The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-17
WHAT FARM LABOR can EARN.

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ducts for every farm laborer within her
borders. New Hampshire receives $477,
North Carolina $149, and South Carolina
$l47. Continuing, the Worlds Work
says:
The reason for this discrepancy is not
in the soil, for-whether or not the soil
OF the Carolinas is capable of as much as
that OF Iowa-it certainly IL as rich as
that of New Hampshire. The land and
the climate are favorable. The fault lies
with the man, and not inherently with
him, but with his training and his meth.
DDS. With no larger agricultural popula-
ton than she now has, the South could
produce three times her present output
IT her population were as efficient as
that of New Hampshire. DR.. Seaman A.
Knapp of the Department Of Agriculture
believes that it can be increased eight
fold. And there are enough instances of
the large results obtained from proper
cultivation to justify DR.. Knapp's op-
timism."
We are coming fast down here, and
within ten years we will not only have
! VAO OuSnly ulNcIbillcuC IORb III tuC 0Outuy
but the farm, along with law and medi-
cine and politics, will command the at.
%tention of the educated brain. Our farm.
ers have worked against conditions that
were terribly disheartening. We have
gone far enough to demand for the agri-
cultural college as much attention from
the state as the University, where dead
Latin, dead Greek, dead philosophy, and
dead geometry are dished out.-Commer.
cial Appeal.
Dwarf Essex rape makes a most ex-
cellent spring pasture for hogs. 1t re-
sembles collards very much in appear.
ance, and makes a quick, rank growth
on rich well-prepared land. It will make
a complete failure on poor land or OH
land that is not we'll prepared. Plant
about tn same time as cotton, in drills
about 2 feet apart. Use 2 OR 3 pounds
per acre, and cultivate shallow with
Planet Junior cultivator, heel sweep, or
some similar implement. Turn the hogs
on it when the plants are about 1 foot
high, and let them stay about thirty
, minutes in the morning and thirty min
} utes in the evening, and feed about 2
| pounds of corn to every 100 pounds Of
: hogs. Rape has a high feeding value,
> but no pasture will more than maintain
t hogs.
: A thorough preparation Of the soil be
fore planting is absolutely essential tt
4 success in farming. Large plows ant
strong teams accomplish three or foul
times as much as the one-mule plows
and do it much better. Harrows ought
to be used freely at all times. Level prep
t ~aration is preferable for corn on loos'
and dry land, while damp, cold lant
d must be thrown up into ridges.
Now is the time, the accepted time, TO
VI to call our wives and children aroun'
US and say to them, 81 care not wha
= course others may pursue, but as for us
free us from the all-cotton farming an
the credit system, or let us starve. /
is better by far for us to live hard 70
q year or so and then be free, indt
~ pendent American citizens, than to b
poor slaves all our lives.
IL Let the poorest land 60 into cowpea'
IS vetch, red clover to be gradually impro'
ed; let the forage be fed to improve
ID live stock, SO that no money will leav
ne this state for corn, for mules, for baco
to or for any of the necessaries of life, an
I'd it will only be a few years until tn
state will be the wealthiest in tn
q Union.
to Let W make good pastures for mol
u, and better stock, grow cowpeas, rota'
our crops, grow grains and hays al
ed feed to our stock and save the manu-
re- and put it on the land, and the produc
in iveness of our soil will rapidly increas
of and, 1 will add, the price of cotton w
ay 60 much higher.
,n- Diversity and get independent OF Il
it'll boil weevil and the credit system. Gro
ly, all cotton and remain a slave and Il
boil weevil will likely cause s~tarvati'
to stare us in the face.
her It is advisable to roll the cotton Sc
in nitrate of soda just before planti
ses time Powder the nitrate and damp
the seed. This will cause the little q
ton to be healthy and vigorous, and
oar will grow off rapidly and resist CT
ers weather.
un- "
eYs We need thousands of pure-bred ma
ave Of every kind to breed up our live sto'
mt. The day for scrubs has passed. M
ac- stock, better stock, and better tire
his ment will save millions Of dollars to
annually.
Iebt Last season the cars used for fertili
cht were scarce, and the farmers were
Of able to secure their fertilizers early
ged the season. Many farmers were y
ash. o,sly delayed in planting their crops .
.rm- yome failed to get the desired fertiii