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HOW SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS CAN PREPARE FOR THE BOLL VEEVlL-PaRe b r n lfl i x , o n ,bi w b1 TO TVT-l ami :guthbres IFamm alette A Farm and Home Weekly for Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, , and Florida. FOUNDEiTi886, AT RALEIGH. N. C. VoLXXXlL No. 14. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917 $1 a Year; 5c. a Copy War Seems Certain: Let Food and Feed Come First WITH the United States on the brink of the great world war, the fact stands out clearly that foods and feedstuffs will all this year and probably for several years to come be in de mand at higher prices than have been known for fifty years. War has always meant high prices for the things we eat, and high as prices are now, actual war will probably put them higher .still. Nearly every day. prices on flour,' corn, meat, lard, hay and similar commodities are marked up, and the end is nowhere in sight. The situation affords a lesson to the Southern farmer and likewise points plainly to his duty. As we have many times pointed out, no farmer who does not first of all provide food for himself and his family and feed for his livestock is likely ever to get anywhere financially. And now that food I and feed prices are so high, we may well consider I not only amply supplying our own needs, but pro ducing a surplus to sell Hogs are now selling '. for fifteen cents a pound on foot, and nowhere in j America can they be raised cheaper than right ! here in the Cotton Belt. Corn is bringing $1.40 a i bushel, oats 80 cents, hay $18 to $30 a tonT and 1 Southern farmers have the conditions for produc ; ing these at a lower cost than the. Northern or i Western farmer. The plain truth is that Southern iarmers are face j to face with the opportunity of a lifetime. Every thing they can and should produce is high-priced and likely to remain so; and for the farmer who farms right there should be few things to buy. Some cotton should and will be raised, and if we feed ourselves, our stock and our soils, what cot ton we do grow will be clear cash Will you, Brother Farmer; see and seize this golden opportunity? The time to decide is now. DON'T FAIL TO READ- Pace Farm Work for April 6 Pointers About Peanuts . . ... 7 Growing Cotton Under Boll Weevil Conditions ... .12 April Poultry Notes . . . . ... 13 Livestock Suggestions for. April . . 16 Lest We Forget . . ...... 17 A Success Talk for Boys 19 Seven Things to Do This Week and Next. ........... 18 The Livestock Problem in the South 18 Velvet Beans and Hogs a Great Com- bination .......... 18 Eight Suggestions for April . . . Special Diets ... . . . . . 19 21 j, , , . '.. . , , , ; Wrvr . .... I I ' ........ 1.1.W. -.I.I t 1 IMMll IV ' ' .... A1TLE BLUi'ifOM 'iJML
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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