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I!'-. i I! i0n ':. Hi I ll ' 1 I 174 (22) -- & 1 :- ' -t,i can fell by na Una whether he reads it er not." ; ; . . .PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY fiY The Progressive Farmer Company v (Incorporated under the laws of North Carolina.) Home Office : 119 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, u&l CLARENCE POE, TAIT BUTLER, . , . B. L. MOSS, Sj W. F. MASSEY, ; v' JOHN S, PEARSON, : . . President and Editor. ' Vice-President and Editor.; f V Mimain Editor; i ' Contribnflna, Editor, t SecretaryTreasuter. ; - ;f Ad vertbinff Manager. . most profits,-according to the Department of Agriculture's investigators. .The Department ; Office of Farm iranagement has been conduct -ing a series of Investigations in the Corn Belt; ; which have brought but many details that ; should be of practical value to all agricuiT turlsts. ' These results have just been pub-;; lished in a new bulletin.; - farming- is a busi-V.: .ness' tfce:'-same as any other, industry, and; . until - our schools teach some of the funda- : mental principles governing profitable farm;; .ng, the farm -boy is likely to eek work else- . where.- Considering that the. farm "boys ; of today .will be the farmers of. tomorrow, too little attention is given to their training. ? : JIa"ny boys: leave the farm"! because they, see v no, IUlure in; it. Anpioerifuiporiam,ijnBauH Vis the lack them fully f .; .f Tiin I'iioGi::: .ivi: i ai.:u:u towrita letters, Then put some brala work on : the'm". these cold February . nights and they v, ill save you muscle work on some hot July days. ' , Machinery Makes it Possibleto Do More ; Work and Better Work r- ; N OTHING -wil L exert a greater influence in inV.v - creasing, the. production per many on fcoutn- - - em fkms,.than"a' inpre extensive iand-ju ', dicious use off arm : maphinery. and 'implemenla.; ' ; European , production per-acre is. .much greater than American but American production per mani llv -j?a?- f mporiautuHvu , - - , Central andiWestem States, is grea ; : of profitablCwork at home.. Let H ". - . , . , ? , rl ;i -v t-i'.-; :.;:: ' understand farm profits and ; v pr. than in Europe., n.the South our production , "J, Frank Fooshe, General Representative. R w spray-; EAD the remarkable little story 0 1 ing pays', in 'i this : issue. ."No. spray, no pay, .; has come to be a slogan in fruit growing. : Now ;4 is the- time to 'get bulletmsM : ofVspraying material, and to begin getting ready to help your orchard work for you this year. - : lossea are made and there will be an Incentive is lowjer..acre;rand also per porker because we to and will remain. Firsmake our farms profitable the question of ; keeping the boys .tnere. ovo a- farrn a(.hi npfv has hP.P.n used more than : ? solve itself' ':::i-:.'r-s,;r' t-;;s Join the Cavalry Farmers aeres "j.'i farm t machinery" has .been ; to ? increase r S per 'man instead t)f ; to do; good farming or.; to iri- V; In.fact,:;it is .the;e'x-,V-,;::: tensive and sometimes -expensive use - of ; f arni: imlT?:: . ,tv.w-'3''i;.'--;' :.JV; -y -.-; " V. .tenRivp. ahd sometimes -exnensive 1 ?t:"H: :-:,v-,jv;-:'K " 1 .,.1 1 11 '.'""?rv;.v;;S;.:;,;.o n -i 11 a 0 ;n n vn rrv farmers ; f Itk a thfc nnft anown m -f -. .., v.".- , I T T'S no ' use; to; talk about toolsu .has.eabled American farmers r A' x, them; After you read over. th; various letters ...; . - 0 . . . : . . r . make a good showing, per man,' or: per worker; . about improred implements, and machinery in this cvery.weeKj are; .a gamWB ou cuu .,uu, whllc maWng 8ucn. a pr 6howini ii yields !peri . .. . ween. 8 uaper, loon, urer ouf auvci mcj.., viicti&.!f iruiBi::':i"v.5 r,,f- s''- f-: xixi i'J J' and Senlliteratand price' lUts-of all th NsjB: ?ee;i hffe ntpW-vniT W mieht also remark: that it'a no . 