The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-11-06

than a half-days service. Then your horses ana
mules-you are giving them full feed and III"
share OF time and attention. and they. too' are
only doing half-work for you.
The acre with a poor stand has been called
robbor acre. but Il should be called rather a
pauper acre To call It a robber acre would imply
something immoral on it's part. while there IL
nothing more Just nothing moro unfailingy even
handed. than Nature. She never cheats and ~
never cheated. Never will the soil deal unfairly
with you II Il ever falls TO pay you. IL Is because
your mismanagement has pauperizcd 1t te'ther
by no, providing enough stalks and plants for 1t
10 work on. or by failure TO keep up tho fertility
for their sustonance) so that II becomes bankrupt
and unable to pay because OF your own overdrafu
apon IL.
In this way alone does land originally fertile
come TO tho pon, where II fails to pay. but alas'
how many such paupor acres there arc In tho
South We them every day: acre after acre
which IL poor. has been poorly managed.
that /, can pay the farmer only half wages for
every days work no puts on it-tand that yields
ten bushels OF corn or 1850 pounds Of lint cotton
ter acre. or lcss All such land l!vca on tho farm
ere ~agcr ius, as cgcctuaiiy as II II wcre a
paupcr tho farmer had 10 support. turning oror
TO {, on his return from tho autumn market bali
the money realized from tho years crops
We have secn many an of land ihis sum
mcr which cannot possibly pay tho farmer more
than ton cents day for his labor. paupor acrcs
hch no; only take half his wages from him. ba,
vastly more than that. leaving him no, only no
return for hia time. hu, making him board himself
at heavy expense for tho privilege OF plowtog
through tho Improbable and bankrup, sell
Now tho crops are being harvested IL 10 cor
,ainly opporiunc timc To coun; tho losses from
th~sc paupcr acres and lay plans to prevent Va
from falling into their hands another season
Thousands and thousands OF farmers AZ tho cot
ton and tobacco arc sold this fall would ho much
better on II they had cultivated only half a. many
acres as they have swca,cd over through tho
planting and cultivation season. a. II half tho
number Of acres had had much blowing tho
whole number had. giving them 4 vastly better
e"cd bed: t?l II half tho number OF acres had had
tho same quantity OF fertilizers and manure that
tho whole number had. giving them moro than
double margin of available fertility and richness
and t3) II half the number OF acres had had tn.
same amour, OF ,ilingc and cultivation In better
preparation OF seed BOD. undclaycd blowing and a
longer period OF cultivation. tho product would
have been much more. More than this the farm.
er would have felt a greater pride In tho achieve
mcnt. and tho pauper acres could at least have
grown a crop Of weeds for added humun. and the
farmer would have discovered ono % tho main
cr-,s OF progressive farming Consider how much
better attn II these sick. paup~r acres had been
In for Increasing their fertility. thereby
getting no, only NIL tho advantages No have mon
toned for the acres cultivated In regular crops
but starting the paup.r acres toward Nfe. rich
ness Independence. and Joyous scif-snpport again
Pauper ncrcs Disgrace tho farm and tho farmer
Now In tho time TO seek them out and begin build
Ing them up