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More
Money Fro
Tobacco
and
Peanuts
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I : n f n Mncc anH THOMAS E. BROWNE
77i& is No. 2 in a Series of Articles to Run in The Progressive Farmer.
I This Year on "More Money From Farming tn 1 9
- vnn Kxpvrcr: farmer
HL-yPIant Early, But Hot Too. Early
irTHEHinos:( desirable ates;for jlant
;; ingpeanutiare;fram April 25 to
-May 45,p depending nponthe locality.
In the" extreme southern' area they can
be, planted "as early-as the -middle of
' April, and inthe northern section of
the-peanut: belt it, is desirable to wait
until -the soil has -warmed, up. ;which
usually about the middle of May. The
How to Make Money Growing
Tobacco '
undoubtedly pro- 1 tilling use,' homemade - manure as 4 apeanut kernel" rots verylquickly df al
"E
OW can I make more money
out of my tobacco crop in
1922?"
This question was asked a group of
farmers a few days ago, who were
standing on a street
duce a lareer percentage of the better supplement to commercial ieruuzere. - v a,wm, wet i nere
ides han we do if we wfll only fol- ' 5; More intensive cultivation. ' -tZAt S; ZVfH
tow our better, judgment and plant 6 More care in haTVesting.and cwg!- SouX fir the w'.t 8 J
what we can look after. Never be in- ?rt" , . ' r , C , , ; J?"? iCnc?u.8?rJ tftf el to
fluencrd or persuaded to put in one, A 11 . V wcklyafter planting.
- . - rnnro inct because vh '. .ft mtu JJyw w. .j.
lwu' wiVArrvl.'rVrtJ .-keting and.fiswtioiis
fv
MB. MOSS
of the tobacco
farmer and the
great possibilities
of cooperative mar
keting. After the inquiry
had gone the rounds
of the little group,
and all except one
man had offered suggestions, and good
ones at that, they turned to a prosper
ous, keen-eyed, middle-aged farmer.
For this farmer they all had the ut
most confidence and respect because he
regarded his neighbor as his friend and
wanted him to have his share of the
good things in life; also because he
had made money every year growing
tobacco except one, a year when the
hail destroyed his crop. So they asked
him to tell them how he did it.
I. A Successful Tobacco Farmer's
Policy
"1X7ELL," he said, without any appear
VV ance of egotism, "in the first place,
I never plant more than I can personally
supervise. I go in for quality first and
then get as many pounds per acre as I
can. In addition to this, if one of my
neighbors or my experiment station or
'anybody else has found a better way
than mine of doing certain things say,
by saving labor, better methods of fer
tilizing, harvesting or curing, etc.
. t T A 1 M ' - A t 1 , T
tnen i stuay xneir mernoa, ana u i can
use it, I do so at once. If I can't use it
all, I adopt whatever part will suit my
conditions."
planting only a normal crop and try
tn irrnw a more uniformly hicrh
corner discussing niiai;fv Tf von do. nine times out of
the ups and downs tc u may te sorry.
IIL Good Plants; Good Cultiration,
and Good Curing Are Necessary
'.-if-
IVow to Cultivate
the rearly y development of
thtpanu plahtveiy means of
PAanntc
ISelect Good Plantinir Seed EiU'
' X., h, De util-
Seven:Wayso Increase m
mmgBhrough;the?s6u,i;care must
lite; taken? tcteteiwpleent3 i that win
not strike the young blahts and break
I KEMEMBERlm pf my neighbeu the
Mr. G. M.Blow, used to always get - PJjnuts are commg through;
from one-half cent to a cert a penmd - a the
First, to begin withr good plants,
fufly sdrt ed t his estabhshedt.he .weeder is: one the
seed pearttits ana 1-' -W"y'?w-"Trn
p 1 a n t e d only: the - e Peanut crop.rItimay be run diag
hirge uniform iiuts f in'
with the result that tervals. . . ,
his peanuts were VUteyPeitlwXld
;. larger, - and ofiv- a :..H-:Prbduction; , -v .....
TJERE are the practical suggestions
Hon which I would lay especial em
phasis :
Firs
fairlv
that a good tobacco crop is made from ,
sorrv plants, transplanted late. 10 in--r.
sure strong plants of uniform ize, sow '7
good clean seed, on a well-prepared,
highly fertilized seed bed, not too early '
but-early enough to have sufficient size ;
and root system in time for transplant- -"ing.
