The farmer and mechanic., 1911-12-19

graueO ana packed And that all un =
ion farmers use the columns OF tha
Union Farmer To let their brethren
know what they have for sale or ,x-
change.
| That all farmers determine now sr5 !
| for all time to raise all food crops for
man and beast. We must do this {
| we are ever to succeed in our call
| ing. We will never be able 10 con
troll the marketing Of our money
crops as long as they are pledged for
the payment of bills for supplies.
| That all farmers adopt scientific
methods Of farming that will not only
conserve but build up the fertility Of
their soil. This is the permanent
rock basis of all successful agricul-
tCre. And as n very important ad-
junct thereto, that more and better
stock be raised on all farms.
That we quit buying high-priced
ready mixed fertilizers, which irnpoy-
eriSh the farmer and enrich the fer
tilizer trust; ever keeping in mind tho
statement of the National Yearbook
Of Agriculture that two-thirds Of the
money spent for commercial fertilizers
is a total loss. Deep plowing and
the rotation Of crops, growing legurnes
tc fill the soil with nitrogen and
humus, with the aid Of phosphates.
lime and potash, and cotton seed or
cotton seed meal. will give more
profitable results. both in yield and in
permanently building up your soil.
Do not sell your cotton seed but ey-
change for meal il you can get an
equal exchange.
That all cotton farmers hold their
cotton just as long as possible, and
if the price remains under ten cents
n inc
reduce the acreage at least fifty per
cent and plant food crops I can not
ilidorse the holding plan devised by
the committee appointed by the Gov
elnOrs' Conference at New Orleans It
is really not a holding plan but a
plan to sell on call The farmer
let's the cotton pass out Of his hands
and in doing so he yields to the enemy
his strongest weapon of defense
will say just here that the farming
class should work out their own sal
vation instead of depending on other
classes to do it for them. If we will
raise a living at home, abolish the
credit and mortgage system, provide
warehouses for cooperative selling
and buying and then feed the market
only when it gets hungry, we can sell
bumper crops for higher prices than
we now receive for an average crop
l suggest further that every man keep
himself Well informed on the current
political issues Of the day. 1t is
safer to do your own thinking than
TO let some lawyer politician do it
Ior you. L presume that every man
mere believes in a democracy, since
a democracy is a government in
which the supreme power rests in the
nands or the people. Then let every
man study and advocate the initia-
tive, referendum and recall, as this
is the only way in which the people
can rule effectively.
That II we want to be free from
the domination of professional poll
tlcians, we should stand for and ad-
vocate Statewide primaries for all
offices instead of conventions which
often defeat the will of the majority
Of the people.
That every man should study the
Torrens System Of registration of
land titles and that we press this
question on the minds of the people
next year, leading up to a successful
fight before the next Legislature.
That we as progressive citizens,
study the land question. The land is
a God given heritage to the people.
no man can create land. To
the hands of the few, while the many
are homeless, is morally wrong and
should be prohibited by law Alien
ownership of land should not be per
nntted. Corporations, as corpora
tiOns should not be allowed to Dur-
chase and hold lands not needed in
the business, for speculative purposes.
Some limitations should be placed on
individual ownership of land, that the
rich may not crowd out the poor and
make the great mass of our people
tenants. Moro than half of them are
now living in hired homes [ would
IKE TO see every white man in North
the owner of his home. and
GOOD school in reach Of it for his
children. The State should provide
1t least a six months term each year
And then [ might add that in my
1Wn private opinion the man who
will not let his children go to school
should be compelled to do it by law.
one Of the cardinal principles OF the
farmers Union is to discourage the
credit and mortgage system" Why