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successful Jubilee campaign': last spring,, putting .than will; be -found amongan equal numh
on several .'thousand' new-subscribers a. week, it , landlords.' It has been our observation ti, f -
was natural for some errors to creep in, We ;are : ol the w -f g j. n that one -'
most anxious, however, to correct all such errors, ..'J . f ;enant ln a mood
as well as any that may have been -previously, to .beat his landlord is for the latter to start the
made. If there is anything wrong with your own Seating game first; similarly the landlord It,
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The Progressive Fanner Company
Qaearporated un&a tie Inn ef KoxCk OuroCnt.)
119 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, N. C.
CLARENCE FOE.
TATT BUTLER,
a L. IIOSS, . .
W. P. MASEY,
JOHNS. PEARSON,
I. A. UARTIN,
. FkesidfBt tnd Editor
Ylce-Preiidettt and Editor
- , If anagina Editoi
. v : Contributing Editol
, . Secretary-Treasurer
. Advertisfna Ibnisei
When Money : Saving Means Crcctcr
w
E' ARE going to keep reminding our read
ers of the importance of saving some money
are none tnn
for" such a. renter. ' ,
One of the most -'successful landlords we know
a man who has . been : conspicuously successful '
getting and keeping the best tenants anywhere in
his section tnatcps tf- a rtit n .
. : " . w 10 impress.'
uiwu uv wapvuHg, iwani ; we mutual obliM
o
fbi fall while crops a,e bringing -good toe contract. He emph
J. L. Mosfoxd. General Representative
THE community fair idea is spreading fast. The
Lancaster, S. C., News reports that in that one
county five neighborhoods Pleasant Valley, Van
Wyck, Antioch, Oakhurst and Flint Ridge have
already arranged to hold such fairs this fait We
congratulate Lancaster on its progressiveness.
THERE are in Mecklenburg County, NV- ten
country churches of one denominationPres
byterian that own country church homes' for
their pastors. The University News Letter doubts
whether any other county in the South can make
a better showing in this respect and so do we.
prices. And to this end we are going to quote
again the late James J. Hill's emphatic saying:
"If you want to know whether you are des
tined to be a success or not you can easily
find out. The ' test is simple and infallible :
Are you able to save money? If not, drop out.
You will lose. You may . thinknot, but you
will lose as sure as fate, for the seed of sue-.
- cess is not in you.
aSl7Pe
particularly the fact that th i
partnership, neither party to which should seek
an unfair advantage, but rather under which every
effort is to be made to advance the interests, of
both. His tenants at the outset are impressed
withhis reasonableness, justice and honesty, and
his attitude of a square deal to all, and in conse-
AM 4 RAW 4 It f tf aa it
Huwjvt. jf uiwusciYw are n meir mettle to
There is indeed great moral value in saving money- ?rov,e by thrworks thaUhey can be as just and
the right way. That means denying yourself today u F oungations as tenants
FEATURES of' next week's Progressive Farmer
will be "Home Sanitation," by Mrs. Hutt; "A
Success Talk," by Senator Lodge, of Massachu
setts ; livestock Suggestions for October,1' by Dr. mean being boss oi yourself to the extent that
Butler, and "The Menacing March of the Boll
in order to promote some noble purpose tomor
row. It doesn't mean miserliness! It doesn't mean
cheating the wife out of labor-saving ; conven
nencesi the home out of books, papers, flowers and
paint, or'.the child out of. school advantages, in
order to accumulate a bank account. But is does
as their landlord is of his as landlord. The results
are seen in lands that aje getting better instead
oi wearing out; average? yields are rising instead
of falling jiaridja long list of the very best tenants
in the count are always waiting to rent land on
this particular farm.
What this landlord has done, any landlord may
B.I.MosT worthy expenditures in order to. save for , more
" ':' ' ' ' :' ; r worthy ones. nHe that ruleth his spirit is better
A FRIEND calls our attention to a misleading than he that taketh a city," and economical saving
n error in the "Reference Special" of The Pro
gressive Fanner, where the statement is made
that in treating . seed oats to prevent smut, one
paraformaldehyde to forty parts water should be
used. This" is of course incorrect, and the correct
proportions are ae pint of formaldehyde to forty
gallons of water.
you can command yourself to refrain front all less . wh" nee tenants a,re f omg, any tenant may
uu, pruviucu, (tiwiiys, lauuiora ana tenant go
about the business in a spirit of mutual helpful
ness and cooperation, making the business a real
partnership. v
ScmD Tc& of Sell-edccation
'PHE Dallas News voices the general opinion of
A the press in saying that the rumor of a 12-cent accounts:
'Tninimmn price on cotton was so absurd that
everybody should have recognized it as a fake. As
the News puts it:
"It is a pretty safe prediction that all the
. middling cotton sold at 12 cents a pound this V
year can be stored conveniently in a small
sized capsule.'
calls for Just such rulership of the spirit.
