The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-28
WANTS OF SOUTHERN FARMER
Watching Little Things Is surest Way
to Avoid Hard Times, Drought and
Injurious Boil Weevil.

The average southern farmer wants
to do things on big scale. He wants
to make money first of all instead OF
making living first of all. He wants
to see his money come in big Jumps.
He spurns the idea of a few cents or
few dollars each day. He thinks
that it is hardly worth his notice. He
has been accustomed to hauling one
bale or many bales of cotton to town
in the fall of the year and getting a
big roll of money.
The southern farmer must learn
first of all to make everything Tor
man and beast on the farm that can
be provided for il mis- section OF the
country, writes ]. w. BessOn OF Me-
ridian. Miss. in Progressive Farmer.
Then he mus not despise the small
things. A few cents each week Tor
eggs and a few cents more for sur
| plus butter, a few fowls for sale
| occasionally, cow or steer to1
sale and a colt or two or three TO sell.
a few lambs or a few kids for sale
| each year ought to be in his plans.
He should have a few pure-bred pigs
! for sale as breeders besides what he
can raise for meat.
He will have to learn TO make a
garden the year round instead OF
planting in the spring only, and let
ting the weeds take it the balance OF
the year. There are at least IA KINDS
of vegetables that can be grown IN
the winter in the Gulf states. he
should plant a garden every month oil
the year. Heretofore, the southern
farmer has let go to waste the vege
tables he did not need. He will have
to learn how to gather up the rag
ments, that nothing be lost" Instead
of letting snap beans get hard. and
tomatoes rot and squashes and okra
get hard, he should get in the habit o.
canning what he cannot consume OF
his own table so that he will have
} variety of fresh vegetables for nj:
! family all the winter, and then wheI
it is properly sealed and labeled ~
: can sell the surplus to good advan
} tage in the winter He should SCI
that the blackberries on his farm ar
gathered and canned for winter u.s.
and for market. Strawberries. rasp
= berries, dewberries. peaches, pear
and apples should never be allowe'
to go to waste, but should be cannes
, for winter use and for market.
2 The farmer should raise Irish pota
toes to last all the year and have
4 surplus to sell. He can raise tw
Y crops on the same ground. He shout
A raise large quantities Of sweet pot;
toes and build a dry house to DIR
them out and keep them for his ow
y, use and for sale at righ price in tn
Y spring. We could sell 20 carload
now at 81 to s1.5O per bushels. Tn
v southern farmer must supply ID
North and all Europe with sweet p'
tatoes.
He should raise plenty OF siru
g cooked by steam, using a saccharor
y eter so as to make it of uniform den7
Is ty. He should seal 1t with solder.
g tin cans like tomatoes, label it, and
n will keep for an indefinite length
lie time. He can find a good market for
Is in the North and in Europe as well
in the South. The skimmings fro
r cooking strip should be fed to pig
lie cows or horses or put into the silo.
ID The southern farmer must learn
at take care of the waste and by-pro
IN ucts. We are too wasteful. Thin
IL grow so easily here, we do not val
a them as we should. Come easy.
a. easy" can be applied to our southe
IT. people as a rule. We have such lol
1g growing season with good rainfa
is and it is so easy to grow a crop, tn
to we do not see the importance Of 50
er ing every particle of it. If we rota
IL our crops we will .uild up our sc
le- and when we raise many things on t
farm If one thing misses, the 9th
re will hit. and we will not be troubl
90 so much with hard times, drought, b
g; | ueevil and low prices