NEXT WEEK 1 OPEGI A L FOG THE YOUMG FAGrJlE& AM HtC QtQTEO.
1VJ S, Title Registered I J v rT V f.Vv f"
: : 1 ; ; ; - ' : : -
y Alarm and Home Wrf-'0-The Garolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia; P
CONSOLIDATED, 1909, WITH "MODERN FARMING."
Ivol. XXIV. No. 38. RALEIGH, N. C, OCTOBER 28, 1909. Weekly: $1 a Yecr.
Better Tenants as a Guide Post to "$ 500 More a Year."
MONG THE FEATURES of the tenant problem to which
too little attention have been given is that of the houses in
which the tenants are expected to live. Many farmers do
not seem to realize that the man who is content to live in a
ramsnaCKie, aiiapiaaicu, uusauuaijr
cabin is not likely to be a man who
will I take pride in doing his work
well or tnat the man who is com
pelled to live in such a house must,
in the very nature of things partake
of his surroundings, and either grow
discontented and sullen, or slipshod
and lazy. Many of the tenant houses
in the South are a disgrace both to the
men who own them and to the folks
who live in them. '' -' -
Hind-in-hand with longer leases
and closer co-operation between land
owners and tenants must go the build
ing of better houses for the tenants
to live i a. There is a certain class of
people who are willing to live in any
sort of an old house, amid ugliness
and squalor and dirt and disease ; but
these people are not going to make
intelligent laborers or to care very
much whether the farm on which
they work is richer or poorer at the
year,8 end than at the beginning.
Their one idea will be to get as much
as possible with the minimum of la
tor and to get to s?me other place as '
jsoon as possible.1
Possibly the man who depends on
tenant to get his work done could
not afford to build good houses just as an inducement for be ter
tenants ; but it is certain that when the land owner finds a man
. . .
if,
& ; , , ...
r
f..
-
f - .
i
t
The buildings In the foreground are part of an up-to-date poultry plant ;
but In the background may be seen a tenant house ofjthe type that should
be more common In the South.
who does good work and who has energy, ambition and character
he makes a great mistake if he is not willing to go to some trouble
and expense to provide him an attractive and comfortable place
in which to liveto give him room enough inside the house to
live in in decency ana oraer, to w
0 ome grass and plant some trees out
side, and to see that there is a con
venient supply of pure water and no
unsanitary surroundings. The man
who will do this will be amply repaid
in the better class of tenants he will
' secure, and the greater interest and
pride they will take in their work
rMen are not going to leave such
homes as this to go to the ordinary
-neglected and disreputable-looking
1 tenant-house, unless ; there is some
good reason for it This is especially
i ? true or me wnue tenant r earners or
the South most of them need only a
little encouragement and incentive to
become earnest and efficient workers;
and we believe it is true of the tet
ter class of negroes as well.
So whenever any man who has
tenants finds one who shows a dis
position to make things neat and
bright about his home, dur advice
would be to co-operate with him in
this good work just as far as may be
practicable. For, let us repeat, the
home surroundings have a decided
influence upon any man's work, and
it is expecting a great deal to expect
a man wno lives m cramped, unat
tractive, unwholesome quarters to develop much sturdiness of
character or much efficiency as a worker.
:,4
i
1
INDEX TO THIS ISSUE.
A LETTER TO THE FARMER BOY . . ..... 6
A SUGGESTION FOR MR. FARMER . . 4
A WAY TO SAVE TIME IN CORN HARVEST .... . . . . 4
EXCHANGE COTTONSEED f FOR MEAL ....................... 18
HE STOCK AT THE VIRGINIA STATE FAIR . . 13
9500 MORE A YEAR FARMING: BY GETTING BETTER RESULTS
FROM TENANTS AND FARM LABORERS .................. 3
GET READY FOR THE CENSUS TAKER . . ... . ... 10
HOW A VIRGINIA WOMAN GREW PRIZE WINNING CORN. ..... 18
HOW TO GROW ROSES. ......
HOW TO GET WINTER EGGS . . . . ... ...
HOW TO PREVENT WASHING OF LAND .
. . 8
. ... . . 16
........ 5
INTEREST THE BOYS ON TUB FARM . . 9
MAKE EVERY ACRE COUNT. ..... . .
MORE ABOUT THE ITALIAN PEASANT WOMAN .......... ... . 9
NOTES FROM THE VIRGINIA FAIR ... ...... . 7
PASTURE CROPS THAT WILL MAKE CHEAP PORK. . . . . ... 12
PLANT LOCUST TREES. . ................................ ... 5
PROFESSOR .MASSEY'S COMMENTS 2
SET OUT SOME GRAPES AND BERRIES THIS FALL 17
SETTING FRUIT TREES............ 2
THE ARITHMETIC YOUR CHILDREN SHOULD USB. . 4
THE CHARM THAT BELONGS TO A COUNTRY HOME. . .......... 9
THE BETTER FARM THAT IS UOM1AU
THE HAYWOOD COUNTY FAIR. . .... ... . . . ..,
THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR 7
THE RELIGIOUS PRESS AND QUACK ADVERTISING. ... . . . . 1
"WHAT'S THE NEWS?" . ... . . . . . ...... . . H
1
I !
n