The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-08
FACTS FOR FARNIERs.

Here arc somo facts and figures taken
from Latham, Alexander & Co. IS cot
ton letter that we commend to The care
ful consideration OF every cOttOptOt
/ The crop Of 1896 was 7,I57,348 bales
and 1t sold at the average price Of S.O5
cents u pound, or $i0.S2 q bale. What
made that crop soil so we'll? 1t was be-
cause tho farmers had learned Il lesson
from the year before when they made
nearly l0.0N0.000 bales aud only re-
ccivrd 80 cents on IN average for it,
or Sl,O0O,OOO less than they received for
the smaller crop Of 1886, and they
turned their attention to food crops and
/ consequently reduced the acreage The
crop Of lS969I was S.75T .0G4 bales and
sold at an average of TAP cents, and
{ brought $3S, S,62o,3 $50 moro than the TO-
, COo,N0 bale crop did. Up to the first
of January, 1897, there had been sent to
market 6.39S, 1872 bales which brought
S2l2H@,359. Up to January |, IS0S,
there had been sent to market 1860
! G33 bales, or SCI ,34l bales moro cotton
t"an for the preceding year, and yet
| the farmers got $2l ,5S0.944 less money.
| What Is the plain lesson of it all? Less
OF cotton and more of food supplies
! Each year that the farmers have
| turned from tho Affection plan they
have received more money for the
'
| faction aud Independent feeling Of
! knowing that they had their own sup
| plies ut home. They made profit on
| the smaller crop, but they lost money
| on the larger one. Another such crop
this year rs tn" one raised last year we
verify believe will bring dis;stcr and
| ruin on the cotton fn"mcrS. This il Il
! matter that appeals to the individual
! farmer, for it is matter that must hc
] ,It ,,,l Al.
vidual farmer. No organization and no
ano"nt Of resolutions viii reach the
root Of the evil. They are not worth Il
cent, not even the paper they are writ
| ten on. In all lines Of business each
| Individual thinks aud acts and man
ages for himself, aud farming is Il bust
| ness and the farmer is Il business man.
! as much 81 IN his line as the merchant
| Is IN his. and whoever heard Of the mcr-
| chants in times Of distress organizing
to reduce stocks? Let every individual
| farmer take the matter home TO him
self and think it over. And now that
| the time for pitching the next crop is
| near at hand. let him see to it that re-
ports OF large acreage do not go out,
| for that OF itself and reported large
sales Of fertilizers tend to dcDrcss
priccs.-Pcoplc's Advocate.
The above is SO true and so we'll put
that we copy it in full and submit it to
the serious and careful consideration Of
our farmers. \ big crop means less
money and harder times, because to
! make the big crop we have to buy fer
tiIi2crS and neglect the food crops.
1t will be remembered that lSo5 fol-
| lowed year in many respects just like
| 1897, only the price Of cotton went even
lower then than it did las, year. The
reason for the good price in 1898 was
that the crop was only little over
',oOo.OU0 'llcS and the crop was made
at very little expense. and in addition
good Grain crops were raised and there
was plenty to feed man and beast We
have got to come to that plan, and
the sooner we do it the better. But It's
our contemporary says, it is 4 matter for
each farmer to work ont for himself. |,
cannot he done by conventions and
resolutions, though they will do nu
harm. We must not be concerned
about what our ncighbor is going to do
SO much as We should be concerned to
ran our own farm on business princi-
pies and bring it to the point CT self
supporting and making little some
thing over expenses. It we make an
other ten million bale crop this year,
we may expect the price next fall to be
even lower than it is now. Each farm.
cr should first make his farm sclf-sup-
p0rtn and then grow all the cotton he
can. \ nd then what i IN, ,,S, ,,,ol,t,.,