The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-05-17
All Flesh is Grass.

Do you believe that all flesh is grass7
1t you do. stop worrying about the
| fine grass among the cotton; it is lust
possible that something might turn up
to make it pay better to pull the cotton
out and let the grass grow
While you are sweat'1g rver four
acres to get ore bale -. cotton. it is a
better and cheaper it would b. % grow
one bale on one acre and put The other
three In peas and corn. O,o bale to
the acre means one e-fourth me amount
of hoeing and plowing; ard you all
know that it is better and quicker
work to hoe an acre of coed cotton
than it is to hoe the little possum- ear
looking stuff that sticks close to the
GROUND; you can also plow closer to the
long shank good cotton than you can
to the little measly looking stuff that
takes four or more acres to the bale.
If sou get in tight place and it
looks like you cannot get over all your
cotton in time, hoo out two rows and
leave two rowe, take large shovel or
double Jack plOw and hitch two mules
TO it and throw down the whole bed at
the two rowe left out, and the chances
are that yon will make about az much
cotton on the two rows as you would
on the four rows. and you will have q
great chance moro corn and forage at
gathering. time.
If you have already so much corn
planted as you may probably need,
beast, and, this pea crop is about the
only crop we usually plant for sum
mer crop that always leaves the land
richer than before planting.
we have seen come fine crops Of peas
and corn grown on abandoned cotton
land without using the hoe at all; mix
the seed peas and corn together and
covsr lightly down in the deep furrow
with double. foot plow and then
work earth to the crop with email cul-
tIvatOTe. leaving rows about on a.level
when plOwing the last time.
You can never make bale OF cotton
70 the acre by just dumping down
large quantities of fertilizers in the
turrOws; you will have to plow deep and
land.
Are you planning to try package of
nitro: culture on COW peas7 If you do
1t might put You on to plan that
would revOlutiOnize your whole system
of farming and change your habits
from kicker to q happy and prosper
Ous farmer.
Remember that it matters but little
-.
he ls the one that reaps the profits,
regardless of the matter of cost to
you.
If yon or some of your family were
sick you no dOnht would send for q
doctor, and Il you had case in court
it is the custom to employ q lawyer
who understands the law to manage
your side of the case for you
Well, now, when it comes TO selling
your years crop Of cotton for profit.
able price y0n are up against q prob
lem far more difficult to solve than any
OF the above. In order to command
the situation you must cooperate with
at least 200 cotton growing counties
whose combined crop Of cotton
amounts to something like three hun
dred million dollars. You can never
make prices and maintain these prices
until you concentrate your cotton and
put the selling of this cotton into the
hands of your best business men. It
is foolish to cay that you have no
honest men among you to whom you
can trust to do this business for You,
when we all know that you are COM
PEELED to trust come one to price your
cotton, whether it be the man that
wants to buy it low as he can, or the
man that 1s with you.