The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-04-04

cotton farmer in the South III the reforms pro-
possd on the frat page OF last weeks paper should
he adopted by all OF them, And yet. how few see
the Importance of these reforms. Or a Southern
trip las, week. | saw them all along the rail-
road blowing down last years cotton stalks on
fields that. from the appearance Of the dead
stalks. had not made a fourth of a bale per acre.
and In most OF the fields the solemn old single
mule was pulling the little plow and turning
about three inches OF the soil. while tho man be-
hind him had no idea that under that scratch lay
a better farm than the one he was worrying over,
3u, In one place. a. tho train flew by. I saw a
farm where two teams each of two horses were
blowing a pea stubblc. and the glance that I got
showed deeper furrows. and the soil had n dark
or look already. And ! thought that there was a
man who would be using a weedcr TO aavc chop
ping and would afterwards ride on a ,wo-horac
culuvaior. Here and there the seed NO have
been sowing for 40 many years II taking root.
Revolutions in agriculture arc never rapid. but
the South will finally get there. NO believe. !
may not live To sec II. but II mon will only aay.
He helped IT," ! shall be Satisfied.
Yes. plan, a secd patch as Professor Newman
says. and then chop out all Objectionable plants.
all long-leggcd. I'll -furnishcd plants. and breed
only for the bes; compact and heavily fru!'cdl
ones, Then keep this UP year after year TO cs,ah-
iish a he.edity and have the plants come sru. TO
type. saw some years ago a Geld OF co;;oa tina;
had q ane growth. Tho owner aaid that II waa
King cotton. but going through II I saw many
plants. fully a third Of them. that we're not typical
King cotton plants. In fact. all tho weil known
types Of cotton soon Get mixed an men &c, ac~d
from the commercial gina. Tho only way TO keep
tho stock pure Ia To Gin tho seed patch a, homo
and ain only tho bcs, plants for tho ncx, years
s~ed patch. using tho remainder for the general
crop. There In no plan, that 40 quickly responds
TO good breeding "a cotton. and none tina; runs
back no quickly With careless management,
Mr. ffnhhs srcaba wtwcfr nhaus hnfntnr pnese
self 10 hold COTTON. II In only tho man that buys
fo. caah. and has no bills 10 meet out OF tho
cotton crop. ~ho can do this. ~ wc have often
said. Of course he should grow hta supplies" and
should do more. raiar other things In soil and
bring ia money all through Tho year. That word
supplies" always tired me. Crow a series ns
crops all arranged In u rotation that will do
velop tho land for the production Of more cot.
ton per acre. and you @ill hare supplies that wlll
enable you To feed stock. soil beef. milk and
butter and bacon. a. sell aa grain. ~hiie Trosing
more cotton on one fourth Of Tho land than tho
whole now makes. and q, a smaller coat por
pound.
Mr.. e. e. Moore shows acil where tho money
Is made in cotton. The consumer pays vol TO
the manufacturer and The merchant. ba, the far
,ncr has no, ye, gotten bis share OF tho profits,
DO not % ss!ect 10 plant u pure variety of
cotton suited 10 your needs and location. and
then las vac have said Keep q sr"d patch anu
Try To s,,ti further Improve IT,. Then TO insure
u good stand. do not let tho sccd &c, damaged
heating Then follow the advice OF Mr., Scheror
and plant tho heaviest seed near tho surface
where tho sun aliI warm tho soil and gortninAtion
will ba quick. AID then. In tho early stage. do
no, forget ,h. slant tooth harrow and tho ~erdcr
that will save hoo work.
The barrel churn makes nnr butter. but ih"
sming churn makes equally as good aud is easier
10 work. The general market prefers butter
with color like what IL usual In June" but you
cannot max. that Kind ON eo,,onsoed meal and