PRINTING INK TAKES THE KINK l&DT OF BUSINESS COlk-TKY IT lis The farmville enterprise ? ? "WATCH FABHVf ' k push"FORWARD" Subscription $1.50 a Year in Advance ^^byTheR^Pnnterr - ^aeTmvItTlK. PITT COPSTT.WHi CAKOI.ISA, JUl.T , > '1 ' KO-10 Diversified Farm- ! ing Means \ | by Dr. W E. TAYLOR r? The Farrow "The Average net Income Over a Period of Oae Decade With the Single-cropping System Is Fifty Per Cent Less Than the Income Over a Like Per iod Where all Features of Diversified Farming are Ob served Continued from Last Week Wisconsin Diversified ml Prospered. Tpe gospel of live stock and diversified farming converted many grain farmers to try the new system. Immigrants, school ed in dairicg, developed spleodid dairy herds and established com munity creameries. With the vsdvent of the dairy cow, clover became a necessity io making np afnrlksproducing^diet for her. Clover, thai wonderful soil build er, naturally found, its place ip j crop' rotations, and-thempfek effect of barnyard manure trans- r forme<|WiscoQS)Q from a itrug- J /S every dollar I hat changes bands] I io Wisconsin, thirtTcfK*coma from the !?*? the dairy aw ?3fOf Wison|?nJ and we would Jlave seventy cent dollars. Of course,^fllis1.1 means that thirty per cfent o? all [I the income of ajt the people of I this rtate is derived from the I dairy business. J| X "dairying it by far the biggest j business in Wisconsin. If- by I some unknown magic the dairy I cows of the state should sudden- I ?y disappear, there is not a bank- I er, or manufacturer, nor a busi4l ness man of any ?9rt from the I htimble$"cobbler to Ibprfordliaft I potentate, who would not iffime- I diately'cry, 'Help?." I "M -i :i~ -< w:?~ - ' s ? ? _ TT| rprfjjwPjjs. |Q D6C?SSSmF'>I0v Bfi?* [I dace cotloiL . - II I am not guesag or theorizing when I state that diversified farming, if intensively carriedfon will develop a state of prosperity in the South, beyond the dreamt of the most optomistic. }; The following operations on two adjoining trad* of land, which I Will designate as Trad No. 1 and Trad No-2, were car ried on under my personal direc tron and personal observation Cotton had been grown On both trads for many years, mak ing a yield ranging from 175 to 200 pounds of lint to the acr. { After/tfci cotton had been pick > I ed,\Trad~ No 1 was seeded to crimson clover. The following year one crop was cut for hay and the second crop?which was* quite ^beavy*~was plowe i b 7" d <WC8u uQ ITaCl i\u# 1 W?1S 85 061* 3CT6? -TU~ .' .4 Ji J V* -4 M'Aflr gjrt - wn 9 l/K-?? I During succeeding years live stock became a very important feature. Manure from the &ock was saved and used judiciously; Rotation, as oudinedgwas|prac ticed, with the result fbaf all c ops ioduding cotton were more than double those jproduc ed under the old method of cot trin. cotton and niore cottou, with now and then some corn. Live &&ck can be grown more .cheaply in the south than in other sedions of the United States. Any grain crop will mtib splendid yield; fruits and Ryil.vLriy'oySlvSi mI?% Mp*lr:L Flight of Refageesfrom Mt. Etna j I ? ? ? ? nnal Returns in Farmville En | terprise Presidental Voting Next Week. . JiFinal returns in the Farmville Jfeterprise nation wide Presiden Mpi<Voting Ted will be publish' in ihese columns next week. 'The voting started jirne i and ?83d July 1. The ted balloi UkWas conduded in hundreds afsmall towns and rual didrids ah over the country. Through ?fFarmville Enterprise's mem bership in the Publishers Auto IPlor Service of New York it Hi in possible to conduct this ^tfenry Ford's big lead over {resident Harding as the people's (Soice in the early weeks bf dug received a jolt when President started across the JBhy on his Alaskan trip ?V|lat will the final vote show? II it be Ford or Harding? We i all know next week. Watclr se columns for the final te as from all states. Shower at Falkland EaPi at which nearly! ?UlJf ? aLj ^ i ( wai a hneo showergrven by] B- Frank Parker at her hqmej Wr^veniog forMiss Lillioo HSf? is to be marrie d J ?V' ? " * j Republican's New | National Chairman v- vv 1 y Big Ed ?. Smith, a lawyer of M(a- j uesota and long a power la the'JRo pnbllcan party, la tjhe man selected by President Harding to take bold of the party reins In preparation for the 1924 elections. . . . ?? ? , All Singers Urged to Be Present Sun /?;SC* i-' ? - - * <? ? i . Singing to be Made Big Part of Revival Meetings. Committee ... r ?. . Invites Every Singer in ^7rown. Chiiirens Choir ) ^ "if'''' ''. i ' V# 1 Loses jwoy^i | Tobacco Market Opens Aug. 21st. * 1 Auction Warehouses to Begin Operation Btfcre Co-ops The Tobacco Market opens in Furmville on the 2lst of Aug us), the third Tuesday in the month, yhen the auction ware bouses will begin operations. In contrast with thp la?t two seasons, the tobacco crop today is in the besT condition, accord ing to several authorities, that it has been in for a decade. If the present weather conditions con tinue a bumper crop is assured, Rialto Theatre Opens With a Good Crowd. Monday and Tuesday evenings saw the re opening of the Rialto Theatre. A good picture was enjoyed by a large crowd. Mr. Walker wishes to g emphasize the fact that tfte picfires are to begin every sfcght at 7:30 prompt ly, jeveu though there may be no one present. J American Legion Minftrel ?o& Poned. ? ? ?*5 - ' v". , . I - ~ ?' I ? .? ? ? ?> > I . U, ' - , " " ? ftciftc. *; '+1 {y\ "* ? - VtenV Class oT the Chilian nt * x , , V

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