The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-10-28

good piece of work. We must go
to saving our own seed wherever pos
sible.
In order to sell our products we
must consider the kind of container
which is the most satisfactory to the
merchant and customer We believe
the farmer who puts his molasses in
buckets will find a ready sale for it
while that which is put up in barrels
will be hard to market. You can see
the reason for yourself.
II. S. Nichols, A. l.. Jordan, C. w.
Watson and perhaps others will adj
dress the following communities on
Friday night about the Farm Bureau;
PoplarSprings, Parkers' Cross Roads,
Darden, Sand Ridge. Saturday af-
ternoon: Wildersville, SCOTS Hill
and Sardis. See that your neighbors
come out.
Leonard White found soy bean
whose seed is black few years ago.
He saved it and planted it the next
year. From this small beginning this
year he grew several bushels Of seed.
Will White, a neighbor, brought the
writer sample recently of the seed
which certainly looks good. The size
is slightly larger than the mammoth
yellow and very smooth which gives
1t fine appearance.
Meals Paymaster corn planted ev-
erywhere that crop is grown in Hen
derson county would increase our corn
yield thousands of bushels. We saw
field on the Crownover farm Poplar
Springs, of this variety of corn last
week that made us believe more than
ever that the farmer who fails to
grow this variety of corn on thin land
or on good land is losing heavily.
How many farmers have no chicken
hause of any kind on the farms in
this county. We have been looking
around lately to see about this and we
are really surprised to find so many
who have not even shed of any kind.
We cannot afford to publish list of
this sort but we would like to do so
anyway. There is no excuse for q
farmer trying to keep large flock
of hens to produce eggs when he
"houses" them in trees. He must lose
money on the venture.
Try this feed on your laying hens.
Mixed up three parts of cracked corn
and one part Of meat scraps. Feed
this in dry form early in the morn
ing and make up wet mash for the
noon feed. Use mixture of 2 parts
Of cracked or whole corn and one part
of oats as scratch feed in some sort
of litter We believe better rations
could be made but this is within reach
of every Henderson county farmer.
You will note that large amount of
corn is included and this is produced
abundantly on farms. Keep the hens
in comfortable quarters, dry and
warm, supply good quality of water
and green feed and you should be well
paid for your trouble.
The yield of sweet potatoes is some
what small per acre in Henderson
county this year but on account of
the increased acreage the total
amount grown is somewhat greater
than we produced in 1920. Compare
the cost of Irish potatoes that you
buy in groceries and you will find that
the sweet potato is very economical.
In fact the food value of sweet pota-
toes is slightly greater, pound for
pound, than the former and we see
no reason why they should not sell
for just as much but since they do not
we should consume as much of the
cheaper food as possible. Your gro
Ger should have good supply at all
times. We might also mention that
this applies to the country people who
did not happen to produce sweet pota-
toes as well as town people.