The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-10-11
RAISE one BALE LESS
TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD THIS
EFFECT EACH FARMER.

It Would Mean Entailed Riches Tor
Year and Little Less Work For
All.
Hhea Hayne, in the Georgia-Caro-
Ina Agriculturist and Weekly Au-
eusta Chronicle, gives the cotton TAR
mer something 20 think about ID
an article in the last issue OF that
excellent publication. Here IS "hat
he saws and we would commend lls
perusal to every farmer:
If YOU were to grow just one bale
less of cotton what would the result
be to you Individual? That is a ques-
zion of paramount importance to the
cotton grower. If it were answer
ed right the result would be astouno-
ing to the average farmer. 1t would
mean entailed riches for year and
a little less work. Yet the farmers
OF the South are now in position 10
act as if they had grown just one pale
1ess of cotton. The holding of one
hale to the plow would send the price
OF the fleecy staple soaring sky"aro
and there would be general rejoicing
throughout the country. Even IL tne
growers had to- hold on to the eX-
fra bale until after next season there
would be no cause for complaint.
They could just plant one bale less
for the next crop and the world Woulc
await open-eyed for the difference.
OF course, it is folly to talk about
holding back a whole crop OF cotton.
The farmer who doesn't eve money
and has no cause to sell his cotton
nav keep it with propriety, cut the
nlanter who is duty bound to sell
some of his crop in order to meet oo-
legations should not menace MS
standing by failing to sell at the pre-
sent prices. The world is ready and
willing to pay the price that the
grower demands provided the grower
is in position to enforce his demand.
You put a planter in the attitude OF
seeking a buyer instead of demand
ing a price and the situation IS very
much changed indeed.
The question of growing cotton
crop is now one of the biggest IN
the country. The north and Soutn
and east are at last coming to un-
derstand each other and according
to the opinion of leading Southern
authority the world is now willing to
concede the South's superiority IN
this matter and willing 10 help the
cotton belt advance. 1t now re-
mains for the planters themselves to
demonstrate their willingness to 60
forward in the scale Of progress
The world is daily reaching out to
neoDle who will help themselves and
there is no doubt but that new re-
sine will soon be Instituted IN the
cotton belt.
Every year at this season some
thing is started to show more clearly
that the farmers of the South espec
ial,v should give more attention tc
growing the things that are neeoec
at home. If the average farmer
were to set out and grow just one
bale less of cotton and put the same
amount of work on the home crops
there would be immensely more pro
fit in the transaction. Ihe sol
wonld be enriched and the whole
community at interest would take
new courage from such action. Theri
is little doubt but that the Wnole
country would soon feel the immeas
urab1e benefit from this action. The
course of the cotton planter has tof
long been directed in one channe
and now is the eminently proper time
for them to make change.
One of the best movements ina
can be started now is to inaugurate
great grain planting campaign II
the l:outh. With the turn OF po
litical machinery in reference to tn'
stitution in Canada by which 1t l:
assured that the grain OF the grea
northwest cannot get into this coun
try free of duty, there will be a rlst
in food stuffs, including corn, gran
of all kind, hay and meat. The COT
ton farmer under the present system
is a consumer and purchaser OF these
products and not producer enough K
snnnly his own home demand muci
less that of his home community.
When these products have to ps
purchased, especially at the price:
that will prevail hereafter and have
been prevailing for years, there is ne
hone for him to make any materla
progress without growing enougf
crops of the kind he needs at home
The average cotton farmer cal
produce hay and grain just as cheap
| " as the richest lands OF the mlddls
west, and maybe cheaper. The only
thing for them to do is to learn tnl:
fact Learn it and begin to practice
il and the South will make ever
greater material advancement thar
# has made in many years. Nher
the farmers commence to grow gralr
thev will start out to growing hve
stock. They will raise more mules
and horses and do other kinds o.
farming that is sure to bring the de.
sired results. Land will be enrlcnec
and there will be universal advance
ment noted on, every side.
All these things seem lmposslole
to the laymans eye until he goes ou'
and digs up facts and figures. NheI
the cold reality OF the situation
dawns upon the farmers there VII
! ho GREAT changes made. Ihe cos'