The central record., 1914-02-05
Lancaster, Ky, February S, 1914.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing
well, and task half performed is bet.
ter never undertaken. Especially is
this advice applicable upon the farm,
and their truth is being more thorough
ly demonstrated every year. The man
who exercises proper care in the
management of his farm is the man
who realizes the top prices for his farm
products. When prices are off a bit,
the Indifferent farmer, the slip shod,
go-as-yOu please fellow, is invariably
the one who suffers most severely, and
it is entirely due to his methods.
Right now is the time to begin farm
ing right. Now is the time for burn
ing your plant beds, and a hearty,
thrifty plant is just as much a necess-
ity to good tobacco crop as good land
upon which to grow it. Therefore. if
you do not know how to properly pre-
pare your bed, do not hesitate to ask
your better informed neighbor. Next
is the selection of your seed; do not
make the mistake of planting just any
old seed simply because it was obtained
without cost, be sure your seed is of a
thrifty variety, cne that commands a
good price on the market, and that it
comes from good crop of tobacco.
Suppose it does cost you a dollar an
ounce, which is the prevailing price
for good seed, it is cheaper and better
an the long run than seed from an un-
known crop or variety, which you have
perchance had given to you. With the
sowing of your plant bed your work
has only just begun. and from now on
you will be called upon to exercise. not
only your muscles, but your brain, for
Drawn alone does no. raise good crops.
You will saw, "well have been raising
tobacco all my life," suppose you have,
have you been getting top price for
your crop, if not, it is more than prob
able due to your lack of knowledge on
the subject, and you can without lower
ing your dignity in the least, well af-
ford to seek the advice of those who
have received top prices for what
they raise.
Garrard county holds the record for
raising the best tobacco in the greatest
tobacco raising state in the Union, and
those men who have helped to make
that reputation will gladly impart what
information is necessary to their less
informed neighbor, so do not hesitate
to ask
We have the soil, we have the seed
and we have the muscle, and all that is
lacking to make every crop bring top
prices is seasonable conditions and a
proper knowledge of the best methods
to pursue. Over the first named con-
dition, we have no control, but the
second we have, and we owe it not
alone to ourselves, but to our county
to make the soil produce the very best
of which it is capable.
Good methods in corn raising are
just as essential as in the raising of
tobacco. Much land has already been
broken, and this soil will, as is usually
the case under such conditions, be much
more mellow than later broken ground,
see that the ground is properly prepar-
ed, then exercise your best judgmeet
in the selec ction of seed corn. Last
year was IAN off year" for cnn in the
county, and seed will be little harder
than usual to obtain. Do not be "pen-
ny wise and pound foolish" along this
line, do not hesitate to spend an extra
dollar in order to secure high grade
corn for seeding purposes.
This advice is not theoretical, it is
practical, deduced from the experience
of practical farmers, men who have
made lifetime study of farming, and
who have proven by actual dollars and
cents increase in the value of their
crops, that to begrudge dollar in the
matter of procuring seed and stinting
cultivation means ten fold decrease
In your profits during the year.