The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-03-31

you will be surprised at how much
better cattle would mean to you and
your family for lifetime.
NJ. T. Little informs US that he has
already sown some oats to be used for
hog pasture. He has also put out
some Bermuda pasture. We can con-
tinue pork production on the above
basis.
Duncan Roberts is planning to
plant some peanuts to be "Hogged
off" The farmer who fails to use
better methods of pork production in
the future is going to pay big tuition.
Every farm should arrange to have
some crop to be used to finish his
pork in the field instead of gathering
corn to put in the crib to be shocked
to be put into a basket to be carried
to the HOG WOLL0W (pig pen) to
be thrown into the mud so that the
hogs can get part of it. No wonder
some men say with much certainty
that it does not pay to raise swine.
A small area of sorghum should be
planted on every farm to be fed green
during August, September and 0cto-
Der. All kinds of livestock like it.
There seems to be information broad
cast that it is dangerous to feed green
sorghum on account of a poison which
it is supposed to carry. This is not
TRUE. However, we might say that
the second growth is dangerous and
does sometimes kill animals that eat
it. II we farmers in Henderson coun-
ty would follow this suggestion, little
hay would be bought and much less
corn by those who fail to produce
enough feed to last them during the
year.
All farmers that buy hay should not
say word about the profits of mid
dlemen and high freight rates. 800
pounds of acid phosphate, 11a bushels
of whippoorwill peas and three acres
of rather thin land will make enough
hay to do one-horse farmer and give
his mich COW few square meals, if |
he will use as much sorghum feed as
possible. We make this statement |
with the hope that some day such
thing as a farmer buying hay will be |
a curiosity in Henderson county. All |
of the above figures are made for |
poor land instead of AVERAGE land.
You stand a better chance to buy the |
fertilizer than you will to buy the hay
next year if the SOUTH CAN MAKE |
A BIG COTTON CROP.
We believe that cotton is the best
money crop that can be raised by the !
Henderson county farmer yet under
the precent condition 1T is THE
MOST DANGEROUS. N oboll Wee
vii and favorable weather will mean a
bumper cotton crop. Boil weevil dam
age in Henderson county this year
might mean lamost no cotton. A high
price will do little to pay debts if the
yield is low. so BE CAREFUL. In
letter, a farmer who has only his
wife for help asked us recently how
much and what kind of fertilizer to
use on his IL acre crop. This is full
ly twice as much as he should try to
grow. REMEMBER 1920. Have you
paid for the fertilizer that you used
that year? Well, don't get caught in
the same trap again.
When we stated tnat banks would
make loans to farmers to buy fertil-
izers, we did not want to leave the i'm
preston that any one bank wanted to
add new business in this way. Those
who have made this proposition do not
feel that they are in position to take
care of anyone except their regular
customers.
A meeting will be held Thursday
night, April 9th, at the new school
building built to replace Moore's Hill
and Sweet Bud.
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