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256 (16) -sf" Tn cm ten fry a aua'a tarn whether PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY The Progressive Farmer Company, daeorpomtd tmder the Iwi of Worth ClroUnO they will be ready for service February 1 A special invitatioa is extended to the women of . the county to visit these rooms when in Wu- iiamston." - Cotton Is Not High, tut Money Is Chap CLARENCE POE. TAJT BUTLER, a L. MOSS.. . . WYF. MASSEY. JOHN S. PEARSON. J. JL MARTIN. President and Editor Vice-President and Editor Managing Editor . Contributing Editor . Secretary-Treasurer , Advertising Manager & L Mogford, General Representative GET THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER INDEX AND BINDER THE Progreaaive Farmer Index for the latter half of 191V is now ready, and will be sent to all applicant on receipt of postage. This index with the bound copies of The Progressive Farmer make a most excel lent reference volume for the farmer; in fact the farmer wha has kept all issues "of The Progressive Farmer for two or three years and has the indexes for them possesses in an easily reached form dependable informa tion on nearly every imaginable agricultural subject. The price of the binder is 50 cent postpaid. WE TOO often overlook the fact that the dol lar is a measure of value, and that the true function of money is to give us a standard by which we. may judge of the values of the thous and and one commodities of commerce,, and in ov erlooking this fundamental economic fact, we are led into grave errors. Just now,- particularly,, are we treading, on dan gerous ground' if we assume that, because cotton has a high price, it has a high value. If we remem ber that the true measure of the value of our cot ton is not to be expressed in dollars and cents, but rather in its exchange value for other com modities, we will at once perceive the error of as suming that high-priced cotton is high-valued cot ton. Let us apply the exchange value yarct-stick and see what cotton is really worth, according to uneg an idea suggested Dy tne Arkansas, rjcpennieni Station. - 1 " A bale of cotton with the seed is now bringing around $100r In what might be termed an "aver age year" a bale of cottoa with the seed has brought $70. But while, cotton has gone up $30 a bale, the things we use have gone up in even . . THE PHQCIIESSIVE FARMER sands less to attack jemr cotton.- So-it is well to spend, the winter industriously hunting out and ' destroying the hibernating ins ecL Of course Wc can't actually find many weevils during the winter but we do' know thatthey hibernate in the old' cottoaatalksint any -trash. left in the field, in rail fence's-; and weeds along, th fences, as well as in and tinder the bark, of trees. - Deep burying of all plant refuse left Jn' the field,; as well as the clean. ing up of the fence rows,- will alone destroy many a weevil. B eside s thw ckep. burying will also serve to hasten the growth of our plants, for it adds. humus ta the soiL allows. iK,ta absorb moisture and helps to render available plant food , ( Later efforts toward; retarding weevil develop- ' ment consist for. the most part in frequent cultiva tion, especially- m jhot dry.wth.er.-;.Then connect ed with the problem of hastening maturity come the questions of soil preparation and fertilization 1 the selection of seed early" planting, as well as proper and frequent 'cultivation.; Many of these questions Jean be better looked into, right now than later, and "wise . is the man - who busies himself Effect of the Recent Freezes on the Boll Weevil 1 0 JJJST what extent the recent severe freezes have destroyed the boll weevil is problemat ical, though it is highly improbable that the greater proportion. In the figures below on the-. hibernating weevils have been : totally destroyed left are given the quantities of commodities a bale anvwhere excent in section xnenVnrincr . THE, recent cold wave in Florida is said to have been the most disastrous that has visited that of cotton would exchange for in an. averagryear while on the right are shown the quantities a bale state for more than twenty years, doing countless of cotton at $100 wilt purchase this year.: thousands of dollars worth of damage to orange and grapefruit groves. . THE inauguration of President Riddick of the A. and M. College occurs under happy auspices. The College has never had a firmer place 4nthe affections of the people or greater possibilities for usefulness than now.. AVERAGE YEAR One bale at $70 would buy 1Q0, bushels corn 70c. 466' pounds bacon 15 c. 140 bushels oats 50c 7 ton, bay- WO. 14 barrels flour $5. 700 pounds, lard 10c. 70 bushels Irish potatoes. . THIS. YEAB One bale at $100 will buy- 8(hbushels corn ' 400 pounds, bacon 25c 125 bushels oats 80c. 6, ton hay $20. 10: barrels flour. $10. 