The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-07
HOGS AND HAY.

present great effort to reduce the
acreage of the staple than middle
Florida Oar cotton being almost
entirely of the long-staple variety
enters but little into general market
and is hardly effected by
the present surplus of cotton from
last years crop.
The general discussion, however,
has its indirect influence, and the
effort to increase the acreage of food
crops, at the expense OF the amount
of cotton to be planted, will lead to
good results. Already our farmers
are planning to plant other crops,
and are inquiring for cash substi-
tutes for this standby.
Although have so repeatedly
urged the making of more hay and
have so often insisted that the hog
was the most profitable crop for the
Florida farmer, even more profitable
in the long run than any truck crop,
| gladly present the suggestions of IA
large farmer as recorded in the last
of the Southern Farm Ga
2ettp.
If every farmer would raise every
thing consumed on his farm there
would be no necessity for us to tell
him how TO decrease the cotton area.
He would not have time to grow too
much, but there is, should judge,
about one in % who does this, may
be not so many. Now this is a good
year to start producing all the neces-
saries at home. After planting all
the corn, peas, potatoes, cane, and
orchards, and allowing abundant
pasturage for all stock and still you
haVO too much cotton land we would
suggest two other crops that can be
turned into cash as readily as cotton,
and at much less cost, and very
much quicker.
LIST Hay can be grown easily,
cheaply and quickly, and saved and
marketed the same. Two crops can
be produced on good land. Sow in
German millet in April, fertiliZp
we'll, cut when it first heads out. 1t
will make excellent hay and can be
marketed when good hay is scarce
and high priced. Follow this with
peas and sorghum, or if PREFER
ed let the native grasses grow and
there will be valuable crop of hay
again in the fall. The two netting
about twice as much as the land
would in cotton making bale per
acre and bringing 10 cents.
2nd Hogs, Il great money maker
when properly managed. The first
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the butcher. When You balance mp
YOUR accounts with either two crops
if properly managed, YOU will be-
ashamed that YOU ever planted cot
ton ut all.
NUN cpops or pou-1s
lihPacteu crops are Oh soli1e"ii i'
frequent occurrence; Inc. ohlN sal-
Natloh lof such io"lS Is III ehiptyiiiS
Ihe crop fo"is also occHsIoiidilH
eat S"lnethlhg whlch elmer GlSagfeeS
win thehl; OF 'stlcks IN the crop
ana must he removed II the FOWL Is
10 pc saved,
me hSuai practice mas oeth 10 open
me crop win IL knife ana remove
the contents, afterwards taking
Nti'clrS III the wound. Inc ihal'f''!
OF Such cases are iatal' 1t Is sun
pie operation Tor the expert proVld-
20 with the ftqnisltes lor ahtl-scep-
tic surgery, nut even then Is dlSa-
and OF course very painful
performance FOR the victim.
A large poultrynan mas recently