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Thursday. March 11, 1909.. Credit System Bad for Both Farmer and Where to Buy the Best Seeds Merchant. THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. The Prosperity of the Merchant Depends on That of the Far mer, and There Is More Money in Selling Buggies and Millinery Than in Selling Scooters and Bacon. HAVE been watching country life In the South for many years and have come to the conclusion that the "advance system is just as great a mistake on the part of the merchant as it is on the part of the farmer, for the following reasons : First, the merchant takes great risks, which, of course, he tries to cover by increased r charges. But even though these charges are in creased, the staples of life are not such articles as a high percentage of profit will adhere to, and the mer chant is practically trading gold for a promise to pay. If the crop fails, he is obliged to carry and carry and carry, ? and may ultimately, as in thousands of cases, be obliged to take a farm, for which he has no use. Under a cash system there will be a great reduction in the sales of some staple foods, such as bacon, potatoes, beans, lard, vegetables, canned goods, hay, corn, etc., all articles that carry low profits.. The farmer, however, will buy withr his surplus .more dry goods, clothing, shoes, furniture, etc, for his family, better teams, farm implements, wagons, buggies, etc., on which there is a much greater profit for the merchant than on staple ar ticles 01 looa. The merchant can turn his money in thirty days, in stead of a year. Ten per cent clear profit turned monthly is better than 120 per cent gain received annually. AGAIN, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT RAISING COTTON, TOBAC CO OR ANY OTHER CROP, TO PAY A DEBT, THAT SAPS THE VITALI TY OF THE FARMER AND AF FECTS THE QUALITY OF BUS TILLAGE. IT REALLY LOWERS THE GRADE OF FARMING. If the merchants will join with us in urging farmers to raise all their 'food supplies and try to produce by better tillage double the crop per acre they now produce, the result as it affects the merchant will be that all business will soon', be on a cash basis and the volume will be three or four times as large from the far mers alone. The advent of more money will bring diversified indus tries among the farmers, and even tually will attract manufactures to the market towns. If there are idle farms in the coun ty, instead of calling meetings for the purpose of raising funds to se cure immigration, call meetings to encourage the farmers who know the country and are loyal to it. to universally adopt the following plan: First, provide their own food sup plies from the farm. Second, double the average product on every acre under cultivation and let each work er on the farm, by the use of better teams and tools, till three times as many acres as at present, not in the one crop but in a variety of diversi fied and profitable crops. This would cause an Imediate demand for more land and would provide the money to pay for it. This makes every man on the farm more than six times the industrial power he now is and eives him a love of the farm. This is bet ter than to leave him in discourage ment and secure immigrants to come and buy him out. f It appears to me, therefore, that the farmer will immeasurably gain when he produces what he has hith erto bought in the way of living. He is not compelled to sell his crop im mediately upon the harvest. When lie does sell he trades for cash. The greater amount of money he has is very 'helpful to the family, but the stimulus to his self respect is per haps the most important item to be considered. The merchant will be equally benefitted by the greater vol ume of business and by the quick return. of his money, i These points should be urged upon all the people. S. A. KNAPP, j Special Agent in Charge Farmers Co-operative demonstration Work. Se Only Remedy for Low-Priced Cotton . We Must Go to Raising Our Own Stock and the Feed for Them, and Get Out of Debt. Messrs. Editors: There is one remedy and only one remedy for low- priced cotton. We must quit the one- crop system, and resort to diversified farming and stock raising., We must uve at home, board at the same place, wear our old clothes, use our "pld . buggies, and live In rm? nlrt , , - - WU houses until we get out of debt. We will then be free American citizens and in position to secure an equita- price for our cotton. There Is no sane man who does not know that we will get more money for ten million bales than we will for fifteen million bales. The . history of the past twenty years is proof positive of this statement. We all know that a large crop of cotton means a low price, and that a low Drlce for COtt.nn mpana nrnra a - jfcv w vsi t,jr auu wretchedness all over the South. This being true, why will Southern farmers and their wives and children work in large cotton