500 pounds lard 20c. temperatures. In years- past ra Oklahoma and Arkansas zero temperatures; have; forced the line of weevil infestation ' southward many miles, and where similar temperatures?; have occurred this jwiiit er it is " no tm totally destroyed or at least greatly reduced in numbers, '; :--; 'V . However, since zero temperatures have, occurred only , over very smalt areas of: the boll weevil in-- Every commodity listed above may be , consider- fested territory, it is not at all likely that the t bushels, Irish , potatoes s $3.. THE new Federal Land Bank at Columbia, S. C, is now ready for work, with the following; offi cers: President F. J. H. Von Engelkett of East Palatka, Fla., recently Director of the rMint;, Vice President, L. L Guion, Lugoff, S. C; Secretary, Howard C. Arnold, of Greenville,. Ga. Treasurer, Dv A. Houston, o Monroe,, N. C. VJTE TRUST you are carefully saving last week's W big Reference Special. It is filled with a thousand facts of practical value, some q which you are sure to need during the next twelve months, Put this number away iin your desk or bureau drawer or, better still, get a Progressive ly surplus cash: crop? Farmer binder and preserve it along with alt other issues. Please mail your-service blank promptly.. ed "standard," in that each is used nearly every day on most . of the. farms itt the South. A glance shows that, compared with these articles, cotton is now actually .cheaper than in average years, instead of higher. In fact, in purchasing power our $100-a-baTe cotton is about equals to that of the nine or ten-cent cotioa of a few years ago. they have been entirely destroyed The truth, is that cotton; has, not gone up in. value,; but money has become cheap.. Is there any better argument for the urgent need forr living at home, and making cotton a pure- If there was any force in weevil has. been wiped Qttt m the regions where its damage is always ' heaviest. Of course where minimum, temperatures have ranged as low as ten or twelve degrees above zero, tbe. hibernating weevils have probably been considerably reduced in numbers but it is cTarttrerous to assume that The Business Farmer's Calendar : Nine Things to Do This VecU end Next ILLUSTRATIVE of the increased interest in live- stock, it is stated that in. Mississippi cattle ship ments to St. Louis have increased from 3,000 head in 1906 to 160,000 head in 1916, while hog shipments last year were 800 per cent greater than" for the year previous. In Georgia,, the Moultrie packing ;t plant killed 60,000 hogs, against 30,000 the year previous, and this despite the fact that. other pack- ng plants were drawing oa the same territory. ; such, an; argument during the days o low-priced, cottoa in 1911 and 1914, there is equally as much today, fori, relatively, cotton is worth little if any more. Training for the Race With the Boll Weevil G LOSE observation, and study, as well as the experience of others, have demonstrated be yond the shadow of a doubt that the making of a cotton crop in competition with the boll wee vil is absolutely dependent upon the doing of cer tain things, ' ' ' These 'things consist in first doing all that is : THE North Carolina Department, of Agriculture and Experiment Station now has a bee expert at the service of any farmer who has one or more hives. The great need, in North. Carolina for im- acter of equipment used is indicated br-the fact humanly possible: tnfetard 'the multiplication of - ays Wl11 ndd or plowing. CAREFULLY examine, the . oats for damage from the recent freezeand replant, at once it the fall-sowed crop has. been killed. Z. Save last weekT"Reference Special of The Progressive Farmer;" it; will help you a hundred times during the next twelve months. . 3. If the bur and crimson-clover do not appear to be doing as well as they .should, give them a light dressing of stable manwe arid watch for re sults.' " ' . 4. Make -the garden rich 'and; mellow, and get the hardieu crops, like English, peas, and Irish po tatoes, started '; r 5. Utilize the wet days, for repairing fences, clearing and cleaning up around the 'farm; all dry that while the state ranks fourth, among the states the weevil,- for, despite all' that can be done in this 7 Avr t3nfs efevenU m direction, we can st assured that by the first to dttffi S&Li oi Awlth onUU. favorab.. George H. Rea, Apiarian North. Carolina Experi- weather, there- wilt be one oc two boll weevils ment Station, Raleigh, and ask for such, infotma ready for every square- that the cotton plant can tion as you want.. , ; putom. In other words, the weevil will have.won- A GOOD example for other bankers and business, c?ttol! Mt izMr in thc bo1! rm " men is set by the Farnwr and f,t. 0 the other hand, while doing all that it is possi- Bank of Williamston,, N. C, which carries, the fol bte to retard the development of the: weevil, .loving anuncement in th local paper tlje Wil ,the man ia the racti should dp all; he can . towardr mwa.vmu gkuwui auu iiiaiucicy ai; nn COttOll plants - There are certain rules laid dowr for the accom "Realizing the great need for rest rooms, for the women of the county who come to Wil Uamstom to do their shopping, we have decided to, equip the two front rooms on the- second floor- of our building with waterworks and1 all modern; conveniences. Plumbers and. , other workmen axe now at work on these rooms and 6. Plant a patch .pi rape for the hogs and chick ens, fertilizing it liberally;5: ' V ' X EuiTd, the terraces wide and higfi-against the spring; rains, seeing tc it that alt gulire are filled witli trash; straw or other , refu&el- : ; & Look over- the- lists- of bulletin state and United States, given itr last week's Reference Spe cial, and order those that will help yott to be a bet ter farmer.. v j- r . v Make; !3?ood- FeJfandi FertiKr Firsr your 1913T albgan, and then stick.to it. plishment of both of tliese ourposes. In-the. effort at retarding' the, development of the weevil; we should remember that every weevil prevented ' from- going through the winter will mean thou-i A Thought fcr5t Tifcek T EX every young man wfra has to make bis way I unaided realize that to say i have- money -f the" bank" is ceitieate of character and ability. Judson Harmon,' Ex-Governor of Ohio. t
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