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m Q) Title Registered In U. S. Patent Office. CONSOLIDATED, 10ml WITH "MODERN FARMING." ; i - i " P A I arm and Home W$0sy for the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia P P VoL XXIV. No. 36. RALEIGH, N. C, OCTOBER 14, 1909. Weekly: $1 a Tear. ) Mnre Ecbnomiral Rirvinor as a Ciiirlf Post A $500 Mor a Yf 15 r HE FIRST ESTENTIAL of successful farming is, of course, the growing of . good crops, or the production of good stock, as the case may be. After the crops are grown, or the stock raised, there is the question of marketing to be considered; and this must be studied just as carefully" as the matter of production if the greatest success is to be obtained. For what shall it profit a man if he grow ever so big crops and sell them ever so advantageously, if he then spends the money he gets for them for something he does not need, or pays extravagant prices for the things he is obliged to purchase? We have devoted consid erable thought to the matter of production, and have paid some attention to marketing though we are far from hav ing exhausted either subject, 'nt the buying problem is one mot farmers have made no s-rious attempt to solve. It is one of those individual problems, too, which each nun must work out for him sflfj and for the of mastering which there is no infallible iormuU. We have ta-d in the article on page 3 to of fer a few general suggestions as to its solution, feeling that they will be applicable, as general rules, to almost every case. Let us summarize them: 1. The first thing in buy ing is to get the thing you want, the article that will give the most ftrvir nnd thlli most' satisfaction for the amount invested in it. The article that does this is the cheap article, whether its first' cost be great or small. 2. It is extravagance to buy the things we need not, and equal extravagance often to fail to buy the things we do need. The man who keeps only one horse and one cow cannot afford to buy a two horse, cultivator or a manure spreader; but the man who works two or more horses is wasting money whenever he tries to do without the cultivator, and the man with eight or ten head of stock when ever he tries to do without the manure spreader. Probably, too, the one-horse man is extravagant in not buying another horse, and thereby almost doubling his own earning capacity; and a man may aeeel a carriage or a piano, which it would be wasteful for him to do without. A clever girl once said, " Economy is not doing without the s r ings you want; it is learning not to get the things you don't want1; and there is much of truth in the observation. The third consideration is buying is cheapness, getting a cer rticle for the least money, and we endeavor to point out some things that will help to lower the price of most goods bought, g for cash will certainly do this, as will also buying in large than small quantities; On page 13 Mr. W. C. Crook points 0u ow co-operative buying has helped the farmers of his com- r from the local merchant. 6 rrrunrj j . 1 i - ,- , r, - -. . - J- t i . .. PRIZE-WINNING VIRGINIA CORN AT STATE FAIR L.STi WEEK. All over the South now bigger com crops are the farmers' hobby, and the blreest thing at the Virginia State Fair last week was the Corn Show. A grouo Of p'rUe-wlnnlng ears grown by progressive Virginia farmers. Is shown herewith. Frof. B. W, Crosley, of the Iowa State University, was In charze of the Corn hi bit. his addresses attract lne muoh attention, and plans wure lormulated for a soejlal farmers' short course In Corn Growing and Cattle Raising, to be held In Rlchmon 1 In January. The Did Do minion Is wide awake, j munity, and there is no reason why it should not be equally helpful to farmers in other; communities. This matter of where and how to buy is, however, one that; admits of no general answer. Our people have by no means waked up to the advantages of ordering a. much larger part of their purchases direct from the manufacturers, and thereby saving all middlemen's profits; others may be bought to ad vantage from the larger mail order houses; but there is, of course, the advantage of personal inspection and comparison in buying Usually one's everyday purchases may be made from him as cheaply as anywhere if for cash and in considerable quantities, and especially if the merchant is willing to co-operate by or dering them at the lower price he can usually obtain and then asking as his share only a profit that will pay him for his part in transaction. It is a big question, this of buying; but we believe that the suggestions we have offered will help greatly in enabling the farmer to get more for his money. Let us repeat: Buy for cash, and in as large quantities as practi cable; look to the quality of the article as well as to the name, compare prices and get the goods where they can be had the cheapest; don't buy things you are not sure you need, and when you are sure you need a thing, get it. tain of i Buy rath Ink ex to This Issue. A Girl Who Makes Money Selling Bantams. . . .14 $500 More a YearjFarming: By Buying to the Best Advantage, . 3 Now Is the Time to Plant Bulbs, . . . . . 6 Some Feeding Questions Answered, . .11 Keeping Onions and Irish Potatoes, .15 We Need to Do Better Plowing, . . . . 2 Beauty Outside ancl Inside the Home, . . 2 What May Be Done in Corn Breeding, . . ' . . 2 You Lose Money Making Pork on Corn Alone, - . . ; ? .10 Hold Part of Your Cotton . . . . . . 9 Heavier B gging Once M're, . .' . .: 9 Teach Wall Street That Yau Mean Business, . . . 9 What s the News jj1 . . . . . . 5 Sme S gg-stions for What Sowing Time, . . . 4 What Co-Operatio Will . . . : . 4 3 When to Turn Stubble Lands, . . . 13 About Baying From Our Advertisers, ". 6 Business Farming rlays, . . . . . . . 2 Some Things EveryiFarm Home Ought to Have, . . . 12 4 m u t f. :3-T , 1. ft' 4 4. 1 4 fii
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