The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-12-04

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empty shed. Some times the injury
is slight. at other times it is Sc
we're. This kind of damage is
needless.
Ra'sers Of corn select seed from
the most productive plants in order
to secure high yields. 1t is rea-
sonabIe that similar selection of
seed for planting OF cotton would
bring an increase in the crop.
Most cotton growers get seed for
planting from the gin where the
seed from low yielding crops is
mixed with that which has produc-
ed we'll. Plant diseases are IN
creasing In cotton and on many
fields disease resistant strains
would largely increase the returns.
FEED YOURSELF
Every cotton grower, whether on
a small farm or a large plantation.
should raise all the food and feed
used on the farm. The only table
supplies of any consequence that it
should be necessary to buy are
coffee and sugar. The hay, gram
and pastures needed fur the live
stock should be grown on the farm.
Each family should have good
garden, brood sew or two, COW.
patch of sweet potatoes and,
where the land is suitable. patch
of Irish potatoes and two doZ4n
laying hens. Euough rhubarb
asparagus and horse radish should
be raised to furnish an abundance
for the family A majority of the
cotton growers can raise all the
berries and melons their fsmilies
want. 1t is often claimed that 1t
is cheaper to raise cotton and buy
food and feed 1t takes seven and
one half bales of cotton to buy as
many sweet potatoes ia cans as is
grown on one acre An acre in
garden and berries, we'll tended,
will produce more food than can
be bought in the ordinary country
store for 5000. The family which
raises cotton only. intending to
buy fresh vegetables. berries and
fruit, rarely has much of these ap-
petizing foods on the table
A surplus of either field crops or
live stock. or both, should be rsis-
ed to sell to furnish the money to
buy clothing and supplies other than
food that the family and farm
needs. The surplus produce raised
| for sale should be those best adapt
ed TO tre farm and its equipment.
1t may be hay, corn, oats. wheat.
hogs. dairy products, poultry and
eggs, beef cattle. colts or mules.
Most cotton growers will find
that it will not pay them TO pro-
duce more food and feed than they
need for use on the farm and to
sell to meet farm expenses. A few
will find 1T pofitabIe to raise a con-
siderable acreage of hay, corn or
small grain Others will find that
they can make money with live
stock The larger number will do
best to make cotton the chief crop.
securing high yields through the
use of the winter growing bur and
crimson clovers.
RAISE STAPLE PRODUCTS THAT
ARE NOT PERISHABLE
Raise staple products that are
not perishable. DO not attempt ia
raise for market truck, berries,
cantaIoupes or potatoes either
sweet or Irish-unIess you have
had a long time successful expert
ence in marketing these perisbable
crops The first thought of most
cotton growers when they decide tt
raise some other crop is to grow
truck or caDtaloupes. Ninety nine
out of every hundred will fail,
most of them because OF their lg-
norance Of market demands and Of
markets
j The cotton grower takes three
months in which to pick his cotton
This kind Of training does not Fl
him to raise cantaloupes or berriel
where the difference of a few
hours in the time Of picking Otter
makes difference between q large
profit and crop that will not pas
the freight. Vegetables have t
be marketed 10 uniform packages
the quantity, size and appearance
Of the package or the artlcls mus
suit the customers Of the kafticu
lat place where the product ia mar