much manure as
possible. They tell us in the farm
papers to keep more cattle but I think
a lot of us poor people keep too many.
Of course, I think a great deal of
manure, but if we would keep fewer
and feed them better, we would get
better profits, and also make more,
manure.
As to the money I makef, I might
say that I am not making any, for
there is very little of that coming to
a man working with one horse. How
ever. I make a living for myself and
family, and manage to keep out of
debt .. I have never run a .store ac
count since I have been farming. Let
me say right here, too, that we white
people around here have to do our
own work, it being practically im
possible" , for us to get any colored
labor. I have not hired a day's la
bor on my farm work in six or eight.
years. I have a farm of 80 acres,
40 acres coming to me at my father's
death, the other 40 I have bought
and paid for with my one horse. Of
course, I Jknow it is very poor farm
ing a man can do with one horse, yet
I think I do better thari a good many
who have two horses.
My brother and I are planning to
get us a third horse this winter,
which will give us as much team as
we need for another year or two, and
enable us to use better implements,
which we will also buy jointly. We
are particularly anxious to join to
gether in buying us a manure spread
er, a grain drill and a disk harrow.
A. W. ABERNATHY.
Cochran, Va.
Editorial Comment: This article
of Mr. Abernathy's is one of the best
possible examples of practical co-op-
feration, and we commend it to all
one-horse farmers. We hope every
one-horse farmer who reads this let
ter will ask himself, "Now, can't I
arrange with some neighbor of mine
to work along the same line -to get
two horses, for breaking my land, and
for. managing the heavier implements
and machinejSy; and can't I joinwlth
some one" in getting a two-horse
wagon, a manure spreader, a grain
drill, and a disk harrow?"
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Have you read "Southern Field Crops," by
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and then keep it where you can refer to it.
"We can tupply you with It for i.87, post-
BEGAN IN THE NO-HORSE CLASS
A Good Experience Story and Our
Second Prize Letter.
W
HEN I started out : to farming
some 30 years ago, I could
hardly be said to be in the one-horse
class; for I was dependent 4 for : my
horsepower on a pair of little red
bulls, and for my running expenses!
on the odd jobs which" I did for my
neighbors.
. Having been trained under; an ex
Yankee farmer, I knew little about
class. This was better. I continued
this for a year or ' two, when I be
gan to realize that I couid do more
work with two horses. So I hustled
around and bought another - horse.
Theoretically, I was now out of the
one-horse class ; but really this was
not true literally. But I soon found
that by the aid of my extra horse, I
was becoming in reality a two-horse
farmer. - By this time, my. oldest boy
was getting large enough to help me,
and together we could get along pret
ty well. ; ;;i '
Up to this time, I was working
rentedland. I had not yet learned
that interest is cheaper than rent.
Neither had I learned that the only
way to ever become a really, pros
' perous farmer is to own one's own
farm, and to improve it. I had yet
to learn the great truth .that the far
mer's prosperity consists, not in what
he gets out of his land, but in what
he puts into it. It was a great day
at my house when I told my family
that I bad bought some land. It was
13 acres at first, which I : later in
creased , to 2 5. This land was as
poor as Job's turkey, but it was my
land; and I set about to make it bet
ter. I soon found that the rent ex-'
ceeded the interest wonderfully, and
that improvements increased my re
turns: rapidly. : By turning under'
weeds, cowpeas and stable manure,
I found that poor land could be im
proved, even while making its yearly
return. I now bought some more
land and -another horse. I thought
if. two horses would pay. better than
one, three might pay .better than two.
I continued to work, to turn under
cowpeas - and stable manure, to pay
for and improve my property, and to
provide for my family." My Yankee
instinct taught me the benefit of labor-saving
devices; and I took ad
vantage of all I could. I had a reg
ular time to work, a regular time to
feed, and a regular time to sleep; I
had a place for everything, and ev
erything in its plaee; and above all,
I kept good tools, and kept them in
good fix. I realized that the saving
of money at the expense-of time is
not true economy. I kept my eyes
and my ears open, and tried to profit
by the experience of others, and to
adopt all new methods whiph proved
themselves successful. My. own ex
periments; were always made on a
small scaie. In this way I. got the
benefit of new methods without
much risk or loss. I also found the
agricultural papers a great source of
information along this line.
As a result, I now own about 200
acres of land, most of it in good con
dition as compared with the section;
six good horses, two of which are
fancy drivers; three wagons, a couple
of buggies; a binder, grain drill,
mower and rake, disk and drag har
rows, disk plow, sulky and riding
cultivator; walking. plows, harnesses,
and' other tools in proportion; good
cows, and several young cattle; 13
fine hogs; and, a house and barn
worth $2,500.
I am in good comfortable, shap6 to
live. There is still a debt outstand
ing; but it is small as compared with
privilege of driving, a horse, jor for
any other privilege a boy should
have. All feel the strength of united
effort, and all join in willingly. This,
I believe, has been the secret of our
success. . .: : ' - ':. . ' . ;
The Progressive Farmer is a wel
come visitor in our home, and we
would riot be without it- I recom
mend it to every farmer, and believe
that if he will read it judiciously and
act accordingly, he, too, will soon be
out of the one-horse ciass, if he is
not already but. " :
: CH AS. M. BENNETT.
Reidsville, N. C.
TOOLS FOR THE ONE-HORSE
FARMER.
I
Third Prize Letter Because It Ought
to Help Other One-Horse Farmers.
HAVE : found the following tools
to be the best for my .soil, which
is most gray gravel, or sand.
. First. A 1,00,0-pound mule, sound
and well proportioned in make. '
Second. A good strong one-hqrse
wagon, weight 550 to 600 pounds.
Third, A steel-beam plow, ' with
three sizes of moldboards with it,
weighing -50 to 60 pounds. " zr; :
Fourth. A 2 5-tooth section' har
row, and I prefer.one with, teeth fast
ened with a clip and set scr&w, so
that the teeth can be easily adjusted.
Fifth. A good combination planter
with fertilizer attachment. I prefer
one with flexible, beam, because I can
sow up nearer, stumps, rocks, and
other things with a flexible or loose
beam than I can with the stationary.
Sixth. A weeder, ' about 7 Vz feet
wide, with 39 steel teeth. :
Seventh. A lot of one-horse har
rows and cultivators with different
size teeth and shaped "hoes. v
A. P. STRICKLAND.
Louisburg, N. C.
DOUBLE YOUR EFFICIENCY BY
INCREASING YOUR POWER.
You Can Raise Crops With;
Horse, But the Expense Is
Great.
One
Too
I
WAS reared as a one-horse farm
er's son, on a one-horse farm,
and never plowed with anything, else
but a blind mare, until I .was IT years
old .
I started out inlife for myself as
a one-horse farmer, having gone in
debt for a small farm, consisting of
IB acres of stumpy; fields and 55
acres of swampy woodland and a
young mule. This, in a country. un
developed, and no market to speak
of for anything except cotton. '
I have be.en a reader of agricul
tural papers, bulletins and station
reports since I began farming for my
self, and as I became convinced of
the importance of .deep plowing,
s thoro preparation, rapid cultivation
and judicious, fertilization, I have al
ways endeavored to carry, out these
ideas, 'whether I worked one or inoro
horses. I soon learned, .' however,
that I could double my efflciency as
a laborer, when I. had a sufficiency of
the property which secures it, and; horsepower, .andv pneenademy'