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vThe Carolinas; Virginia:.'rVK-
FOUNDED
Vol. XXXII. No. 32.
SATURDAY, AUGUST
High Prices and Independ ence: The Southei
i BALE of cotton "with the seed is now worth $150 to $160; corn is
XX around $2.50 at mostSouthern points, and wheat, oats and hay are
correspondingly high. Prices of all kinds of livestock are soaring,
The use that is made of
which it is expended, is go
of many a Southern fanr.
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THE GREATEST. Ug ALL CORN FERTILIZERS
Crop of. Crimson CloVer on F&n of B. 8. llodgta, IMgtm, 8. C
and the sameis true qf tobacco, peanuts, , sugar; syruppractically
everything, in fact, the farmer grows; ; . v
These prices mean, above all things else, that the Southern farmer's
hour of ' golden opportunity has struck. Never in the history of our
country has the farmer had; a greater pp
portunity to achieve that economic inde
pendence that is the rightful due of every
American dtizeh Never again, probably,
will we "see a time when the whole world
will be so, dependent upon the farmer,' so
willinglto adequately reward him for his1
labor.!; 'i -r'r-i ' .:;f;.-
To the. white 'tenant of the South and
the struggling 'landowner we would es
pecially appeal to make use of an oppor-.
tunity that may never come again v ,
In many a community in the South this
fall there will be small farmers, both ten-.
ants and landowners, with' fhes proceeds
of from ten to 'thirty-five bales of cbfton,
or f rdm'.one to four of five thousand dol--
ars in cash. , Of course in most cases the ;
'run 'must be paid for, but even after this
is done there is'probably going to be a' larg-
;nence
DON'T FAIL TO READ-
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Twelve Rules for Success in Seeding Qotct 5
Summer Cover Crops " G
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Poultry 'Notes for August V. . C
Fighting Insect Pests in August . 9
Important Facts for LiTestock Shippers 10
A Winter Cover for Every Acre . 12
Good Men Should Not Be Misled . . . 12
A Variety of Comment . 13
What Canning Recipe Do You i Use? . . 14
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The Scarcity of Ubbr . . . . . . 10
Np the white tenant fanner, we would tay buy land. The esa who
owns the land he tills, -who lires under his own roof, t&s scHerctl aa
independence that is worth all the effort the work, U:e tirdilip it
may have cost Cut ia fcuyiss. try trip
ly. Get coed ksd, crca U it ccs csrs, -for
tone lisdj arc deer ct cry pries. ArJ :
then to plea that citor He tirJ b bcrU
there will bs tczzs tzczzj Izll tax ctf p-;
cest cjuI eperstioa. -
To the ksdo weirs tznzzn cf Us ZszlX )
cow is the tins to put awry fcrrrtr lis
crtshlrg tins-prices tysa till trs
dracrcsl crry a cccd era down t3 rcla. t
Frcn prcSa cf ills ycrr's crrri Izt tn
put by ia llr brrl a cr crr;:3 ca
which to Co trrlrrrs cr'Jl lis Ctrl trr- .
rest tine." After tlU'trrJ Lis tcra
proTidrd. wliUTcr rcmlrs cry tr cn J
for proTiIrj wlrrcr tr;lr Irrrj .
era ccrrcr;
Dut lit cs irrle errs cf cr c-inUrj
brr t errpaaD flrxt
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wry to poverty: tliL'tczJ cijj. tolo-
' er surplus of clear cash than ever before.::