The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27
AROUT COTTON AND CORN.

Tho ~es,lit Of the mistake OF puttihe
all the eggs in one basket Is d 'nii7
+ba+ is well known. and the Smash O
an tho COOS caused IN entire loss &c
the e~gg-NendOr
Tha farmers of the South hould no.
put all of their dependence IN COTTON
for when it does 50 there IS q posslole
disaster TO be faced. With this tn
main reliance a slump in hgures
cor havoc and a setting back o.
he dial of progress.
Diyersitication has been preached s'
often, that it is n1onotonous TO repea'
it. but still it is only by ~
that the big nail is driven nome. rs
subject is so important that OF ne
cessitv there must be continued nam
mering about Investigation, ana thls
time it is to raise corn as we'll as ralse
cotton. to stock Southern cribs from
Southern fields in place OF senolne
West for h corn.
And When corr is raised the farm
er is putting himself in the way. not
alone to feed himself, but to feed MS
horses. his hogs, his COWS, his
The stalks will do for months 1oi
the cattle and horses, the hogs tee
with orr will furnish meat for the
family. A bushel OF corn TINS 1all
ought to sell for not less than nifty
cents. Therefore, diversity, plant
corn. and lookout for the hogs, tn,
COWS and the chickens. which mean
q we'll supplied table, with a ready
market for the corn. the butter and
milk, the eggs and the chickens. Have
the smoke house at home in place OF
in the West, and cor is the starting
Of it, q thing to be remembered also
II this day OF the in the price
If wheat. as there is as much
blood and bone making substance in
in ordinary small sized pone of corn
bread as there is in half q loaf OF
wheat bread, and -four is around eight
dollars q barrel.
Don't be terrified at the idea OF
getting away from an all cotton GRO
in the end. II the farmer can go no
further tn3n TO try TO ralSe corn, let
him at least combine this with his
cotton raising, and there will be big
.esults Of work If put behind the corn
,rop. Talking OF the outlook for corn
md cotton this year, the Birmingham
Age-tierald has the following, which
Gears directly upon the question at
ssue:
"AIiddling spot cotton is worth il.
New Orleans nearly 10 IL cents, n
Southern holders will get Tor about
l 900, 900 bales the recent increase in
price. The rest of the big crop was
parted With at 8 or 8 cents. The man
who held cotton Will get about So
more per bale than his ~neighbors did
Aho OLD earlier in the cotton year.
The recent rise in price will OPP
crate to increase the cotton acreage.
and outside OF some weevil infested
districts in Louisiana and Mississippi
no one anticipates any considerable
reduction IN that acreage. The world
wants $4,000, COO bales of American
cotton, and that is about all the cot.
ton belt is capable Of in the average
season.
nile it Is we'll to make $4,000. 900
paies OF cotton, it is also even better
TO ploW deeply and make more corn.
NO n asks the South to grow corn
as a surplus crop. but there is every
reason why every farmer should grow
his own corn. This has been ex-
planned so often it has become trite.
out It's truth stands erect and eternal.
No southern farmer can be prosper
Gus Who refuses to make his own
corn"
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