fields in the heat and cold for about three hun dred days in the year to grow a large? crop of cheap cotton to pay for high-priced corn, bacon, lard, mules, and other farm products, with the profits of several middlemen. .rauroaas ,ana supply merchants add ed? There is no sensible reason. The too exclusive culture of cotton has forced the price of cotton far be low an equitable one, and has estab lished the credit system. As long as Southern farmers raised their, sup plies at home, there was no over production of cotton and no neces sity for the credit system. What hope is there for better prices for cotton as long as the husband, wife, and children cultivate by far the larger part of the farm in cotton to pay for farm products bought i at princely profits with credit profits added f There is no hope. j I The growing of every farm product necessary for home use will curtail the production of cotton, raise the price to at least 15 cents per pound; and in addition, will enable us to use the money obtained for cotton to build magnificent homes, churches, good roads, educate our children,' and fill our banks to ovArflnvinr The holding of a part of our cotton irom market will be of only tempo rary benefit, while the ernwW nf feed, food, and live stock will de crease the yield of cotton, almost do away with the necessity for the cred it system, and enable us to hold our cotton until we obtain equitable prices. G. H. ALFORD. When writing advertisers, niooe mention this paper. Hood's Improved Big Boll Cotton Seed The heaviest producer known: fine for poor land, better for rich land. Yields 42 to 44 per cent, lint, and 2 to 4 bales per acre. Guaranteed to out yield any other variety. A splendid drought-reslster and money-maker. Seed sold at the following prices : 1 bushel, 12.00; 10 bushel lots $1.50 per bushel f. o. b. Brooks, Ga.- Order to-d AT, before seed are all sold. Cash with order. Address JAM KS, if !.Ji GEORGIA A. I' ' r Excelsior Prolific Cotton ;T7e Oritfnate It, ' j We Keep It Pure, Excelsior Prolific Cotton fruits before the boll-weevil makes Its appearance. Short limbed.. Fruits earlier, closer and faster than any other cotton on earth. "Will produce two bolls In same space and time that other varieties grow one. Price, 10 bushels, $12.50. Marlboro Prolific Corn will yield 50, per cent, more than any other variety. Premium corn at" all of the Experimental Stations. Price, $2.50 per bushels Excelsior Seed Farm Co, Box74, Cheraw, S C In any quantity. Highest quality. Prompt delivery. Our price list giving com plete information, prices, varieties, &c, FREE upon request Clover Seed, Grass Seed, Maiet Seed, Seed Grain, Seed Potatoes, Cane Seed, 1 Etc., Etc. Write to-day. S. T. Beveridge & Co. 1217 E. Cary St, RICHMOND, - . VIRGINIA 1 BUY YOUR F"ROIVI DIGGS & BEADLES The Seed Merchant. 1709 East Franklin St., RICHMOND, VA. ! WE ARE HEADQUARTERS! JrjtT10! 8eds of a11 kIna8 Garden and VLf f8? 8 nd Clover Seeds, Seed .Potatoes. Onion Sofa rnm rna -hm i j 7 Poultry Foods and Supplies, Fertilizers, etc. YOUr COrresnnnriennA u'.u . . : xvvn,vu. hiuo iui our free catalogue. Cotton Seed Pure, Sound and True to Name. COOK'S IMPROVED, BROADWELL, DOUBLE-JOINTED, MORTGAGE LIFTER, SCHLEY. TAT I T M'S B 1 G BOLL, mAq t,ttt?t?CUL?EJSR' PETERKIN, TMAS BURR, and CHRISTOPHER. SELECTED SEED CORN-3 Varlftles. Write for prices, description, etc. PAIR VIEW SEED FARM Palmetto, Ga. Southern Seed XT L. WILZJST SEED CO., Augusta, Ga.. Largest Southern dealers in cotton seeds, field corns, Maine grown and second crop Irish potatoes, sorghums, velvet beans. Augusta watermelons, cowpeas, chuf&s. sojas, Burt oats, grasses ;all garden seeds. Also Insecticides, spraying machines, Cy pher s Incubators, and feeds. Get 1909 Cat aloeue and Weekly Buletln. FOR SALE Improved Boone County Seed Corn, svumuc aonuu xam Potatoes for bed ding, and Registered Duroc-Jersey E. B, SUTTON, . Calypw, N: C G otton Seed Pure Culpepper's Improved cotton seek tor sale. Vigorous growing, medium maturing, larcre boiled and Amm . titer vanain ninr North Carolina Eiiun'm.. -s WEST RALEIGH, M?CJ Improved Cotton Seed. A limited amount of Improved Dongola Cot ton Seed. Have Improved these seed for the past six years, and guarantee them pure Also about 100 bushels Cook's Improved. W. B. SPEARMAN, !.- - ' Social Circle, Ga. Corn and Cotton Seed B. W. KILGORE, Director Test Farms, Rai.kigh, N. C. JAll of Improved Cot .nii j"r Vw. piaiiwj, r run trees w?ifIm,12rI?diLre?as of chickens and eggs- ri-Vv ""'"U1 wiwiw. ana ior seed and Plant Catalogue, t. L Joanna, St & Plant Ct.. IrtnizZ to. Oook't Improved Got tort Seed lt(S8",rom Barred p,y- O- L. ROBERTSON. Rowland. N. C. COWDeaS kR0 bnel; Artl- kn.hll. t v uo Bcai BLOCK. IOOCl U 0 J M.-.., vTl ' vjruura-seea uorn, l, lt'mkeT mores some grains nearl t nfllnau bushel (1.75; Dusaal J3.25. A. L, ROPER, Adalrsvllle. Ga
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