Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-22
Living-Making Versus Money
Making.
A Firm Basis.

A Firm Basis.
There is a great deal of oratory
going on just now in agriculture but
agriculture can not live off of ora
tory. There SENS to be, too, a gener-
al belief that all that our present agri-
culture needs is q, fuller credit sys-
tenn, but neither oratory nor the full
est of credits could put of themselves
a boil weevil farm on a firm basis. "A
farm, of course, like a building must
have a base of something different
from sand and mud. It's weight must
rest upon something that is substan-
.tial.
Where Responsibility Rests.
Under boil weevil conditions the
responsibility of the landowner, the
banker and the advancement man
have largely increased in the South.
Upon them more than upon any other
men does the burden of putting agri-
culture on a sound basis rest. AS to
the farmer himself, it must be quite
plain that it is no longer possible for
him to go to the bank and buy his
way out of his present troubles. In
the old days this was largely possible
but today the emphasis is on working
out of our troubles rather than buy
ing u way out.
To Begin With.
A farm in the old days with Its
vast system Of credits and its one
crop stood upon a very unstable ba-
sis but the boil weevil has forced us
into putting our farms on a frmer
basis. The real facts are that credit,
seemingly, is not indicated for the
farm that does not carry certain fac
tors which make for agricultural sta
bility. 1 refer to those great agricul-
tural necessities-the cow, the hog,
and the hen, and / repeat again that
credit is not indicated for that farm
on which does not obtain the follow
ing outfit, viz, one COW, n sow,
two dozen hens and a rooster or two.
If the farmer has not got this equip
ment let him borrow or rent it and
pay rent in the young or progeny of
the animals.
Without these animals there can be
no living making on the farm. In
these days of weevil there can not be
money-making without first of all this
living making status. In other words,
money making today in agriculture
presupposes first a living making.
A Great Indictment.
The low level of our southern ag-
riculture is plainly shown by the fact
that about sixty per cent or nearly
two thirds of it's farmers carry Meth
er the cow, the hog, nor the hen. A
goodly proportion of our farm chill
dren never drink milk and eat only
bought butter and then only occasion
ally. A child without milk is apt to
be a deficient child and this deficiency
is a parental responsibility.
Co;no Still Further
1t would be far better if our land
lords should require besides the fore
going certain other requisites on their
farms. For cattle growing there must
be a green crop all the year. In other
words, broadcast ten pounds of rape
now on n acre of land and in the
summer time when this dies out plant
in two foot lows five pounds of green
grazing the year around and this
acre should be kept up year after
year. And on this one horse farm, too,
should be an acre in pecans, and two
crops that should always be found
there are Otootan soy beans, a fine
stemmed hay, and Biloxi soy beans
for a rough forage. Why would not a
farm carrying all of the foregoing
factors be a safe farm for credit for
the compelling reason that all money
crops on it would be made practically
free of cost?-N. L. Willett in Au-
gusta Chronicle.
Handy Electric Mixers.