The Harrison times., 1916-01-22
WANTS OF SOUTHERN FARMER
Watching Little Things Is surest way
70 Avoid Hard Times, Drought ana
Injurious Boil Wee'il.

The average southern farmer wants
TO do things on big scale he wants
TO make money first OF all instead OF
making a living first OF all. lie wants
to see his money come in big Jumps
He spurns the idea OF few cents OF
a few dollars each day. He THINKS
that II 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 gettins
big roll OF money.
The southern farmer must learn
first OF all to make everything LOT
man and beast on the farm that can
be provided for in mis- section OF the
country, writes ]. W, Beeson OF Me-
ridian, Miss, in Progressive Farmer.
Then he mus not despise the small
taings. A few cents each week Tor
| eggs and a few cents more for sur
| plus butter, a few fowls Tor sale
! occasionally. cow or steer loT
sale and 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 few pure-bred pigs
for sale as breeders besides what ne
can raise for meat
He will have to learn to make
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 OF
the year. Heretofore, the southern
farmer has let go to waste the veeo
, tables he did not need. He VIII n@
10 learn how to gather up the liae
, ments, that nothing be lost iii''eau
of letting snap beans get nara anu
tomatoes rot and squashes anu ohra
| get hard. he should get in the haoi' Vi
! canning what he cGGat he will have a
his own tabl!ash vegetables for his
D variety -f the winter, and then when
faIs properly sealed and labeled ne
can sell the surplus to a good advan
tage in the winter He should see
that the blackberries on his farm are
gathered and canned for winter use
and for market Strawberries, rasp-
berries, dewberries, peaches, pears
and apples should never be allowed
to go to waste, but should be canned
for winter use and for market.
The farmer should raise Irish pota-
toes to last all the year and have
surplus to sell He can raise two
crops on the same ground. He should
raise large quantities of sweet pota-
toes and build a dry house to dry
them out and keep them for his own
use and for sale at a figh price in the
spring. We could sell 20 carloads
now at 81 to $3.50 per bushels. The
southern farmer must supply the
North and all Europe with sweet po-
| tatoes
He should raise plenty of sirup
cooked by steam, using a saccharom.
eter so as to make it of uniform densi-
ty. He should seal it with solder, in
/ tin cans like tomatoes, label it, and It
will keep for an indefinite length of
time. He can find good market for it
in the North and in Europe as we'll as
in the South. The skimmings from
cooking ,sirup should be fed to pigs,
cows or horses or put into the silo.
The southern farmer must learn to
take care of the waste and by-prod.
ucts. We are too wasteful Things
grow so easily here, we do not value
them as we should Come easy, 90
easy can be applied to our southern
people as rule. We have such long
growing season with good RAINFALL
and it is so easy to grow a crop, that
we do not see the Importance Of saw
ins every particle Of it. If we rotate
our crops we will 'uild up our soil,
and when we raise many things on the
farm If one thing misses, the other
will hit, and we will not be troubled
20 much with hard times, drought, boil