The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17

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many sprouts as possible, and hence
want plenty Of potatoes and not SO
much room for parts tina MAKE no
plants. I would not advise the taking
of the stunted potatoes of the sen
eral crop for bedding. put would grow
potatoes for that purpose. Make cut
tings of the vines In July or August
a yard long and coil he cutting
around your hand, and plant II whole
coil in the hill with only the tip ex-
POSED. Every joint will make a bunch
of little potatoes that are the very best
for bedding, and il the cuttings are
selected from the best hills, they will
improve the product annually.
Young Man. You Can Get Out Of the
Onc-Horse Class.
| have all sorts OF sympathy with
the One-hOrse farmer, and my SYM
pathy is mainly devoted to getting him
out Of the one-horse class, for no mar
ear do the best farming, even on a
small place., with but one horse. It
is not practicable, especially on the
upland red clay soils Of the South.
p1 operly to break and prepare the land
with a single horse OF mule.
Now, as l AVE said heretofore, l
was at the close Of the war, as poor
as any mai anywhere. I had abso-
lutely nothing but a little household
furniture, and not a horse, nor a pillow,
nor any implement at all. Yet I had
the nerve to rem a farm Of ove 100
acres and, fortunately, had a reputa-
ton for character and honesty Of pur-
pose. So l got two horses and a plow
and harrow and a few hand tools, and
e in debt for these and for ferti-
lizer and seed, and went to work
growing corn and truck crops, and at
the end Of that year l owned the
whole and sold my crops and rented
a better farm. I have never been a
one-horse farmer, and do not believe
that it is necessary for any young
man., such as ! was at the time, to be
a one-horse farmer, for it will pay
n young ma Who has energy and
character to go in debt for team
enough to do his work we'll. This
is especially true OF the man who
owns his land. and hence can give
more security for his purchases thar
! did.
1t is largely q matter OF energy and
industry, and any young man with
good health and industry can work
out of the one-horse class. Hence, as
l have said, my sympathy for the one
horse farmer would lead me to urge
him to get into the two-four OR six
horse class as fast as he can.
liz 1S q
one-mule farmer, and while the mule
Is a valuable animal, it is a poor in.
N~estrnent for a poor man. Far better
get good mares and raise your colts
and If you do not need them, it will
pay as part Of your farming to rails.
good colts and sell them.
] know a renter on a farm Of les
than 500 acres who had. the last tim,
[ was on his place. nineteen horse
, and colts. and was using an autOmo
bile in riding around, for he said tina
t the colts were about the most profit
. able part Of his farming. as he gets al
; the forage grown on the place free 0
l rent, the farm taking the manure ii
! lieu thereof, and he uses part Of hi
t share OF the corn crop in the produc
l ton OF good colts n finds that
pays him better to feed the corn t
!. these and to beef cattle than to Sc
r corn. The MANURE made not onl
benefits the owner Of the farm bu
the tenant. too, for he is a permaner
I tenant, and is fixed on the farm S
long as he farms right.
The man who farms one piece c
land this year n another next yea
s will always AVE a hare time to sc
along and to get out Of the one-mu]
e class. We need in the South a fai
e and permanent tenant system thu
e will encourage young men to farl
light and to feel that SO long as the
IS 60 so they can remain as permanent
~ as though the farm Vas their owl
e It Is the cropper system Of the Sout
e that keeps men in the one-mule elias
" Landowners need to understand tt
h profit that can be made by havin
is a permanent tepantry in comfortab
e homes. under a system that is fair
st both sides. We need good farmer
le tenants compelled to farm in a sy
le tematic way, not only for the ben,
rs fit Of the tenant but also Of the Ian,
IL owner.
lie OF course. it is better for the your
E farmer to work out this salvation {
re land that is his own, but when OIL
ar can only get the stock needed he HI
It better get a fair entail and farm {
IN the iand of mother till he is able
Re get land OF his own. TIder the ORE
lls eDt system, or rather lack OF svste,