The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-09
TIMELY R%EsOLVIEs,
WHICH SHOULD BIN RnAlD AND
ACTED ON by ALL.

They Will Bring Better aid Hap
pier Times to Any Fa, liner f,
Who Observes Them.A
/ will havea money cron, but I will
not go wild over any one staple.
/ will as nearly IS possible keep an
accurate account Of my receipts and
toy expenoes.
l will study the e~xperienoes'of other
farmers and the counsel Of agricul-
tural scientists, and will profit by
these labors.
I will give my children the best edu.
cational advantages I can afford, ard
l Will try to make that education bear
direct'v on their life work.
/ will try to get my nejghbors to
start @ movem mt for better roads,
and will see that our present laws are
rlgidly enforced.
If possible, l will organize SINE
kind of fa,msls' club at my school
house, 80 thai the farmers and their
families may meet every two weeks
for social and intellectual improve.
ment.
L will cooperate with my brother
farmers as much aB possible In the
purchase OF supplies and in all other
matters WHOM reward united action.
l will study the fertilizer problem,
n see III l cannot expend my guano
money more economically.
l will look into the matter Of i'm
proving my breeds Of horses, cattle,
logs and poultry, and CO operate with
my neighbors to this end.
l will try to get the best mail ser.
vice possible for our rural districts.
l will see IL the town nearest mo
would lot purchase certain supplies
which l can raise, and pay me q larger
proh6 than l get from staple crops.
l Will send for catalogues OF farm
advertisers, and make better tools and
machinery do some OF the work that
would Otherwise require high. priced
labor.
Seeing that my health is my capt.
tai, l will look to it's preservation by
living temporarily and according to
the common laws Of health, and not
by dosing with patent nostrums whose
ingredients l know nothing of.
| Will encourage the study of agrl-
culture In the schools.
Besides trying to have tho best farm
L Will try to have the happiest home
in the neighborhood, and will try to
get the help of my wife and children
to this end.
will improve and beautify the
home buildings and grounds.
l Will get the best books and papers
for my family to read.
l will take a short vacation with
my wife after the crops are laid by.
l will try to Tighten the housework,
as we'll as the farm work, by improved
implements and app iances, and 1 will
have the water supply as convenient
as possible.
L Will not let slick. tongued agents
p~ersuadenme into buying articles ( do
not need, or into paying two prices for
those | DO need.
l will not be humbugged into paying
two prices for food for my stock mere.
ly b. cause 1t Is put up In gaYly. COLOR
90 packages and boosted with high.
sounding testimonials.
1 will not waste- none. -,
but will not hslp the comic l..rtoon
lists by being boorish or careless In my
dress.
l will visit my neighbor and try to
make the community an attractive
sc al center.
L will put my BRAIN as we'll as my
muscle into everything that l do.
Not only will | try to use the most
progressive flaming methods, but |
VIII also endeavOr to interest my
farm /. borers In better methods b.
having Them read good literature.
L "lil raise as many vegetables In
;he garden az the family can ute, and
illus save the buying Of high. priced
grCceri 8.
J. will take an interest In politics
and will try to get my party to sup.
porJ the best men and the best poll
c es, and l VIII not abuse those who
III; n with me.
l will get as many Of my n~eighbors
rs [ can ~ read the farmers bulletius
ana farm papers SO that they may co
p rate with me In bringing about
oct or farming methods.
L viii inveStig ate the profits my
wife u axes on poultry, and s.e If the
t"tu,try could not be probably ex.
tended.
| Will try to keep plenty of fruit,
nix and eggs, for family use and Will
enlarge my orchard.
l will encourage the planting of
Movers about the house, and every
reasonable effort to make home beau
tiful.
AS a FARMS best crop, after all, is
It's crop or strong, sturdy men, and
pure, sweet women, L will do all Loan
ooth by pfecept and example, to
rain my children for useful, happy
liv 9.
LAslly, | will not worry. II any
tVi! can be remtdied, 1 will remedy it
iosiNg no time In worrying: II 1t can.
not be remedieo, / VIII not make it
couhly evil by worrying about 1t.
TIE above from the Raleigh Prog.
reSsiv0 Farmer and Cotton Plant is
full OF many good suggestions, which
VIII be lsefvl to farmers 81 followed.
Senator TillmAn,
The Washington correspondent Of
the Charleston Post says: Ben Till.