Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-02-02
"WHATSOEVER WE SOW"
Oconce'S Grain Fields Will Bring
More Prosperity.

want to say few words to the
' farmers concerning our Interests and
the prosperity Of our Southland.
whatsoever we SOW that shall we
also reap"
We know this Is true, because we
learn 1t from the Book of Books
and we also know it by experience
and observation. The farmers Of
the South have sown more small
grain the past fall than they have
ever before. This is right and wise,
because they need it for bread, and
for food for their stock. Every far
mer should raise bread and meat and
plenty Of feed for his stock, as no
farmer can farm successfully who is
short Of bread and feed for his stock.
SO we may expect to reap more small
grain next summer than we have In
previous years, because we have
sown more grain, and the harvest
will be greater.
Now, let us plant more corn this
year than we did last year, prepare
the land better, and we will gather
a good crop We will need the corn
both for bread and for our stock, and
we can raise 1t much cheaper than
we can buy it. 1t Is the duty of
every farmer to raise his own sup
plies at home. This is a fundamen-
tai rule that all good farmers learn
and practice. Another fundamental
rule IS to improve your land. No far
mer who lets his land run down IS a
good farmer.
Brother farmer, do not think you
are engaged In an unworthy business
If you are farming; do not think the
merchant. doctor, lawyer, or any
other person, has a more worthy oc-
cupatiOn or calling than yours, for
no occupation under the sun is more
noble and independent than farming
Let us try to improve our lands
and homes, and make our fields and
homes more attractive, and educate
our children In agriculture and the
advantages that country life offers to
the sons Of toll who wish to make
their own bread and meat. and be
independent, and rest under their
own vine and fig tree.
George Washington, the father Of
this great republic. said that agricul-
ture was the grandest and noblest Of
all occupations.
Brother farmer, now Is the time
for you to decide how much corn and
cotton you will plant. Corn we are
oDllSVu ~ ltNc lOI DIetu anu LOT
feed for our stock and to fatten our
meat, so it should be our first con-
sideration. Cotton Is the money
crop Of the South. and the price of
cotton IS governed by the amount
produced. We can make about ten
million bales and our own bread and
meat, and If we do not produce over
ten million bales it will bring about
fifteen cents per pound. If we pro-
duce fifteen million bales we cannot
produce our own bread and meat.
and it will only bring eight or ten
cents per pound. So you see a ten
million bale crop brings to the South
AS much money, If not more, than a
fifteen-million bale crop does, and
the money Is ours, and will remain
In the South because We DO not have
to pay II all out for bread and meat.
On the ffteen-million bale crop we
cannot raise your own supplies, and
have to spend the money for sup
plies. SO. Brother farmer, let us act
with good judgment in the year
19lO-produce our own bread and
meat and the necessities of life at
home, improve our own homes and
farms. be true to ourselves and
country, and not go crazy on cotton
and neglect everything else.
will try to show in the next Is
sue Of The Courier that IS cents is
not too much for cotton.
Yours truly,
J. II. Barnett.