The Nevada County picayune., 1911-04-07


 1 plants, which are liable to anthrac- nose, to wilt, and to root-rot. All of change our methods. and We must have more or less rotation of crops. such as cotton followed by a corn crop or grass crop. because cer- tain amount of humus must be kept in the soil. This will require moro work per acre, and of course with the present labor 1t means fewer acres will be cultivated. We hear it said on all sides that We should diversity and raise less cotton" 1 agree with you. We should diversity. but we must raise more cotton per acre with fewer acres to the crop. It will be necessary to raise more corn. more alfalfa, more cowpeas, have more winter cover crops. and use certain portions of your land for pastures; or if may be advisable in some cases on alluvial lands to have farm pastures in the hilly section where the stock can be kept during the summer. IlAthtI to yOu nave ltoo0N your lands and allowed the tenant to farm at his will In the future the successful planter will be obliged to have his plantation supervised and his work done according to definite plan. In the case of a planter having several farms 1t can easily be ar ranged In the case of small farm CTS 1t will be necessary that one man be employed to supervise and give special directions, because 1t will never be safe under boll-weeyil con- ditions to permit the old loose way of cultivating crors. This Is sure to re suit in failure In fact. it has always been a failure to the extent that the soil yielded only a third of the pos sible crop.
 The advent of the weevil Is only hastening some things that must have come sooner or later and one i'm portant item Is better economic con ditions. The planters, the small farm CTS, and the tenant farmers must raise their food supplies for themselves and their work stock. If the boll- weevil had not made this necessary, a world competition would have ulti- mately forced It. For farmer to buy everything with one crop is unsafe and uneconomic, and therefore must ultimately be failure. The south has had greater opportunities to gain wealth than any portion of the United States It has made the money but 1t has not kept 1t, because it has failed to produce the things necessary for sustenance upon the farm and has chosen to buy them at greater ex- pense from abroad
 We are in the period of higher prices for labor. It is here to stay, believe. and the man who will win Is the one who will see to 1t that he gets more work out of his labor by the use of better teams and tools.
 The south should be the richest country in the world; that is, from an agricultural standpoint. You have ad vantages over every other country for the production of good crops, and if you do not succeed 1t Is your fault because you failed to apply the proper methods for planting and making a good crop.
 Don't get scared by the boll-weevil; 1t can be whipped. Diversity your crops and get more out of the soil When you talk about abandoning cot ton you are laying the foundation for agricultural distrust, and that means an agricultural panic You might just as we'll put dynamite under your cities and blow them up as to destroy your agricultural districts. The pros. perity of the two must go together The government gives you method by which you can succeed. if you will