Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-02-18
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SUMTER COUNTY FARMER was talking yesterday. 4 sold
o-hds of my time he said but still have
hd-and plenty of debts The other day sold four bales OF
and only II pound SIS bale The cost OF
ginning hauling So bale My net loss according to
nv calculations produce that cotton $9/
bale -
solve difficulties and put section far better condition. own
l. 90 acres have business owning than fifty
think would be wise thing for land owner who IS IN dep
to enough his land his debts and then go to work
TO do suenough farming what he has left In case there
bly take care Of duty onto this land and
make it produce would look after properly would have
hands full with fifty acres and and the county "0ulo DC ~
off for it
LEW MENAY AGREE the solution of financial troubles
offered by this farmer There are serious haNs IN the hee
instance money tight who would be able to buy the amount
of land for se2 And there other flaws But the kernel
in the scheme remains and is worth consideration mere IS TOO
much handmss haphazard farming as result OF the tenant sy
land will produce Infinitely more than is now
producing carefully properly and intensvey amed That
devong intelligent effort few instead OF spreading
the effort hnly and nefectively 1t every
farmer will live his farm and look after personally better Job
will be of cuvatg than he makes his home elsewhere and
makes its operation side issue This human nature and 1t
rule of experience
THE RECENT PUBLICATION of the experiences of various Sum
county dveyng is attracting attention through
Georgia Says the Albany Herald commenting the story
The Sumter county farmer operations story
raised only four bales of
488cre farm Not that he could not have raised more but
simply because that all he had time to raise without letting cotton
growing considered important activities This
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bOO for his farm well stocked with hogs and beef cattle The only
will be field just big enough to the farm hands
something when work elsewhere the farm sackens little He
will have to buy practically nothing for humans and beasts on the farm to
operations
year. odcrop the safe and
good quite we'll
THE DAWSON NEWS sounds optimistic for the down
hearted and talking good sense when says: The South
Georgia farmer happy the toward recoupng has for
More and better preparations have been made
for planting than in several years before
TIMES HAVE CHANGED the last 20 years the column APP
pearing daily this tesife Commenting this fact
The Americus TmeRecorder's column Days
interesting inspiring those good old days. For
the Mexican Indian and Civil Wars received their
followed the RECALLING that 1.-The
Old Sharp Williams whisky for $350 Just twenty
ago
President Wilson describes boob a bungalow, having
upper story But the house with lots of above is likely to be
quite
Sir Auckland Geddes had bring back
he expects heedle Uncle Sam of those debts
The there Red teachers schools
excuse us for underpaying the loyal ones.
Lucky the 1920 spender who saved his he went
along.
Many solutions of the housing problem have been suggested
but none better than the to build some houses
The found off Miami makes the old New Jersey
serpent look like sardine.
The color Harding blue shades lighter than the
feelings Of the disappointed office seeker.
Senator Dial the watch; wound UP over the idea
of having Judge Lands impeaehed Perhaps it's poltcks
The interesting thing about Withere kidnapping
the fact that the telephone girls the reward
Rebeous baseball encouraged becaus, Judge
Lands was over-ruled in the Berger