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. X- ... ; ; PEANUTS i USEFUL FACTS ABOUT VAIUET1ES, CULTURE, ETC. Page 6 JJ 0J " ' a'- : A Farm and Home Weektv for " '. k ' ' - ' ' ' ' gfr l..ir,.)l . ( t- ; A Farm and Home Weekly for The Carolinas. Virginia. Georgia, and Floridai$ FOUNDED 18 86, AT RALEIGH, N, C Vol. XXXI. No. 28. SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916. $1 a Year ; 5c a Copy LET'S SET A NEW INDEPENDENCE DAY THE ARKANSAS extension workers suggest October i as a new, independence,day for Southern farmers; and the idea' is such an excellent one vthat we take this occasion to emphasize its import ance to all Progressive Farmer readers. With all crops bringing good ter gardens, growing food all the year; nowhere is there a better corn, grass and hay country; nowhere can pork and milk and butter be pro duced cheaper or easier than here in the South. Shame, then, on the man who pays golden tribute to. the North and West, instead of FT JQSFS i in mill mi iiiiiinirHinn mil irf"(nirrir,ir"-nnnrn;iiiiiii mil i nimiinii jup.iw i n n ni nin immii ni.iwinnnm it.n.i nnpuniiirimnu. iiiiiiiiiwiiiiiwiiijuiimiiffl iiHuniiiniiimininiiigwim.yiiiiiimii i .u mp.iimiiiimin niMiiiumiiiMiimi,jiiiiL jl.jjl i , ,p tew- 'HKwY ' ' 1. 1 PROMISING YOUNG HOLSTEINS Courtesy Eastman Kodak Co. prices, there has never been a more opportune time for us to strike for that priceless boon of economic freedom and independence that we must have if our country and our people are ever to come into their rightful own. Three points we would especially emphasize I. Independence of time prices. A millstone around our necks is the "time prices system, under which we are paying anywhere from Irom 20 to 100 per cent interest on our store ' , accounts. No business in the world can long starid such excessive charges,' and we will 'have made an immense economic advance when we have cast off this burden. To do so will in many cases mean bitter sacrifices, but anything worth having is worth fighting for and suffering for. Even if it means few clothes and scanty food for a time, freedom will be worth it all, and more. V 2. Independence of imported foods and feedstuff s. Itis little short of a crime that the South, blessed with splendid soil and climate, should look to the North and West for its corn, its hay, its meat, butter and actually for its : vegetables. As individ uals is it not high tinie that we declare our independence ;; of - such a system and put ourselves on a rational; live-at-Ebme basis? In no country. can people have bet-v Page 3 DONT FAIL TO READ How to Inoculate for Legumes V . . . Provide Plenty of Vegetables for Winter Use . . . . ........ A Success Talk by Kenyon L. ButterfieW Don't Pull Fodder . . . .v . . v . Storing Grain . . . ' . Farm Machinery That Is Most Popular. 12 When Farmers Go to School to Farmers 12 How to Get Good Pictures for Your School- 13 Make a Partner of That Boy of Yours . Recipes for Making Pickles . . . Get Demonstration Work . $25 in Prizes for Letters from Union Readers ... . . . . . Nprth Carolina Farmers' and Farm Wo men's Institutes . . . 1 . asserting his freedom and then fighting foi it. 3. Independence of high-priced fertilizers. Another enor mous leak is our seventy rf ive-million-dollars-a-year expenditure for higfi-priced commercial fertilizers. Phosphoric acid and some potash will always be necessary and must be bought ; but with our wealth of peas, beans, clovers and other legumes that flourish all over the South, it is folly unspeakable for us to continue to pay twenty and twenty-five cents a pound for millions and millions of dollars worth' of nit rogen that we should get from the air. r Attention to just fhese three things ' avoiding ruinous time prices, living at home, and making our lands rich with legumes- will make of the South one of the richest' countries on earth. Having attended to these three things, the money from our cash crops, whatever they may be, is purs to put in the bank, or into , better homes, better schools better roads, and "all that goes to make better living. ' , K new independence day for the South! Isn't - the ideal a splendid one to aim at ? ' Isn't tne cause one worth fighting for ? Now is the timefor you to begin. Set OctoberJl as the- day and when that day comes, be prepared. 4 6 7 7 13 15 18 18 21 r - , . ' rr 4 TM. t 1 ,J .. i 1 ' ; f "A -Till ' "' 0... .. - .'..v--r-"v
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