The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-12-13

1t is difficult to conceive of the vas.
Dement'S to this state and to the entire
south, II we could persuade our planters
ana farmers to grow their own food
products, raise their own stock, rotate
Their lands and grow cotton only as q
money crop Could such policy be es.
taonshed uy1n permanent basis, farm
lug would become more certain and
prontable, the speculative tendencies
would be removed, lands would increase
IN value, money could be obtained at
lower rates and the country would be,
come more prosperous and therefore
more inviting to the immigrants we are
now seeking from other countries.
Ihls policy means increased produc.
tlon upon largely decreased areas and
the same amount of money for it. II
an abundance to man and beast, peace
ana happiness in our rural districts and
prosperity to our state.
II our factors and banks would en-
courage such diversity of crops in the
assignment of funds to our merchants,
and the latter demand it Of the planter
and farmer in his contract to furnish
advances, we are quite sure the evils of
all cotton and overproduction will soon
be things Of the past.
We therefore appeal earnestly to the
capitalists, be they bankers or mer-
chants, to aid us in accomplishing the
reduction of acreage Of cotton and the
growing OF more food products for man
and beast. We appeal to them from
the standpoint Of self interest. Our
cities and towns thrive just in proper
ton to the prosperity of the surround.
ing country. Build up the rural dis.
trlcts and the commission merchant has
more to sell. Establish permanent pros
perlty and their business increases.
Give fixed values to the Agricultural
lands and they become investments of
the first order. Increase the business
OF country and you then increase the
chances OF the capitalists to make
money.
Let us at once inaugurate policy Of
raising everything needed Oh the farm
at home, and let your cotton bales be
hereafter used to clothe and educate
your children, rather than for the ex-
change Of high priced bacon, corn and
other articles which could be easily and
cheaply raised at home.
MANUFACTURING AT TIE SOUTH.
hO hAOFOlASut tOW dIuS COUGH uduu-
featuring near the fields will help the
farmer, in that it will give US an ele-
ment OF consumers for our extra crops,
as well as a market at our doors for our
great staple crop. These factories will
enable the south to market and manu-
facture within her own borders the
greater portion Of her cotton crop; but
II must be remembered to do this sue
cessfully, she must produce all the food
stuffs needed by the home population.
Along with the cotton factories and the
diversified agriculture necessary to sus-
tain these factories, will come other
other small industries. The large fruit
farms will require box and crate and
canning factories; the stock farmers
will need cheese and butter factories
for working into better paying forms
their surplus products Except tea and
coffee, there is scarcely an agricultural
product which we cannot put in the
market. And the cities need these. as
witness the immense sums sent out
of our own state for bacon, beef, butter,
lard, eggs, poultry, onions, and even
Irish potatoes. Of which we can actually
raise two crops the same year, and the
fall crop is far superior for planting to
the northern grown seed, for which we
pay such high prices
Diversity is what we need, diversity
in town as we'll as country. For besides
this great variety of farm products, we
have the raw materials for manufacture
ing nearly all the articles which we
need in the house or on the farm. It is
only when the farmer can take his mar
ketable crops to town and there exchange
them for home manufactured articles of
furniture, plows, hoes, wagons, harness,
buggies and all minor articles of utility
and necessity, that we, as a united peo-
pie, will realize the full benefits Of this
reciprocity, which should exist between
city and farm. 1t is not always the big
enterprises which make the wealth of a
country, and while the large factories
are to be desired it is the varied smaller
industries which will add fully as much
to the general prosperity of our state
and section. This equilibrium of pro-
duction, manufacturing and trade once
established within our borders, the south
will no longer remain at the mercy of
foreign combinations, but will be able
to control the markets and reap the full
profits from her, at present, crippled
monopoly,
WORK FOR DECEMBER.
The latter part of this month is prac-
tically blank as far as any systematic
farm work is meant; but during the
first half much can be accomplished,
many odd jobs finished up, which if left
over, rise up later on to harass the farm
er, when the regular work has to be
pressed forward. Fall blowing still un-
finished should be completed. AS upon
the right blowing of land often depends
the yield of the crop, the direction Of
this should not be left to the judgment
of an ordinary farm hand. See to it
that the ground is laid off in beds lying
slightly across the slope of the land.
The water burrows carry off in small
streams the surplus water, thus pre-
venting washing, and the beds absorb
and conserve much of the rains which
would otherwise be lost. Stables and
and cattle sheds, if not already attended
to, should be put in good condition for
the winter. If you have no provision
for saving the manure, haul out and
spread on the wheat, rye or barley lands,
but if possible, put into well built and
protected compost heaps. 1t is much
easier to save manure now than to pay
big fertilizer bills later. In wet wealth