The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-02
"WHo HATH BELIEVED OUR REroRT?"
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~ made up of all these various profits. and II
would seem that there Is a broad margin for the
Southern man who raises hogs. Hot house lambs
are to-day selling at Wholesale for 90 to IS cents
a pound. They can be more chcaply raised In tho
South than in the North. for our sunny climate
will favor them In winter. but. sad To aay. al,
over the South are thousands who are paying for
everything out Of which other people make mon.
ey, and paying it out of tho one crop. Buying
meat for the cotton TO pay for. hay for the cotton
to pay for. while they could raise the hay Mt more
profit than the cotton. paying for the mules that
work the cotton out OF tho one crop. when they
could keep mares and raise mulea 10 scli. aud
then out OF what Is loft trying 10 feed and cloth
themselves and families provided tho fertilizer
man leaves them anything. and all tho while tho
land grows less cotton aud needs more fertilizer,
aud ih" fertilizer men set rich while the farmer
gets poorer and poorer. and can; SEQ ~hy 1t Is.
And Learn to Sell Finished prsiuct.-No PEG
p" ever get permanently rich in selling tho raw
products. OF course tho cotton farmer cannot
Manufacture hta cotton. bu, IL should all be man
AfattuFea at home and not heut ra~ abroad. Hut
Ia other crops III. farmer can incFeaa. their value
by carrying them into more valuable forms. II
MAJ not pay much to sell corn. but IL will pay TO
Transform IL iato beef and pork and milk aud but
ter. lie should not. IN n rule. aell hay for tho
crop in this way. but alao haa the residue In III.
manure that Will increase th. produc;!scnema of
his acres. In short. NC should never sell a raw
product that "a. can transform into a more vaiu-
able one.
Feed Three Reeves for Every italc.-Feedsng
ore beef for every three haica OF cotton sold in
the Southern States viii not enrich tn. farmers.
but feeding three becveH for every bale Hoid wilt
bring prosperity. especially II the hr"y.a arc OF
The best beef breeds. for there LIS little profit In
feeding scrub cattle. When II cotton farmer
raises manure enough 10 cover ha corn field
broadcast he will not BIO tempted 10 throw away
money in buying fertilizer tor tho corn. and h..
vii! be getting tha, land into condition not oaiy
to make corn. but cotton too. With manure on
getting back the wasted humua. and In feeding
s!tion TO dictate prices TO tho fertilizer men for
what little OF their goods he needs 10 buy.
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\ islessing In Disguisc.-In Northern Minsia-
sippi the farmers thought that the Johnson grass
that has oyerrun the country was II grea, curse.
Bat II has been n blessing In disguise In driving
them into stock feeding and out of NIL cotton. ]
do not like Johnson grass. for | prefer 10 hnv.
the control Of my acres rather than have them
controlled by IA grass that | cannot control. But
II farmers In the Cotton belt will not farm and
raise forage and feed IL. | am not sure that the
johnson GRASS even would be IA good thing.
though the farmer who farms right does not
need IL,
But for people TO buy timothy hay. the poor
cat COW forage on earth. at n high price. when
they could grow peavine hay worth more to feed
IMAM TWO tons of timothy. /. would be better for
Johnson grass To take their lands and compel
them to make hay. SO endeth this sermon.