The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12

issues of the balance. Don't let the
others conflict with the leading pro-
duct. My leaders are wheat, corn
and clover. Can't find home mar
ket tor potatoes. Peach crop don't
pay; they are uncertain. When |
have a full crop nearl y everybody
else has and the market is giutted.
Sheep raising would pay if we had a
dog-law. Get rid of the worthless
ours then mutton and wool will pay
}. r. MEANS Il am like the little
boy when sent out after chips. When
asked why he came without them,
said, my brothers big foot covered
them up" | can't see any chips.
These gentlemen have said all my
thoughts. Fight grass all summer
and buy it all winter.
PROF. n. G. ENGLISH i endorse
most / have heard. Diversity is the
natural order. Tillers justify this
course.
A. }. ToMLINsoN Il am pleased
with all | have heard | endorse
Mr.. Andrews remarks. Induce the
young men to become farmers.
Raise good beef and in so doing you
raise the price. There is money in
hay and beef. On the farm you can
make hay to raise beef cattle and
not have to mortgage crop nor home
for fertilizers, but instead will be
manufacturing your own fertilizers,
in a measure.
W. NJ. WILSON My experience
is so limited | must be excused by
saying, fine beef, nice hams and vel
low butter attract purchasers, and
cause higher prices to rule. This
ought to stimulate the seller to aim
high and reap the profits.
NJ HAMMOND What does it cost
to feed horse per year? Gan
swered by w. O. Harris, 500, and
by DR.. Bird, s75). [ am teaming
and don't know. Failures are often
caused by not counting costs. | am
trying to teach my boys to count
costs as they 60 They asked to try
poultry this season. | made the en-
closures to keep them in. They
must furnish the feed and have the
profits. We have more eggs since
cooping than before. We have all
we want for table use. The surplus
more than pays all expenses. No
loss in eggs by vermin or dogs.
Nothing to do but 60 to the boxes
and get the eggs. The enclosure is
made in sections to drive in the
ground Can be easily moved to
take in clover or anything else with
very little trouble.
Mr.. CARPENTER Il live in New
Jersey. | am right from Florida. |
didn't think that DR.. Bird had such
a treat in store for me when he in
vited me to this meeting. [ have
visited many localities and seen spe-
cialties tried. The climate will de-
termine the specialties. | have just
come through Georgia. Cotton is
their speciality. Had fair crop the
past season, but now are in the midst
of a financial depression. They think
if they make certain amount OF
cotton to the acre it will enable
them to buy their supplies. Those
cotton specialists who do not raise
supplies generally fail. Those who
raise them generally are successful.
The cotton sections have money but
once year, and then it don't stay
with them long. Bankers reap the
profits. They depend on the bank
ers to run them. The farmers are
tied up. The money sharks hold
their titles while they make cotton.
The most successful farmers | ever
saw are those near New York and
Philadelphia. They diversity. Flor
ida is State for specials. Oranges,
eocoanuts, bananas and pine apples
are the specialties. Men go down
there and see those fine orange
groves and say they must have one.
If they can't buy they will go to
work to make one. 1t takes labor,
fertilizer and time to make grove.
In six or seven years they begin to
bear; but it takes twelve to fourteen
years for full crop. Groves gener-
ally sell for four or five times the
cost of growing them, | like Geor-
gia very much, and am well pleased |
with this State. These green wheat
fields make me think of my native
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