The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-01-02
Southeastern Reflections.

OfOu4nt Uo lesson a00 . pr1pne"
CIV, then indeed We have lived in
vain. TIL. lesson IL, tho folly and
disaster Of the single crop system;
the prophecy is OF better things,
under the practice of diversified.
ton, crop rotation and live stock
breeding.
It was old Aesop who. in an apt
fable, emphasized the folly of put.
tying all ones eggs in one bas-
ket. It is madness for the farmer
to subject his fortune to the risk
incident to the vagaries Of the
weather, and to pests and enemies
that might destroy one kind Of
crop, be perfe city harmless to On.
other. BY planting several "a.
rieties, some will thrive under
conditions that might be des-
tructive to others, and thereby he
would be reasonably certain of
one crop in any event.
In the case of cattle and hogs,
they are like the interest on a
mortgage-they make money for
you while you sleep. If the old
year out Of which we have gone
teft one message to Southwest
ui>iana, it is undoubtedly this:
"Div"rsify. rotate your crops.
raise plenty Of cattle and hogs."
There ought to b. no farmer in
this section who will disregard
'' But %'tdssss'aEi\ts,, Of 1914 left an.
other lessop us. More than
ever before Messed wildly
upon US til 1t no part Of
society can \our bring.
ing suffering less ex-
tent upon allSz hen the
the resultant suh9l ~ lid not eff
feet him alone; the cobwebs grew
on the shelves of the merchants:
notes remained unpaid at tbe
bank; the doctor quite az h .rdsaa<4.
ever but his patti. nts were unabA1
to collect their bills: the lawyer
had more work to do than ever
before and had to do is on credit.
Isn't it easy to see, then, how
deeply it is to the interest of all of
these to help the farmer to get 90
a cold foundation. And that J..
the work of the Southwest Lnnlsi
ana Development Blu eau Heart
cooperation between ali tn CLASSES
mentioned above is essential to
the success of all; aud that CO.
operation can be brought abyu;l
most effectively through the me-
dun of this Bureau
We can't continue under the old
system which has resulted in put
ling the South away back behind
every other agricultural county
n the world, II we want to catch
Up with the procession every baby
must lend a hand in this good
year Of 1915 The Suuthwe4t
Development Bureau
welcomes you and wishes you a
'appy and prosperous Now Year
The science Of war in Ties.
modern and progressive times.
las lost the glamor of martial
.lory, such as signsliz-d the con-
l'cts waged by the master minhs
i the first and last half Of thu
nineteenth century. No more
brilliant tactics, no more original.
sr-seeing, overpowering strategy
Q more thrilling. and completed
ictories. no more bloody and de-.
ieive defeats, but war, acco, ding
the present European struggle,
as developed into a matter of
old, calculating, prosy business.
Last eumm er the allied armies
I'd the German forces fsc.
ach other IN long lines OF battle Il
t TWO or three million of men on
itber side, saluted each other by ;"
hooting at each other with the <
eadly modern arms, killing two n
urdred thousand men or more: ~
I'D then, as ii by concerted ac- II
oD, they ceased fiying-drew the CT
oade. the shovel aud the pick ak, o.
nd commenced digging trenches, :
I'd ever siuc. they have been in +
'e trenches, maintaining a watch. 4
II and eager and bloody waiting
" something to turn up On one
ay the newspapers. with flaming
announce that the Ger.
ans have taken one Of the French
next day the same
.pers announce that the French
we retaken the trench-and 40
e war of the trenches goes on.
MS may be, and no doubt il, the
ost f1ective way to make war In -
odern times; but it il, not war as 4
aPoleon made, ard which has
EN- followed by all great mill
~ captains since then-until
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