St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-05-25
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
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""s OF Ksat0okv Farmer On the 0uea.
uoa OF f,aneing . Half Crop.
Ioeiieve l can truthfully saw that I
nave never yet written line for pub
hcation that / did not think I would
never write another. But the adage that
says mo man knoweth himselr' il a
maxim that 10 not less wise than true.
and here I 60 for a quarrel with NV
brother tobacco growers. However.
instead OF quarreling, as advise costs
nothing. and nobody is obliged to take
1t. l will advise them all to STAY 1t
nome and look after their stock, the
preparation Of their tobacco beds, and
other farming interests, instead of 90
ang to Lexington or any where else,
spending their time and money talking
talk that is just calculated to start
every man. who can hunt up q square
loot OF tobacco land on his place, to
planting. though never having set q
plant before. That Farmers are
fools. !" has become an adage, I am not
surprised. But l am surprised to think
that any number Of them place 80 low
an estimate on the intelligence of the
others - to suppose that II they,
the wise ones, resolve to raise half
. crop. the less wise won't pitch
IN" To me, this is one Of the cases
where . ''wayfaring man. though a
fool. woald see IN opening for him.
self; and believe me, brother planters,
yhen l toll you they have seen it. and
! unhesitatingly say that l believe
there will Be more tobacco planted the
coming spring than has ever before
been planted in any one season. Why.
sir. l have moro applications for to-
bacco seed than ever before. and that
from men. exclusively. who have not
heretofore put out plant No. brother.
che resolving to plant but fifty per
cent won't do. not even if mems memo
ries were not SO frail; but men will for
get. you know; and besides many are
not good at calculating per cent. or
measuring land. My idea is that We
who already have the necessary i'm
plements. the barns already built. the
experience in growing it, had better
go along and put in what We know
We can cultivate in first-rate order
and not more than our present barns
will hold without crowding. wish
to be believed when I tell you.
brothers. that I will build no new
barns l am sorry to say that can
see no way to change the status of to-
bacco or to govern the price but the in
evitable supply and demand" But
verify believe that I have an idea.
theory or plan. or whatever you may
call IL that il carried into practical
operation would bring to the owners
and toilers of the earth all of the
millennium that they would ever de-
sire to see. and do no wrong to single
human being on the entire earth. and
l believe it to be practical. although
somewhat stupendous- believe it to
be practical, and If original. I guess l
had better reserve the right to claim
patent on 1t. II anybody will be kind
enough to show me why it isn't prac-
teal. then will say no more about it.
This is my idea il so it may be called):
that If the owners of the entire pro-
ducing soil of the earth would. by
delegates from among themselves.
meet in one great and grand
convention (something like these
Prohibitionists and Woman's .Suf-
fragists will have before long).
ana then and there pledge
and bind themselves and their nations
honor that no implement OF cultivation
should ever be used or allowed to dis
tur5. strike. or in any way modest the
soil in the way of cultivation for more
than ter hours. at n est. of every twen-
ty-four. What other class o: men on
the face of the earth but have their
let the owners and the tillers OF the
earth (by which all mankind EXIST
make one grand and universal strike.
and stand to it till Gabriel blows his
trumpet Let the earth and its tillers
have more of rest and better pay. and
then the good time will come when the
world will see less millionaires and less
paupers. Besides, while resting from
the heavy burden of toll which we have
borne for hundreds OF years, we will
have time to watch the non-producers.
the lawmakers and the tax gatherers.
w. w. Goddard, in Farmers Home
Journal.