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1 1 l f -510 "(10) ' fay O it I! 3'A The Progressive Fanner Company (fceorportt! under tht laws of North Ceotai.) 119 W. Hargett St; Kaicign CLARENCE POE. TAIT BUTLER, -D.L.UOSS, . . Tr.F,iassEy, JOHN & PEARSON, J. A. MARTIN, President tnd Editor' Vlet-Fresidenf and Editor i , Mtotta Editor , ContrlljTxttaff Editor . . SecrttaryTrtuurtr , Adrerflf tag Manttir thoughtful man must feci, Who knows what a " Simihrly, .,y,c ,:insi$t . that because of a .,' power they have in. their .opportunity to be. ;m0rc unfavorable than any we may vtni '.froughtful a . C look abroad upon tbrinte dow the r h a4 a. whole the country f which they feed and .. ; uune tneir best, is no and disinterred purpose, a well as with food, . jounced worthless for; our Conditions. It j.T . ... , ........ . : average that We Need CoSpcration in tHe Ownership that' on an known 2 ' v and Use of Harvesting vt& : ?"U 7rL "A AA . 6 -, ;ef to,)bur; and crimson clover are a great V'-' ' -V ' t, - - - ' ? r ' v...':'-;-,:;. cessVbn-e very well drained soil tvne fm. .SUC" S THE oat and wheat harvest oatiK es,e . . V need: for , better , facilities A J. L Morford, General Representative for many years A when - " "T - ;- " ".cven during the ;untavpraoieltseaspn , ot W-1VI5 farmers hered strlctlv to the rule nproec.. : iyr success crops, .t.spec.auy.. m. . u .-p " .(.rsnnthv acreaee of small :gram is;larger;thaa c:::.ii;. r'-;i-;i;v- er' who t A GREAT meeting of the canning uud agenis i macninery oi any kiuu, ui m vvWiivis. many years. - , .. - ' v- ; ' have been Rewarded with good croos of ri well underwood. princ.ple b ..oprt:o r,Vlke season hal been, wfbe ev i;n.rv nf anv k ndl or in workincr horse3 and . -f . i , ' wc Deeve tha that 01 any Kinu, or wmub.uu. failnre has been due- 1P Vn fL. uai A that planned for the State-Normal College at muies,vf0r .that matter, is that maximum profits; ' n W n thaQ to t:' urm2r(., e w?ather GreensbokMay31toJuneS,Mrs.McKimmonand . fmplement;or achine " to do his her cb-workers have prepared a remarkable pro gram, covering every feature, of the work of can ning vegetables and fruits and marketing them after, canning. We regret that a copy of the com plete program reaches us just too late to appear in. this issue, ' from tne operation oi y. inipicwcuu.u. We hay"e alrea-d d onlv come when the implement or machine in . J - --LJ::.. tuneV question is.keptbusy the maximum possible. time; : 'for,su-QCess.Vv :-'U- ' C8scntlals in oiner wpra, vu vv..-.,, imson- ci0vr. these are (1) seeding that go on Wheth the naeh.n .s employed or -. eaHy;enougI)-n. the f-,fto Jj, rnt. and wherr it is unemployed, these expenses . . . . winrer-kill. 7 . .T ' . , . T . T .. . .. v. - .. ... ing;' (2), thorqugh inoculation; and (3) sowing EVERV summer thousands of Southern farmers die from typhoid fever and thousands of oth ers who recover yet suffer greatly themselves and cause others to suiter -as a disease. Even the economic tors; DUlf, absence irom worK etc, b- fa d, f 8ixty.to'one hundred acres of.grain germg total And yet as a result . of the success a u c , . ' . - wmn r .i.; i.ar.;:U w,',;A Cav tf.it a season: a threshing outfit will cost from S4UU to - urine ik"uiu ias,nunv x.jr , , ' c. ,4 - - ' . -AA uun is saiesi, ana a nrra seca oea is also imoortant $iUU up, ana tne aaiiy capacity win range irpiu.ow v-:-. .- J F' . ,t . . , ,.'.