The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-19

lied labor and ex )ense and increased
uniformity, and therefore value OF
product.
In other branches We can name eX'
amples too numerous for our space.
No one of these can be more to the
farmers advantage than those sug
gested above or by possible improve
ments in live stock taken hold OF
singly by Intelligent farmers or by
clubs OF farmers aching in Co operation.
Toe apolication OF the most intelli
gent thought is what brings the reward
By putting the produces above that
made by msrs Drawn. We do not dis
credit the latter, bat would insist that
oar farmers depend On both exercising
the former themselves and learn 10 use
many times more Of the latter than
tnsv have BEEN doing, but do sc in the
ways OF carrying their farm products
beyond raw material 20 finished prod
ucts OF desirable kinds.
Sell corn and COW peas as ham,
bacon and sausage, OK milk, butter,
cheese; eggs ag broilerz, and cotton as
yarn, Or cloth.
Since beginning this article I have
weighed several pieces Of cloth and
find one yard Of figured cotton cloth,
selling price in Raleigh twelve and a
half cents, weighs about II ounces
INV scale is net fine enough TO give
less denominati0ns). Another piece
weighed 3 ounces for two yards and 4
inches; the selling price is the sane.
Nice bleaching a yard wide % yards
weighs 81 ounces. This is under four
ounces per p1u0d. Pr;ce IN Raleigh
81 cents, or thirty three and nine Gen5ns
conts per pound. o. course this repre-
sents labor, manufacture, t~ransp0rta
ton and retailers expenses and prof q,
but the man WAC raises the staple may
participate in this up to two or three
times as much as he gets for the raw
dber in bales on the market.
Those who raise live stock may cum
bine end supply themselves with the
best sires money a buy. II they do
this the best feeder among them will
win the highest returns and will thus
reap the reward for his superior intel
ligencs. This is the thing progressive
farmers need to cultivate and put into
use. It is the one talent to which we
appeal in our presentation of the ad-
vantages OF co operation among farm
ers. By il are combined the best efforts
of the men engaged, and the advantages
to be gained by the aggregation OF as
much capital as they are able to bring
together. The combined efforts a
secure the use of nearly as much out
side as it when capitalists become
convinced OF the sound business sense
Of tbs company, and that their prin
cipal and interest are safe.
The community that can unite
enough to carry this conviction to
timid capital is safe and need not
worry itself about the low price Of
staple articles OF raw material. We
believe this and you, the reader, will
find when you look into it that you
have believed it before.
Dlirymen ara nearer the realization
the benefits of carrying forward the
elaboration of raw materials than are
farmers in other branches because so
large a part Of their crops are returned
directly to the soil and the carbona
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comparatively the highest prices re
c 9ived for agricultural produce.
Toe tobacco growers can come up
close by using all the waite
stems for %enriching the soil.
Cotton growers must use their seed
back on the farms or become feeders of
or submit to annual depletion of
their land or bank accounts for min
eral manures and nitrogen, unless an /
intelligent rotation accumulates FOR !
Them the nitrogen. B15 save what
goes off from the land in seed and the
fiber c1m IS almost wholly from the /
air and represents labor and capital
.u5 into the crop. It only needs to be
further for the intelligent
to sell it by the yard, Instead,
Of by the pound or bale, to bring the
back to a reasonable remunera
lion for his labors. RISKS and capital in
r. E e.
Cards are out announcing the ap-
oroacning marriage Of the able and
Justly popular Prot. J. nj Johnson, Of
a & u College. The bride eIecs
Miss Anna Marsh. of this city. The