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; m. Mist have the federal wpfWtoE ptI T , : : : ' . : i i ; - : o.' " Mil SOUTHSRES Earn (Smjettte A Farm and Home Weekly for Carolinas Virginia. Georgia, and Florida. FOUND? 8 86, AT RALEIGH, N. C. Vol. XXX. No. 42. SATURDAY, OCTOBER lfctfa s ty $1 a Year ; 5c. a Copy Gin Slowly; Save Some Money; and Ask for the'ational Warehouse Bill ONE of the most important articles that The Progressive . Farmer has ever printed that is our opinion of the letter from Congressman A. F. Lever, on another page, explaining the ' provisions of the proposed Fed eral Warehouse Law, a measure; to whose support all American . farmers should quickly rally. The advantages of the plan should be self-evident. ' It will standardize the cotton warehouse receipt, and make it literally "as good as gold" as collateral paper. It will insure scientific grading of all cotton stored in such ware- . houses and thereby save the farm-, ers millions of dollars millions now being lost, as Mr. Lever points out, as a result of shrewd, unfair graders taking advantage of the grower's ignorance, and millions more lost as a result of incompetent buyers grading too low in order to protect them selves from their own ignorance. We have already been urging : farmers to establish state ware house systems, and expect to con tinue to do so, for as Mr. Lever points out, there will be plenty left for the states to do in ware- . , " housing and marketing after this National measure is passed. But the first great need, as we see it, is the passage of this National warehouse law. If each state has a separate system without responsibility to the National Government, one state might be lax in enforcing its rules, might be too careless in licensing graders, might be too negligent in safeguarding receipts, etc., etc. ' And then, as Mr. Lever says, the bad receipt might injure the credit of the good one. But with Na tional supervision and control, and the reputation for thorough and - scientific work, utterly free .from ,' politics, for which the National Department of Agricul ture has a reputation, the warehouse re ceipt would be absolutely unquestioned as lateral, and money would be avail able in unlimited quantities not only through e Federal Reserve ' system,: but from all the great financial centers where dollars are always seeking investment on safe security. Of the three things that we now appeal to ton farmers to do, therefore, the first of J; ls this: Sit down and write to your congressmen and ask them to support Tim C - wmm-Lever National Warehouse l" k ;;iA7's?'C!" Jismmmistweimm fc K . rum .mm.... ' ;t - v '-f' . TWO GOOD FARM CROPS-BOYS AND PIGS Jimmie Patton, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Patton, Charlotte, N. C, and his eleven-months-old 0. 1. C. Boar (weight 450 pounds) Bill DON'T FAIL TO READ- Boiling Melilotus Seed to Hasten Germina tion . . . ? Why Boys Leave the Farm ... Making and Saving Farm Manures . . . Ten Cents More a Pound for Butter. . . Are You in the Bread Line or the Bank Line ? . V Plant Some Pecans This Fall . . . . . We Must Maintain Roads as Well as Build Them . . ' ' More Friendly Farm Gossip . The Kitchen Plan Contest Awards . Demands of North Carolina Farmers . . Join With Neighbors and Buy a Pure-bred Bull . . . ; ' Governor Craig's "Moonlight School" Proc- Tarnation . . . ' Demonstration Work in Marketing Fruit 1 r inUlas . . . .. . . ana v egcwmta The next thing we wish to urge is the importance of ginning slowly. It is commonly reported that owing to the remarkably hot fall, cotton has opened with unprecedented rapidity. There is grave danger, therefore, that excessive ginning receipts, due to early opening and picking, will give an impression of a bigger crop than really exists and thereby set back .prices. Our third and last point is : that this is a good year perhaps the best year in all -their lives for manyfor the poor man to save a little money.. It was a blessed thing for Southern farmers that cotton stayed low all sum mer. It kept them from buying much, and now that cotton has gone up, they are going to find themselves with more surplus money than they had expected. And if you have such a surplus, Mr. Farmer, please invest it wisely. Put it in a bank where it will not have a tendency to burn a hole in your pocket whenever some slick-tongued agent or merchant gets after you, and then check on it like a business man from time to time for bet ter comforts for the home, better tools and machinery for the farm and better hogs and cattle. Page 3 3 5 10 12 12 12 13 14 16 16 19 19 : i ' 5: il Mil, 't t ! i or tts equivalent
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