The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-11
TWICE A WEEK. 81 80 A YEAR
The Farmers Union and
The Work it Has i'm View


plishcd? When he said hold cotton Il
smile would spread over the faces Of
the farmers. he said. lie attacked
the credit system as having as much
rs anythin" else to do with the iu-
ability Of the farmer to hold cotton.
'St"p rXtravayant buying, aud if
need be, live on Sor%um and molasscs
Tor Il year and get out Of debt, and
then yon won't have to give any
licnS,' he urged. "Gu to raising
more corn. Cut down the acreage
You pui III cotton, and by rotation Of
crops and practical. systematic cul-
turr, make on the same area Of land,
where y"u have been making Il half
bale, Il whole bale Of cotton. In 9TH
cr words. cut your cotton acreage
half in tw"--it is not necessary to
cut your production half in two by
doing s"--and put the other half in
corn. DO this and stop eXtravagant
purchasing and you will get ont Of
debit
These were things. he said the un-
ION waS trNin" To accomplish through
lis medium Of education.
Mr.. Davis said there were ten now
counties in Georgia which he had
been through. and in every one of
them new court houses had either been
erected or were in process Of con-
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would the court house and Jail cost
less than $4,000. lie liked to sec
good public buildings. They were
indications that the people were pub
lie spirited. But he had gone out in
the county and seen tumblc-down
school houses that were moi worth
500. It we put more money in school
houses and secured better teachers.
he said, the country would be better
Off.
Mr.. Davis said he had nothing to
say about the present system of cdu-
cation. but we were Sprnlin" II good
deal of money in scientific amrirul-
tural education that didn't amount
tn much. We needed Il read in$tmrnt
Of our educational system 50 Us to
teach the boys and "irlS how tp Ito
things. rs we'll AZ how to think. The
per capita deposit Of illr Iowa farm
rrS i'm the iowa banks was fl 200. lt
one went to Iowa he would SEQ the
"irlS sitting ON the binders. with
gloves on their bands m IN mbrrl-
la .ncr ii.rln. driving tnrnc mn"nifi-
cent ho".'~, and the mL> zeal click e.
he binder would be heard rs il cut
d"wn tn, golden grain II n'.r went
t" their homes. these same "irls could
ak oh amy subject. IN | could slow
y"n their college hiplrm'<. c';">i
cal education had been Joined with
teaching" the boys and the girls how
to do things. The boys aud 9iIl> Of
his country needed to be taught how
to think, and they needed at the
same time to be Taught how TO farm,
and how to raise chickens, and how
to make butter.
Mr.. Davis said five per cent of the
be. $ who went from the country to
the towns succeeded. Nincty-fivc per
cent. Failed. llc' wanted to see rural
society made just as rnticjng as the
society Of the towns. and then he
wanted the education Of ihc children
Of farmers 10 include trnchin" them
how iu dp ihiuuS uu thr farm r.
MIGHT not always be- necessary for n
man to work with his hands, but they
needed 10 know how 10 No things on
the farm. \" man needed more ed
urntiom ihAn the farmers. because in
bis intercourse with nature he ipuc-
cd She entire range Of science TIE
ought to be Il chemist: he ought 10
kr"w geology; he ought to be bnta-
n!>t-~a"d ne ought 10 be thc best in
Termed man in the world on these
subjects. The best fertilizer Il man
ever plouohcd into his field was
brains. The average yield Of corn
per acre in iowa when thr ramnaion
fr@2n 10 teach the people, The best
"ih"dS Of corn raising wa; 2?.3
ll~h"!> prr acre. Tn 1907 n" ?vrTa"n
Weld was 40 bushels rr racrc. Mr..
Davis compared two Yields Of cotton
IN Georgia, $50 yards apart--,whcrc
the land was the same. and the same
arlpunt Of fertilizers used IIc said