Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-11-21
HARD HORSE SENSE PAYS
DIVIDENDS IN COTTON FIELDS

placed the county of Sumter in
the lead of all counties in the
state of Georgia, in the number
Of bales ginned.
The application of hard horse
sense in the management of the
farm has proven that cotton can
be proftably raised-even under
boil weevil conditions.
1t is just another example of
the truism that business methods
will pay on the farm the same as
in the store, the bank or the
factory.
For years the farmer has cried
for government protection, for
help from the state, from his
bank, from his merchant, forget
ting that his only salvation lay
in his own hands and brain.
Profitable production of cot
ton is possible regardless of the
little pest, but the farmer who
succeeds must obey certain rules
that others have tested and found
to be necessary.
And the time to begin the
1923 cotton crop is today. Cot
ton production has become a r.
months fight. In discussing this
subject Monday, L. G. Council,
banker, planter and manufac-
turer, said:
"The fact that Sumter is
leading all other sections of
Georgia this year in the produ2-
ton of cotton is due largely to
the fact that. the farmer has COM
bined science with good judg
ment.
an order to raise cotton under
boil weevil conditions, he has
found that he must free his land
of all stumps, and rubbish and
prepare it thoroughly. He must
select his seed and guano and
cultivate rapidly and skilfully.
"He must also pick up the
squares and possibly apply cal
cium arsenate, particularly in
low ground. This should be APP
piled under government direc-
ton, for if it is applied and rain
washes it away before 48 hours,
the money has been wasted.
at is now time to cut down
the stalks and pillow under for an
acre turned now is worth two
turned following Christmas.
1.-THE farmer has paid up a
great many of his obligations,
,aking up many of the 1920 and
1921 obligations that he was
forced to assume, particularly in
1920" concluded Mr.. Council,
"and he is now in better condi-
ton than he has been the past
three years"
While some farms in this
section came near averaging a
bale to the acre, others were
complete failures, because right
farming methods were not fol-
lowed.
However, cotton alone is an
unsafe bet. The farmer who wins
in 1923 must live at home; he
must produce food crops for HIM
self and his stock. The farmer
who secures credits with his
banker and his merchant will be
the farmer who is applying bust
ness methods on his farm all the
way through.
Next year seems to hold forth
the promise of great prosperity
for the farmer. The 1922 crop is
short. Consumption o cotton is
heavy. The carTy-over is likely
to be the smallest in many years
and there is a possibility of Eu-
rope buying heavily next year.
a news dispatch, carried in
the papers the last few days
stated that an order for $4,000
bales for immediate shipment has
been placed with the Texas
Farm Bureau Cotton Association
by Russian firm.
The order will permit the Rus
sia4s to resume production in
textile mills after several years
Of idleness. Delivery at Petro-
grad is provided. The order
amounts to approximately &c.
600, 600.
# Russia can buy cotton in
1922, why not Germany and Aus
tria and Turkey and the other
bankrupt nations Of Europe?
end should Europe enter the
market next year, cotton will be
q very profitable crop to the
farmer who has applied hard
horse sense to his business.