The new South-news., 1908-11-07

cotton, have 80 hco Z of hogs that
/ Viii weigh -oe pounds each and
eisht head mules nnd horses viii
make money ou horses. mrics and
hoSs. and VIII scll 100 rons OF hay"
Vow takinS what .Mr. FurScrsoa
SAYS as basis. he has not done 81
pad on staple diversilication. aud I
agree With bin FOR the foiiowinx rea
sons, lie has ls5 acres ia cotton. on
which ne makes IS bales HIS 40
head OF hogs will weigh 5000
pounds; al 9 cents. will bring him
>r>t- His hay crop. 100 tons. ne
gets 81 toa for IL st CorslcanA:
amounts to soc. hts horse and mule
crop. eigh; head $1,000. Total So
->o- Divide this s-.esa by 40 and
throw IL into cotton at $40 per bale
and YOU add 81 bales more cotton 10
Mf. furgerson Is bales which gives
him. the result OF iS2 bales OF cot
ton OFF of ls5 acres, or 37s pounds
and a fraction OF lint cotton TO the
acre then add the money from the
seed OF IS bales and count the hay
and corn Mr. Furxerson has saved
Tor his home use. and | believe that
you will agree with Mr. furgerson.
that ersificd farming In staple
products viii help you over the boil
weevil crisis. and get the RED lines
under your account every year. with
fair profit in other years Mr.. Fur
gerson is going to stick TO cotton. but
VIII not forget TO stand by hls horses,
mules, hogs and hay crop. as a side
line. To help him over the cobble
stones of couhn and boil weevii.
| went to several other places near
Mr.. Furgerson's and found practi-
cally the same results. Corsicana re-
ceives quite a lot OF cotton: hence
went to the yard of the public
weigher where all cotton that Is
hauled In has to be weighed before
II can be sold. Here | found the boys
behind the guns; the men who fol-
low the plow. and who make the cot
ton. When ! informed them OF my
mission the unanimous sentiment was
Well. brother, If you have cone 10
Texas to find out how to stop the
boil ~eevil. you might as we'll 20
BACK 10 Louisiana, and tell your peo-
pie IL can't be done. Some years we
make fair crops and pull out all right
/ IN 1902 we were busted and the Sit
aailon was blue. but We went to liv-
ing at home. quit the credit system.
because We could not get 1t. and ev-
erything We needed on the farm we
raised. Since We commenced that
system, ve have prospered. although
Se make less cotton we diversity
make our own meat our syrup. raise
our mules and live at home and
when the season hits right, we make
one-third to one-half bale OF cotton
to the acre: when rain comes In June
and July, we know the boil weevil is
going to get us. and We shut down on
all expenses. and manage to live. but
do not clear any money. This year
we are doing very well and viii clear
money
Says Wccvils Are a Blessing.
then made inquiry as to the most
successful farmer around Corsicana,
or In Navarro county. Mr.. Young in
formed me he thought John S. Glib
son was the man. told him my bus
iuess and said | had come to him to
him to get his experience and solu-
sson Of the boil weevil problem. He
said Great God. man, can give
you my experience. but there is no
solution to the boil weevil problem.
II had all the boil weevils In cage
and could burn them, or distribute
them on every cotton plantation In
the South, il farmers agreed not to
hang me. | would gladly distribute
them. The cotton planters of the
South may look upon them as
curse, and they are when they first
visit you. but they will eventually
be turned to a blessing Why sir. IL
It were not for the boil weevil. Tex
as would be making close to 5000
600 bales of cotton today and the
price would be ; cents pound. Stop
them, destroy them. no sir. the fur
thcr they travel the better. 1t LOOKS
unfair for one section to have them
and other sections to be exempt, but
we can't all have blessings. or curses
at the same time, they come in spots.
and gradually. So far as killing the
boil wecvils out. the man who says 1t
can be done Is a fool When season.
able years come for cotton you can
make 1t by early planting and rapid
cultivation. When unreasonable
years come and rains overtake you
In June and July, the boil wceyil will
hiOfC Nudu uiNiuS the CipI Win you.
] have farmed for 90 years and sue
ceeded at II. but for the past six
or seven years have had boil weevii
and my cotton yield on an average
OF one-half bale to the acre has been I
reduced to one-third OF bale to the |
acre. and some years. like 1908, they
wiped the cotton crop out. but in I
spite Of all this. make money farm
ing in a modest way. In the past
four years ! have cleared $1,000 /
against boil weevils. ! have the pret-
tiest black land farm in Texas: when
you see II. you will admit It, Every
row Is laid off as straight as a gun
barrel: every row three feet four
inches, just SO the cultivator will
track the rows without trouble.
plant my cotton Is inches apart. put
the seed In the ground as early as
can. and II frost gets the cotton. 7
plant over; when the cotton comes
up ! work rapidly and plow the crop
until the hands get ready TO pick. I
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