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The Walks of Life
Are the Test of Shoes
Hard paths wear out shoes -made of;
substitutes or anything less than good
leather.
The shoes that wear paths are the real
leather, all leather, good leather
the "Star Brand" line.
"Star Brand Shoes Are Better"
The great all-leather iine
made by -1 -
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TO THE
FOR every crop you plan to sow there's a Planters Fertilizer '
especMy designed to increase the productiveness of your
soil. For prize crops of cotton, corn, truck use Planters
Fertilizer. 90 toP5 hushels of corn 1 to 2 bales of cotton per 1
acre are records established through use of this reputable fertil
izer on Southern farms. They have been used tnth unvarying'
success throughout the South for years. Ask the farmer, who
has used them and he will say : x
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For many years Planters Fertilizer has been the preference of
the South's most successful farmers, because it has made it pos -sible
to produce bigger, better xrpps. Make- every acre count
this year GET RESUI.TS ,TlAT WILL PLEASE ,Y0U.
.Consult our Agent for Free' Advice, Information and'PricesHrorr
write us direct TODAY - It means, dollars'to: you.- r-v'iS
ilizer &
MANUFACTURERS. xV
Charleston - - South Carolina
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Dickey Glazed Tile Silos
"Tti-Fnitt Jar of the Field"
''BtrfTffB BEST SILO JTHST AKt
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V WC 4..0JCKBV CLAV.MFA. CO..
VHumnin,; I Nil,
-Macetnlr. Ullaotc K&asu City, M.
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:: Cheaoer and better than, laih tv1astr
Keeps .the house warm, in winter and cool in-
summer. - H . ; ., -H0tt
pe-10ft 4aar feet. '?'f
-Ten ileets to tU bundle Slfe of sheet 32
long. , Write for samples. , -V-
in my, father's:'tibat had a, dai: ftave Paid
dwelling andt,utbuildings wort mlhSSrJStSf S
or $6,000, with 215 acresof land. .Tliii and rung
was offered me for- $14,000 There, Uf ''rnnxr a t
were only; SO acres of land In cultiva 5 Tlx?H6liow" Va ' NESTER.
tion,cand that run down. The rest4-v--L
m in eTa.rjushes.-briars and wrwids. .!'!,Vri,r'
ith many 'days' hard work' before W hat "io LOOh ICJ ia Buying Land
he one .who bought it. V rJSnrnm .vn..;.
The formT.finallybotxght contained -6ne of themoltal points to con
rfly Wl SliiS' S-aTr-''-1 crcli a farm is' h
rich land as any one should wsh,;aU opportunity for a paying size or volume
level and in high state of .cultivation.. busifiessthatsr that the desired
The rest & toe b uegraSs,-except a olumeVf WnL at least po e tU
gj'-tf as.is evidenced by tillable
hickory. .- .j, v - .land I or-markets for intensive crops
' TMs farm had new.stock barn and THat he ; volume v of business which
a good, comfortable fiverbom house can be, conducted is such that it will
in good condition, outbuildings ,and yield an income" large enough to pro
good fences, also a ew tobacco barn, vide 'a comfortable margin, after nav-
Send
a
Chris
iasMessage
Co-operation and Neighborhood l Improvement
Special December 25 ;
now would yon like ta lend a ; That;will B , fitting way to
Christmas message to' 200,08$ how yovw jfood Ywill to man.
neighbors and have it reach them There example of neighbor-
on;Xhnstmar morning? :Yqu cnhfavtovprnen? hi your com
There, are Ho finer Christmas tid- munity.5cMaybC you . have never
ings. than those of cooperating with u thou ghr about it such, but we
neighbors and neighborhood im are wilOng to jpredict that it's there,
provement. The Progressive Farm- CThink it overy and write us briefly
er is goinff to devote its Christmas of it. If you: prefer to combine the
issue to this subject, and we want two and write u of eobperation
you to send your good word along and show- how it has improved the
to the farmers of theJSouthlancL z: neighborhood, for' it does improve
Cooperation is - the - bfg business neighborhoods, Wherever it goes, be
issue before'' Southern ? : v f armers. v sure ani get; your: letter in by D e-
1
Shall we do team, work and win7. "' f cember 10.
,If you have been working wftlv: Our usual easK prizes of $7i0 for
your neighbor in selling or buying; - the. best letter.. 5 for the second
something, tell other farmers about k ; and $1 forrjthe) ihwdf.will be given,
it' through the columnVr will be paid
- Progressive Farmer on December for at space rates
aU
for saving
these places' to choose from, one of- " and future "demands.
kfering-a better home and more land, ( , The soilShould be closely examined
ioi7-oniy,yt,uw.aaaiuonai?;oui.ji iook -anj noted as.t6,deptb, ease ol drain
thegood' land1 and smaller, f arrn' be- age, danger ' of erosion, flooding, etc.,
cause it does not cost aa much to keep for -they v directly "affect the produc
it going.. - Ir will make me "twice as tivity of rthe lambThd soil should be
much as the other farm:; I will make,o a tvoe that. is Well adapted to the
10 to 12 barrels of ;corn per acre; thex money crops of that section and to di-
othfft man. five- to ' six - rlW nffer fn . :cLa i,r c
seii ior i3MAJ, ana gets no Diaaers, 1
A - .'ji.iiA .uKJH A rifpr near-
have, had several to, want to look, at ee.rt p and schools
f WVW SW Way. www
and. good.
Bethpage, Tenn. A, A.JHQVVEIXL . - QHn?r
ray iarra a , aaw. was .wise-iu - - j;;..,. are very
buying the farm I did? I think so. T-ZlTIn a state-
I
How ' Tenant Fanner Became a
-i - Landlord v l"'
. ; ($3 ?rlz Letter) ;? V
N THR fair of 1911 3 ?nade tfp- jriy
of the jusiness-cnducted on
and examine: it as tp the total
the
re-
ment
farm
ceipfs from eachi source . and note
iwnetner receipts arc uuc
vTfVfrt fiiVri nrires-,-If for crops
' are maderone should learn whether it
, v. -, m' X.A manace-
, ixi j f ; "1t5j r 1 is ;due to' pdor" soiL, oc had managc
.mmd to buy.a smallfarm. ; I'liad ndfore ?buyhig in such a
en a tenant for three. years and,hadc- ht land is cap-
been a .'tenant-tor threars and;had e.WesurehaMhe land is cap
not saved: anything and it looked-as. ' r
if it would.be' impQS$iblefor.''jne to, -- "-"fc hV.'e thit
pay for a home! fiyW where tohaccdV 11,
watte only money, crop, -figured "
will
and
that I WM'iayfcraboul,$ noted
rentahd that I would be 'able -to oav .thw
600 a year if it WereaU ,min -?STE
th'e instaumehtplan, though each pay- - r;" - l' ,v 1 - VTjftT;- nd
nient seemed tobe over mylearnmgD
power - But my wife-and "J made-up , t,;; .j; " -f Ccrnsrs
our minds that' we could make' all qury';- 1 I cCason to
supplies, and -all the money that 'we timer advice at hl?Jt u
made could go on thVplace. . The first"; A;: the -practical, agnmlttin'-J
year we nact only about jett alter -ioojs wen ai once u iv ""vri e s0
making - our-xfirlfc-payment "and ,ve property, lines, if he" ha 'na?Aflned
hAfl. tirvJnfr rlfffRM.'-rfrnT tfiP faV hpfnri flnd" have thettl WcJl Oeilil
.-,v - 1 RU miwt fc'cuss co., icmmonp. va. I had no-inter, clothes,,' and:.the,'fajce- before,find: havetheaweHce
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