The courier-index., 1917-11-23
FARM NOTES
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 Progressive Farmer)

Progressive Farmer)
 "If I go into mans house and find a bookcase with $50 worth of we'll selected books" said a well known southerner the other day fit does more to raise that man in my estimation than if he had spent five thousand dollars in merely build ing a big house without evidence of taste and intellectual culture" The thought is worth remembering Along with plans for paints, lights and water works this year. the Progress sive Farmer is anxious to see every farmer put a little crop money into good books
 Cotton growers all over the south should be interested in a statement by Mir E. w. Dabbs about the orga- ni2ation of a tri-county cotton selling association with headquarters in Sumpter, S. C., the object being, as Mr Dabbs says, to stop the sell-a- bale-at-a-time system and have com petitive buying in 90 to 100 bale lots" It is also interesting to see that every farmer in Sumpter county will list his surplus corn and hay
 
 merce, which will in turn furnish such lists to prospective buyers with a view 10 bringing local buyers in touch with local producers Here is an activity which chambers of com merce all over the south might well undertake
 One of the greatest needs of the tc, tf J,,, st n. and patriotism. Paul coming to Je- rusalem was proud to boast that he was ga citizen of no mean city, and every man should try to make his neighborhood such that it will have some distinction among the neighbor hoods of the country It should be noted for some agricultural or edu- cational achievement, for some wor- thy characteristic of it's people, for patriotic men who have lived here and served it. By honoring your neighborhood heroes and by develop ing an interest in local history, great deal can be done to quicken interest in the community. We hope these suggestions will not be forgot ten by our readers.
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 A lordly tree with wide spreading branches, heavy with green foliage, is always a goodly sight The trouble is that usually tree that grows to great proportions is not also useful as food producer. A notable ex- ception is the pecan. Few trees are more large and beautiful, and yet the pecan is tremendously valuable. Along with our orders for fruit trees and grape vines this fall, let's not forget liberal order of oceans.
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 "The absence of milk cows on so many farms is appalling" said MT | George A. Cole. formerly president | of the Arkansas Farmers Union and | now indemonstration work, when in our office last week. When I go on farm the first thing I wish to find out is not how much corn or cotton the farmer is raising, but how he is nuturing and raising his chil- dren, and I don't see how anybody can feed children properly without | milk and butter" Surely no Pro- gressive Farmer subscriber would try | to get along without COW, but if 1 you know anybody who does. by all | means urge him and help him to get | one with this years crop money.
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 Labor is scarce and will probably | be much scarcer next spring This | being true, labor saving implements | and machinery of all kinds should be ! available for use on every farm. If i farmer is unable to pay for sulky | and disk blows, disk harrows, grain | drills. threshers and fertilizer and ! lime sewers, he can cooperate with l. his neighbors in the purchase of l such implements. Many farmers can purchase such implements and do | the necessary farm work for their | neighbors at reasonable price,
 There are many ways of saving corn by substituting other feeds. as there are many better uses to which we can put part of our corn. It has high human food value and may be | substituted for a larger part of ! wheat flour than is now done. The bread of the south is largely hot biscuit. A mixture of three parts wheat and one part of finely ground corn meal, or corn flour, makes a biscuit which cannot easily be told from the all wheat flour biscuit. Our allies in the war need all the wheat which can be saved in this way.