-- Failure, to :observe these few simple rules hai' bushels a day Up, M . ,'-. ; h'cMe"m,eWn u , omic loss, the loss in doc- avcrage njef costs probably around $125, and will A , ' A . . . . . ; t work etc. makes a stag- rtVC1sc W1 . . ; . " . ute and theft seed at the time best fc . a ri'iTiriiM vrciiii win! s i iiir iiiiiii i 1.11 m.i. .j ... t - . . ---- - - . crimson clover. When tire seed are bo ed nocula- threshing outfit will cost from $400 to . . - . . - . . . uucma - . . M - , . ' . - "jriA tion is safest, and a firm seed bed is also important clover;: one mitt : for sowint v fvnhoid fever i an unnecessary disease. At first the cost of a typhoid vaccination was consider able but it is now very smalt. We earnestly urge every Progressive Farmer ' reader to take the treatment. Ask; our doctor about it ' V, - ' 1 -. -v ure? and where they, are carefully adhered to, wc Urver rnrt rrf rttir oat and wheat is crrownvon- . " - ' . . - : believe- iields twenty acres or less in sizcf ana mis acre age, in most; instances, constitutes the entire -crop. . that the consolidated school in every case of of smalt grain on. the average; farrru;; Now thii- course snouia nave a gooanurary, im. u pussiuic small grower; to nanaie nisxrop most economical ly and ta greatest advantage, neeas improvea -ma chinery; i but JuVsmall' acreage atone seldom just fies the Jieavy outlay. iwe can 'say that nine years in ten these' crops will ; be "an unqualified success. Thy Wcek'cn the Farm a reading room We should have noted in our , write-up of the Salemburg community" last week that a boys' reading room was one of the gratify ing features ;we found therej as we should also have - noted that just as we left the Salemburg village we - passed a beautiful spot beside a running stream which is to be made into common park as a place ' for picnics and outdoor meetings. A more intense -love of nature, a more intense love of literature, i ; "TVTOWthat the 1915 oat crop is practically made, i- ! IXl it is .Well that we take stock of some of tk v-Here is where cooperation: must come to the res : failure; 'AUi reports .iniiicate that vtwtei-killwf,-; cue, and here it? will find one Of the greatest fields has Ibeen unusually Jheavy; and has kd to consid- f for its expansion and usefulness; One, farmer'withvsera6le: discouragement. 1 Cotton Belt we 1 an acreage of twelve, acres of oats each year, wilt tdoubt if 'there has ever been any valid reason why and a keener appreciation of play, will indeed do , hardly be- justified Jn buying, a bincter; but five winter-killing oats should occur, and believe much to enrich country life in the South. -1 - neighboring", farmers, eachVwith" an acreage of , that two precautions will largely prevent this loss. - twelve: acres a year, can certainly purchase and use a binder to great advantage. Moreover, their com bined grain; acreage, will be sufficient for , them seriously to "consider the cooperative purchase ; of a threshing outfit. ; . . " IN CONNECTION with 'our "articte last week" 1 showing what a-tremendous power for progress- the farm women's clubs have been in: Sampson County, N, C.,. it , is interesting, to note this. stated tnent in the Sampson County School Record : - "It is only a question of a brief time now until every rural community in Sampson will : " have its club for women." - It's ft pity the same thing cannot s be saidab6ut" every county in the South. With a woman's club . and a local Union in every school district, and a community league in every township1 or consoli dated school district, how: the South would hum these next ten years! . v , In the first place," it is high time we were realize ing, especially In the northern half of the cottott states,- that Jate seeding-i dangerous. In a yaf, like 1914, with very -hard freezes before Christmas, Think these things- over and, if you have not - the October' and-November-sown oats have already done so, see if you can't, by' the time the next harvest period fcomes' round, have something ;of tthe sort f definitely under way . in your own neighborhood. 