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0" GREET THE NEW YEART vff H A CHEER ! REET the New Year with a cheer, Mr. Farmer ! It Just say, ' 4 Well, we have made some mistakes, but we are going to be wiser because of them, ' and do better because of .themi oreyer after."'; Read our article on another page,VlWeUl Profit by Past.Mistakes and Make 1915 the Best Year Yet," in the great campaign for "Diversification and Inde endencei2 iy5 To this end here are six new yelr -Solutions we suerzest. If you don't believe they are goou. or you, lei yivcui aiuue, uui u.uu uu uuuis. themgootl, won't you make them YOUR resolutions and live by them : ' ; ' ; i : I Shall Start Trying toHave Rich Land; Real- izinglhat a fertile soil is the basis of all acultural wealth,' I resolve that my lands shall be stopped from washing" away, that I shall grow winter and summer legumes to add to my soil fertility and to Avoid heavy fertilizer bills, and that I shall carefully . save every pound of barnyard manure.. .' ,i 2.' i'Shali Try to Live At Home. Knowing that t t theJindividual or the community that depends on buy- If igf . It 5 M4- v'5 4 ir grow these products as cheaply as we can, will never 1:pro6umjl that a ohe-croprsystem can never mean; more than soil poverty and human poverty, I mean henceforth to make my farm a self-sustaining farm, with a good living for my family and myself as its primary business. ; - , 3. I Shall be a Cooperative Farmer." Buying-; and selling constitute an important element in making: the farm profitable, and that these may be done most effectively and economically, I pledge myself to make , - an effort t( cooperate with my neighbors in buying and selling to" best advantage not onlyi in buying supplies quantities i so : that merchants may give us better rates, and in grading and marketing farm prod-; ucts so as to get better prices, but also in buying and using improved farm machinery and in getting better sires for improving 6ur live stock. " 4. I Shall Work for School and Neighborhood Progress. I Understanding that there can be no power without knowl edge, no material or moral progress without adequate training; I mean io uo my, pan to : navinga ; local scnooi as a neighborhobd center for community development and and enlightenment. To do this I realize the necessity for suitable build ings and grounds, for good teachers, and for such consoHdtion . ansrearrangement of districts as is necessary.49iurnish adequate .support noivonlyfor stronffTschobk but j. ; ior-autheagenaesof a-richerzcommunity-life. For the attainment of these I pledge- uiy unurmff eiions. - c-: .. .. .. t- W .. . Y . , V" if f ...V.'.w.iLJl-.I-v 5 K IS P-y-Bm Shall Aim at a Joyous the Whole ' Family. Our farm home, rather .than a mere plaq in order that mother's; work 4 X : ; A GOOD TYPE OF PERCHER0N STALLION - - I 1 " We must have better work stock in the South, and good sireVa'ffof d the cheapest and quickest means of getting them ened and made more joyous, in order that our boys and girls may learn to know and cleave to the wholesomeness of life in th country, I resolve to equip our home with all the labor-saving improvements possible, to see that th'ere is an abundance of healthful, : helpful reading matter, and Vto encourage neighborhoodgames, athletic Contests and social intercourse. t ) 6.' I Shall Keep At It. And finally, ? DON'T FAIL TO READ Page An Appeal to Farm Women . , . 13 Cooperation in Buying and Selling . . .16 Farm Boys Should Let Cigarettes Alone 7 Free Traveling Libraries . . . 12 Get Straight on the Fertilizer Question 10 Keep Veevils Out of Your Corn and Peas 7 Put Your Jloney in the Bank 10 Standard Rations for Dairy Cows . . . . 3 Two Big Measures White Farmers Should ; tSuppoifA:,i?;Wf '11 We'll Profit by Past Mistakes and Make 1915 the Best Year Yet . ; ; . 10 You Will Need a Demonstration Agent in i9i5 : . ; . : . . . 1. . . 10 -knowing-that-successintheetWngsljcan only come after, persisten untiring effort, I hereby enlist for life as aorker in making' my farm and my community as good as the bestplaces that shall be sweet to live in Q0 know. , , . Pi State CqIIqkg ' - .
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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