The Van Buren press., 1897-12-11
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
LIE eoIIoN FIsLo.
The Problem that ooafreat< tze Cssses
Plaster.

/ Il &Ql4- lE E1 E2s9 matter -l- 44AE
! eotton-Eu0winE states. without The zG-
dition O = sinsle p9ow. . rzsse erszg
buShel q corn. wheat ard CATS. sxe-y
ton Of hzy, every pound q eeet 1us-
ton and PORK. every male and Aazse,
every pound Of lard and batter. wo0l
ard leather that are ased u those
states; and il addition. make = large
profit ont OF q 7.eaa, Co hale cotton
/ crop than we now get cut OF \ 70 aa9,-
0oo one Bot somehow re jass went
do t. Conventions. resolutions X
monstrsnee OF advice have Rot Sac-
eeeded N limiting the crop The
clouds only have been successful IL
doing this
The mule plows from sunrise 10 suu-
set, and can not do more or eas less
t Ihe PloNm mans wages are not Aigh
enough - be reduced.
Inc land IS the only other element
in the cost that we can deal vith. and
unless we can lessen the cost OF pro-
/ dueing : pound Of cotton. then we
must give up in despair. We esn not
/ blza- the land, for i does tie best il
can do in its poor. feeble, half-staryed
/ condition. The mule Is well fed. aud
t the plow-haHd has full rat.onS- but ihe
/ land IS hali-starved- but yet ) expect
ed % furnish full supplies for mule. Ia
/ borer and landowner. Il doesn't do IL
because i cant do i We hare put one
/ bushel Of corn IN the hopper and
| expected two bushels % come out OF
/ IL That IS not Gods law. Some
thing for nothing IS the gamblers
/ rule. Value received must be the
rule Of him who trades directly With
/ the Creator Himself and receives his
crops from His benefcent hands No
man expects q s1kinperly-fed COW to
give her full flow OF milk, or a half
fed mule to do fulI work. The same
/ principle is absolutely true Of land.
aud for exactly the same reason.
As | stated n 8 former article, IN its
| last analysis farming - feeding. What
Is the Ii ference between rich laDG and
poor? Why VII gne fed Al average
year produce b bushels o. corn 10 the
acre aud another barely eight bash-
els-nubbins at fha1s Nhy vii
one acre produce 2oaa pounds ot
cotton and another oaly 500
pounds? Even an ignorant labor
er knows il Is because Inc one
fed IS poor while The other IS zen.
Rich in Hhatg Poor in Nhats In fer
tility. in available plant food II poor
because plant toed Is lacking. then
why not supply i and make il rich?
The only thing q hungry horse needs
iS a. H.. + lea, x
needs is food. Other than some OF The
rich bottoms there Is hardly . fed in
Georgia that has not been h1ugrY al
most to exhaustion ever since is third
year from the forest Sometime ago l
saw in comic paper picture o. an
exceedingly lean horse standing before
a grocery store with this plaeard On his ]
side: Oats Wanted Inside If we
only had the eyes 10 see il, there Is not
CALLED spot on the red hills of Geor- +
gia, nor worn-out field in the south, +
that does not bear the label: Am f
monia, Acid Phosphate and Potash f
Needed Within
The qneslion with the southern ]
farmer must be not now many bales of ]
raise bale cheaper. He only cares 4
for how much money stays in his I
hands, not now much he handles. The I
man who takes in $40 to-day. but must /.
pay out 50 tomorrow, is not as well off I
by 100 per cent. as he who takes in S., I
but has to pay out only s.. The /
farmer, who, to make a profit OF SIS, /
must raise two bales Of cotton, while I
his neigh6or makes profit OF SIS in .
raising one bale, Is not only the poorer .
farmer. but is unint-ntionally an
enemy q Ms n=ighbOr's prosperity in ]
cr0wcl1g the market with one bale too
Ez-F- and ih1s forcing down The price. I
aEaspt Il time Of war or great
ErDzgli L ih= south. cotton viii
1sFsr ST. tcr ten cents again IN Geor-
ga and the present outlook is that
fro- DCW q eT~a eight-cent cotton
Hl-- 101 have a. many birthdays a. a
bog t,grz q the 2slh Of February. SIX
Sl1 s-T-1 1-lls sill ue TIE pr.c-s in
tie tni1re AID the farmer who can't
probably rz-se slx-e=nt cotton had
1'stler qult trEIng 70 raise cotton.
an sorEy inis = irue. ! would order il
dla=rrnt-y 4 / c0uld But being a
tzeL TIE only wise thing TO do
Is 10 -ook u square IN the face and pre-
pare 70 meet l. Il viii do no good to
complain. We hzTen't time 70 com-
plan 4 we meet il successfully.
What one man has done. another can
do If q yne-acrr patch mas been made
70 rtrof No. Z. Z = ururif fgsD f-s..-. OF eot-
ton. thea by tie same trea Lneut q %.
acre field can be made TO produce ~
bales with the same ratio Of profit. II
this IS not true, il IS only because -
times two Is not ~
Except in the larger expense Of fer
iillzer, extra pick ing, ginning and haul
ing. il does not cost dollar more to
raise two bales Of cotton on an acre
than half a ba-e. The blowing and
hoeing and rent Of land are the same
in either case At even SIX cent cot
ton il doesn't take the extra ba e and
a half 10 pay the increased ex-
pense. Ten dollars year per
acre invested IN cotton-seed meal
acid phosphate aud kainit. viii, with
/ good three-year rotation IN which pea
vines to be turned under predom.nate-
in ten years build up any comparative
/ Is level land that has a top-soil and
/ good clay sub-soil 10 where it viii
make one and haIf 10 two bales Of
I cotton. - bushels of corn or 60 bushels
I OF oats to the acre. II the experiments
at the experiment station. ~ Gritin.
IA has