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OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN Page 6 V'r r ' r war.. . P ;.:t . A Farm and Home Weekly for Reg' HI S. PtOf(k The ; earolihas;Virinia. Geprgiad Florida. FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIG&"N. C. Vol. XXIX. No. 3. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914. $1 arYear ; 5c a Copy J1Q0D M p"4r " .fix "'Sfs. ' :m - o&i; , XI zSX TWO BALE 3 TO THE ACRE ON RICH LAND (FARM OF J. A. WADE, ALEXANDER CITY, ALA.) ONCE more let us impress the necessity, in planning our cropping operations for 1914, for so arranging that each crop shall go where it will result in the greatest return to ourselves and to our land. And what may be best for a, single year is not, very likely, best for a number of years. For instance,- we max have a field that was in cotton last year ; that is still fairly fertile ; and that would produce a fair crop m 1914. If we were only farming the land for a single year, doubtless such a plan would be most profitable to us. But good farm ing demands that we look beypnd one year and so plan our work that our soils, instead of getting poorer year by year, will become more and more productive. While not an exhaustive crop in itself, the clean culture necessary in growing cotton leaves the ground bare, thus rap d ydepleting its store of vegetable matter. So, in making and re- i 'l18 Preferable that a soil-improving crop, like peas. Deans, nr r nvor tin..u vp,r ' . K" ,n " at least evey er year, and every .St1 1 not PssiWe where cotton is grown on the same land year after year. a nld'Vr U th widesPr"need for more food and feed crops alcoLn ,leVerSU?,ly 80 o-S as our, land is impoverished by an Sowhl f V e do not by any meana believe that the average Se cToornf n dotton 38 a 8UrPlus cash crop: for few agaUst isi,?9hr iVWJ re8ard- What we 8hulda" irtour faces ?y Our frei!wf,e. "S of Pwi8 it too exclusive- . v.MMa uuis ana our eroded lands a re little less than a disgrace. It boots us little if we raise big cotton crops and spend the net proceeds for materials we can easily raise at home, and until better practices become the rule, rather than the exception, we will continue to have poor land and poor people. FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE County Cotton Graders A Plan to Insure More Uniform Prices . . Don't Burn the Stalks and Straw Why Such Materials Should be Kept on the Land Easy Farm Bookkeeping Keeping Records of Farm Animals . . Five Prize Winners Young Contestants Who Made Good in the Club Contests Housing Sweet Potatoes-Some Practical Suggestions Regarding One of Our Best Crops . ... Knapp School of Country Life A New Institution at Nashville . Waking Up a Neighborhood What an Active Organization Can Do More About Pruning Work with Apples, Pears and Cherries . . Story of a Successful Poultry Farm-Points on Feeds and Feeding The Home GardenSuggestions That Are Worth Whiles . . . . Winter Care of Livestock -More About Getting the Animals Through the Winter 8 5 18 22 12 17 23 20 14 19
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