The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-02-22

ing sead;ng fot the grover who ia In
tereeted inl diseraiacssion. The sub
ject, nWhae Shall We Plant Instead
Of CottonfP is cieverly handled by r.
E. Smith, of Sherman, Texas, atthe
Cotton Convention 10 New Orlesns,
and his paper should make many con-
verts among hay growers TO the cause
of alfalfa. 4,
''Any farmer or community OF far
mers that should try year after year
to grow cotton only would reap dis.
aster only. We cannot live on cotton
alone; We must diversify. Any far
mer or community Of formers who, \
however, extensive they might diver
sify, should attempt to grow the same
crop npon the same tract Of land, year
after year, would, if not 60 speedily,
as certainly, come to grief. Different
plants require different plant food,
and the farmer must rest and protect
his soil by rotation. Therefore, when
the cotton growers consider the neees.
sity Of diversifcation and rotation
they readily perceive even in q cotton
growers convention tho appropriate
ness Of the subject assigned me,
"Whatao Plant Instead Of Cotton2"!
"Diverai6oation is o good thing
the primer, Inc first step in the agri-
cultural academy; rotation is better
it Is an advancement to the agricul-
tural college and indicates diplomacy,
It embraces .diyersifcation. T.. mat.
ters not the shape Of the inquiry what
to plant instead Of cotton, or whatto
diversity with cotton, or whatto ro-
tate before or after cotton, the suc-
oessful grower must plant other crops
than cotton alone. The fat has gone
forth that the willing subjects of the
one-orop king are sure IN the end to-
have their neck under the wheel ef'
tyranny IS u So 3.
Some Of the most pathetic stories
that ever trembled upon the lips of
suffering ;asa or woman can be told
of the snfferings that King Corn. en-
tailed upon the people Of Kansas.
the Dallas News was first TO ho:at!l
the standard OF rebellion. The other
metropolitan newspapers,a and all the ag-
ricultural papers throughout The South
caught mp the hns and cry Of diversifi-
cation. Oroharding and gardening
and truSking; The production Of grass
es and rearing iof live stock was begun.
The people of Ea Texas gave special
attention to the growing of potatoes,
tomatoes and peaches, and soon their
lands advanced from SO and 4 So per-
acre 10 SsaaG6 and $500 per acre they
carried their peaches;to Chicago and.
sold them: in hnraa lahalled Z Is sps::1sTss15 60
from California but soon the Calf
fornia shippers were keen to sell
their insipid Wilted and irrigated
peaches IN boxes labelled S. Peaches
from 4 IS;
sssygV q must grow all the fruits, musk
meiiona, ,Sonions, tonato oes, and I'Wish5
to- emphasize the impostause to onr|
Southern people speoialI of grow
ing the Irish potato; they may be /
planted nov and & marketed before 4 he
first of5 y Jane will neat prof /, fred alentl
" exceeding the valne oee the land
producing them. let ns plant live
stock Let me 81 we'll for a ID o,ment
upon thesliye atoc I. III uestion; for tina 1
successful farmer hos already lesrned'
thas she meaaure ef his sncc cesa sis th al
live atock ind1stry Vith him itsislI
no oslonger debated hat ssIs must con-
sumo Az homo The raw pros anct of hiBs||
farm and conv I'll snis ID to q anished|
manufaota rsd article, Buc u as alne
stock baef and 4 ina u, !, for in iff this his
wise not only does BE receive q great
lys snhaneed aaar ksss nal Tue ffoss his Iprosl
ducts bat tks fertil tilisera 1af d are tTotsh
|neafls as snuct as} lie OIL gIInialI
ducts ana in wise does he yesss|
for shimssl a. end less chaii in of psaIIb
more fen II lzsra npse 81 d iosa grass
more I've stock live st6ssk liioral
grass. ID Z; niai /, M staySof fhsl|
|farmsS fhe prod notion G.ef iiye sioek 4!
tlas syer goffF his
2reached u tho PROD aotiisoInss of ffusils
blood ItS costs 81 noEI
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