The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-29


shrubbery, even if it takes little money. Dont
crowd your barn and outbuildings close to 49,
house, and above all thinos don't feed tbo bo~
and cattle at the front gate. If you can a4ora
it, have fresh coat of paint put on the h,Id
ings. Remember, however, that no man is too
poor to afford big, ample yard with q oros,,
lawn and old-fashioned flowers and plentv -
shade trees, and vines enough to cover I'm ur.
slightly buildings and shade the porch Then vor
ought to name your farm, and have its name and
your own name neatly printed on your STATIONERY
This is busnesslike, and will insure greater CON.
sideration for every letter you write Some Of
these suggestions may not seem exactly appro-
pirate to this of the year, but we make
them because you will probably look around dr.
ing this leisure season and lay plans for next
year.
Nor should you forget the house itself If Won
can afford ally needed improvements or enlarge
ments, make them. When we compare the prices
of cotton and tobacco and wheat with rrices
decade ago, it is plain that ought to have more
beautiful and more serviceable country homes in
1905 than we had in 1895. Make the building as
nearly as possible what it ought to be and then
see that the interior is properly decorated. Sub
stantial, serviceable furniture, some easy chairs
to rest in, worthy pictures to hang on the
walls, and some musical instruments-these
things no farm home should be without. If chill
dren are taught to love good music, good pic
lures and good literature, they will be much
likely to love the good in manners and morals.
Next, get all the labor-saving machinery you
can use proftably We North Carolinians have to
compete with machine using people, and
shall have to use more of it ourselves. writer
i'll the Worlds Work says it would take all the
farmers in the United States four months in
the year merely to shell the crop if it had to
be shelled by hand, as it once did. The scarcity
of labor in North Carolina has now become 50
pronounced that the use of better implements and
| machinery is imperative. Get the catalogs Of
all the prominent manufacturers of farm macMn-
cry and make your selections. PlowS, drills
| planters, cultlvators, mowers, reaperS narrO"S'
etc., mean the saving of many an extra day aO0r
by hired hands, and if your farm is so small ua'
you cannot afford to buy alone, "go shares" with
| your nearest neighbor for the more costly ma
| chinery. Our people must learn the value OF Gu.
cperation-the proftableness as well as the virtue
| of bearing one anothers burdens.
| And while planning for machinery to Hg1eH
your own tasks, don't fail to what can be aon'
| to make your wifes lot easier A better S'p'+
might make the cooking much less trying this nPt
| weather; a more modern sewing machine nisnv w
| count for much; and, if there are su1hceI'
number of cows. a cream separator should super
sede the old-fashioned dairy methods.
|
There are one or two other matters we nau I e.
pected to mention, but to include them IN 'I ro ~,
ter would make it too lengthy. Besides we Iaor na
probably said more already than you wish 10 o sos,
for very few people to have people SUI sGsf that
ways of spending money. But bear in mind llai ,1i
we have been speaking of purchases that t 5n4ua a
be charged, not to your expense account .tIo DI n
your investment account. And very Frol1t93Og nro1
vestments we believe most Of them NoUln f On
/ to he If for examnle. VOL nav $40 extra IoI