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LET'S MAKE 1913 THE BEST YEAR YET!
WE TAKE it for granted Mr. Reader, that you wish and expect
to do better farming this year than you have ever done before.
Certainly, you should have such a desire and such an expec
tation. The man who is not trying to improve in some way may be
wonderfully well satisfied with
himself, but it is safe to say
that he is doing very little to
help the world forward.
And this year we all want to
do our part, not only by our
selves and our families, but by
our community and our calling.
You the farmer at work on
the land and we the men
who make The Progressive
Farmer are really engaged in
the same work. Your first
object is to provide for those
of your own household, and
ours is the same. To do this
well you must do good farm
ing, while to do our part we
must make the paper a help to
you in your work. Neither
you nor we have any right,
however, to limit our thoughts,
or our interests to our own
households. We could not if
we would, for "no man liveth
to himself" and each of us is
not only doing his own work
well or ill, but is also helping
or hindering the progress of
his fellow men.
It is just possible that you
may not have thought of it that
way, but it is a fact just the
same, that if you make your
land poorer, you are making
your whole State poorer, and making life harder for your children
and your children's children. If your crops are so small that they
do not pay you fair wages for your time and give you a reasonable
return on the money you have invested, the community suffers as
well as yourself. If you keep hens that do not laycows that do not
give milk enough to pay for their feed, horses that are not able to do
a good day's work, you are hindering the progress of farming.
This does not mean that we are abusing you because you have
poor land, or keep poor livestock, or made poor crops last year. If
that were all we had to offer, we would be useless indeed. These
things may be so without any fault of yours. No matter how poor your
land may be, if you are making it even a little better, you are a pro
gressive farmer a. positive force in advancing the welfare of your
community and your profession. Tho you may own but one cow and
one old mule, if you are giving them good care, trying to make them
pav their way, and planning to get better ones, you are on the right
track. And, on the other hand, no matter how fertile your fields,
COTTON FIELD OF J. A. WADE, ALEXANDER CITY, ALA.
We should start in to make better crops this year, to get better livestock, and above all, to
have better farms at the end of the year.
how much money you have, or anything of the kind, if you don't
expect to improve this year in some way, you have about reached tlje.
limit of your usefulness. For our part, we hope to be of more ser
vice to you this year than ever before, and we are having this talk .
with you the very first thing
this year to let you know that
we expect you to help us do
better work, as we shall do our
best to help you.
In the first place, we want
you to ask us questions about
anything connected with farm
ing. We may not be able to
answer all of them, but we will
do our best.
In the second place,- if there
is any subject which we neglect
and which is of speciaf interest
to you, let us know about it.
Here again, wemay not be
able to treat it as you think it
should be treated, but here
again we'll do the very best .
we can for you. And if at any
time, you have anything you
wish to tell other farmers, - Or
anything personal to say to
the Editors, let us have it. .
A new year is here, there is
a chance for us all to do bet
ter work than we have ever? 7
done before, and we should be
ashamed not to do it. So, Mr. -Reader,
let's buckle down to
the job in dead earriest-do the1
best we can for ourselves and
help each other and every one
else just as much as we can. . -,.
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE. :7;
EASIER TO FEED TWO HORSES THAN ONE An Experience
Story Showing Why This is True ... ; . . 20
FARM WORK FOR JANUARY' Some Things to Do Now. . . . . r o
FEEDING THE CORN STOVER Good Points of Two Methods . . 10
GETTING MONEY FOR THE ROADS The "Wilson Plan" Out
lined by the Originator 0
HOW TO KILL CORN WEEVILS Dr. Hinds Tells How to Use
Carbon Disulfide in Both Tight and Open Cribs. . . .... ... . . 6
LYNCHING IS MURDER And These Unpunished Murderers Are
the Greatest Blot on Southern Civilization , ... . I5'
PIN MONEY FOR FARM ; WOMEN How Some Have Added to
Their Incomes . ' 12
PROTECT THE COTTON CROP Three Suggestions 25
TEN SUGGEGSTIONS FOR THE STOCKMAN -Timely Hints He
Cannot Afford to Overlook G
THE JANUARY GARDEN What Professor Massey is Getting v
From His . ' ." 4
THORONESS IN SPRAYING Spraying Half Done Might as Well
Not be Done at AH . , 10