If possible, have your seed re- ;.
1 J T). rttanne IT111 t!inm9 P "
ail II1C Siiiau, iiiimaiuic ovvu.
IfB. BE0WNE
- Vi! Xlc safy for cotton farmers to' immediately
Secondly, better preparation of the
tively few farmers appreciate the real "ef anl old at Ahl Vfft S, farming.?There is no type ;0t farming
importanceof better preparation. Al- fe thit aane-m6reiquicklymniiealily
though this has been discussed for arge, well-developed PV with two . entered Jnt by the cotton iarmer than
years, yet it is just as essential as the ;
"1U v "."rt cheaply -is very closelypnked up -with
the average to, pay handsomely for the. ; p As! experiments by
trouble. .5. yr::$ the Southern ; experiment sta-
Durmg , these rwinter days : when lions' have proved,- pork can' be pro-
tarmers are not too Dusy, xney..snouia -duced more cheaply oh, peanuts than
Thirdly, more intensive cultivation . open auou uuuuic uic uuuii u on any otner crop. inasmucnas tney are
followed bv more care in harvesting, requirecl:xo,piam a e valuable legume ami underprdinary
first dav it was suggested and espec
ially true with tobacco. Better and
more economical fertilizing is also es
sential ; also the utilization of barnyard
manures.
amateur had better gO slowrwhilei0 har-
for the. "hit and miss" farmer, he had Iauj K;.uv,-; vesting tnem as a cqmmerciai proauct,
better stay out of the game. He may
grow what he calls tobacco and it will
Bv this time this little jyroup had in- take the place of. some grade of, to
creased to about 20 farmers and two bacco,. but the man who '. produces it
or three bankers and business men. may find that he has worked a year
All were interested in what Mr. H. had without any profit. For the man who
to say. They realized at once that he is
knew what he was talking about, t to
Then he was asked: "If you always thoroughly
get good prices for your tobacco and
have made money every year growing
it, why did you sign the cooperative
marketing contract and why have you
carded.'
V 11 Preparing the Land
TIERE seems to bea mistakeiTno
tion abroad in the land that peanuts
do not require' the careful preparation
there is" always an excellent oppor
tunity to convert 'the peanut, crop into
pork, thus eliminating all costs of har
vesting and marketing ahct at he same
time very?Tapidly soil.
Where the porkers arg.all(Oiyed to har-
j s At m
Tobacco will not stand the harshipor auc? somcxn a """ e cffect readlIy observed for a num
neglect of a great many other-plants, . Prepared seed , bedr but rt is also true ber of years' in the -growth of succeed
When hrV J-t. rnm the tobacco that it responds quickly to good treat- ing crops. . J-fe'
avi u ui ill . Val UMIIA) .TVllJtli is J"
When harvest-time comes, the tobacco
must be saved and harvested with-care.
been such an enthusiastic worker for Almost anybody can : Worv&rjg...ine 5ou,ior ppanms,-.r w w ui " well adapted to. both peanuts . and soy
it?" His eyes sparkled at once, and surprisingly ew knem how hardest
he replied: - "Suppose all of us who wd cure itut to ffel thtjbest results
- : : , Mtin. most ot tne exnenencen crowers to remain inmc rouKn as ieii o y me wnM x 'v; s ,
com- Still, most of the. experienced growers 'J to remain in-the rough as left by the world.
a ...... 1 it t rifT ixmii roo i7 ha imnnrti tics nt . ninnr ti i Tni-nrvmiz marcn wmns au-v .:- -r.i
pact Dusiness organization ana mer- 7-r. V i:. .w ' -- T 1. 1 j It. ----- . viJ R 1,. pv.f.ttncrA
ruj; :j6 j careful handlintr and f.urinar. would no Dear. The surface should then be har- -Ir5tanl By Exchange
Suppose all of us make an effort to doubt increase their profits materially ; rowed. v and
produce a better quality and deUver I Vuinminr Up hi' Seven Sentences
our tobacco in January, Februaryand ZZlT 3ence to wnserve the moisture and insures a the fact that they were the first large
March when we can't do outside farm u 130 . UP nugw, masc; scvn ; iuks scoutouiw , wc. group of Eastern farmers to perfect
MlPUrM MV If HlflWK : . . ' titanic. .: 1 1. - 1. L.IJ , 1J 1 V Jll li i.t. r -. .dlllC - . . . ..-- mr a..
oo . . - . . T . , . . T ir -.. " tuuuciiiiivc maTKCune oriiamxauu"
work, being assured of receiving the
same price per grade as we would
have gotten had it been delivered in
Ocotber and November, when we
should be looking after our cover
crops, clovers, ditches, etc. With this
policy, I would get more for my to-;,V
oacco ana an my neighbors would be
prosperous instead of just two or three
in a neighborhood as is now the case."
