The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-10
THE PRICE OF T
Its Effect Upon Our Farmers and >,
Danger Ahead.
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S~A 1891
NILLANOw, Nc
Mr.. EDITORIALS tie price Of cott.
Il somewhat advanced 1t il not anil
~ that our farmers will Increase a.
acreage this year, unless the nro'
should tumble before sprins o6 Fam
which the manipulation of prices S wSI
hardly allow, as the producer h..
about disposed Of his stock on hand
Just one word to the farmer u5
would be deluded by this mall oS
vance in price. A visit during the nos
summer to a large pork packing p3tIb
lishment IN a Western city and viav
ing the immense business convinced n
that the Southern farmer hasn't ont
his eyes open yet. From 900 20 ! WNI
hogs were being slaughtered Cally and
the work goes right on IN July as we'll
as IN January. When we remembg
that this is only one of manv estab
lishments of the kind of many even
more extensive than this one, then W.
have a faint conception Of the business
Of furnishing meat to the millions and
LIZ 4L1lAAAO44CO 6u4IlS lllbJ Cllt ldIneNI
eXpend annually for au arlcle Of food
that he might obtain by his own efforts
at his own door at One-half the cost
Our poor farmers labor early and ay
to make 7-cent cotton and many com,
out In debt when the ration bill is SET
tied, We hope to be pardoned for gi7i
ing the results Of a personal expert
ment on a small scale. Year before
last two acres were planted in Spanish
peanuts which, with the addition Of
I acre in sweet potatoes, produced
400 pounds Of pork, worth at that
time 1,400 pounds Of lint cotton. The
same land would not have yielded one
ordinary bale of cotton. The labor to
produce the cotton would have cult.
waited the peanuts and potatoes twice
The picking of the cotton would mOf
than have paid for the hOgs-C0mmI
pineywOods rOoters-when first placed
upon the peanuts and potatoes
Our conclusion Is that there Is l0thI
ing easier raised than pork, and y
Armour & Co. have long since found
that not even cotton is more saiaOle
1t is plain that if we could eve
abandon a policy that produces hara1
ships instead of ease, that brings pr
walton instead of comfort, a d pOVerVl
instead of wealth, and turn our atel
ton to the raising of meat and gram
for which we enjoy every facility VA
we might soon see the country D0O~
like a rose. -
The first step for the successful Pot
raiser to take is TO establish, on 5gg
warm outspot, a mulberry org
The English mulberry Is SAID 70 V
sure preventive of all the llI5ahos
heir to. especially that scourse knCJ.
as hog cholera. The trees gro" qLF Il.
ly and bear the entire summer lI u,is
No farm can approximate PefIT an
that hasn't such an orchard.
clad to see from an advertisement n
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER I
Cameron nursery is making asp 81
of the mulberry and the latnonrags
awaiting themselves OF Ine ~ us d.
offered. Brother farmers, .ISS oosse to
gage in a new industry ana Sij4reD
eensIave ourselves and our cn nIssr
that the manufacturer and sPsclSfs
may become richer. WIZ n'oFe hous
farmer whose bins ana ~ natOpd
r full care for high tarln u and Dr.
banks2 Rockefeller, CarlEe strings q
mour may pull the greedy tS Str b
MONOPOLY, but he laughs az 'n The pat
- ~onorob of oil he surveys IrL
monopoly levies millions Oh l,Sn zee
every year and be can nu Sar hson
fight it off at home 'un aSore is %
vine and fig tree where LA
to modest or make him aIra[ r,WnJ