The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1889-02-23
ADVICE TO FARMERS NO 2


The writer gave in his last the
main, leading requirements of per
sonal drill which may be regarded /
as degree No. /. in the progressive
effort now being made by farmers,
1t is necessarythat the applicant
for a more advanced position should
be tried at least one year i'll the I
drill requirements proposed III the I
last article, b efOre he can he expect
ed to act in unison with a member I
of others.
The Farmer who has fully made j
mp his mind and has practiced the !
lesson laid down last week ,isaimost ,
master of the whole situation. He
has stepped up, where trusts nor
combinations cannot harm him and
may be said to be in condition to
''paddle his own canoe,n
He should not become over con
fident, but should ask support in
prayer, for IL requires all the help
Il Southern farmer can get in from
his good sense and religion to pre-
vent his plunging intG debt. Our
advancing farmer has need Of very
great caution. He is now on his
feet and has a good personal credit
and this brings many calls on him
from wife and daughters about the
purchase Of gewgaw finery that
other women have, and which are
often Worn at the eXpenseof deed
of trust or martgage on the farm.
He will receive many invitations
to "stand" for other, to go on joint
notes and bonds for people who
immudently getin trouble. This is
a dangerous strait to sail in and
the little word no! will have to be
often pronounced in order to pro
tcct him from friends who would
involve him.
He can now look well around him
and can form little Alliance with
five or six picked men whom he
knows. There must be no hurry
in getting ail the farmer world into
his organization, for it must be
strictly a business one, with no
useless foOlisllness, 10 rituals, no
constitutions to pay for, no cards,
passwords or dies to send off to
enrich some one at the expense OF
themselves. Business and its
demands is often remorselessIy
private, so our friends must keep
their affairs closely to themselves
and then when they want to trade.
either for cash or credit, 90 to 4
first class merchant, and say w
desire to trade with YOU and not
only give you the benefit OF ON
cash trade, but to deal with you OF
credit with accounts to he paid Is
November, and in privatcwe desire
to know the terms and the REBATE
yOu will give our club, said rebat,
to be deducted on day of paymen
lst November, and all rebates to b'
forfeited if the accounts are opel
on the 3rd Of November. Eacl
one of these customers all, know
to he good paying men, will b'
surprised to hear how fav0rabl
their suggestions will be entertain
esl, and they will find there will b
more financial force in the worl
D ''rcbate,n than in all the Allianc
passwords they ever knew. Thei
merchant will of course look enoI
mously blank when he hears thi
word s.rebate" and he may prOfes
astonishment at their request, bu
Our farmers who are now working
their man instead of being worlSe'
by him, must know they hold
grand strategic hand and the good
kind merchant, from the depths Q
his affected simplicity. will assum
that the matter is altogether ne'
TO him but for their sakes he vii
entertain the novel proposition, bu
that the great, watching, Wondering
world must never know any thin
of this matter of rebate.
Our company of farmers now ar
working on finely, but they mus
learn the meaning Row of the wor
retieent They must not SCUM
aloud their business,nor must the
be seized with the mission spirit {
e religious propag:ndists who sig
to convert the world and take
wholly into their denomination
They must made haste slowl,
must cultivate industrious an
business habits and learn the fiy
great habitsof bnsiness,yiz. Indu
try, calculation, arrangement, pc
severance and lDInctnality.
Onr friends must read mp O
commercial matters and becon
posted iii order to biiy and sell ;
the best periods. When it becomi
necessary for them to purchai
machinery, stoves, wagons, bu
gies sewing machines ETC., ths
: they must work with both eyl
wide open.
Now cur farmers club viii ha'
~' to ogetint0 0reeularredan's into-w,
made casemates. They need il
now talk to their local merclia
about these things that he do
not carry in stock. If he finds 0
what yon are after he viii alme
accuse YOU Of going back on hi
He will do lis biggest best now
prevent your buying these thin
direct. He viii order for y0H a