1 iic.; . Li ii iBlit 4. -QJ facilities for the use of farm machinery, ana use to talk about the advantages of pure-bred f ' K , . . . oti;- - the best of farm machinery to; use, the, Amer nnnltfv unless vou cet them and raise them, and. there : is better - time ; thaa; now tojwrlte thasat "who advertised7 your favorite breed" In last week's : progressive w armer. hesays in his lettet for the Implement Special: over g a voke of Jroodrldbkine mules, going from :! 2 to 1 5 acres per day - and leaving the whole top of the landjicultivated fine, 'lt4sfsome:i)leaj3ttre;to rate, I had rather i do ' it than : to get down ican tarnier would before this have been combelied 1 to produce larger yields per acre to supply his there Is any need of it, but when I ean sit ?Q , .t-,- ' -! fy '..-.t thft ha rf ftn fd on a cood seat, and drive - needs., . By the use -of more farm machinery :we ;'..vv.,--:v,w v ivtAii An on Aim ' a a vm 4v om nir inAiao din flf fha o1na cultivated and this will belp-us individuaUy; but ; It il ot supply the IF CATTLE that sell for four; cents a pound veat;y;- your grass or other feed you are selling the '-y, Vproducts of your, farm for just sixty-six and two- ; thirds cents on the dollar as compared with what cattle that sell for six cents a pound would ' pay 1 you. .; WWle we are talking so much about better ; ; marketin g of farm crops why not give a little at-. . Wnuoa-WiimprpTingiouinarttBiuyj ;lf v f our-centieattle. ,wiH andf follow one mule and a plow that is tear-; ing up all the feed roots and damaging my ; v l-et . us use more iarm machinery - to mcrease .j:v the earnings of each worker,! like ithe NortheriiC farmers of the United States have donel" but let r ; pay a profiion forty-doUar land whywill sixrcent cattle not pay a profit on sixty-dollar land? : join them next year, moreover, it is weu xo Keep ; as certainly further increase the earnings: pef 1: of 152,9R0; acreS lying inv ston counties, Alabama, is recommended. by Sec-. . ,i tTi- " i tir Ji!v"',W - T ' - ' : f a orvi ttAafA fn thft OB agricultural .cooperation: W can do what I ..Northern farjner ha ma-;: T IS-announced, from Washington that an area f Carlisle : pf Woffprd , College which Mr. ; T. ) B. The Southern ;: farmer should use v farni the acres cultivatedasl the? rp.ATv nf Agriculture Houston for nurchase bv the U1 "Hlttl :VwttUMU' ' - "w r" wiueru ,iauer uas uuu; v uyi : ue; aio ueeua ,w ;,n , ; Government, as an ; addition to the public "forest .cannot--that ; is, f'We. as'r a collection of .Individ-: use more and better machinery andimplementsV-; reservations. - These " lands lie almost wholly .in..: uals canl do. :what't. as a . single indlvidual cannot to do better farming; which the: N6rtherntarmer l:: fithe; Southern foothillsf theAppalachians fcSeSS profitable : crop p .'. portion of the proposed reservation is already pub- yoa could -ever'do workingwnolly by .yourself. 1 vidual; but it is evenmuch' more desirable that vp '.v lic jandand of the per; cent; cleared it is estl- . v There Is no better field for cooperation than in r we also increase the yield.per;acrerfor that helps ': "' lav purcuase aau use pt umuoveu iuui uu uin-. ; me ; maiyiauai jusi.tnat mucn more ana aiso tne chinery. Talk the: subject' over :w neigh- community and the nation as a. whole. " . mated, that nearly half has1 been allowed to revert to forest. ''US' vV'i v '"-v. .v. ; HMIE idea of having a rest room, in every town X - for farmers and farmers'-wives'is fast growing in popularity, : and : the towns : whose merchants show this consideration to their farmer patrons are likelytd -hold these patrons longer than"mert Chants who do not. -The Franklin (Virginia) News Quotesrfrdm'The7 Progressive Fajmer particle on Bonham, Texas, and Baysiy - y. ;-: .