The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

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so. Can we, as a section, afford to buy
even apples from the north and west,
when we might raise them at home as
cheaply as they are grown elsewhere"
This is subject well worthy of con-
sideration and discussion among south
ern farmers and fruit growers.
DON'T DRAIN THE BARN-YARD.
Rather, obstruct drainage by using
rails and logs in the yard and throw
ing up entertainments. 1aks every eff
fort to retain the water where it falls
in the cow-lot or horse-lot. Don't let
the rains wash out and carry away the
valuable substance in the manure.
This is an important matter 1t is
good plan to keep the yard we'll sup
piled, Uttered with absorbents in the
form of leaves, straw and refuse hay and
chips. corn shucks, etc. Save the ma
nure and apply it judiciously to your
lands, and you will find in it satisfac-
ton and profit.
+ DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE.
To rest and strengthen and maintain
healthful condition of the mental
man, the mind needs diversity of
thought and must have it. To develop
and maintain uniform healthy condi-
ton of the corporal body, there must
needs be a constant diversity of exer-
else. And to attain any high degree
of prosperity and wealth, as farming
section. we must practice a diversified
agriculture. The one-crop system will,
if long pursued, in time bankrupt any
country or any people. In diversifying
our crops we are enabled to practice
intelligent and profitable systems of
rotation of crops 1t is this intelligent
rotation that will maintain the fertili-
ty and productiveness of our farms.
1t is better to trust the market with
several different crops than the one
The one may bringa price not above the
cost of production, while it is not like
ly that this would prove so in the case
of two or more crops in the same sea-
son. If one product is unusually low
in price, another may be higher in the
same ratio, and thus values and profits
may, when all the products are com
bined, average well for the grower and
seller. Several chances are better than
one chance. 1t is reckless farmer
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alone. The true plan is to make, as
nearly as possible, all ones supplies on
the farm, and besides. a surplus of
each or many crops to sell for cash.
SPARE THE BIRDS.
| If it We're not for the birds, the
worms and bugs would destroy nearly
all our fruits. The birds consume some
fruits, of course, and spoil a good deal
that is not eaten entire, yet they do
not average the great destructiveness
that they usually get credit for. They
have right to a certain share of the
crop by reason 'of compensating serv-
ices, for they save for the owner far
more than he would otherwise get as
his share If it were not for them; in
many instances entire crops would be
destroyed by insects. but for the serv-
ices of the birds.
Spare the birds. Do not kin them
maliciously or wantonly or just for
fun and recreation. They are created
by our Heavenly Father for a
useful purpose and serve a useful
purpose in the economy of nature.
The birds are the farmers friends. and
are human benefactors the world over.
They were created for a purpose. and
they perform their natural mission
well and with profit to the agricul-
turist. AS the birds are decreased in
the same ratio will the destructive
forces of insect life, that depredate up
on vegetation, be increased.
BUYING CORN"
In the south buying corn" by the
farmer to make crop is becoming to
be almost synonymous with inviting
bankruptcy. Buying corn! Buying.
western corn Buying corn to feed
mules and ''niggers" to make
six-cent cotton What commentary
upon southern agriculture! Where
is pride and Judgment, common
sense and experience The amount of
corn-western corn--sold in the cotton
states annually, and bought by the
| farming class is reflection upon the
intelligence of our people. Wipe out
this stain by raising every grain of
corn used in this fruitful southland.
HAY AND GRASS.
! Some time ago the New York expert
mental station published that as re-
suit of investigation made at that sta
ton. there was 1929 per cent. less d.
gestible albuminoid in hay that was
turned year or more than in new hay.
The report further stated that bran
and corn lose in digestibility with age.
1t is well enough to make expert
ments along this line, But what farm
ers and purchasers of hay will be more
Interested in than the above, is the
average nutritive quality of hay and
its digestible quality, regardless OF the
length of time it has been cut. 4 plant
may possess more mtritivs value st q