The new South-news., 1909-06-12

price FOR ITS production many of our
farmers src driven either into hank
rnrtcs or 10 the cities Then cotton
on account 81 the clean culture ne.
cessary TO It's production Is an ex.
haust.Ve crop TO cur soii. IN consc-
ournce many n southern farmer that
should be roaes in Vordare Is now
scanned With suilics and millions Of
sailed spots are LET; az blot upon
our landscape TO tell the tale. That
portion Of our southland that suli re-
spends TO culture Is taxed more than
tlths 70 pay enormous fertilizer
bills we are annually forced 10 make
that ~s may enjoy growing our mo-
nopoly. This Is all our work. n was
never heavens plan. Nature In her
Kindness would have forctoid such
results had her children been at
teutlve TO her teachings she gives
US twin monopoly and intended that
the wonderons easy growing nitro
en-gath-ring soil-rcsting animal
feeding lcgumc. the cowpoa. should
receive equally the attention devoted
20 cotton.
For over On. hundred years We
have known somclhlns Of tho value
Of the co~pca. but We were too busy
In our active pursuit OF the ficccy
staple TO give the cowpca the consld-
GRAFTON lt deserved and which would
have resulted in an untold blessing
10 our soil and TO ourselves. Like
the children OF Israel We have gone
as,ra3 after false GODS We prefer
to listen 20 The oily talks OF the
cotton spcculator and guano dealer
who were laying heavy tribute upon
the labor OF our hands rather than
TO the stlll small voice OF nature who
would have wooed Us 20 ways OF
wisdom and independence Farmers
wake up and SO 20 doins. The cow
pea Is the essential crop 10 grow that
you can plant and one Of the very
best The pea is inc food for man
or beast. The vines make one OF the
very beat hays FOR all your stock and
the vines and roots form one OF the
very best hays FOR all your stock and
yer, finest and the cheapest fertilix.
ers you can return 10 your soil. My
advice is to grow cowpeas. feed stock
with peas and vines aud return The
manure to your soil
"We feVe Il this way. one ton OF
pss-vinc hay fed 20 cattle IS worth
as much as fifteen dollars tor ma
nure. A farmer should want all In
any product which he raises that
there Is In II for him and hence.
rhould feed his pea-ylncs. But II
he does not care to keep so many
cattle. the psavines and roots after
the peas are gathered for seed are
worth seven and one half dollars per
ton as manure TO the land when plow
u under. While It Is better TO have
the fifteen dollars It Is worse than
folly to lose the soscn and half.
Any farmer can grow ton OF pea
vine cheaper than he can buy a 200
pound sack OF phosphate. can toll
II to the very row in a growing crop
where peas were planted tho year bc-
fore. We know labor Is scarce but
this is all the more the reason for
planting peas so as to Increase the
yield OF cotton and corn upon she
land TO cultivate. So whatever the
"a <,f -,
crations plant peas. Tho peas them
selves are as staple AZ your cotton.
Every good sized farm should have
a pea threshcr and twenty-five or
more bushals OF peas. over your need
for home sowing. will bring more
than that many dollars 70 buy some
needed household goods for your
family II you are stock farmer,
plant pens. II you are In sympathy
with the best interests OF the south
and have any regard for the fertility
Of your soil. plant peas. This is a
common ground whore We all can
and should meet and A. the COW pea
can BE- planted any time from the
April We call upon all 70 remem-
ber to plant As many peas as possible.
Plant them after grain Put them in
your corn. put them In your cotton
and put them In poor spots. Then
will our soil be improved. our stock
fed better. our fertilizer bills re-
duced and we will be much better off
In every way"