, Saturday, December 14,;i912. " 7 " J ' " ' .V ' -
.small BhoveU plow and beer scrape. $1.26 per bushel. This ground nof
trying -to avoid making much cl a. -"Las a flue aod of cIotet on it I
ridge. Tbe'last two or three times have three acres q! alfalfa that la
use a -long. lieel; scrape, going one r doing well." I have six bead of cat
V ctlBie to middleon one side : one tie and 25 bead of .sheep. The cows
: - time and on the other side next time, are kept for Jiome use. and tnanure.
. x' ' . . w v w - w uiu mo . oa tvi i Em lqi ciunr. aim
: -the first of August, ' . spread as fast as made. I have con-
: v-uihioio ouuui tcu acie in vul- tuTJis cow ciames, wnicn aouuiea my
. : ton, five or. six in corn, some Jn peas, manure pile. .-,
V;.; potato patch,; etc.,., making six and . X always follow corn with crimson
seven, bales of cotton,-25 or 30 bu- clover or peas, and the same with to
- shels of corn to the acre, using about'' bacco, 'wb en I don't follow with
pounas oi 10 perxera pnospnaie, wneat. i am convinced that my land
J2j pounds ot muriate potash, and ll) ia - getting -ftetter every year, , and I
pounds C;pf Jcottonseediineal:" to t the? always expect to keep it so.
acre.-;-;'' - ' . .V-'"'vV-- ;.". .v - el ieel-Tery : much -in' debt; to Tbo
?: ; : My. land has gradually, but -slowly Progressive Farmer, and other farm
iproved :IJntil three years ago, .as papers, -as they iave-put me where J
r JaTUleV I 2iaye been alternately plant-: . am. I i am now 2 5 years old, and 1
ingCQtton and corn,; sowing: peas at!- nope ta five more yBars to have a
last'jplowin with any for its
; find sheep. pay very well, and
small gralji, c'otton,corn. I am very proud of my flock. -
X- : I have - not ; got richi 'and yet,' : 1 3 H. J. .WOODWARD.
Caso . V; y ' ;"VC" -jS ':-'
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:l d a. littie fetter. 1 have, by' being -V - Editorial Comment: We doubt if
economical,, saved enough to pay for; Mr. Woodward is as much of a one
(9) 1293
a piece of laOd, hich cost me 4 1,? 0 0
. and 'would have some Jef thad it not
been for the hail. last August, which
t -v ' ton ' and corn. ' r- - ; v '"
feTYda think tranee that I have re-
Well, until three years ago, when .I there are big estates on which most
horse farmer as he thinks. Jndging
from the' implements he uses, most
of his ' farming . is done with : two
horses. It isn't the number of horse3
one owns that counts, but the num
ber He uses in his work. As Mr.
enough land cleared foT, two horses.
I di dnt Trant to c ut' all the wood off
';. my .'place.' : I didn't have much haul-,
;4ng to do, anddid not feel physically
able (my ' weight.: is about 106
pounds) to hire iodo other people
;worki and did not want to be bother
ed with a hired hand, i sometimes I
of the,, farming done
tarmlngX ; v ; ;-
is; ohe-horso
Borrows a Ndghborfs Horse in
5 Breaking Land.
TJOW AN one scratch sustenance
JJL . from a farm with one mule?
havepianhed to buy a second, but
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WimaktiMtktstMifktwt wmU auk th IWalef
cJobbtr. THAT IS WMT WC CAN tAVt TOO MONET.
cents a rod for 18 inch Hog Fence, . h
72i Mnta a rod for A7 neh Farm FpnrA. u
24 cents a rod for 60 inch Podtrj Fence.
$L40 for 80-rod spool Ideal gilr. Barbed Wire.
Kitselman Fenos wears best
and lasts longest. Read the
following letter, one of hun
dreds recently, received.
