The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11

ia incre~ sed while with the too er-
elusive culture Of cotton the feruliT
rapidly decreases.
The most destructive and energetic
insect that the world has ever known
IL gradually covering the cotton belt
There is one hope and only one nope
for the farmers, and that is the diver
sifcation Of crops. The adoption OF
T. sane and safe system OF farming
one that will grow grasses. .egUmlr0us
crops oats. corn. hogs. sheep, cattle
mules. horses and some cotton viii
solve the boil weevi! problem.
The credit system is the curse OF the
cotton belt II sweeps the earnings OF
toll from the masses into the CoHe's
Of the few Some years ago the COM
missioner OF agriculture or georgia
after careful inquiry OF several nun
dred. found that the average rates
charged the farmers for extension or
credit from April and May 10 OCTOBER
and November was 81 per cent. per
annum over and above the cash price.
/ Wives and children were compelled 10
/ work In the heat and cold from jan
uary until December TO pay the 81 per
cent. credit profits. Diversifcation OK
/ crops will abolish the credit system.
We are sending millions OF dollars
to other sections OF the country every
year 10 pay for pork products, mules
horses and other farm products. III
versifcation OF crops will keep this
. money at home. our banks VIII soon
be full to overlooking and the rate Oh
interest lowered to say per cent be-
cause Of the abundance OF money.
Then we will have the necessary
money TO pay good teachers better sal
aries to teach longer terms, to ouilS
comfortable homes and good roads
and properly equip our farms
DiversiticatiOn is the only remedy
for low-priced cotton. There Is no
sane man who does not know that We
, will get more money for l2,OOo,ooo
, than we will for 100000 bales. The
, history OF the past 20 years is proof
positive of this statement. We all
know that large crops OF cotton mean
a low price and that low price TOT
anton means poverty and wretched-
. ness all over the cotton belt. This be-
!, ing true why will our farmers ana
their wives and children toll in the
:. heat and cold in large cotton fields 10
grow large crops of cheap cotton 10
nav for high price corn oats, bacon.
lard. mules and other farm products
a With the profits of several middle men,
- supply merchants and railroads added!
: The growing OF every farm product
- necessary for home use will curtail the
= production OF cotton, raise the price
., to at least IL cents per pound ana
y enable US to use the money obtained
for cotton to build good roads, mag
= nifcent homes, churches and school
houses and fill our banks TO overflow
ing Life on the farm will then be
:, free. unfettered by the bands OF prom
jssory obligations and our position IN
+" the world made conspicuous by thai
independence which the farmer alone
IL can enjoy in the fullest significance
- OF the term.
Every farmer should raise his owl
" teamwork stock II is true that mil
=, lions are sent out OF the cotton bel
" each wear for mules and horses, bu
this is not the main reason why you
attention is called 10 this subject
% this time. Probably one OF the wv
20 chief causes of poverty in the cottol
ne belt is the one-horse pillow. The SINAI
M mule and a turning pillow Is guarantee
30 OF shallow soil devoid OF vegetaol
10 matter. A shallow soil devoid OF yes
etable matter means small crops an
20, poor farmers.
ia Farmers who buy their work stoc
e' never have enough for the econon
ical production Of crops. We nav
about one-fourth the horse powe
and earn about one-fourth as muc
money as farmers in some other SCI
lions OF the country.
10 Farmers who buy feed stuffs to Zee
o plow teams never raise sufficient farI
~ work stock to supply their needs w
loi buy feed stuff and this is the mai
W reason why we have about one-tourt
me as many horses and mules as farm
my ers in other sections OF the country.
ue We can save the millions OF dollar
Maid ont for mules and horses eac
y year and bring in millions from u
Oh sale of mules and horses, but grea
icn er profit will come from securing
'or- this way sufficient work stock II
NO economical crop production.
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