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802 (10) THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER . for ,it and while- this is still being done, no spite of their strenuous effohs-the total crop u one' lets anyone know he's doing it.- Those i; wfli probably be below normaL 5m;n 4. d PUBUSHtD EVERT SATUWAY" BY The Progressive Farmer Company, OFFICES: , ... - - RinrittmhMi. Ala. 1701 Fmo Am? tWBh. N. C, 119 W Harortt SW . - -. T . 1" . I t . 11 " . . . t ' wiin tne naou nxn anQySwauow it me way - ui , . . . ... . . - , , : iurcs.wcrc uciuw iiurmat ann thpr v. -. i fiw tvit tww r mH mnct . it Hm lrriri . ... S IJPPn ... pretty Veil that this is alt it isV: ; ;-'--' - I-fflaD7 sections. serious .deficiency in the rainfall - .; " ', " A, y .' ' . , e: - Every farmer should continue to wort, 9f . . ItVa- pity, the same thing can't. be said of every r . -. ..tj " c- ,, at top i country neighborhood: v Advertisements of secret spced e shou!d usc every dolUr of capital and remedies or; patent medicines have been .driven every ounce. 01 muscle he possesses from all the .best class genet ally" any- man . . i a -. . . - . . .t. : mucn .iiuami 10 oe caugxu us ng sucn concur ,.- Snish .oeanutS.:rIv tatl:: .... tiousaa he would be to be caught using conjure .. a 'V:a j -.c:' "uuus y Deans, w order to lass of" publications..' Speaking -grow raaxhnum profitable food and feed crops i ,shouldI.bg; indeed bout as - iis " . be caught usine such concoc ;. I1: r!:-... - V - . 6 UUI co Mlu, Texas, Ctattsfcter CVt TIOMAY BE ADDBBKD TO BTTHEa. OFFICE. ENTUHT AV CONGBSSS OF tfABCS S, J&V - v. -. k ' ' CLASSICS. POB, b. ix iross; . MBS. W. 1ST. MUTT. j. iu.icAirrrc v. ; . u i potatoes, turnips and nnmeroaa ot lir .i- t ' .their advertising. ' ; 0 ; acreage shpuld be devoted to fall-sowed crops. - 'J.,--'''' ' . ; -' The;Sbuth can greatlr mctease' the production jpiNE- o our goewf,, fr&nds complains that we did - 0f pigs and chickens in a few months, but in ord lf hastate an mjiistice in oixr r Qer c.-i-i .mirJ. a r, t0 go so, leea must Dgrpwn.The farmer who n. rPtesident and Eayf ach $im Mturned valuation of proper-" aertakcs to .increase nis supply of pigs or chickens ."KSSS friend reads, without growing the 'necessary .feed for them ;c csitrRnittngdi destined- to disaster lSS wevgave were based ron: the authorita- This h a golden opportunity for farmers to pav ; : ee,,OT . - . , , ":topay Va, Manner,, J propcrty each itate . afl debts and lay up a few dollars for the rainy day : the- last census-year. The statistics may.be accep- same ume nre tne snot tor liberty that - will have. IirE. INVITE the attenl3ott:of onr readers ts the fiS .announcement oii 'pabf :prizes for, letters j ; for our Whcat, Q&i&&i&l?".ScaA as" (i-:7 v;'ydur letter' right awayr andt ;thwnielpv ni . t. diorable: ; the? Souths- small aTrf.;atTrage,m V ! IEXT , week':we and: f ; is a good potat to Keep in mina naniciy, aracies ' ana experience : leavers. m inis ; couuec jtibrf Prdgresse; iff flfmihdi thatthtimicKree 5 ;r alMfa bes.m and tW west- ;-v;ent sectibnsofcHbTth that planting ted. as reliable. Of course, we have made some - will be heard around the world. progress since 1910, but so have the other states , Let us raise more ami better "livestock increase pdeSoatii must kideed double its. school tales' M , fc - se i ordeT to give her boys or grrls as good: a chance ' . . v- y , u output, nTlife as Northern and Western, boys and girls - save best dairy calves,' guard against disease, grow -an. abundance; of .food and feed crops and build silos. V s ' lift tWMyE5JWfliro oi every cards itcc uxSen Say to 7? him that as a;plain;citizenr yon: favor paying war 'JeJtjses;jBy;tasvOi- piiocoaics:.aiia excess ptoi- AAthata large district is wortb while, not merely, because it means more people to . support -the school,- but because it provides a .larger and stronger "community tin it for every other neigit borhood enterprise. People who live in the, same school district and boys and girb who are" edu cated, in the same school, are going to run to gether more and work together better than other people. They w3I have a little community w of The South kCcnbg Vith a Great " " " . ' v ; Cora Crop cies ot community lite a tarmers ciud, larm its: and not by increasing postage on letters and 1: ' ' v "VJ - r 'uA; and.thereby prevefltmg the spread of . 