The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-25
FOR INDEPENDENCE IN SOUTH
Farmer Must Raise His Own Meat
Milk, Eggs and vegetables-No
Fear of Cotton Price.

The cotton crop has been gathered
and sold. the prices. which We're very
ramunerat1ye at first, have tumbled'
| writes George baltimore IN the texas
Farm Journal. The governors nave
held their conference, but Iney couiu
not arrest the downward tend ene1S ~
| the price. Did the governors reaiiy
/ think they could help things, OF aiu
]. they simply want to make q fuss. y,
matters little, whatever they wanted
| IN do there is but one plan for all,
and that can only be put INTO execu-
ton by the farmer. That plan IS oi-
versity-what else can help us? how
manv of us are in a position to hold
our cotton? We will say one IN nVe.
The latest reports give us 14,5lO,ofo
hales. one-tfth OF that Is 2,902,l5o'
| which leaves 11,6Os.541 bales, which is
j. q pretty good crop, but this z,9oz.loa
> bales must in time be sold, the spec
ulators know, and wouldn't pay mucI
more for the other, as they WILL now
get to buy 1t all, anyway. ! can see
no way OF helping ourselves, Out ma
king ourselves Independent or the COZ
ton crop. Some say, How can qul
raising cotton? ] am in debt, AM
how can / pay them?" Let me ASH
do you think that II you got into dep
while depending on cotton for a ilVln
do YOU suppose it Is going to pa
those debts when the price Is go1n
down at all times?
Diversifcation does not mean ths
we must quit raising cotton entlrel
not even that we must reduce IL
a very small amount, but 1t mea1
that you can raise some Of the th1nt
Won need at home and thus not ha'
TO depend on cotton to buy them Wit
One Of the great reasons that bia'
land farmers put forth Is that TN
'in cannot raise corn. While ] have n
seen much land in my life that real
wouldn't raise as good corn as al
49, thing else, we will not dispute W,
them, but of all the forage Gro
oA there is surely one which is adapt
~ to any soil, for everyone knows u
there is no soil that will raise but Q
= p crop.
u Cotton has been and must rem'
; our main crop, but 1t never mas DC
and never can be our feed crop. 7
of the first principles OF intens
farming is to raise everything at no
that you need, which you can "a
girl prohtably. Raise your feed, y
dns meat, milk, your own cow, prod
'ere YOUR own eggs and plant your g
anne melons and potatoes and turnlps' pl
kiss the orchard and try and can your {
oses fruit, then, If you have any surf
t is land and time, plant cotton. BE
oils, YOU have enough hogs to eat al
oils, the rotten fruit and the small mel
chill and potatoes: SOW oats IN your
and chard in the spring for your T
'und and when your potatoes are dug p
as sorghum.
the RI you have done this you need
aud; fear about the price OF cotton-you
GOD one of the few independents"
like nrfces may tumble, the governors
ures. hold their conferences, you need
attend. You need not soak your
ton for s25 per bale. You nave
aws living at home, you can stay at
How and be at home and send your
my and girls to school to learn now
1 do upright, honest men and women
papa. know how to farm, instead OF ser
them to the cotton Held 70 Ds'
weakened In body and minn