The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-03-18
vS1AEES or FARMERS
E,a,oc County Farmers Persist IN
WV" Sisyins in Old Rut.

l o,bsrs. makes many mistakes
'1 !. , y to stay in the same old
y. doesn't take under consid.
w. ,be natural advantages, al.
. , thew vary largely throughout
State Did you ever stop to
H.. that if a traveller should pass
,soeb Kentucky from norih 70
\. would pass through lands
.. w. different in composition and
, @ from other lands. They are
I, solv different physically and
,rieally. but have a very diver
IA surface. Some are low or
!, others are high, rolling or al
-, mountainous. Yet In every
'cioo, when the time Of year rolls
|,sgod. The farmers are busy doing
!, une thing. While the farmer
No oat aad corn land is trying to
!, N, crop into the ground in one
r,,on. the man living on the very
Irsk,n. s,umpy land is trying just
|, lard to grow cats and corn. All
!, trying 10 make corn their grea,
sn,y crop Whether or not the
nd Is suited TO il. the farmer gets
10 The habit Of growing grain, and
|, Uovs It. Il not at profit, then
Vii grow /, at a loss. II is hard
liza Conservative farmer TO so work
kiuseli ever to IT his own individual
kfn. II be grows fewer bushels Of
b. per acre he is satisfied to say
Is land is naturally poor. BE does
y, stir himself 10 a plan Of getting
syu the difficulty. His farm may
K deal for sheep raising, but grows
Inin at a loss. The billy, broken
L. tia. washes badly does not
Saroor sheep parasites that infest
.ysl, damp pastures suited 10 corn
boz growing The high loan may
Iuv fruit every year because OF It's
gh altitude and good drainage, yet
\ totally inf, 10 run over With the
nisr or cul,ivator.
The fruit on this farm will bring
bore money per acre, II handled
|i,A the same intelligence and skill.
bar The best corn farm In Kentucky.
ocalion may be such that butter.
fr,an or milk can be disposed OF at
kIc,len, prices. Then the land can
\ built up all the while. instead OF
f,ing depleted by raising grain con-
|nsously The farmer must fl the
hm II he must grow corn and
fa,a,, let hin 90 TO a corn and
peat farm. To grow grain on
peep lands that wash, or or land
Especially adapted 10 fruit, is a
|t,ios Of bringing encouragement
ehd hardship 10 the farmer. True
Fhsre are low corn lands that are
Pei suited TO sheep or other farm
fhlnal', and il would be folly to at
F'1p' to handle stock under such
|rniavorable conditions.
Il the farmer could realize the
'alus Of keeping accounts he could
more quickly solve his own prob
ems Il he was brought face TO
l'S' WI losses every year from
lallIe to raise paying yield OF
c'in he would look about for a differ
'l' method Of making a living. He
'0ald be open to new IDEAS, and
'Oala watch the plan Of his more
n'ee'siul neighbor. II the oats
a0p accoun, should show a good
pom every year and the corn crop
s sa loss, he would investigate
!. own methods Of procedure. II
'a'sp pay other farmers on farms
s salIaI 10 bis own he will be brought
.a's 10 lace With the bare fact tina,
i.,I mus quit corn growing and at
20 "a" ny the other system Of farm
- accounts will aid him in find
- ,1st no' only the robber crop or the
",OSsl !, animal, but will show him the
sVl nsl, live stock to grow upon