The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-07
SEED THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY RECENT
ARTICLES IN II GAZETTE.

SEED THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY RECENT
ARTICLES IN THE GAZETTE.
Is no, tina, picture of a man riding. while tho
horses cultivate both sides of tho row OF corn.
enough 10 mako the man think who Is iaborious-
~ walking after one mule twice ax far as that
man rides. and 80 tired a, night that he has to
tumble into bed with no time TO read or study
how he might save his muscles with a little
brains,
IL II not better to show the farmer how TO save
bis strength and do twice the work than 10 be
always harptns about the one-horsc farmer. who.
II he has any cet-up In him could have two. and
get his work done more quickly. and have time
10 read and study abou, his profession.
Il IL pleasant TO see tina, some farmers arc US.
ing printers Ink instead OF running around town
and asking what people viii give them for some.
thing they have for sale. Give your farm n good
name. and then have something TO soil besides
cotton or tobacco. and then tell tao public wha,
you have and ~ha, you charge for II. and you
can sell ., ~ithou, spending more than tho cos,
OF an ad. In irot,ing around.
Years ago l. was visiting a prosperous farmer
In South Carolina. Sitting on hta porch I saw n
man drive up with a light onc-horsc wagon. and
In a short time leave with a wagon load OF hams
and bacon. A. tho farmer returned from supply.
Ing him. I aasd that ! ~am glad 10 500 one farmer
~ " III 70 NEys. A1AAAH III u ktWN 39H
low. bu, tina, man never grew less than \ bale
per acre. but usually more. and hc Mas no, wor-
rytns much about the price o! cotton. Nc aa,d:
That meat cost me the same price per pound a.
cotton does. Cotton Ia selling for nx cents and
the bacon sold for fourteen crnta with hams Al,
sixteen cents" tc had pasture for his hogs
and raised plenty Of corn and peas. and made
Tho pork chcapiy. and while tho hogs made into
bacon cost him The same per pound an cotton.
they would have cost him lcas had they been
credited with tho manure left by them. Yes.
raise hogs and hon.ny and have plenty To soil ~
well ~ eat.
Fifteen million dollars worth OF nitrogen hang
Ing over every acre and u farmer complaining
tina, hia land IN poor. md hn COCA on paying 20
cents per pound for nitrogen In n fertilizer and
his land remains poor. and he gets poorer. paying
FOR ~ha, hc could get free. The Almighty has
put that nitrogen there 70 that tho oxygen will
be ~ diluted that NC can breathe II. You need
no, fear that you will exhaust the supply. for no
matter how much you take II In always going
back To tho air In every nrc tina, burns and every
manure pile that heats. and every animal that
dies. You can take NIL that you can use OF that
fifteen million dollars worth and your bank ac-
ooun, In nitrogen ~iii never DO oser-drawn: and
as The fax. advertisers say. ITS free" and has
no axe TO grind. But IL IL free only TO inc man
who does his part The Affection man Walks
through that nea Of nitrogen cnseioped In It's mil"
lions OF dollars and never gets IA dollar OF IL. but
pays hls hard-earned dollars TO tho fertilizer
man. who knows he liz n fool for doing IT,
DO not burn corn-s,alks. OF course. In TACT.
never burn any vegetation that can be turned
x-.ta hRnt INT WeSt