Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-09-03
HERE AND THERE.
Cheap cotton is worse than no cot

Cheap cotton is worse than no cot
ton.
-Abbreviate expenses.
Urge strict economy.
-Grapple with the situation.
Utilize every spare moment.
-Solidify your operations.
-Theori2e and practice.
Home is what we make it.
Save all the hay you can.
1t is far better to wear out than ia
rust out
Have a purpose in view and plOw
your furrow straight to the purpose.
Every owner of an acre of tilable
land should be king unto himself.
Don't buy u COW with udderunevcn-
ly balanced.
An era of small farms is inevitable.
The forerunner of the era is good coun.
try roads.
"A good constitution in hog is in
herent and not made.
Keeping charcoal where the hogs
can help themselves will in many in.
stances prevent disease.
For winter forage a mixed hay of
oats and winter vetch seems about the
best to be had.
The drone is an unenviable charac-
ter in bee society. He waits for the
workers to supply his wants.
Speaking of cherries, they must have
well-drained soil. If it is not natu-
rally drained artificial draining must be
reforted to.
The best whole grain for the litts
pigs is oats. They will chew and swal-
low the meats and spit out the shells.
Give them what they will cat.
Scientists say that the orange was
originally berry, and that its evolu-
ton has been going on for more than a
thousand years.
If the hen-house and roost are thor
onghly whitewashed with lime and cop
peras once year, you will never be
troubled with mites
One dairyman says that by having
comfortable stables in winter, and by
using a feed cutter he is enabled to
save one-third of his feed
We should pay more attention to
diversified crops so that our money will
not be sent abroad for food We must
begin to live at home.-Dixie Farmer.
We must look after the small econ
omies of the farmers home We must
give up the idea of trying out in the
country to live like city people. Dixie
Farmer.
1t is not enough to work. To OBJ
tain the best results work systematical.
ly, methodically and wisely. Work to
an end
1t is a settled fact that the price
realized for cotton is far below the cost
of production. The policy of raising
cotton at an annual loss is clearly un'
wise.
The abandonment of the culture of
cotton is out of the question. The
needs of the world demand its produc
ton. The trouble is not with cotton il
itself.
Let us make a pull for reform il
our home work on the farm as well a!
for reform in our national affairs. 1t il
mistake to suppose that politics alone
will make us prosperous. Southern
Cultivator
The farmer should guard his tree
as he would his own family. They worl
with the forces of nature in his interest
and when he strikes them down he lose
his natural protectors. The forestry
problem needs attention without delay
There is no part of the farm work
that will yield better return for time
and labor spent than good garden
1t may not be in actual dollars anC
cents, but it will save them, and con
tribute its full share to the health
pleasure and comfort of the family.
Every person who has a garden
needs good hoe and an iron or steel
toothed rake and sharp spade. TIL
better your tools the better work yol
can do and the more pleasure it will at
ford you in the doing of it. Take gooc
care of them and they will last 70
: years. Have place to put them il
where they will be away from ste, IN.
still always at hand when wanted