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'rl.i trK Terc s certainly.great nccd for an awakening to
. " t i . i r t a i 1 nn rr-Jnn mi ft ma
ill
chinery. Experts tell us that there are many gins
which should be prohibited by law from operating
at all. so injurious is their work. Wherever farm
ers are offered superior service, they may well
Tr.t..' r w l,.u,m 1 " r zt. i : :ii V. 1 tViatn mnr Jeincr' The truth is: a w hava fVt. j ..
GulA H" Iriskiliii LriV-" fay inure ior u, ucuusc ii win 6vk .. 0- . - --- - -- - - fvuicu out, that
' HE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
These facts,-Ve repeat," should also be kent ;
mind when the farmer comes to buy anything
Sometimes unprogressive .houses try tomfool con
sumers by saying, "We can sell cheaper than th.
omcr icuuw uciuic.wc apenu noining for adver-
"Y. on lell j a lam whetttr
M rt4 It r L"
for their cotton.
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Fifteen Things Worth Doing This Winter
NOTHING worth while ever "just happens."
Some man will make a wonderful ; achieve-.'
... ... -: mcnt and we say he is "lucky" never think
ing to look behind the success for the countless
tions may be adirb?sed to ei the b office. -enteked at t f ' nr niannine and toil that brought the final
Tira tostotfice at Birmingham, aul.. undeq xhjb act o nours oi planning iuu w
coy?BEss of MAJtcH , i87.- . . . - victory - : '
CLARENCE POH. . , . . .' . ..: President nd Bdltor ' - .. . . . , n0e. cft :t :n farminer. Noth-
Tlct-Preildent and Editor " - - - . . ,
. . Manaring Editor jn g is going to "just happen" on your farm.; And
Etor wSS ask' "What are you
. v. Bectttary-Treamer planning t0 (j0 this winter?" If next spring finds
. . Adrertlalnc Manager -r ; - .....
you with better farm buildings, more conveniently
nrnviHfl larranged fields, 'more modern, farm equipment, or
PUBU8RZ0 EVERY SATURDAY BY
The Progressive Farmer Company,
Oncorponted nodcr the laws of North Carolina.) ; ,
OFFICESt -
Blmlnihim. Ala'. 1702 Fourth Are.: Raklglw N. III W. Hartett St:
Wthli. Teaa- Wawr-BMt.; Dallaa, Taxaa, 8Unatef Bldp.
COMJTCNICATIONS REO ARODf O AOVEBTIRTNO OB STTBSCRTP-
TAIT EUTLEB.
B. L. MOSS. . .
W. P. MASSET.
MS3. W. N.. HUTT.
JOHN S. PEARSON,
i J. A. 1IART1X. .
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x much more liberal exemptions for farmers and
"farm laborers than heretofore. Nine other classes'
including skilled" industrial workers, will be called
before skilled farm-labor.' :"
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rn mnrp nrhiv stored mind, or nnas you- Deuer
prepared to serve your community, all these things
will be to your credit. If spring finds you just
Where you were when fall set in, then that will be
to your discredit.
We don't know what your farm needs most, but
auvciusius , . ..... " . s 1 "4 o i salesmanship
and the rule is that the more-liberally a firm ad
vertises the more value it gives :you for a dollar
- If a, firm does, not aclvertiseTtas' probably depend
ing wholly on expensive .drummer-service or letter-service
to get businesstwiceas expensive a
method as if it doubled the .efficiency of its drum-
mers or letters throughadvertising. ;
Moreover, if affirm dont advertisei it is not
getting as: much business as Jt should. This likely
means that it costs, more '".jkotttrn'out each unit of
product inMts smal! output thau "would be the cost
with a large advertising-stimulated Output.