4lMdyS0reurs8X built eorals tor wBA TaxM
ottla with ICitMlmAn Fence. Tl.ese pans ar tlll
rood atthooghthe fenoa Isonit tMrd aet of poets."
W. 01 POWELL, Blrd,TeaM.
We make over 100 different styles of Fencing.
Won't you -write for our Free Catalogue today?
KHSEUIAN BROIL, 84 Conadl st Mnnde, Ind.
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f ; -bire a, day hand);nd as my first six cpuld not match my W one. As I go st0ck nlows etc and here I -want to
:BWW piows, eic ana nere i want 10
children ' are girls, and as it would
. tate'more ?; feed, more attention, and
extra tools, and rwell, T j ust remalu
. 7 ed a one-horse, farmer. ,; , "
:.":.-:If.vI ould -start'- again - under the
same circumstances, and know' what
I do now, I think I would try to be
- better than a one-horse farmer. :
; Shelby, N. C."- : . l2:Xiy.v
by The Progressive Farmer program,
I insist pn -deep plowing, and a care-:
fully prepared seed-bed. So I' yoke
my big fellow with a neighbor's team
and plow' deep and disk until the
land, is mellow. -cX-. X'-''T':2;
j I .,. find that the weeder and clod
crusher do efficient work directly af-.
: ter plow'ing - After the land Is plow
.v ed deep and , disked carefully, one
- horse can put a prosperity smile on a
goodly' harvest. I note that many
i plant crops Jnto any sort of a seed-
:.V'-'v
; Editorial Comment : It . would
undoubtedly take more feied for two
horses: than for one, and a little more led; and pulverise it after,
time and labor: to earV fbrthem in so as to cul-
just think of the labor Mr. -Alien tivate it both ways. I Tise an adjust
would save" in the cultivation of his able seven-tooth cultivator, which is
crops, 'f he tised two "horses instead ' better than the primitive twp-shoyel tnis year i B0& over $100 worth of
of one. And If he had two mares -and-. aoommation. i Keep my iana nnea meat hoes, besides nlentv for home
with.hums so it is easy to. work; j also bought me a mowing ma
Often I use a 14-tooth cultivator, , chinet hay rake, and saved air the
which is 3 3. inches wide. This keeps I couid housi Boucht m
muicn, Dut.aoes not cut oil. oig
say one word to young farmers, that
is ,to raise more than one money
crop. (1) raise plenty of produce
for home use, and (2) make every
thing for the "market you can. Then
get the best price you can for it. For
instance, I have always tried to make
cotton . my main market crop, and
have just this year found out that
there is something better. I planted
40 acres of cotton and, it being a bad
crop season,, just cleared a little over
fertilizer bill. I .also planted cane,
potatoes and garden vegetables, and
sold them at the market for more
than I made on the cotton. Last ( year
I bought four good brood sows,.and
raised one or. two colts a. jy ear, what
a nice addition to his income it wonld
be.i. We believe that "with the iarm
he -has: he, and many other farmers,
could both reduce the haTd-"work of
; the farm and increase its profits ;?by
j raising colts or, calves or pigs as &
-part, at least, of the "money crop."
a
weeds. 2':' ''J : v
My crops .are corn, alfalfa, soy
beans, potatoes, fruit and poultry, on
a large farm of rich soU.
X Jr : IRA M: HAWKINS.
Yadkin Valley, N; C .
Interesting Experience and Good
.-: -::rl- Advice.
Seven Years of Progress. .
