The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08

Of Hand Labor.
implements to do we'll and quickly work for which
these things were devised. while the average
Mississippi farmer land the average Mississippi
farmer Is assumed to be the average Southern
farmer) made a machine out of himself. and did
machines work. when II was not a mules
work.
How TO Make Labor More E6cctivc-The fact
that the South has large class OF inefacient
labor who cannot be expected to progress rapidly
In no way answers tho argument that IL being
made for the point aimed at In, that using good
implcmcn ta and good machinery goes far 10 make
one section prosperous. while the other section
does not enjoy the income Il might II II used
more implements and machinery and adapted
its system of farming &c that end
II IL rare In the South that q farmer will have
more than one kind of harrow on his place: but
harrows OF different types have different uses
and one type cannot do wcii tho work Of another
Harrows arc not used often enough TO cultivate
crops before they come up and for a short time
after the younE plants arc out OF the ground
For this early cultivation there arc times when
wecdcrx viii do the work moro rapidly and better
than harrow. II In easy enough TO kill \ young
chick while II IL in the egg very small shock
viii break tho cEE and destroy the life germ
within. So II IL with young weed or grass plan,
Just coming out Of tho ground. Tho wccder will
tear IL out BY tho roots and leave X TO die In
the sun. while such crops a. corn. cotton. and
potatoes will not b niured In the least Think
OF one man or ono boy and \ sinxie mule or
horse euitivatins seven or ten acres In 4 single
day with ~eedcr. II tho young ~ceds or young
grass scnd up another. crop. II takes . very
short time 10 turn their roots up 10 the again
The wccdcr ertsnda sswral rows Of the
crop dependins on the distance Of the dYiii.
apart: and II \ slight crust begins 10 form over
hM nt anEa fhA Itch re ~
weedsr breaks tha, crust and makes IL easier for
the crop TO brsak through.
kavtng Labor In MAnustng and rlAatinx-
There IL the manure spreacer that should be or
every farm that has manure enough IN make
tho purchase Of u sprcader profitable. when
more machinery and better implements arc used
10 that tho farmer will have time enough TO care
for moro stock. there viii be more manure TO
spread and mere need Of 4 manure spreader
NEXT comes the compost driil for spreading com.
posi In the drill. - The manure sprsadsr would
scatter manure broadcast. Nsxs IN tho fertilizer
drill. which cannot handle iampy or trashy ssu9
Every one Of these machines viii make The dis
uibution even and viii manage tho manure or
fertilizer better than II possible with hand. work
Seed drills or planters also do their work better
than 10 poaaibls with hand work. They viii pa,
tho seed At any depth desired. In hills at various
regular Intervals or In \ continuous drill One
can so further. and 90, . drill that viii space The
seed any way deaired aud Al the same time scatter
fertilizer In tho drili.
The time II not far distant when every pro.
xrcssivs farmer will fccl that he cannot afford
no, 10 grade tho seed no IL to plant 70 the planter
viii drop just the number OF seeds desired each
time: and hc will remove all the light cotton.
seed from tho heavy and viii treat the heavy %
that they can DO handled by = drill ~ rapidly N
grains OF corn or peas: and he can make mos,
Of tho machinery necessary to do this. II no does
not care to purchase Il.
Cuitivating and Harvesting tho Crops-He
viii also provide himself with thu implement.