5 : Advertising, builds business big ? business, and
the r result is , that; sellings costs arer; lower with
liberal ; advertisers than 4with non-advertising
. firms' . : . ;
.rj TONT i think there is .nothing you can .plant in
- the garden in November. Here is the list
' recommended byr the; North, Carolina Extension 'i! the following suggestions are probably pretty
; , Service: broccoli (T), radish, cauliflower (T), mus- . nne r r 'r ,rt unn!P frnm.
f laru, rape, suuiittu, luriuu saiau. inputs iuuft.cu . i j
ih'KCnu , t ora J Ka cLrA W 9nH tn,. 1- Remove all stumps, logs and
' . '0 .y- Jill ' -fJk ' JL Ut . W 1 IT VU 4 A A. UVU; Uaa M
! planted.). ' - ' - .
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THE Winston-Salem hotels being crowded on
; ,f November 7-8 by; reason of the meeting of the
Daughters of the Revolution, - it his ; been found
necessary to restore tne --state warmers jjnion
f' meeting to the dates ifirst anhounced, November
14-15. Please help spread the news so as to avoid
' confusion.
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A THOUSAND new; credit unions ought to be
organized in North 'Carolina' this fall. These
credit -unions are mutual savings and loan asso
ciations , and have already saved thousands of
dollars to the neighborhoods organizing them.
They help farmers save and borrow so as to get
all supplies at cash prices. Why not write Prof.
W. R.: Camp, Agricultural Experiment Station,
West Raleigh, and ask for help in organizing one?
It's free, - Anyhow write him for free information.
large rocks
from your fields.
2. Terrace all hillsides and stop all gullies.
3. Drain all bottoms and swampy lands.
4. Repair all farm buildings and build any
needed new ones. v ,
5. Overhaul all farm machinery, putting up a
toolshed if you haven't one already.
6. install waterworks, or a heating plant, or "a
lighting system. ' ,
7. Paint or whitewash all buildings and fences.
8. Repair fences and if necessary enlarge pas
tures. 9. Rearrange fields and clean out any "corners"
if so doing would make cultivation easier. V
Good Fences Essential to Good Farming
NEXT to the;" one-horse plow," the lack of
fences, is probablythe greatest drawback to
good farming in the' South Lands remain
bare all winter; no legume crop isrplanted in the
corn at the last working J-livestpck bog the fields
into sun-dried brick, few livestock are kept, and
the soil is impoverished by the too exclusive cul
ture of cotton. ,:. ,
Cowpeas, 'velvet" beans , or soya beans may be
planted in fenced corn ifields, the soil filled full of
nitrogen and all kinds of livestock made fat dur
ing the 1 fall and - winter months.: .Livestock will
obtain sufficient grazing after even a cotton crop
is harvested to pay 10 per cent interest pn the cost
of a pig-tight and bull-strong wire fence. In order
to make good use of grazingcrops, fences are ab
solutely essential, and let us not forget that the
cheapest pork, beef and , milk . are produced on
10. Arrange for. raising more hogs and other pastures and grazing crops.
livestock.
.12. Build a woodshed and have it well filled
with stovewood when the season of rush farm
work begins. ,
13.. Read five books relating to soils, crops, fer
tilizers, livestock, farm management, etc.
14. Read five books relating to cooperation and
, FONT forget that the new North Carolina crop
k. , lien law goes into effect January 1, 1918. Under
it no supply merchant accepting crop lien security
is allowed to charge as "time prices" more than
10 per cent above cash prices. With this condition
bling risks they often took when no law stood in vmarket;n8' rural education, rural sociology, rural
the way of their making whatever charge they : recrcatlon' etc '
saw fit. Every man who has been giving crop , 15. Help establish a local farmers' club of Local
lien security should be told to get ready for this Union and farm woman's club,
new condition. Let him save up enough from this " ' '
years crop to put him on a cash basis in 1918. -
Fencing is rather v expensive;: 'especially at this
time, but one should not attempt to farm in the
Cotton Belt without pig-tight outside and inside
fences. The farnTshould be fenced into four or
five fields. Let us make a good beginning toward
fencing our farms .this winterr ' ,
"IITHAT we were saying last week about the im-.
v" portance of life, insurance for farmers reminds
us to add another point. t Some men say, "Well,
suppose I leave my wife and children $2,(XX $3,000
or even $10,000 worth of insurance. Even . then .
they might lose it by carelessness or some bad
investment and have nothing in a little while.
