The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-06-01

fac, our lawyers. merchants. doc
tors, preachers and almos, every ono
else will admit that too many Of oul
best farmers are moving 10 towns e
educate their children and leavine
the farmers in the hands OF people
Who naturally do not feel the inter
est in good roads, coed schools,
good churches. rural telephones and
etc. as men who own the land and
love il Intensive farmi < would
naturally be the result II every man
owned his home Tor the renter does
not know how long he will stay and
naturally wants all he can get out OF
the soil this year even II he mus,
rob next years cop 10 get IL.
Neither can he afford to build
churches, schools, roads and teie-
phone lines when he may have 10
move away in year and leave them.
All these things damage the whole
country. yes and all the towns too.
Tor anything that impoverishes the
soil impoverishes all the people who
are dependen, on il no matter where
he lives OF what his calling is. Blu,
while al admit that something ought
to be done many wii ask, "oan it
be done7" That is the object Of
this column. TO show that II can be
done and how j, can be done.
Let US make a few quotations.
J. a. Everitt. Publisher I have
been benefited by reading Up-To-
Date Farming and belonging TO the
great farmers movement that Il
represents. In rs months Of mem
bership ] have made extra in Actual
Clear Cash Profits S52S 10 $3.50 over
What would have gotten had ] not
ioinea your ranks. In 1905 when !
thrcshed my wheat the dealer offered
me 90 cents, said, mo sir" and
told him my price was $500. /
held is until some land notes came
due. when sold IL at IS cents (2S
cents advance.) This year Q9O4)
when ! thIeshed they offered me IS
cents. but said Sl.O0 at the farm
and you pay for hauling.
They laughed at me and said
'Dpn't you know you will never get
your pricei" ! told them TO Wait.
In a short time the dealer came to
me and said. Il viii give you Si.O0
delivered. Il said, my price is
Si.0O on the farm. In few days
he offered 81 .03 delivered and I sold
him 400 bushels. II ! had not been
a reader OF up-,o-date farming
would have sold at the dealers price
each time.
r. d. Gibson. d. p.
Meridian. Texas.
Again Mr.. Gibson says ! got Scots
per bushel for my corn when specu-
lators we're offering only 5Scss here.
All Of my neighborS that belonged
10 the A. S. Of E. who did likewise
we're benefited the same way. and
some OF them mole than myself,
and the Third Power are
I'VE openers and safe guides TO a
people who need guidance. But
some one says We know nothing Of
Mr.. Gibson and Texas is a good
distance away. Perhaps the whole
natter is a hoax. lie gives his
post Office. write &c him and see.
But you do not have TO 90 Texas TO
ind people who have been benefited
~ A. S. Of (.
Mr.. W. B. McGehee on Route 4
KY. SAYS, II have been
benefited by reading your paper.
Before I.joined the A. S. Of Z. had.
determined to sell my wheat direct
from the machine. and did sell the
product Of one Geld that way at
ss l-ects per Lushel but ] believe in
your judgment and neid the other
three weeks and sold AIS bushels for
Sl.0S per busLel and still have
900 bushels and want you to tell
me when to sell il. II had not
read up.io-date farming, my entire
crop would have been sold at SS OF