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NEXT WEEK REFERENCE SPECIAL jg,; A' Farm at Home "Weekly for s The Carolinas, Vira, Georgia, and Florida, gg Kto& FOUNDED 1886?AT RALEIGH, N. C Vol. XXXII. No. 6. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917. $1 a1 Year;' 5c. a Copy A MESSAGE TO THE ONE-HORSE FARMER A READER asks: "What chance has the one-horse farmer in these days of improved ma chinery requiring two, three and. even four Tiorses for its opera tion? Isn't he an economic mis fit, without any real place in our modern day farming system?" Our reply is that, while the two, three and even four-horse farm can be operated more effi ciently and economically than the one-horse farm, it by no means follows that the one-horse farmer hasn't a "chance. " In one of the states of the central South we know a farmer who, thirty years ago, possessed one gray mare. plus an ambition that was backed by plenty of dogged grit. Today this man is worth three hundred thousand dollars, all of it won from the soil. Numbered among the acquaintances of most of us are farmers who, beginning with practically nothing, are now in dependent, in so far as this world's goods-are concerned. Nor is it true that opportunities do not exist today as they existed a generation ago. Opportunities have existed in all times for all men, but the men of pluck and imagin ation, of grit and determination, have been the men to see them and use them. - And nowhere in America do we believe there are greater farming opportunities than exist right here in the South today.. Land is cheap, and we have a climate that especially favors maximum crop' production. TJiese opportunities exist for the small farmer as well as the large, and for the tenant farmer as well. But opportunities mean nothing unless we seize upon and use them. How shaU the one-horse farmer go about it? J. Thrift and economy must be his watchwords. Unless a man has the power to save, he is without the first essential element that makes for material success. And he must save intelligently, not blindly; his thrift must be aimed at increased produc tion and increased efficiency. 2- He must be a soil-builder, not a soil waster. The farmer who does not look care- CHAMPION SHORTHORN BULL, OWNED BY LESl'EDEZA FARMS, HICKORY VALLEY, TJiXN. fully and continually to his soil fertility is going to be a failure, wripthpr hp. works one horse or one hundred. In truth, the one- horse farmer on rich land has, other things being equal, a far better opportunity to make net profits than the large farmer on poor lands. j. Jxosoiute ousiness integrity essential. In getting oh in the world, few men are safe in relying entirely on themselves. Credit and confidence, an established character for honesty and square dealing without these no man may travel far on the road to material success. For the one-horse farmer who com bines thrift with hard work, intelligently done, and builds at the same time a repu tation for meeting squarely every obliga tion, there is indeed a great opportunity. The way may at times appear long and hard, but the road to success in any field of human effort is nearly always so. Yes, the one-horse farmer with push, pluck and perseverance indeed has a chance, and a good one. DON'T FAIL TO READ Errors to Avoid in Home-mixing Fertilizers 5 Will Potash Pay on Cotton in the Coastal Plain Sections? ... "Resting Land" . . . . . ... Phosphorus : Sources, and Forms in Which Used v . . . ........ . . Water and Its Relation to Crop Growing . Florida Livestock Association Meeting . Advantages of Winter Dairying . . . . Submarine Warfare and Prices of Farm 'Products 14 Ten Things to Do This Week and Next ; 14 A Success Talk for Boys . ... ... 15 A Variety of - Comment .15 Suggestions for a St. Valentine's Party .16 6 7 V 8 10 11 12
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