Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-03-01
ITS ALFALFA HAY YOU WANT.
THE FEED THAT SENDS ANIMALS INTO
WILD ECSTAc,ES.
A TEXAS MAN TELLS ABOUT II.
Coming Animal Food-A witty Address.
Urges II as a Means Of DiversificatIon--Th The
From the New York Packer.]

ing paper, telling OF the advantages
and profits of growing alfalfa, is in
teresting reading for the grower who
is interested in diversification. The
subject, "What Shall We Plant In
stead of Cotton ?" is cleverly handled
by r. K. Smith, of Sherman, Texas, at
the Cotton Convention in New Or
leans, and his paper should make
many converts among hay growers to
the cause of alfalfa.
"Any farmer or community of
farmers that should try year after
year to grow cotton ouly would reap
disaster only. We cannot live on
cotton alone; we must diversity.
ANY farmer or community of farmers
who, however, extensive they might
diversity, should attempt to grow
the same crop upon the same tract
of land, year after year, would, if not
so speedily, as certainly, come to
grief. Different plants require diff
tercnt plant fuod, and the farmer
must rest and protect his soil by ro-
tation. Therefore, when the cotton
growers consider the necessity of
diversifcation und rotation they
readily perceive, even In cotton
growers convention, the appropriate
ness of the subject assigned me,
what to Plant Instead of Cotton?
"Diversification is good thing
primer, the first step in the agricul-
tural academy; rotation is better-it
is an advancement to the agricultural
college and indicates diplomacy. 1t
embraces diversification. 1t mat.
ters not the shape of the inquiry
what to plant instead o, cotton, or
what to diversity with cotton, or
what to rotate before or after cotton,
the successful grower must plant
other crops than cotton alone. The
fiat has gone forth that the willing
subjects of the one-crop king are
sure in the end to nave their neck
under the wheel of tyranny.
"Some of the most pathetic stories
that ever trembled upon the lips of
suffering man or woman can be told
of the sufferings that King Corn en-
tailed upon the people of Kansas.
"The Dallas News was first to
hoist the standard of rebellion. The
other metropolitan newspapers, and
all the agricultural papers through
oat the South, caught up the
hue and cry of divcrsification. Or
charding and gardening and truck
ing; the production of grasses and
the rearing of live stock was begun.
The people of East Texas gave
special attention to the growing of
potatoes, tomatoes and peaches, and
soon their lands advanced from So
and S3 per acre to 300 and $500 per
acre. They carried their peaches to
Chicago and sold them in boxes
labelled peaches from California;
but soon the California shippers were
keen to sell their insipid, wilted and
irrigated peaches in boxes labelled
.Dno,l o,, fxo.>,
eve must grow all the fruits,
Inuskmclons, onions, tomatoes, and
wish to emphasize the Importance to
our Southern people, especially of
growing the Irish potato; they may
be planted now and marketed before
the first of June with neat profit, fire.
quently exceeding the value of the
land producing them. Let us plant
live stock Let me dwell for mo-
ment upon the live stock question );
for the successful farmer has already
cess is the live stock industry. With
him it is no longer debated that he
must consume at home the raw pro-
ducts of his farm and convert them
into finished manufactured article,
such as fine stock, beef and mutton,
for in this wise not only does he re-
ceive a greatly enhanced market
value for his products, but the fer
tilizers left are worth nearly as much
as the original products, and in this