St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-03-28
and other barn yard manure that you
can, and with the addition of some
acid nhQsnhate and nntash the finest

and other barn yard manure that you
can, and with the addition of some
acid phosphate and potash the finest
crops can be grown on land that now
produces very lean crops.
Fourth, to make a successful farm
er one must have a system and cling
to that system as the. Indian did to
the idea of his Happy Hunting
Ground. We must have time to get
up in the morning, time to serve
breakfast, time to start to the field,
a time to quit at noon, time for
everything and do things at these
t mes as they should be done. We
must have place to keep things and
keep them in their places at all times
if We want to get value received for
the money We pay for the things
bought to carry on our farm work.
A place to keep nails, place to keep
bolts, a place to keep the hoes, show
els, garden rakes, spades and all such
valuable tools as go with the average
farm. If all farmers would pay as
much attention to their implements
and stock as they do the moon and
the rabbits that roam the woods we
would have more money in the banks,
more happy people in the country,
and better food TO put on our tables
the year round. Let system be your
right hand thought and sticking to
the system be your left hand thoguht.
Fifth, never come to town without
bringing someth ng to sell. 1t is SIN
I'm 20 "a III; :o
to town with an empty wagon and
then have the nerve to ask his mer-
chant credit for some Of the necessi-
ties of life, when they could have
been grown at home or at least paid
tor with something that was grown
at home. Credit is the ru1nation of
any man and the sooner you fellows
can get out of this. habit the better
it will be for you. / have sold today
more than enough produce to buy
what want and l will tell you boys
how made it after a few minutes.
Did you boys bring anything to town
to sell today? passed some of you
on the way here with empty wagons.
None had anything to sell except
some eggs.
Now l want to tell you boys who
are such strong believers in the moon
and providence making your crops
for You what have sold in the last
IL months, what it cost me and what
cleared above expenses on each crop
/ gathered five hundred bushels Of
corn last year on ten acres of land, as
some of my neighbors here know,
that cost me just % cents per bushel.
My neighbor gathered two hundred
bushels from ten acres. / produced
corn at low price and have $50
bushels to sell at a high price. My
neighbor purchased corn at q high
price and has corn to buy at = high
price. I cleared above expenses ON
my corn, counting the full value of
the entire crop, at least $500.
had one acre in tomatoes and my
wife and I have put up 5000 No. 2
cans of the best tomatoes that was
ever sold in this town, and everybody
that has ever used any of them says
SO. We got little outfit that cost
us $24.3O to can them with and it
certainly did do all the factory claim
ed for it. Our cans cost US $50. The
fertilizer cost $40. Labor and grow
ing and harvesting the crop cost SIS.
This gives total expense on that
acre of tomatoes $109.3O. We sold
them here in town to the merchants
IKE hot cakes at IS cents per dozen,
which gives us total of $212.5O, or
a profit, after paying for the Gamer
and everything, $1O3.2O, which is
good money on one acre of land, and
besides | made about 200 bushels of
sweet potatoes on the same land after
the tomatoes were canned.
put out I acres in sweet potatoes
ana peanuts and turned my Hogs In