- : 'One; particiilar thing these young Texana accomplished , which Franklin would do I well ' U6 imitated was the -establishment of a rest room for the use or i tne rarmers ana . tneir - wives who were , trading in their town. A comfortable " room was fitted up With easy - V chairs, lounges, lavatories, baby cribs, read- . .1 ing matter etc.; and a colored maid is kept on duty, to relieve the tired mother of her; ' i-: baby while; father is selling.' his cotton, and ; other products and mother is turning money i -J into1 home Necessities 7 at the - town's : stores We have often - felt - that - sucha rest; room . would not only 'be a great bQQn to Franklin,' . ; but would add to our popularity a3 a trading . center." . -; . . ;.. '' y";--' bora 'and see. 'what you ) can dp about , It. IT F YOU are InterestedIn using labor-saving tools In short it is desirable that every farmer use vmofe than one horse and larger implements' not simply to enable him to cultivate more iahd. but to enable him to "do r better ; work and produce more per acre. Good f arming cannot uoV be : done r i-'.-r ; I and machinery thislyear; ; if you want to run . with the implements on a large portion of South-" - . - - your brain with two- to four-horse power in- ern farms, leaving put entirely the question of do ;; :;,;teadfVone-hpr-ppwer;. yourself boss of 'bigger teams f and - bigger ' tools"" 'i r---r " "'" ' T;,;; x 'Mf&Ji such as money-makinK Western : farmers use If r you want to do these; things, : then the . first .thing :to do Is to Informyourself thoroughly regarding " the various improved Tim pi ements and machines. . t-;':in this endeavor, the' articles In this week's Pro- A Thought forthe Week m ILLIAM JAMES in his wonderful -chapter on ,"Hablt," suggests one of the greatest formulas for '.'character' building and' life'' gjessive Farmer win with vnnr lpfldftic farrriAr-npJtrhhrtrR' vnnr demon- .. .. . " . - - ; r :suDsianuany, yitesoive each day to do at least' one ., .' task that yeu would rather not do.Vy: This is bys with your leading farmer-neighbors; your demon , stration. agent, and'your implement merchant will help . you further. " But ; the ' first and . Quickest thing to do is to sit down and order the catalog or. every, advertiser .in- this" Isue whose machines "ap- . i " '- - ' '''; ; ; ; ?, peal to .you : as being worth ' Investigating. 5 And . HM1E-results of a series of Investigations recently ; -don't he afraid of ordering too many,. These cat-: no means an easy , thing to ' do butit is 'a big thing to doi Ajs ;flne little. maxim: -;'"''.vv.';f - ' "':-v '' "-:V ' r;"If you can"t restrain, then 'abstain 55? Dr. Johnson, the great English writer, in speak- conauctea in tne uorn ueit states by tne unu-;; AyRCtJ ftnd nrice liata are all free and the manu- . 1 . . . - 0 " o y.., . ; ed States Department of Agriculture mPst strongly ;-: A or ms; habits, wthls: "Sir, read abstain;:. facturerare glad to send them.; These catalogs. .-bnt;a-WtVtfeTmodwatov". emunasize tne necessltv for ad ami nl a tralnlncf If-" " "t. ----- out" I can't, hn mra AWtnA t,ro ,farm1ng;as a business is tp be made a success, cost money, of course, but it doesn t cost as many ; worlrs:oilt ecflfllllv; T, 'I'J -t Here, as in all other vocations, the untrained 'man xentfr to send acatalog to you as It would dollars . ' . - - . . " , " u":"u?" . inevitably falls by the wayside a failure: Some -t6 sena! a drummer to you.. When you patronize dangerpus likes that works havpc; markable. analysis of conditions are as follows Farmers with a,, high schppl. education ' . make nearly deuble the averaee1 income these with merely a common school ;educa-, -:;e.t-a .OMa'talo?' and Prce ll8ts; twelve pos- tion, and those who start earliest make the : tal cards will get-them for you if you haven't time knowl?.s"rati! Vhi. jugh h lt ih r' Oofl on r-; the advertising manufacturers you patronize those : AnA ZV " U i : Uh r8: who are selling at leasf expense and can make you ' TAt ' moderatelyGeo. . :;the.be8tprlces;.qllty considered:.; . , '. . -ftclc8onyio News. -; , , '. flat a dnitAn taialAira and nrla Itafo (wafvA iAa. ' . - "' , - Th hour of rtpnartnrA hn arrival b n T, - - - .....v, uiiu vv n k (j uur wit V B u1
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