Nowhere in the United States, unless it be in
New England, have we : developed thrift in the
degree that it exists abroad. Collier's , Weekly
proves this by printing the following table show
ing for each important country the number
habitants out of a thousand who had savings
Switmtland v 65$
Denmark .... . . ...... 442
Norway 415
Sweden ........... . .. 104
Beleiom ...... .. ..... 317
New Zealand ........ Sft
France' - . .......... ,r 'S44
It js important to remember, moreover, that not
Cerwany ...... .. . . . SIT
Cagland 12
Australia ............ m
Tasmania ............ Sit
Japan ,.....; 1
United States
fDRICES were marked down because of the
heavy receipts," has been a statement fre
quently appearing in cotton market reports this
.fait From now until Christmas is a critical period
in cotton marketincr. and what orices shall be will
w , . .. .
largely be determined by the action of the growers
themselves. We can sell gradually, and get 15
cents ; or more for every pound sold, or we can
throw the whole crop on the market within a few
. weeks and take: several cents a pound less. Are
; yo going to get what your cotton is worth ?
TX7TIH the present record-breaking prices of
If paper our expenses next year will be unpre
cedented thousands of dollars heavier than ever
. before. We believe our eaders will wish to help kansas, and Louisiana comhined.1' . "
us offset this difficulty as much as possible, and There has never been a better time than now
fS .LIVCSncnd to the Southern farmer to start savmff some
promptly, and send us one new subscription, we
. can; have much; more money available for tmprov-
it- - - " Jt - ; .
mg ihc paper ai
when you renew
; next year's copies.
CIOUTHERN farmers have been spending around
show-.. $50jDOOX)0 a year for commercial fertilizers-
,..., -r
season Jy men who know they ought to study fer
tilizers more caxefully but fail to do it The farmer
who is to educate himself and succeed must say:
I've got to learn about potash, nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and lime and what they do in the soil. About
what they cost and what they ought to cost. About
'whether my type o.f land already has enough pot
ash, lime or nitrogen. About whether this crop I
am going to plant needs more or less of this or
that element than most people apply. And so I
am going to make myself study fertilizer bulletins
The
ss
only is the United States behind other countries, '
hut our Southern states are shamefully behind
other states in the matter of systematic saving.
vfaiw: From now until Christmas is a critical period M wc Pn t sometnnego, "Massachusetts fertilizer hooks, and 1 am going to write
in cotton marketing, and what prices shall be will hasnt but 300,000 people tncluding men, women, progressive Farmer or the experiment station for
cnuoren ana mianis in arras, out ovjmj or tnem whatever mfonnation I can't figure out tor
have deposits in savings banks nearly everybody , myself." . .
old enough to know a quarter from a dime, it That's the sort of spirit that will save money in
seems. There are five, times as many savings tJlc fertilizer matter. Such a farmer will not spend
bank depositors in that one. state as there are in
all the twelve states of Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennesseev Ar-
money oh elements that won't pay 100 cents for
each $1 expended; f And on the other hand he will
be sure to buy fertilizers just so far as they will
pay $125, $JiO or. $2 in profits for every $1 he puts
fntothem.'W'-i:r;;'
The same sort of farmer will say: "Well, hefe I
am soendinir hard-earned dollars every month and
' ' evefy vt&ffltimcji&'a fced and hog
feed Just as I ought to learn about tenuizcr,
and serving our subscribers, And A" SqulC Dcd the TcZMU h it Net I ought to learn about feeds, and just as I have
wjon t fbrget to get a bir
- " " ' - ' ' ',;v ... - v , cota&h to meet soil needs, so I am going to learn
IX DOES1TT pay to sell cotton m the seed. Au- W balance protein, carbohydrates and fat to meet
thoritics have been savins? this a lone time, and KT two-sided business orooosition. imntW. on mA. Ant T m tmW tn ett books and
newyjaroof of the fact is given in a bulletin Just
issued by. ther United Mates Department of Agri
culture giving ; the result of ; some investigations.
After allowing?for:ithe cost of ginning, it was
found that the loss from sellpg in the seed (as
- compared lwilh: selCng; lint and- seed separately)
' itift "ntifriA from an averace of $1.75 oer bale for
kw middling to an average of $7.60 per bale for
- irood middlinsu The total
. white Brades sampled
?715 or an average of
the part of - both landlord and tenant, the tA tAo and master them
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scrupulous recognition of certain obligations, before Iquit; - :'i::--' y : V
Failure on the part of either party to the contract ; This is the fe a man t0
to fulfill his obligations is the cause of 90 per cent educate himself m farming.
of all the troubles between lessor and lessee ' ' ' - - '
In the first place, a land!ord,because: fie is a land- . A twi'thf frr 't3 Week
A & A mm . -
al loss, on 586 bales of the lord ls not necessarily seeking to rob the tenant,
by the investigators was t0 exact, his pound of flesh,? nor, on the other -w urrL-Mmtv compa?-
. v;. o-..:M m J "cSS, HZy aaa ,inoittercnt to his and -..Tffr: evU spirits as a vacuum craws iu .
: dncinron page t9, and his assistants! The sub- aount it among a hundred tenants wll be found a r B ver ca your guard awin.t a craflsto? fffff
FcriDer must De sausncn. . u-.? ACr;-. less-numDer of - untrustworthy men - BE 'Jff .SSJLJKri Effir ti 5 pm