This reply closed the argument as ev
ery one went away with something
to think about. . v:
II. 100 Pounds at 75 Cents Beats 1,000
at 7 Cents s
I OVERHEARD the conversation - and
' ;. ui. iu Uiau Lid U. 3U UW1S,
the keynoteboth a; to production and
selling. .. ' ' ""
In the first place, "How can we pro-
duce better quality ?" As Mr. H says,
"Never plant, more than y 6u can per
sonally supervise';. It is not quantity,
that rriitife ;wViAi'Wirjk;' YAmn o iv
- wv vvvvii vv Lvijiii o tiling .Jm
bacco, but quality. One. hundred pounds
of tobacco at 75- cents u pound will -bring
as much money as lfiOO pounds
at 7l2 cents and infinitely more, profit
to the , man who Produces-it- 1 know
that we can't produce all 75-cent
;seed as they germinate close to the
surf ace, thus greatly reducing the cost
more than pounds
weil-Seiected Seed. - - a -:c . n th rhanrM rtf trtincr a tmnrf cfan
3. Better preparation of the; land. v; from, first planting, a thing much to be
4. Better and ISiore economical fer- desired. , - .. v !;
1. Never overplant as quality counts l o .04 650. wee? and Srass on the, commodity basis.- No doubt the
, organization will pass through the
most trying- experience i in: its history
during the. first, seasonandlaf ter that
its ultimate success will be more easily
attained-, The if armefslialtbver the
peanut belt should Js tana blithe asso-
. ciatiori at any sacrifice at tWs time, be
cause the organized forces ithat have
fattened at 4he expense jpf the grow
ers are ; bending . every "effort to break
tdownShouldhevCsucceed. the
' growers will : be: at a the mercy of the
peanut trust for Uttime
THE BUSINESS W
LOOK up yiertuir-p you can. carry is de-
make - arrangements with your iter mined by the toughest; pull you
neighbors' to. buy: , cooperatively in have between your, place and town,
terlti&f::: ;:-;,H,,;the.cunty;:;com
' '; 1 " " ' ' -::'Mr -? do it, get ' your neighbors to help
for 1922. . i Getting off with a rush t . c', Twt.i - w i ;t vf -:when;spdhg
weatherbpens up will ,s7E'A,
hemadsible only DplanV:w
ru :a - K : ... I-, y wc". ..the spring spray mar ricrhton the
4 " t jdoi -s A- delay of bnlya day-brtwb
3. Gather ' all of ? the mummied at 1 certain times ' often means : the
peaches that are . still on and under difference between clean fruit and
the trees and i'burn 4 them,. These an infested crop. .
.mummies: hare, thesporcs-'bt
rot on them.. Their -destruction awav aH nta
means;;fewer i rotten peaches v next den and t field seeds, you ( will need
sea8onit3i-fe this-vear 'r'-. .5 " "
VIIGrow Good ; Qusdityof Product
fTHERT?; itiariw9v fhf : mrower
'theV-'fant&tibn'in addi-
t tion to. marketinfirthecroo. through
; the Exchange.; Through the system of
commodity marketing; peanuts will be
r: sold according , to grade. - In' the early
: days ' bf xommercial;lpMnut-gr
ithergbodhquality peanutf brought a
SpretniiiinV justshey wtllhd"er the
cooperative stemtKsellinfeiIrarm"
erstcantmaterialjyri
;( from the crpf and aid theexcjiange. by
5 producing only - hicrh irrade'firoods. and
, planting only- the acreage - they- can
tobacco, there" must e'somT "off y'J!SmCmm 7f Z U ,, - X'V 1i PS only fhe creae they-can
V5 -0. V'. -,v- , ' , l1" uJproperl care for- E. BROWNE-