The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-06-15

TOPICS INTEREST PLANTER SrocKMH TRUCK GROWER

the point Wnere he can DeSln TO ac-
Quire the necessary implements for
his profession.
"a machine which will pay for it.
self several times over the first year.
which will pay from 100 to 500 per
cent. on the investment, is certainly
worth purchasing.
There isn't a successful business
nSn in the city to-day who would
hesitate one minute on such a propo-
Sition. In fact. the successful buSi-
ness man would not hesitate to make
an investment in labor-Saving machin-
cry if he knew il would save him ten
per cent. What we farmers need to
realize is. that our farming is our bust
ness. and then run it on business pr.n-
ciples. When business man knows
that certain improvement will pay
him twenty-five per cent. or fifty per
cent or 100 per cent. profit. he makes
it even If he has 10 borrow money to
do it. for such an investment will soon
pay back the money many times over.
Now, we do not advise you to go in
debt indiscriminately for every new
machine that comes along which some
one wants to sell: but we do advise
you unhesitatingly to by al! meN rs pro-
cure the tools necessary to ddV Vgour
work to best advantage. If you run
a one-horse farm you need. besides
your single stock, 4 one-horse turn
plow, straight tooth harrow. corn
and cotton planter, guano distributor,
one-horse cultivator. weeder, and
a one-horse mower and hay rake.
"Now, with these tools you should
be able to do such good work and so
much Of it that you will soon be in
position to purchase another horse and
run a two-horSe farm. You will then
be able to ride much Of the time in
stead Of walk. With the advent Of the
horses many more tools will be needed.
a two-horse breaking piow will turn
your land deeper, and with cutaway
or disc harrow, smoothing harrow
and a roller. you can put it in such fine
condition that the yield per acre will be
much larger. You will also need
two-horSe cultivator in addition to your
one-horse tools.
When you reach this point you will
soon be able to purchase another ami
NAL, and then comes the three-horSe
disc plow, which will tear up land that
before you could not touch. You will
now need a grain drill if You SOW much
wheat, and your crops will be so much
heavier that you will abandon the
cradle in despair at ever cutting it by
hand, and purchase a reaper at once.
Your large crop Of corn calls for
and the shredder needs an
engine, which will also run your feed
cutter, pump your water and cut your
wood And all these pay big profit
when properly managed anG cared for.
You can now employ more help at a
profit, have a foreman to superintend
under your directions and have time
for yourself and family to live like
folks.
If you are gardener you need
many more tools, including hand seed
drills and single and double wheel hoes.
But the gardener also needs the heavy
tools to lit his land. In fact, they are
a necessity. for vegetables need the
very best preparation it is possible to
give.
And the further you climb up along
this road to success the easier things
90 and greater the profit, for mother
earth appreciates good treatment and
will yield bountiful return"