The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-28
HOW TO CUT CHOPPING EXPENSES IN HALF.
He in the South we Spend TMe as Mh My as is Really necessary for Hand Hons- He arc Several VA
to Cut this expense nH Half or End it Altogether

crop from being worked before bad wea,h.,
would stop the work. Working tho soil end I'm
Ing weeds and grass can be done better at a -,
tain condition OF the soil and OF the weather th..
a, any other time. Fe~ will be able to get ava,
from the use of the hoe wholly In one year. hn,
II one gets an ambition TO do 30 finally. Ia rim
work more closely To II from year to year. ana :,
last he can In the South as we'll as In other =.
,Ions.
Morc HcaA.work Brforc Pianting-The ~,
reaults will not be attained I'LL both corn aaA
cot;onsced are graded for size or weight. 10 th.i
they can be planted regularly By machinery. Ara
at that time the secd viii be tested for tn m.
minas!ng power. before planting. When bon
these things have been done and the Planting 4
q, the depth beat suited to the so.aon and N
condition Of tho land. there ~iIi almos; sureiv
Ero~ a atalk wherever n seed In planted. Chm
ping to n stand will not hare 10 30 done: ana
since Tho grass can be controlled by other meth
obs. even II planting In checks IN not done, IL
making of tho crop will conais; OF head.vork h
leisure hours before planting and mule work st.
Tor planting. Any Intelligent man who viii q
abou, tn Inform himself. can &c, bulletins to II
ssrset him how Ia do each OF these two ihinnc
aud ordinary Intelligence wil! enable him 10 @
shom ~rll. I, In Ia b.. expected tina, III. majority
@Ill dismiss tho matter by saying. %. that voAt
do" or. Il haven't siur TO do tina; Kind of work.
That Kind OF work IL going 10 be done. The mea
~ao lead In doiHE II are going 10 lead In making
money by farming. Iy aud By aach practices
all become an common AZ the use ot fertilizer \
to-day. sincr shla special work of testing an
grading accd can. for Tho most part. be done
~hea lissic other work Ii likely on til. farm. II
excuse tina, oac docs not hav. time to do II win
not hold, Tho main problem for each man t
whether be- ~ili awaken his ambition and co.'s
d"neo In himself sufficiently for him to do ~Aa&
n" can do. The casleas way TO win n battle b n
ala II before IL h.giaa. In rctnos. the necessity
for IL. TO make IL Impossible. lily adopting such
temporary cxacaicnss 49, may hv hes, for present
conditions aud By working shnughstaily toward
Improved methods. The ~ork-w,svy slave Of the
Gus driver of hoyara.
thrap~r Production M-an. nigxrr rroass-
N"erF let this one idea set away: 4 Achrapcs
made crop. r.rn II of smaller yield. may MT
ns"rr rruHt. Within tho memory of men Of mid
die ssc. II wss claimed tina, self binders sha,,er-
cd on so much grain that wheat aud oa, harvest
snE With binders would reduce tn. amount, Of
sasea grain ,n an Improbable degree: but crit.
te!stn os Imperfect machinery and methods had TO
give ~ay before Imperfect, merit. and large acre
"E~a OF ~h~a, and oats eocam" possible In Sc
lions where labor was scarce, The South Il NOR
Ing onward. w. get impatient sometimes and
cay l, Ia moving too slowly. bu, IL IL moving. II
w!il como out all right. That paralyEing word
can't" will have To be cnrbcd a little. and some
patience and some time will DO required. but the
south IL moving. IL In going To arrive at the goal
OF andf-an'cd. of success. IN. informed mind
and tho ~atchfui eye OF the man behind tho pillow
not often al the end OF the hoe handlc-will
hr!ng IN The golden futur. of better things.
The real cotton heur Ia tn. man vhn ttaa him.