The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-07
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southern farmers should not permit the
present prices Of cotton Co divert their
minds from the necessity 81 diversifylng
thslr crops. u b. IN liberalization that
their hope Of indep' ndenee ana wealth
ll,s cotton prices viii roe always re-
main high. seasons q depress. ion will
come again. when those farmers wno cone
tlnue 10 make cotton their sole crop vii
have abundant occasion TO regret their
lack Of foresight
There o. 40 better time than tle pres
eut e. make arranremeufs for drgoting
acreage aud attention O. several farm
products ucat year The extra money that
VIII come from the cotton tfis season will
place he atcraEc farmer in position ~
take up other lines ~ production without
hlNlrr o. burden himself FOR che purpose
o. so doing Sew lands can be- opened up
far tobacco. ADDITIONS can be made 10 th'
hcrds o. cattle. more fruit trees eau ho
planted. toe nachs about tho barry ards
can b. Increased. the aereaEcs Tor wheat
ana olts IAN tr exteuded 10 short Their"
are dozens NJ Ways la which The farm
OF tHe south can be- ONE -oxpausioni.ts'
az home wholly Within Dee party ana TN
coust tudon ana thsy ought O. do d Tor
ther own rooi.
During the past two or three years
diversified farming tas made fairly good
progress in the South IT, thls state zoe
wheat crop IS now quit, important. bot 81
. Ia .h N.f
chemists report which We published The
other day showed that as line wheat can
be raised ia Georsia a. IN any
other state OF the Union. cer-
tain class OF wrapper tobacco.
raised ia Fouth Georgia and Flor
iisa. recently took the arst prize az tho
Paris Exposition. show ny what can be-
done IN that line. The fruits ~ Georgia
ana Florida are recognized as being among
the best 80 the world. Indeed. 81 would
probably be impossible 20 mention any AK
ricultural or horticultural product Of tho
temperate zone that cannot be successfully
produced IN tho South
While start has been made 10 the
direction OF divcrsifying crops. q Is as
YET only a START We are stil buying corn,
lard meat sud nour from the West. ami
potatoes. turlips butter. cheese. canned
goods and many other articles Of food
from the North We ID not even produce
an OF the chickens and eggs We eat but
get them in large quantities. from non-cot-
ton states. and pay good prices for them
We send literally millions or dollars per
year away from home for food that might
better than not be produced az home. Tho
start that has been made iu home produc-
ton Of food crops ana provisions ought TO
be encouraged by every means possible.
And those who have made the start ought
10 talk It up 20 their no.ghbors who have
not. ana Try 70 get them TO Join the pro-
cession. Agitation viii get the Affection
farmers inter, st,d. ana once they have
got into the way Of planting corn. sugar
cane. wheat. oats. etc. in addition TO cot
ton. they viii wonder why they stood 10
their own light 80 long
And, as was said above. there is no
time better than tho present, when cotton
prices are good to make arrangements
for other crops Diversified farming not
only means Independence for the intcli-
gent and Industrious farmer hut It means
that when tho system becomes anything
ike general in the South. good prices Tor
cotton-the money cfop-wili be practical
ly assured