1 . '' ' Don't Let a Partial Failure With the Clovers l 1 r ; Discourage You WE MUST keefr agitating the idea of organizing "Community Leagues' all over the South," after the fashion of -the Sampson County organizations described in last week's Progressive Farmer: As County .Superintendent Matthews says, after watching them a year : . - t - ' ' ' . - L AST fall it is safe to say that a bigger acreage vv v w uu viiiiiouii L-iuvcr man ' ,"V ; ' ; . a tp win . ever before in the South. These seeding w seedingas resulted m larger yieias chance of Surviving j Vhik if seeded in September the: plants are sufficiently well rooted and esta lishedtcK withstand 'severe, freezes without loss. ' Another practice 'that is bound to grow in favor is 'that of seeding in the open furrow. Experiment station evidence "amply backs us up in the state ment"that,ranywhere north of a line drawn througtt Dallasr Texas rhreveport,- La. ; Jackson, Mbntamerv!1 Ala and Macon, Ga., open-fur followed by a November freeze for severity. The remainder that broke records anyfotheV-inethod. Open-r of the winter was 'W that seed two' or more rows - a. ucucvc noimng tenas more greatly uuusuaiiy cum, irosis ana ireezes continuing one 1 , ;"v .. . nw . ... ' to enhance - the1 progres s of a community than ; the , organization of the Community Leaeue. ' ; for this is an organized effort for progress. I ' ' .am convinced that nothing would contribute -1 :: more jubstatitially to the 'development of the . , county intellectually, socially and morally than ' the, organization of a ''Community League' in r " " every district; in the county." s -''ritJ,jl"? 'VS ':'A' '..'' 1 1 -.' "' ' - ' v ; -'" ' ." .ji T '.',".1, ' .; - :,: :', ( -r'' r - J ' .-; , - - 5 , . t, -'-t:;:'' v S. ', -. ' . PHE notable remark of ex-Governor Hoard's re ' 1 printed in a. recent Progressive Farmer, "I can . fiat bear to go to-my grave until I see imparted to : ray Nation the; spirit that wilt make agriculture not ' only the support of "men's bodies but an inspiration to their intellects,''; reminds us of President Wit son's own expression; of, the same thought. In a ' . message of greetings to the farmer boys to whom ' The : Progressive Farmer, goes," sent our Young . Poples Special three ago, he said : v ;;: wisji l lcnew & way in which ; to - express ; to- them the interest that every . ' 1 '. '.Vsi r.tt- 1.11. i.r ii f' VSvati''' WTlilt fiie ..if" ta OOSS .. wsiHndHci. aautuci uiiur.tne nrst week in April. 'T i.;',;yv-:tvi,;-, Weather .Bureau reports show that nearly-all fnreV rows of foat in. each1 cotton mid 1 .flg ovethe South March, 1915, was the coldest March ieMf th'us eci:illft 1houf in thG 7 fSroW seed rin forty years, and in many sections April broketh ' cotton - crop,;' earliness, and open-iur all records as the driest month '' Jng" ai-"the same time, " , Is it any surprise that the clovers have not 1nn! their best under such circumstances?' Under the1, same conditions the oat crap has doie poorly and failed in many instances, and. garden -and' truck crops generally are far behind whit we would ek- pect in a normal year. ' 1 "v -;- - " ' Nevertheless, because fall and winter crops have " 6.Ym uiis season is no reason to cftn Tf:oucht for the Week ind which - " . - .J tnif UT the prostration ot Doay auu.;""'eading '.the'' cheapness 'of this uquui - - cas through, the mass of our ciuzeua fl the attention of the legislator on aery principle;: JOne' of his important duties dian of .those who from'causeS sscept f - :'if-i.:-'-jisAir,'..i-'A"i'aVvcareOi ncu . clemn and disrarrl flilv txrJi. . . . . K1prs. aruii" . uU1. neudve seerrtne-cowpea audi are. lntantsr raaniacs, r"" eS restncl crop a failure in dry summers, but -this-is' a poor last, as much as "the maniac; Jff fofotr excuse for a farmer's failure plant peas; drouth", measures to save g health, rt!: Httle "-lug torn.i , .Thomas Jefferson. - ' :::r
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