The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-21
IL ESTABLISHED 1865.
SHALL WE FARM OR PLANT2

his family and his stock, and utiliZcs
spare moments in repairing and improv
ing his property. At the same time he
ducts of the farm and to have some pro-
duct ready for market every month in
the year. His plan is to produce for
market not only much of ii few things,
but some of many things.
Hc surrounds his home with the small
industries, such as the dairy, piggcry,
orchard, vineyard, garden, poultry yard
and apiary, and if he has the water fa-
convenient stream, the lake supplying
his table with fish in season and the
water drives q ram which pumps the
water to Il tank near his house. From
this it is distributed to the bath room
and kitchen, to the mule lot, the garden
and the flower yard. If no convenient
steam supplies the water, a windmill
pumps it to the tank. His house is in
reality home, supplied with comforts
and conveniences for living. When ii
purchase is to be made from the neigh
boring store there is something to be
sold to cover the cost. But there is lit
tie to be bought besides coffee, sugar,
salt and clothing. The farm is in the
broadest sense self-sustaining.
On this farm the waving grain, the
well filled crib and smoke house, the
green pastures, the lowing herd, the
bleating of the skipping lambs, the
whicker of the prancing colt, the velp Of
the turkey, the quack-quaclS of the goose
and duck, the cackling of the prolific
hen and the hum of the busy bee all fur
nish a blending of beauty and music
which charms the eye and delights the
ear Of the true husbandman
The farmer keeps accounts with his
crops-can tell how much they cost and
how much they pay over cost of produce
ton. He buys and sells for cash. lie
farms in the ground and neither in the
moon nor on paper. He knows that
figures will lie about farming. lie docs
not prove on paper that since he can sell
greater value in cotton from an acre
than he can Of corn or wheat it is true
policy, TO plant all cotton, but proves by
results that diversifcation and rotation
OF crops.is the true road to success. He
buys and sells for cash, keeps account of
receipts and expenditures and knows
whether he is making or losing money.
He, having cash always on hand, and
having no bills to pay, is not forced to
sell at disadvantage. He buys in the
cheapest and sells in the dearest mar
kcts.
Such is the life of the farmer how is
it with
TIE PLANTER?
If he does not at first farm on a credit
basis, he is soon driven to it, for the
reason that, having but one money crop,
which is sold in bulk at the end Of the
year, and having large purchases of sup
plies to make at intervals through the
year to make the next crop, he car
ranges" with some merchant to 'run
him. and instead of getting his supplies
at the lowest cash prices, pays from ten
to twenty per cent. more. Having I'M
limited credit at the store, he and each
member of his family buys freely and
often cxtravagantly. BY the first Of
November an account much greater in
amount than he realized confronts him,
and the merchant having his own Bills
to>mcct, presses his creditors in tlrrn...,
TO meet tncse, liabilities, the planter
must force his cotton upon depressed
market, and loses ten to fifteen per cent.
of its value. He pays at the lowest esti
mate ten per cent. too much for his sup
plies, which he could grow twenty-five
per cent. cheaper than he can buy, and
sells his crop at a discount of ten per
cent. He thus sacrifices the profits,
which of right should be his. More than
this, all Of the small industries Of the
farm are neglected. He 'has no time to
bother with these small mattcrs." All
of his time is occupied with the money
crops. "Thcrc is no money in these lit
tic things" No money in them? Is
not a "Lrllar saved a dollar madc?"
His orchard is planted in cotton and
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