The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-24
OUR FARMERS CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is Progressing.
TRINITY CLUB.
Discussion HO,c to Make lNoneu on
the Farm

Discussion Ho,o to Make Money on
the Farm.
DR.. Parker-Mr Sumner, a mem-
! Der of our club, asks the question,
/ How can we make money on our
farms? and it is certain that we are
all deeply concerned in the solution
of this problem, standing as we now
do at the end of very unfavorable
season for paying crops. With
irregular and uncertain labor, with
short crops and low prices, with
taxes to be paid in this month and
other outstanding debts to be pro-
vided for with all these things press
ing upon the farmer, the outlook,
we must admit, is rather gloomy.
But Notwithstanding all the bitter
experiences of 1886 on the farmers
am fully satisfied that there is not
only a good living to be made on
our ordinary farms; but that there
is a handsome profit besides to be
made alone by farming To do this
however, the soil must be rich, deep
clean and we'll drained, the seeding
and planting must be done in good
time and the tilage skillfully per-
formed. A we'll started crop is usu-
ally profitable and one put in late or
under unfavorable conditions is sell
dom satisfactory. Be ready, and
be in time ifyou would succeed in
any calling and especially is this
true with the farmer AS farming
is the real basis of all other business
it must thrive and flourish or COM
merce and all trade will languish
Whether we make money or not
depends upon our skill and our busi-
ness habits. We must manage we'll
and work we'll and grow such crops
as we know will pay. [ will men
ton few Wheat raising if we'll
done will pay, so with corn, as you
all know who have tried the proper
cultivation of these, to us,ind ispensa-
BILE crops. Sweet potatoes, every far
mer should grow largely of this i'm
portant crop for home use and to
sell. They are easily raised and will
pay. / am selling off my entire
crop readily at forty cents per
bushel. Tobacco and cotton are
both doubtful crops for us to tamper
with. Unless we make first class
article of the former and two bales
to the acre of the latter, we had bet
ter leave them out of our rotation Of
crops altogether Raise horses,
mules and cattle. Good beef brings
the cash at any time in our home
markets here. There is never any
trouble in selling a good mule or
horse for the cash. Raising sheep
and hogs pays We must raise our
own meat and meal. The clover
and grass crop is very valuable,
directly as money crop, besides it
adds immensely to the fertility OF
our lands. Glover is the farmers
stepping stone to fortune. Raise
Irish potatoes, beets and turnlps IN
ample abundance. There is pay in
each and all of them Increase the
production per acre Of whatever
crop you grow and work fewer
acres.
n dIhcI. vi CouI CO
has a great deal to do with the mon
eyed products of the farm, but you
must have good, rich, clean land to
draw from if you expect to make
money off of the farm. Any farmer
with large family to support and
educate, living on poor land need
not look for much money until he
brings his land to high state OF
fertility. Although the process OF
reclaiming and enriching poor land
is a slow and tedious one yet it may
be done and paying yield obtained.
A man who economies and foregoes
many of the comforts of farm life
and still labors on to enrich poor
lands deserves the commendatlon OF
all.
w. 0. Harris. 1t is utter folly for
any man to attempt to make money
by farming unless he saves up closely:
While such wastes prevail on the
majority of our farms, how can we
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