1' , f. ' a u . business; A few "hundred r Vt T T H A. Tu- iafi(g;i uufjM'Uwi nuwu unit uu aupyuii uicsc miius as it helps by providing a stronger school itself, v Uj tV wswspap.ee nesfrisi; know : lettcrsvf rom farmers mht turn' the tide m Wash- 'itttasntl Will yom: do your 7 IJli StfciCa will be interested :m ; inaugurated :S$i&i6& Peterson has bee ;tCe3edpies& Education, and ;!AviIl7;lso of ; Agricultural : , Education 'l imder" i the provisions of the new f!aa'fcriXCEC'- Ean?:X Pro.fc.- 'RJ" L.: ' Shields, who has V'"1 Such crops as alfalfa, crimson : clover and vetch ,?eh1laicharge of animal industry and dairyings should be planted within the next few months. -i,":-'1- ... . ; ' r: . ''"' . f ' . . . . . . ? . .. . . . ' . -There are numerous reasons -"why. the acreage : wUl?ineafieri.gtve'. Ms '.entire, attention to animal industry,; whale the dairy work, now promoted to the dignity oi ah-independent . division, will'be in NxESTTERESTIKG feature of : the bulletin, "A ;:Studyf of ' Cotton Marketing Conditions in , rmnortail" r-rte fact that the roots of the SNorthv Carolina,' is a table showing- the variation . - - 1Tr .r i- v , a-.cottc'irk towns.: In the ..,n P111 ?H the soil, bmd its surface particles ; coastal' plain section it was found that from the and reduce leaching to a minimum. As fast as the ;gsteh4piirt;'pf ; relative- merits of these:; plant food becomes soluble the roots of the grow- vB'BaFe5nin?ly were r , lst Fayelttevaie ; 2nd,-. ing pt, itiExe it and prevent leaching by win- f jQAlioskie:3 v - -t; ma- 6th; Clinton ; 7th, New Bern : ; 8th, Laxu-ra- FTMIE appeal to the South to live at home and ' help win the war has not been in vain. The eleven Soothers' states of v Virginia, North Caroliira, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, their own and if this community is small, it may", Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Ar- not be Urge enough to support the needed agen- kahsas. according to the Bureauf . Estimate the United States Department of : Agriculture, have this year planted 43,240,0(Xy acres in corn, an in crease of about 14 per cent. .From the condition on July 1, the. Department "estimates the probable yield for these eleven states at 806,601,000 bushels, or an average of 18j5 bushels per acre. The total yield for this yearr 806,601X30 "bushels, compares with 725,002,000 bushels last-yearor a gain of 81, 599,000 .bushels and with 754,404,000 bushels as "the ten-year average or a gam;ol 52,197XX) bushels. No less interesting aTeVthe figures giving com parative prices per bushel this year and last. This year the average price in the eleven states named is $L78 per, bushel," giving a value- to the total in dicated cropJof $i5,74980 agabst a value last year of only ,$609X115801 This ls(a gain in value of $826,748,100, or, about 133H per cent.; IncidentaU . this year's corn crop in the South promises to be worth more than any cotton crop we have ever : grown ' With a bumper corn crop in sight and with a moderate cotton wop worth, from $150 to $160 a bale, lint and seei the agricuitural South faces an era of prosperity snch as we nve never before en- joyed. " .:";T;' t Get Ready fcr the 7btcn Legmncs N OW is ; the time to . get busyv on winter le gume work. The best seed should be pur-; ..chased and the soil thoroughly prepared. devoted to winter legumes should be largely in-. creased.. The grazing which may be obtained be tween,' say, November 15 and April 15, is of im portance to livestock farmers, but of far greater ter rains. U burg?;" 9th Washington 10th, Scotland Neck r and ' The factrthat our open, -wet wintersr when the r .iirth;:Red Springs. Inthe Piedmont section the....: lands are' bare, is the largest single factor in the :-itbar;s' investigated in-order; of 'merit were: deplet&a of cw 'sbils" should be continually stress 8 S'i' Unrn -diK. ftilis'htirv :: Sth.