The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-12-14
NUMBER. 40.
WHY THE FARM DON'T PAY.

~ ''V'a>C 'esciu5 VIC ruanty, tbat you make
your cott9nscost you more tha.n is.,ftalized
for it in market. 1t is becausc you do not
plant small' grain but rely upon biyipg your
oats hay and wheat from abroad, and there
by persist in sending your money out of the
country
Farming will never pay where turner's
rely entirely upon cnrichng their land with
fertilizers which have doubled Cape Horn.
We believe that much of the corn raised in
the Carolinas costs the producers two dol.
lars per bushcl. This is the result of cul
tlvating poor land till it is ''phoughcd to be
barren without adding any vegetable mat
ter to supply the drain upon the quantity
IN the soil. When the farmer realizes that
his corn costs him over 75 cents per bushc
he ought to quit farming, for evidently he
has mistaken his Gu
Farming don't ~ lDecAusc our farmers
do not pcrnancntlyipro*c their land
They exhaust it 10y application of CONNER
clal fertilizers which quicken the soil and at
once exhaust the small supply Of vegetable
matte! therein contained. DO you stop to
think what tcrtiizing your land costs YOU?
Suppose you apply No l Peruvian at tho
rate of 200 pounds per acre. This, with
interest added. will cost you SS per acre
more perhaps than your land is worth in the
market. If you were improving your land
by the addition of vegetable matter, whether
in fv,m of e~rfnoo Of tho wood land. mucL ~,
bnrnyard compost, all would be well. but too
frequently such is not the case and the far
m'r though realizing good crops finds that
""'ch"m or oth"r .tumi"g don't poy.
Farming don't pay because YOU pay too
much for credit. When farmers nav over
| ten per cent. for interest ychcroIw there is
".'ng business. If you would only cal.
culate what farming on credit costs. Won
would find that the rate of interest maid is
enormous. Sometimes as high as 100 pcr
cent per annum. 1t is not the fault Of tho
mrrchlnt The capitalist will always avail
h'm'e't OF the chances to make profits on his
money That is his business. and if the
iar'nc' is ready to purchase at high rates of
interest the capitalist is always ready to SELL
6iSpY 81 arlnlns aa d"n,t Gay because YOU use Loo
lfs 81 - alr when,
Eol to sdbsoil z ~ ~. You
max sa6Ils 3 :. isas6a Irhaps
$500 eaSh TO EsHf f$l keich-
bor's stock Yeu kecf dogs
that cost the State oSery year isoa.,y 1ous
niNion doiurs You do not stump your
land While your barn-yards are ncglcc-
tea ana wasted py winter rams, "hilc orip
arS ana bushes arc growing around stumps
ana IN fence corners. while your dogs
are killing your neighbors sheep or w"r-
rying your nciShbors hogs that have
climbed over your broken fences, while you
are enjoying the blessings conferred upon
you by crop lien or mortgage upon the
homestead, YOU speak snceringly OF book
larnin ana are ca:ei I'll not to read anything
reiatinG to your business.
=; A'e' "'e,ntry Is IN the farm.
w heh farming pays the country prospers.
! /" MAKE our ia',u prosperous we must ac-
c"'hn'a'e caPl'al ny raising everything VIC
can IN ,''e way oi oreaust"'ls ana then raise
aS 'n"c' cotton "S'p"Hs'ple. cotton Is our
'''m"P''S' m pu' II Pf'Scn: oreau Is our kinS'
lhcf' are many counties III the Narolnas
e"'' pay "nn"aI'S from s'o,ooo 10 T'o'ooo
lor corn. II we raise our own supplies this
us to assist in bui,dinu nm orr couutrv 9
Think of Cur,yuu E,,,,,c,.
EDUCATING FARMERs..-An old farmer