The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-25
has been inC.fectlVe.

OklaEoma oO.o OO'S
Oratory has been ineffective. Dem
onstraticn has fa led to do the lob.
The men who have controlled land and
credit in the cotton states ha. to Il
|; rye extent blessed ne earnest wGrt
which county accents and home dom01-
stratiOn agents have been doing.
Bankers and mere hants have pat up
moloy for caf ciubS, pig clubs and
poultry cluts because it has been I .-
icnabe-qui,e the tkinG-to do so.
1t gave them good standing in dgri-
cultural society. They sought to bay
agricultural dove opu,nJ and lr-5
perity. Yet IN thtir dAiy, work e
passing uCOn fa-rCIs' credits. -a.s"
same barke~s and merchants La
continued putting emphasis On. g s.t
cotton without pay.
John Bvrrau"hS wrote: "Wharl the
cow is, there is Arcadia; so far IS
her influence prevails, there j. con
"ulm,u ,umi,y and sweet homCly
lfc.' All of Us ioin in camp !ig~s -
nd lcc cty G. i'0rcn to drin,: more
r,'ll5 hrt We "i"r no thought 20 the
fact that more than third e the .Nil.
dren Ii ing on the cotton farms Ct tic
south do not know what milk = r5
likc-thCy haven't tested il since they
were wcaurd Iua.e.d d Cf ing D.; S.
aimed and sDcnr;h"g'L by 4 drnt o A.
nutritious M " wAoH weary with cl cp-
ping or picking cotton, ;Ecy are iuic -
up with = q s. Oi ~hli! tome and tod
tC hope % it.
Here are the plain facts Of thc bus
inc <:
If every farmer in the cotton state .
he'd il 1920 ard 1921 fed a0d mii:"G
one cow, bred and fed one SOW 2-o
iattened and killed aId cured the me q,
from her tilter, ald II do tUii IS" G.
what two GoZ,n hens. assisted ~ Z
ross +, would has produced, Angs
would be very different now.
If bankers and merchants had 10.
extended credit for the production us
cot-ou to any tenant farmer who id
not have at least one COW, one SOW.
two dozen hens md n rooster. and =
rental CONTRACT under which the land
owner provided suitable shelter fo'
lives .ock and permitted the production
Of feed on sharc-crop ba.is, fc,.
landowners, cotton farmers, bnkCri
and merchants would lie in trouble
, now.
Having gotten into a variety Of d,f-
fculties through financing cot.ol
farmers upon what has been pro cl
SO cpncius vc.y to be the re crSa OF .
Moncv- matiI" basis first before ra.s-
, ing any cotton?
am sure tnat the time to do this
is now. You can't buy your LAY ru
OF the present situation. You mus
work your way out. AS Il starter,
credit and cOnfcsS"S that he EaSD,
a cow, SOW and flock of he Nan
should register amazcmCnt, astoniSh-
ment, surprise, apprehension, dis.A
| conclude and conservation; get red
~ the face and pound the table at the
! very thought :hpt any former Wlo In
ncylc ted to supply himself Win t.it
/ l'iniru'm Of fGmiiy feeding livgStoe,,
should think tlat he can get from y
erect on which To make Il cotton crop.
Th,n calm down a .d talk it o,cr
with him and try 90 get him started
as chCaply as possible with livcs,oc.:
WI ~ m" be purchased lccniiy. ina
pressing him with the fact tha rsw
u..sr lecd!hg md care are as important
as breeding in getting profitable rG-
| turns. A cow, SOW, two dozen hens
and n rooster, properly cared fer, will
| produce mCrc food before next fall
than their present cost will bay. Ii
you have customers of tenants who
must be fed until they make n crop
with which to pay interest on the old
notes and accounts, you cant feed
,hcm mere cheaply than by putting
them in the w2v Of feeding thcmsel.ea
WITH tho ped cts of the livestock
which should be on every farm.
Farming should first of all lc be ~
on pans which make Of it Ii ing
maNinG ciuch instc"d of merely :,
money making chance Those who
control credits in agricultural com
&C : - DO
for the dsaster which incv,tab y
comes from ulSound farm practices.