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EAS1YSN EDITION
A Farm a, Home Weekly for
The Carolinas, Vkgrk Georgia, and Florida.
FOUNDED 1886, RALEIGH, N.'C!
Vol. XXXIII. No. 2.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1918
$1 a Year; 5c a Copy
Try a Profit-sharing Plan With Your Labor
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THERE are two outstanding facts in regard to farm labor that every
Southern farmer should understand, and then govern himself
accordingly.
I. Labor for farm work will this year be shorter than ever
before. The draft,
the movement of
thousands of Ne
groes north, and the
high wages being
paid by industries
in Southern .cities
combine to make
this certain.
2. A primary
factor in getting
labor efficiency is
to hold the inter
est and enthusi
asm of the work
er. Give a worker
a direct financial in
terest in the product,
of his labor, and,
nine times in ten,
we have sustained,
intelligent effort;
without such an in
terest to spur him
on, he cares little
for the quality of
his work or the
amount done; he is
a dull plodder with
a certain number of bales of cotton, a certain number of pounds of
tobacco, so many bushels of peanuts, or so many bushels of corn are
made, with an increased bonus for each additional bale of cotton,
each additional 500 pounds iof tobacco, or each additional 50 bushels
of peanuts or corn.
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no aim other than to "put in his day."
Ninety per. cent of. the land owners of the South use more or less
labor other than their own in making their cropsw With hundreds of
thousands of our young men gone, the
big problem is to maintain and even in
crease production with the labor supply
that we have. Let us consider in their
turn our three chief sources or classes
of labor, and what may be done to speed
them up to the utmost.
The farm boys. First of all, make
Partners of them. Call a council of them,
and talk business for the new year. Im
press upon them first 'the fact that prices
f practically everything we raise are two
and three times higher than during pre
ar times, and that big profits await the
farmer who efficiently manages his busi
ness. Then announce to them a plan by
which they are to have liberal prizes if
2. Get the in
terest of the hired
man. Where hired
labor is employed,
the farmer may as
well understand at
the outset that he
cannot get efficient
labor at pre war
prices. Other, in
dustries are paying
on an average prob
ably double what
they used to pay,
and the wages of
our labor must be
raised proportion
ately if we are to
hold it. With the
high prices of farm
products, increased
wages are only just
and equitable. More
than this, it will pay,
as with the farm
boys, to put hired
labor on a profit-
sharing basis. Let
every worker feel a direct interest in the crop he is helping to
produce.
3. Make a business partner of the tenant. With probably half
of all the crops of the South grown
by tenant farmers, too little is be
ing done to get the maximum effi
ciency from tenant labor. First of all,
put the tenant on a cash basis, letting
him have so much money each month,
so that he can buy at cash prices,
charging him no more than the legal
rate for any money advanced. Sec
ond, offer liberal cash prizes for the
production of a certain number of bales,
bushels or pounds of any crops grown.
Finally, use fertilizers liberally to
make every acre the tenant works do
its best, and provide him with the
labor-saving implements he needs to
cultivate a maximum crop.
DONT FAIL TO READ- m
Grow Your Owri Humus ........ 4
Why a Motor Runs 7
Harrows and Harrowing 8
Selecting and Developing the Dairy Heifer . . 12
Has Stable Manure No Value Other Than for
the Actual Plant Food Contained? ... 14
What Are You Going to Live For in 1918? . . 14
Increasing Interest in Mutual Fire Insurance . 15
Tobacco Warehouse Charges Too High ... 15
Save Sugar! . ... 16
Poultry Notes for January 19
What Local Unions Are Doing 20
With Rural Schools in January 20