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: V' v f"" V"' r v mm - ; ii i r y v m i i -i ii i i ii r . i . r - i ' V :. j rarm ana nome y Jjjy Tor,. -.. The Garolinas.VirAinia, Gk ia, and FOUNDED 18 86, AT ... ., - . . Vol. xxx. No. i; SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1915. "A Jl a Year ; 5c. a ARE YOU STILL FARMING POOR LAM? 4 i L i i;V':;:-:J::::':- - .11 ' to 117 vv .v . "WJ&ir v" M-vi Miinir n ii ri 1 iihiimiiit MTiTiimn oiinr n I tV ; Mm 1181 Si I E just can't resist whenever an op portunity affords to impress the ovenvhelming importance of rich land to Southern farmers, and farmers everywhere, for that matter, The problem of bringing the rural South into its own is a. big, many-sided onea problem requir ing plenty of straight thinking and hard work; of education and" training for ' the coming generation; of better methods of buying and selling; of a more adequate system of rural credits. -'T: ' : But after all has been said, ye doubt if any phase of the problem is of more vital importance than that of applying generally over the South the knowledge that will make our lands rich and enable us to double and treble present yields. We have said before, and we believe it is worth repeating, that "no country with a rich soil, if owned by the men who till it, is ever in danger of serious financial loss or business calami ty." On the other hand,- a land of gullied fields and impoverished soils is always a land of low yields, of tumble-down, inadequate farm build- mgs, poor schools, bad roads, and a gener ally down-at-therheel attitude toward com- 0 1 MltlilffllWIIriniBwWrV The larger picture is of a South Carolina field of 100 acres that made iOO bushels of corn per acre; the smaller, a North Carolina field of 29 acres that made 2400 bushels. Such extremely large yields may not be practicable, but we must practically double our present average if we are to make our farm operations pay. ' mumty betterment and .progress of every, kind. " V ; ' ? ' ' ; Tliis problem of . getting and keeping rich land is a fundamental one- a problem upon the intelligent solution of which rests in very large measure the individual success and well being of every man dependent upon the soil for a living. - . Until we tacklZthis problem with a determination to win, with the IntelHorpntUr orriiAi iAi.iri:ii,' will enable lis to double our " present aver-; age yields, we need expect no great ind Permanent advance in Southern agricul ture. . - ' HOW Shall Wfi mal-P niir lonrTc nVti anrl keep them so? What are the stens wa ran and must take to do this most quickly and DONT FAIL TO READ- Pae Begin Dragging the Roads Now . . . 4 Have a Farmers' Club in Every Com munity ..... . . . ... 11 How Mecklenburg County Got Full ... Value for Its Cotton Seed . . . . . 16 North Carolina Stock Breeders Meet . 9 Silos a Necessity V . . .... 8 Some Papers We Recommend . . . 1 1 Ten Health Commandments for the New 12 economically? -Largely the-problem."is necessarily a local and "individual one, and the methods and practices applied must be adjusted to fit each farm; but, as is brought out-in our "Diversifica tion and Independence" article this week, the farmer who would have rich land quickest and at least expense must at once adopt the plan of at least one soil-improving ' crop for each non-soil-improving crop grown and sold. When this .has been done, arJU not be fore, the foundation will have been laid for an enduring system of agriculture. v v What does this mean? Simply that we, each and every one, must see to it, beginning this year, that, every possible .acre is kept busy winter and summer growing soil-building crops. If all your 1914 cotton fields that are to be in cultivated crops this year are now covered with crimson clover, bur clover or vetch; if all your lands now in oats or other small grain are to grow peas, beans or clover following the grain ; and if peas, beans or peanuts are to be planted in all your corn middles this summer, then you're on the highroad to rich lands, big yields, and maximum profits. If not, well, frank ly, you're falling short of your oppor tunities. . ' ; . ..... . . The Negro 'and Southern Farm Life . . ; 6 The Soil-Building ! Farmer Is the Man ' Who Wins . i V ; . . -. . ; 7 What Is elected Seed Corn Worth ? . 3 What Is Ihour Income? ... . , 10 With the coming of the New Year, think over these things, Mr. Progressive Farmer, Has not the time come when you can no longer afford to be a poor-land farmer when you can no longer, afford to work an acre of land Nff if teen bushels; of oats or corn or one half bale of cotton? If you agree, then we suggest that never again will' there I te ' a better time than right now for beginning, the changed system which will make such yields a thing of the past. . , " '
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