The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-08-19

sw years more attention has been \
estowed on the production Of
reater variety Of staple crops on
ne farm. but tobacco is still king.
hat this crop should occupy first
place in the eye of our agricultural
people is onlybut natural and
see no objection thereto yet II
ought not to maintain such a po-
sition TO the detriment and ex-
clus.on OF other crops to which the
soil of this section is equally well
adapted.
What seems to be desirable TO |
me is that the farmer turn part /
Of his attention to other crops such
as corn. wheat. oats and hay, and
raise enough of these for his own
consumption at least Let tobacco
continue his major crop. let this be
what he puts on the market. the
thing from which~he expects the
bulk of his cash. but let him make
a resolve that he will not go to
town to buy that which he can
produce at his very door.
10 my mind there is no more
lamentable picture than to meet
wagon after wagon in the spring
going back home after having
brought tobacco to town for market
carrying bales of hay and
other farm produce TO feed the team
which helped raise tine tobacco. OF
course this is what the teams are
entitled to if there is no hay on
the farm. but is this as it ought TO
be?
The soil Of this section. properly
cultivated. will produce hay not
inferior TO that which we get from
New York state and the West and
, the same is true of corn. wheat and
oats have heard farmers. speak
with pride of never having had TO
bus hay or other 7royender ioI
their teams and vile this is just
cause for satisfaction it is not 9th
ervise than it should be-
r. With the alarming increase IL
s living expenses, there was never
time when raising ones own fooc
stuffs was more desirable or better
economy than now. / realize ina
the cost of production has also ad
vauced and that labor is higher an'
scarcer. but this cost in production
o has not kept pace with the retail
f. price paid for staple food produces
VI is said that in certain section
of the South. the boil weeyil. which
has been so destructive to cotton
y, the staple crop there, is proving
blessing i'm disguise by reason o
the fact that farmers have r.forc
g turned their attention to othe
Is crops. with the result that a great
-e er diversity in farming now pre-
walls and conditions are far bette
n than they were before the boll-we6
civil first invaded the cotton bell
d have heard it suggested that tn
importation of some insect whic
would prove equally disastrous
NJ tobacco would be good thing. Fo
to NV mart do not desire such
drastic measure l rely on the Il
in telligence. thoughtfulness and goo
s. Judgment Of our farmers to solv
IA the question and of their own Vol
ton turn their attention to oth'
=. crops.
Us Let tobacco remain king. but il
corn. wheat. oats and hay come
er for their rights. Give them lit
constitutional liberty even if
m. have TO curtail the power Of Il
e.? king What l wish to see is u
mt farmer Independent as far as po
M sible of the high prices OF the Il
cessities of life in the way of 100
stuffs. and he alone has this po'
"a err. The business man, the proIe
sional man and the mechanic has
submit. but the farmer can ri
IRE superior and view his growing GRO
and stock which will in due I'll
Nv become bread and meat and IN
his at a moderate cost, while his neig
Dor in the city is paying dear
every mouthful he gets.
It's These ideas have been put ao'
me as they have occurred to me. a
are now respectfully submitted
the what they may be worth. someh'
not | feel that should these conditlo
- be brought about, this county a
en- adjoining ones would enter up
an era Of prosperity unsurpassed
that Of the glorious ante-oeli'