The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-11-27
1t is Time Now to Plan for Next S.,
sons Work.

this reason that we try to give each week ma,.s-
Of tho most practical kind on tho work tina, =,
likely to be in progress during that week. Blu, no
attention to details aud no knowledge OF the hs.,
way Of doing things. however expert such knox,.
edge may DO. will bring success to the man who
has not some definite plan OF work In mind-who
does not know what no wants TO do.
And It IS just this thing that alls 80 many farm.
ors They working on year after year wl,hou,
having any hxcd idea Of what they are really try.
ing 10 do perhaps just going along In the same
old ru,s year after year because they canno, &c,
up sufficient energy or initiative to get ou, o,
them or possibly changing about from one line o,
work TO another "a their ~hlns tho successes o,
failures OF ther ncghborH may indicate, The
man who has Tho idea that there ia only one line
OF work which he can pursue IS not likely to b
very euccefatui when circumstances and conditions
arc continually changing nui no ia Just abou, as
ltAcy 20 succeed as the man who On angcs his work
every year. aho la cotton planter ono rear
stock grower tho nc1,. aud a trucker tho third.
\ farm Ia likely 40 DO especially adapted TO
somc particular tine o' work. and tho farmer him.
soit a likely to DO ablc to do k!ud OF farming
beftor than any other kind It is also true tha,
anos, any klnd Of farming can BE- made profitable
by a man ~ho knows how 20 do It and who goes to
~ork 10 pu, his farm In shape FOR that particular
branch OF work We do not attempt 10 tell any
man tho limo OF work In which no should engage
This ia a ihlng that only 90 settled By II.
man himself and whtch depends upon his own abn.
i'y and information. tho sort OF land he has to
work with. tho amount ~ capital no has to invest,
tho labor no can a"curc. and tho general cond-
lions and circumstance surrounding him We BE-
iofc. however. that as general rule. Il ~ili pay
Tho farmer TO specialize that IT, To have some
one crop or somo klRd OF stock which Is made
Tho main object OF h!s farming aud TO which tho
other crops and tho other branches OF farm work
arc subsidiary. II a man wlshos 20 DO a cotton
farmer. ho should plan 10 give his cotton every
possible advantage. aud htn other crops should be
laid out with viow TO this end III Is a truck
or. Tho trucking crop should DO tho central nkure
around which his Other operations aro arranged.
II no ia a dairyman. tho crops he raises and the
other stock which no keeps should be- disposed and
handled ~iih reference to tho dairy work
hu, too excessive specialization Is wha, ails
much OF the South Men have raised cotton
only. or peanuts only. or tobacco only until they
hafo depleted their soils and have placed them
selves at the mercy OF the seasons in the hrst
place. and OF tho market. In the second place
Specialization should no, mean crop. but as We
have said. the planning OF system In which the
spoclal crop or special line OF work is given nrst
confederation.
We believe that for most farmers In the South
a mixed system Is needed. one In which cotton Is
the main money crop. and In which enough live