-StatesvilTeTfith. Ralerfihr . " aaso rejoice continually to know r;: andVthVLouisbuTg. ' . : that we can utilize our winter growing season for tne growing o sucn crops as clovers and vetches. The winter legumes not only furnish some graz-' ing reduce washing .and leaching to a minimum, but also transfer nitrogen from the air to the soil to be used by succeeding crops, fill the soil full of A TLcztrht fcr the Tcek JSL. ;Y"NEsof;:the main points of rational cultivation- Vistd; save moisture hut whenever, a farmer . practices the old-tashioned plan ot ridging up 1 i : U"!When rows, of corn'or cotton are planted 40' . inches apart and are ridged .to a height of 8 -u inches,! which is not uncommon in soiAe-see-' ; ; " tions, thus leaving the. sides of the ridges ex ;Vl. posed io the sun; ,the surface exposed" for : 'v. evaporation is increased at least 33- per - cent." ' , ':;: '-.. ' ." ' HERE'S a mighty good point, about his neigh . borhood of which Will Carleton boasts in his "New Lives for Old": : : ; . We 'don't buy as much patent medicine as ,::W.c did. - In the first place, there isn't a store in town not even a drug storewhich carries . it any more. A man wouldn't dare. If you ; want any of the stuff you have to send to town ' PROPERTY is badly constituted at the present day because its actual distribution origmaicu, cenerallv soeakincL' in conanest in the vio lence fby; which in remote times certain invading peoples possessed themselves of lands and fruits of - - . . - j. -e . i uui iusu Liiiuiicr iiurustn irnm me air tin t-h mnii ........ . .. . Lit... ! rows- ne simoiv eocs out oi nis wav io uirow .. .- - : ------ "v lanor not their own. Fronertv l&Jaaair consuiuiv. ;a.way the moisture his crops will surely need to be used by succeeding crops, fill the soil full of because the basis ol the division oetween proprie ..7bVfore -harFestHhe;:Thi .true because m .much needed. humus and furnish large q-uantities tor and workmen of tne fruits of a work accom- tnrowing up riugcs, one closes just so nracn ,:0j the most, valuable feed. If we could only be Vlvsata OT-ootn togctner-does not resi up ) -y TT?u i unindSaysthc realize the fun-value of winter legumes S?!?. proportioned the .work itseH--North Carolina Experiment Station: - , , . " . e icgumes, jopcrtyis badlr constituted. because by conter- , .; rew acres pn our i arms would be. bare this winter. Hng on those who possess it political and legisia- : " 7 ' . . tive. rights which are denied to. the workingmen, 'Z:- Over-production Hardly PoStxhle ft tends. tq be the monopoly of a fewand jnacccs- . ?.r r . . ... ;.vrtM?- sible to the greater number." v 'Property is badly ' , . , ' s constituted because the. system of taxation is bad- AAA r nowar' ood pficcs gcneraHy will not : ly constituted and tends to maintain a prmlege ot : VY 'faJl in the next tw or three years, for the ' wealth in the r proprietor;-while oppressing the reasons that there ie . poorer classes and denriTinjr them of every possi- money in circulation and the held-over stocks of bility,f ?aving,Vf B.ut i! insUzt?L!fnyt ri.. tA i..... i.. . 0Q s d slowly modifying the constitution of pfopc"y r .law UVtll VUH5UII1CU. iii' ; ;? ' "We-don't buv a5 much Detent medifin, ' ' Pnary necessity is an abundance of food. you sought to abolish h,"you would suppress a an i a( ....Jtl. . t .mul.tinn inA nf aCtlVitV, and and feed for our own country and a surplus for Tou would be like the savage, who" to gather tne our allies. Farmers everywhere are bending all ft "its down the tree.- It is ot necessary their available capital and energy to the product ion of maximum food and feed crops. However, in J . ti A.nna.' tnSnnfii 9 DOSSCSS now; but the way must be' opened for the many ! , acquire it. Joseph llazaini, Italian Patriot. . -(
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