The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Wade would Talk to Southern Far
Atlanta Constitution.

Editor Constitution: l believe lO-2-lO Will
make 10 cent cotton for all time. For the
past dozen years, as a stock man, l have been
preaching the doctrine that all now under.
stand, /. D., TO get 10 cent cotton raise less cot
ton aud more STOCK, grass and corn.
I know 1t Is haru TO kiss the hand mat
chastlses us, even for our own good Whatever
It Is thai has placed the cotton farmer In DIS
present position is, | believe, for his future
good.
mer IL so completely the master OF the sltua-
ton as that of cotton. The world cannot
compete. Il. Is his own foollshness tnat ruins
him. 1t is the height OF aosurdity 10 blame
the speculalols, and, by the way, ne ola not
blame them last year when Inc saiu sPecuia-
| Ior ran the price If cotton 10 II cents, thereby
putting the price higher than The manuiactur,
re could sell his goods, which resulted In de-
mand cut of and a large percentage lost
forever. "a
III agree to take the farmers cotton at 10
cents by organizing a syndicate TO handle II,
II they Will only follow this simple plan
Let every pillow that makes thirty or iorly
acres OF cotton throughout our southland cut
off IL sores from that acreage. III not speak
OF corn, for that will follow If he raises the
stock. First, let hun get III acres OF BERMUDA
grass, aud that Will BIZ very easy LOT tne mosC
OF Them, and then In the next sixty oays
plant Q acres of alfalfa (oetter 81 This can De
| done this spring. This means ~ or II acres
| OF the finest pastures In the world, and Inc
first step IN the st Sc6o P s,oppSMhe cannot raise
| much, hence wants the best, no matter
whether beef OF dairy COWS, pigs, sheep or
| mares for mule raising. With his good sLock
| he will soon want more and the STOCK indus:
ny IL then established. Then forever the
| question OF 10 cent cotton IL settled.
A recent editorial in The Constitution
| showed that tine southern states get 5O per
| cent more for corn than does the western
man.. He has bis customer in his nelghoor.
Yet 4 large percentage OF our meal, corn ana
hay comes from the west.
| Mind, I don't argue in favor OF raising corn
To comuete with the western man, or wheat.
T. know be cannot do IL, /. g., in the words
market for export. But he can save the
railroad transportation anu several coumls-
| sions by raising what he and his nelghoors
ueed for home consumption, This proht
| which he wastes can 60 into his bank account.
He can feed his own pigs and save on per cent
| profit again. -,
i nave just sold my surplus pork, fattened
| on cowpeas, artichokes and corn, for IS per lUO
pounds, which Is over 90 per cent saved,
| against my western brethren. My 10 acres ol
Bermuda grass l expect 10 raise three or TOUR
calves on, SO as To have my own oeel thls Iall.
| | have plenty butter, eggs and chick ems, anu
from my half dozen litlers OF Berkshires III
sell some 10 my neighbors and have plenty OIL
pork. My alfalfa gives me ton Tor ION as
l much protein as does q ton OF Wbeat Dran
shipped from the west and costing vi per ION
here. My artichokes, an acre, cost me 81, will
Iced my young pigs two months. linen Lney
get cowpeas and corn, and no one has inner
pork than l.
In such a short letter one can only touch
the mountain tops, not enlarge or illustrate.
But just sketched, IL seems the farmers ought
TO BEE 1t. 1t Ia easier work, uses less men,
saves expenses, and as soon as IL Is advertised
hat every pillow has cut of 80 per cent. OF It's
acreage by putting in 10 acres OF Bermuda
and 2 acres OF alfalfa, the world will see the
southern farmer has come to his senses AND
proposes 10 manage the simplest OF economic
laws and be Independent. Raising his W
food means adding so per cent to the price OF
his surplus crop. Farmers OF the South, will
you do it? Take ten-2-l0 for your system
and zee If you don't MAKE II true. You are
used to 10 2, only in the new hguresI give
you by raising your nitrogen in alfalfa 10
stead Of buying 1t: a chance to save half your
fertilizer bills, a-d with one.third less cotton
ground to 60 over have better crop. / don't
believe In going to the extreme and cutting
| of one half. That H. too much and would be
| useless, for nex year would see a big crop
| again. But I know stock raised In small
quantities will result as above. II did 1t for
| you previous to 1850. Why moi come to your
senses and do 1t again. Laugh at spectators
instead Of them doing the laughing act;
I I. G. WADE.
Cornelia, Ga.