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Vol. XXX1IL No. 52
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AIMT ABOVE-THE-AVERAGE YIELDS IN 1919
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FOR the average
Southern farmer, we
cannot think pi a
better resolution for the
New Year than one call
ing for better than-aver-age
yields. Average
yields, whatever the
crop, mean; over a period
of years, little more than,
a living wage. But as
the individual farmer
rises above the average,
his net profits; nine times
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in ten, : correspondingly
rise. The man who raises
cotton must See that our
average of about one
third of a bale; per acre
can only mean poverty to
the grower; the oan who
grows corn, and oats at
our average rate of 15 to
20 bushels per acre must
see that there can be
no profit in such yields ;
our peanut and tobacco
farmers, our dairy and
general livestock farmers
must see that so long as
they are content with a merely average yield per acre or per animal,
just so long will they find the farming game unprofitable and unsatis
factory. x
Good land, planted to good seeds
and well fertilized and well tilled is the
key to successful farming; for good
land, plus good seed,' fertilization and
tillage, means high yields and good
profits. In the new year, every farm
er should aim at these; and in getting
them, it should be remembered that
rather liberaf expenditures are justifiable.
For instance, when a bale of cotton with
the seed is worth $i50, our average-per-acre
yield of one-third of a bale is worth
$50; but when we increase this to two
thirds of a bale, worth $100, we have a
gross profit of $50 with which to pay for
the cost of the increase. Of course the
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A BEAUTIFUL FARM HOME
Farm Homes Like This Are Possible Only on Farms Where Better-than-average Yields , Are the Rule
cost of this increased yield, if the matter be gone about judiciously,
will practically never be as much as $50. More often than not, in
fact, it will be $25 or less, leaving a net profit of $25 or more per
acre. And the same rule will hold with
other crops and livestock as well. The
higher the yield per acre or per animal,
within certain limits, the greater the net
return.
The new year and the years to come
hold great things for the thinking, pro
gressive, business-like farmer. Prices
promise to remain good for a long time,
and fair profits, seem certain for the man
who farms right
Let us, as our first New Year resolu
tion, aim at putting our farms on a big
yielding, money-making basis. There is
no surer way for making farm life more
attractive and desirable and for keeping
the boys and girls on the farms.
DON'T FAIL TO READ- r
How Much Can a Farmer Pay for Stable
Manure? . 3
The Best Lessons This Year's Experiences
Have Taught Me . ... . . . . . 5
A County Stores Sweet Potatoes the Modern y
Way . 6
Cooperative Hog and Corn Marketing Pays
Bi? ; 7
Some of the Diseases of the Fresh Cow and
Her Calf
Give the Terraces Prompt Attention . . .
Ten Ways to Help the Church of Your
Npiorhborhood
Why Not a Homeand Farm for the Teacher? 16
Getting Ready for the New Year . . . .17
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