Newspapers / The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, … / Jan. 15, 1916, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
READ LETTER ON PAGE 5 AND GIVE THIS PAPER TO A NEIGHBOR C r r --r- -, v ) , a Cr-W JO I J I! I E&CT fell civ !X7? (ST &F3 FAIN (SS3TTG Hnme Week.1v for The Carolinas, Virginia. Georgia, and Florida. mhh m warn v m m mm mm m VoL XXXL No r SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1916. ' $1 a Year ; 5c a Copy THE BIG AND JOYOUS JOB WE MUST ALL GET TO WORK AT tt THAT'S the use of getting old and dying here in the South before W making it the fruitful Land of Plenty it ought to be, before " making it the beautiful land it ought to be, before making it the joyous 'land of. comrade farmers and farmer-folks it ought to be?". That is the question, as our regular sub scribers will re member , that we put to them a few weeks ago. And the question now presents itself with added em phasis and ur gency when we recall that in the few short weeks since then, another year has ended and another year begun. Swiftly, so swiftly the days fly by-"swifter than a weav er's shuttle' "in deed are they; and with it all there rings : in our ears the im perious admon ition of Hoiv . . . . . . Writ itself: " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou'goest." The great Taskmaster gives us our work to do in this life and on this earth and bids us be about it quickly and earnestly. We must leave the world a little better for our having lived in it. We must leave some message and some achievement to testify after us that MwC have lived and loved and labored here. " Especially is there a great opportunity for all of us Southerners of this generation in the mighty work of building a greater South a greater rural South. We must, of course make it a rich South a South where every farmer'f hand is di: rected by a trained and active brain; a land of good farming and increasingly fertile soil; a land feeding its people, its horses, flocks and herds, and leaving its billion-dollar cot ton and tobacco crops to co back each year I as surplus profits to the men who labor in neids; the richest of all farming lands, as right management of its Heaven-given re sources should quickly and permanently make it. Another thing that we men and women of BEAUTIFUL, WELL KEPT FIELDS AND ROADS ARE A JOYOUS INSPIRATION today must aim at is to make it a beautiful Southno ramshackle buildings, barren, yards, gullied fields or fire-swept woodlands, but fair homes set beside inviting roads and encircled by noble trees, ample lawns and flowering gardens with the ever-present- background of well-kept fields and well -nurtured livestock. And then, in the third place, we must strive to make it a land of a b ou tiding com radeship and community spirit where every man is anxious not on ly to do the best he can for him self, but to help his neighbors and his neighs borhood; toco operate with others in mak ing and market ing crops, feel ing the elbow touch of his fel lows alike in farm produc tion and farm winoc. ATiYinus to helo the community schools and churches and social life and intellectual life, and to do everything to help make bis neighborhood the happiest and worthiest in the land. That, good friends, is the idearthat should inspire all of us, and it is the ideal to which The Progressive Farmer wishes to consecrate itself and all its powers. And m tnis, brotner Subscriber, we ask your support. We ask it because we believe you realize that The Progressive Farmer is a paper with a mission;, that we are running it not simply to make money or make a living, but also to carry on a great cam paign for the upbuilding of the South we love. r Pass' on this paper to some one not now a subscriber, get him interested in the tasks we all have at heart, and before bur thirtieth birthday next month" let us roll up under. The Progressive Farmer's standard 200,000 subscribers joining to gether each week in gathering inspiration for the great work of making, the whole South "a Land of Plenty, a Land of Beauty, a Landof RuralComradeshipj ' DON'T FAIL TO READ- rV How to Know What Fertilizers are Worth" 3 Biff Money in Putting the Waste Patches to Work . How to Dehorn Cattle . . . . . 6 What to Do About Fertilizers This Year 8 LoyeYour Farm: A New Year Admonition 10 Six Winter Jobs for Busy Farmers . . . 12 Choosing a Life Partner . Be in Salisbury January 25-28 . . . . 18 Business Rules for 1916 . 18 Uncle John Gets Even With Hb Neighbors 18 Arerage Southern Farmer Can Increase His Profits ,1000, Per Cent Five Ways to Help Your Neighborhood this Year ; . ; . . What We Should Demand of Congress . 19 1,1 i'' ft I 4 i I 1 1 ;
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 15, 1916, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75