The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-22
Examples are COntaqious .

Examples are Contagious.
~ banking institution in a promi-
noDt factory town Of the South con
ctivcd the very commeudahle plan of
.'t1, ring certain financial Inducements
to nciGhhori' & cotton growers to ell
ter competitive contest in the grow
ing OF seed Gotten on a single acre of
ground, Ii, ping +" illustrate in Il
practical way The advantage 10 the
fa'n"r in restrict, his acreage and
practlcing Intensive methods of cult
vation. Although the season hap
pcncd to l,e locally nhf .voral lr, the
fourteen farmers, WHO euct, did his
best With n single ncr', |rrlncrl /"
total of 30,042 roun,ls, or it'll,
more than seventy eight baIes--un
fourteen acres of lnhd. Tx mpl, ot
this character are becoming exceed
ing'y numertrs in tho Srutb. Sue.
; cessful examples arc always conta
HiouS.
The Southern plantation is rapidly
disappearing. In ten years it's area
has been curtailed nearly nc-qnart,r
in the States traversed by the South
ern Hallway lines, and the general
purpose farm Of restricted area and
multiplied prodactiveness is taking
its place. In the season of 1904 tue
Southern fnrm surpassed the expec-
tatioa Of every we'll informed author
lty in the size Of its cotton crop, sur.
passing all previous records and al
laying the apprehension Tint the
world 8 needs are outstripping the
South's capacity to produce raw cot
ton. The ground for such apprc
hcnsion will continue to lessen to thu
extent that tho Southern farm con
t'nues to spI@gSsaa aqa:5!ig he correc
Economic lines noted.
Speaking of the Effectiveness Of cx
ample and of course The new agri
cultural development Of the South IL
tho present time is made up Of nun
bcrs Of potent examples MIR. job
Calhoun, Of South Carolina, in tn
course Of Il series Of suggestive an'
highly valuable articles points on
our National shortcomiug in this l.,
spect, in this vigorous fnshior:
"Muny IL man reads Of the Iat.
, Of Liao Yang, but gives no thouSl
to the people who can produce Coz
, SO high and so dense that the nrni,
are hindered in their movemen
:, there through. Tho farmers IN,
:. much TO learn from tho "rilf:raff"
= other countries. II the Chiuese la
4 farmcd as wo farm they wonld ha,
+, starved years ago. y ChinGman ca
=, take ono acre of land ard make it s
), III five years that it will produce MOI
than we can Oh ten. lie tak es not
ing from the land that should {
bnck.
"We have in South Cnrolina clos
to 20 millions Of acres of land cap
bic Of producing any crop that ca
be grown in the temperate zone.
every acre WIS put TO its utmost W
could make 5,00O,O 900 bales Of cotto
where now we do lot make ,00U, ,00t
wo could raise 5000, 600 COWS wher
now we do not raise 300, 900; to even
cow we could carr two h"gs, tw
sh ep and domestic fowls innun,el
able. To every dollar that we no,
get we should have twenty. If W
produced the cotton wo would hnv
the cotton factories: if we had tn
cows, tho hos and the sheep, W
would soon have the ahNttors, tb
wool mills and the shoe factor les
Get the one, tho other Will come
Instead Of having white and ed field
bare to the sun, washed anil gnlIiee
by every rain. wo would then have
them rich and Llack, clothed will
green and absorbent IF sunshine anC
rain, To have these things wo mus
change our farming. Ins tead OF
lighting nature we must follow her.
We must awake to the dignity that
attaches to the student Of the soil. -,
Southern Field.
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