The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-04-07

plants. which are liable to anthrac-
nose, to wilt, and to root-rot. All of
these facts go to show that we must
change our methods, and we must
such as cotton followed by a corn
crop or q grass crop, because a GER
tain amount of humus must be kept
In the soil. This will require more
work per acre, and of course with the
present labor it means fewer acres
will be cultivated. We hear it said on
all sides that 1--WE should diversity
and raise less cotton" l agree with
you. We should diversity, but We
must raise cotton per acre with
fewer acres to the crop. 1t will be
necessary to raise more corn, more
alfalfa, more cowpeas, have more
winter cover crops. and use certain
1t may be advisable in some cases on
alluvial lands to have farm pastures
in the billy section where the stock
can be kept during the summer.
Hitherto you have usually leased
your lands and allowed the tenant to
farm at his will. In the future the
successful planter will be obliged to
nave his plantation supervised and
his work done according to a definite
plan. In the case Of a planter having
several farms 1t can easily be ar
ranged. In the case of small farm
ers 1t will be necessary hat one mar
be employed to supervise and give
special directions, because it will
v be safe under boll-weevil con-
ditions to permit the old loose way OF
cultivating crops. 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
Fastening some things that must have
come sooner or later, and n i'm
portant item is better economic con-
ditions. The planters, the small farm
ers, and the tenant farmers must raise
their food supplies for themselves
and their work stock. II the boil
weevil had not made this necessary, a
world competition would have ulti-
mately forced it. For a farmer to buy
everything with one crop is unsafe
and uneconomic, and therefore must
ultimately be a failure. The south
has had greater opportunities to gain
wealth than any portion of the United
States. 1t has made the money but 1t
has not kept it. because 1t 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. 1t is here to stay, I
believe. and the man who will win Is
the n who will see to it 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 II
you do not succeed it is your fault,
because you failed to apply the proper
methods for planting and making q
good crop.
Don't get scared by the boll-weevil:
II 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 foI
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 q msthol
by which you can succeed u you Win