YES, f have been.a-onerhorse far
mer. 'When I started to farm I
iwas IS; years old, and started in the
'woods. -1 ' did not have a ifoot of ' A BOUT 20 years ago, I started off
XI. with one horse to farming. I did
not have anything else, but my broth
er gave me 60 acres, of land, and
from that 'day to this, my motto has
been, lMore land,' better implements,
more ' and1better stock." v
The first few,, years I larmed, I did
cleared land to start with. I began
with a mattock and hired my plow
ing done,: and then I got a stump
puller after the .first year'and then
the bushes came out easier, v ;
"loused my father's horse to culti
vate my corn with, and then X built
some beef cattle, fattened them, and
sold them for double the amount I
paid for them.,
p-am a reader of The Progressive
Farmer, and It is the most valuable
paper to Southern farmers ever print
ed, and if more "Southern farmers
were reading it, the South would be
brighter and wealthier than it is today.-
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T. J.. ANDREWS.
Lake Butler, Fla. -
a tobacco "barn, and started to raise 7 Hkeso maniy "farmers are doing to-
tobacco; and in the meantime I
; bought-12 acres of land, which was
all In brush, and had never been -under
cultivation. ;-? After the first to
bacco crop, I made enough money on
fit to buy a horse, and with my fath
er "horse I have a good team. Then
I bought a . disk-riding hatrro w. I
have an -Acme and a riding cultiva
tor and two single, cultivators, a gash
ollne engine and feed cutter.
- I have about 18 acres cleared now,
and '. it -.will produce 50 bushels of
corn or more to the acre. I grew
day just , made enough to support
myself, family and stock. Then I be
gan , to learn that there was more
profitable ways. - I .began, to take ex
perienced v. ' farmers' advice. After
moving about a few years, I decided
there was not 1 any. use in that, so I
bought a place, moved to it and went
The Tobacco Farmer's .Big Profits.
ALMOST every, day we hear some
story "of almost astonishing prof
its made , by tobacco farmers thid
year. Heres one little illustration:
Mr. J. H. Smith, who Is one of the
Hvest agents The Progressive Farm
er -has ever had, joined with his
brother in cultivating eight acres in
tobacco this year, with the ' result
that - for 100 days' work they re
ceived $1,800 for the tobacco crop on
the eight acres, netting $1,600 for
their own labor, the fertilizer cost-
to work. -
The "land was worn . out, and the iflg '$145, and extra labor $22.
first thing I did was to plant It In " ':' ' ""
Velvet beans and things to build ' Ifr .ConsoUdotlao in Anson County.
up. .
The next thing was to see to the
Very fw people kneir, until The Anson
lan told -them last'week. that children are
J9 pounds tobacco on two acres last neatness of my farm;-lBet out shade Springg district voted the nrst peciaj.iaic
year, that net me 4155 per acre, and trees and fruit trees, tear down old jd was theflrtttoagitatehe juj11"
the same ground was sowed to. wheat, ' rail fences, ' put wire ones instead, S2oSltI ana" hS' thechiidi!chn util
'axiA- 'rr iiroohl hnflhlfl .ot "oAeAr more land. ' . :-.". -' ':. 2.": chool. The plan U succeeding just as It
ieAi, iv ua. wiu w uujf uiwieiwu ... Wadeeboro Ansonlan.
nice clean wheats "which ,wa sold for
rm r&Tn ifl rc made -of DOUBLE
- supj( SI J
quires fewer posts. Al
ways tight. Is heavily
Galvanized witb PURE ZINC.
A Will; outlast all
Aothers. Sixty dif
ferent styles ana
heiehtsto choose hM
from. A FENCE W
for ererjr purpose.
WE SELL DIRECT TO THE FARMER
AT DEALER'S PRICES.
Be your own merchant and pat the
Dealer's Profit in your own pocket
where it belongs. Prices the lowest
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ever quoted on Arst-class wire fence.
26-inch Hog Fence, - 13Hc.perrod.
' 49-inch Farm Fence, 22e.perrod. a ;,
48-inca Poultry Fence, , 22c. per tod. r
Special parbed Wire, $L4 per Rkel apeoL
Biggest values ever offered and sold
under our 30-D AYS FREE-TRIAL-MONEY-BACMV
uDASAIulE-Cuntkact. uur Dig catalogue
have. Write forit today. It's FREE f 1
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