Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-01
IT'S A QUESTION
OF LOOKING AHEAD.


has passed-when the farmer can
enter bank and borrow money on
nothing more than the number Of
acres Of cottonshe expects to plant.
Food crops are increasing to Sc
cure credit.
1.-THE farmers who will come
through this year in best shape
are those who have planted suf-
ficient food crop" a local banker
said not long ago 1--WE Must live at
home. Otherwise, there's not much
chance for success"
Not only must we Give at home"
but we must plan other money
crops that conditions seem to make
promising.
Those agricultural communities
that are going to the front most
rapidly are. those which are follow
ing this plan.
Eastern North Carolina counties
are outstanding example of wise
diverslfication. Recently the Man
ufaeturer's Record carried the fol-
lowing regarding that section:
The Eastern Carolinian con-
tains some very interesting news
of development and progress in
the region at and around Scot
land Neck Where a 10000 bushel
sweet potato storage warehouse
has been built this year and about
5000 bushels of potatoes stored
and cured. One carload of these
potatoes was sent as far as Los
Angeles, Calf.
AS to poultry, there were TO-
500 baby chicks placed in the
county this year and eight COM
mercial poultry plants were start
ed. Nine brooder houses were
built and brooders, installed and
operated. All surplus broilers
were sold, it is stated, at from
45 to So cents a pound. There
have been forty-five farmers en-
gagged in hog raising, 10 carloads
being shipped from the county in
March. There were fourteen
selffeeders constructed and
fourteen pure bred boars and
thirty-seven gifts and sows were
placed in the county. A carload
of grade Guernsey and of pure
bred and grade Holstein dairy
cows was placed with farmers
throughout the county and anoth-
er dairy barn and a silo are be-
ing erected.
Sheep raising is also success
full and it is stated that the wool
clipped last year was sold
through a pool and it averaged
about three times the price of
fered by local purchasers. 1t is
proposed to pool the wool again
this year. Two carloads of lambs
were sold to Eastern markets.
Careful veterinary supervision
of all livestock is noted.
1t is further observed that a
credit system whereby home
raised corn, hay and meat are
to be recognized as collateral
for loans in 1924, instead of a
large acreage of cotton has been
placed in operation by the
Chamber of Commerce through
the banks and the merchants of
Scotland Neck.
Concerning this plan the
Scotland Neck Chamber of Com
'merce says that each farmer in
n applying for credit will be re-
CURED to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the person to
whom he applies, that he has a
surplus of food for man and
beast, that he is planning his
crop system so that surplus
VIII be provided for another
year; that he is farming this
year as if he exnected boil
weevil infection of at least 30 TO
30 per cent; that he plants his
crop early and fertilizes heavily
when planting; that he works in
tenslyefy. and frequently; that he
follows the advice and practice
of the County Agricultural
Agent and that he shows a will
ingness to co-onerate in all these
'''f ~ eNblu Inc great losses
which have been elsewhere by
tho nest.
Furthermore. the merchants,
fnnters and other business men
Of the Mace also resolved last
winter in meeting that the acre
age of cotton this year should
be decreased rather than in.
r~cased. 1t was recognized
that there was a pronounced
tendency through tho South ia
increase acreage and should the
reason be favorable there would
he very large crop of cotton
which would greatly reduce the
nrice. Moreover. in order to
increase production of food
crons it was necessary to reduce
cotton acreago. THE reori~e
vents of credit are declared to
h" as much for the benefit of
the farmers as for the business