The Nevada County picayune., 1910-07-15
BOIL WEEVIL MUST BE MET
Farmers of South Should Be Prepared to Battle With the Injurious
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might change this saying and say There is nothing certain but death. and the coming of the boil weeyil, writes Lee NJ. Otis in Birmingham Age-Herald.
 It being certain that the boil Teev1l Is coming, and by the estimates made by the government it will not be very great while before 1t will be with us, then, it certainly behooves those who will be affected by it's com ing to prepare for it, to try to so cir constance themselves that it's com ing will do them the least possible narm.
 In this day of scientific farming" thanks to the efforts of our state and federal governments, the farmers can readily learn how to fix themselves so as not to be ruined by this pest. Any farmer can, with but little trouble. as- certain for what his lands are the best suited. Having found this out, 1t only remains for him to get up the courage to get away from the cotton and go to that kind of farming that he Is told can be successfully and profitably done on his land.
 In many portions of Alabama 1t has been demonstrated that alfalfa can and is being profitably grown. Many men have already made fortunes by planting fields of alfalfa that formerly planted in cotton yielded only enough income to keep up his family.
 Hand in hand with the growing of this hay crop should and no doubt will go the raising of cattle, sheep and hogs When Alabama is able to raise it's own meat instead of doing as it has done for years past, sending each year thousands and thousands Of dol lars out of the state for Is supply, then 1t will indeed ba garden spot.
 We have mentioned .alfd and stock raising, not that they afe by any means the only crops that can be made to take the place of cotton, but We mention them only in an illustrative way. The point We wish to impress upon those who read this is that 1t IS necessary to find out what crop your lands are the best adapted to, and then get to work to raise those crops. for the raising of cotton when the boil weevil Is here cannot be followed so as to make q profit.
 One of the greatest needs Of the state at this time is good roads. and If the people can but be made to see and realize the importance of this so that they will be able to reconcile themselves to the expenditure of the money necessary to the building of good roads. then prosperity will come, for with the building of the roads a citizenship will seek homes on the farms that will bring from the ground its richest blessings
 As a proof that other crops than alfalfa can be successfully raised on lands heretofore worn out by cotton culture, let any enc see the trucking that is done in the neighborhood of Epes and Cuba Acres that formerly produced nothing but mortgages after cotton crop or two had been raised thereon, now are making for their owners bank accounts and happiness in the conteutment and satisfaction that comes from owing no man
 some may say that my theory of using the lauds for other than cotton culture is all very good, but that the people are not able to undertake any thing else insist that it is not a question of ability, but it is q question Of awakening If a community knew that an invading army was marching on r. the people would not stop 10 question the cost of a proper and ade- quate defense against the invasion, but would immediately summon all aid possible, and get ready to repel he invasion. While no army of men is about to Invade our land, yet an army of invasion is coming against us. and it is time 10 be making our plans of defense Wake up to full realization of the results of the lnya sion by the boll everywhere 1t has gone it has carried with 1t an almost complete destruction of the cotton crop-and caused such depres sions in business as to bring about a panic-and you will see the neces- sity for action
 Now l am not a pessimist but on the other hand am an exceedingly hopeful optimist. but l remember a motto that was given me when a young man by learned judge, now deceased: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst and submit to the in- eyitable" After reaching maturer years ] have come to realize that this was q good rule of life. but the great. est trouble have had in life has been 10 see the worst ahead of time, so as 10 be prepared for it. In the case of the boil weeyii the farmers are given ample time in which to prepare for the coming. The government has sounded the note of warning, and woe will be the lot of him who needs 1t not
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