This is a trouble it is easy to obviate. A very
large proportion of the "insurance policies now
issued are bn the "annuity plan." That is to say,
the amount - of the policy is payable not in one
lump sum but in equal ' monthly or quarterly i n-
Advertising the Cheapest Form of Sales
: manship
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NE "big fact that oueht
by .buyers of goods is that advertising
the cheapest form of salesmanship. In sell
ing their products, farmers should advertise a
thousand per cent more than they do, and in buy
ing anything they should always give the prefer
ence to advertised brands.
Take your own case. Suppose you have fiv
stallments for ai years or throughout the life of registered . Jersey heifers, or fifty bushels of
rye seed, or forty tons of clover hay that
every man ; interested m guaranteeing a regular vn n , . v " :..
income' throughout the life of a widow or the yf" W,sh t0 SeU lowllyV Your county paper prob-
auiy goes to iwo tnousana homes. For
minority" of a: child.
IN PRINTING the prices charged for cotton-ginning
in various" places we nave not intended to
encourage subscribers to seek the cheapest gin
regardless of-quality of work.' As thfliCotton arid
Cotton Oil News well says on this tfbint :
"Cotton ginned at. $1.50 per bale on an an
tiquated outfit, with" worn ribs and other ma
chinery grossly; inferior- to he up-to-date
plants -now. turned - out rtry our leading gin
' manufacturers, may cost the planter $10 or $15
per bale in an inferior ; turn-out, as compared
with a more up-to-date plant ... . . We
have seen cotton ginned on one gin for which
$6 per bale was' a reasonable charge, while on
another, if it were ginned 'gratis, the farmer
.would be a heavy-loser.". -: -;
a cent or
two a word you can proclaim to all these homes
what you have to offer. Or suppose you wish to
reach a larger market and ask for bids from Pro
gressive' Farmer readers generally. In that case
.you can reach the 70,000 homes to which the East
ern Edition of The Progressive Farmer goes, for
only five cents a word. In other words, whereas
if WAIl14 MA.l A. A M A. t m a-
nvum icus oi inousanas ot dollars to visit
The Wisest Fonn of Thrift
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IN CONNECTION - with the campaign to make
November: "Thrift. Month" let's not forget that
the best way to save is not merely to hoard
money but to invest it so that it will "breed." Use
itfor a "productive purpose."; We ought to save
enough actual cash Jo enabieyus - to buy all sup
plies, for cash next year, and then let's invest our
remaining capital in five -wise ways: "
. 1. A hundred thousand Southern tenants should
buy land this1 fall. ;
2. Buying any' imprpeVmachinery ';'"and extra
horsepower needed should , be recognized as a
profit-making oppor tunity;-
3. Every Southern farmer who hasn't cows .
enough to give abundant milk or, sows enough to
supply. plenty of pigs -should, buy jthese-A
4. Paint for the iouhide of the ;jiouse, water
works for the inside, and a good orchard for the
adjoining lot should alj. have .attention. V
5. Then an insurance policy; for -Mrs. Farmer
and the children should come. ahead of almost any
' other. expenditure;-' .,viy.;.;':
In nearly all of theser, mattersi' the farmer will
find benefits in "working; with other folks." By
joining a national farm loan ass'ociation, the ten-
am can Dorrownait tne purcnase price oi i
all these homes, or cost $1,400 for bostacr- atnn. Tf v,mi .;Wka r:n tnrether. the
, a -vw - iiviku ivi m lit vkj o T
io write tnem, a Progressive Farmer classified ad- cows, sows, paint, lights, and waterworks may be
vertisemcnt dn th wrrr c- c.. A ...... . " : . . . i. i.og
: wwm uucs l"e worK tor hve cents a word.
is there any other method-letteVs, posters,
agents, personal calls, etc.,-that could possibly be
one-tenth as cheap as advertising jn either county
paper or farm paper?
had on morealdranUgeus'-terastAnd fruit trees
and machinery may, also be bought more ; advanta
geously by the cooperativemethod. ; " t
Help spread 'the.hifto gCt
your neighbors to help 'you make t a success.
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