Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-08


west in the growing of corn anC
small gram for the market, but
it is best that our farm
ers raise all they use.
do not abandon cotton, but
keep down the acreage. Study
the boil weevil situation and re.
sort TO every known common
sense method of fighting pests
Build enough cribs; raise
plenty of corn and protect II
from the ravages of the corn
weevil. Do not hope to ship any
of this to Kansas and make a
profit on 1t. The plan won't
work. The chances are, however,
some of your neighbors may be
willing about March or April,
to pay you fancy price for your
surplus. Don't be afraid to give
your mule. your hog or your
COW nuhbin now and then; it
pays. Don't blow up if the
chickens and turkeys eat a few
grains; they will repay it four
fold. Raise just a plenty for
your family, your live stock,
your fowls, your neighbors and
the weevils. too, if you are too
tender-hearted or considerate of
the Lords handiwork to kill
them.
Try a few acres of tobacco
after learning something about
its culture and the needs of the
market. Stick, stick and study.
Success will reward you; it has
others. Surely in this line of in
dustry the rewards go to the dill
gent, patient and intelligent.
Raise the grade and buyers will
raise the price. If you do not
raise all the oats, velvet beans,
hay and other food stuff, that
your live stock can possibly con-
sumo during the entire year, and
this includes two to six good
milk cows-why, just let the
Long Loan take your place and
go at something else. Possibly
you will be able to achieve fame
and fortune playing poker, op-
Grating a coal mine, running a
dance hall, saw milling or teach
ing agriculture, but you are no
farmer and the sooner you find
1t out the better it will be for
you and your creditors. Put 'em
out Of their misery as quickly as
possible.
"TryNl few melons OCCASION
ally; some early; some late,
Community cooperation is fine
on this crop; they have paid
well at times; don't put ali of
your eggs in one basket; put a
few in your pockets.
Peanuts, cane, sweet pota-
toes, cabbage, tufnips-if these
are not raised on your farm in
abundance ask some of the
neighbors what you are living
IN the country for. Peanuts.
cane and sweet potatoes are the
old reliables, and should be rails
ed in abundance. The present
price is only fair, but better than
Tor most other things.
Il have had no opportunity to
try out the sour cream PROPOSE
ton, but if make another PASS
at farming ] am going to do
this II | have to feed nv herd
OF COWS on band-picked and de-
natured pine straw. / am honest
IN the opirioo that there is more
promise in this department of
the farming game" than any
thing being offered. 1t will
bring the needful flow of small
change and keep you out of
debt; it will furnish a home
market for all your surplus feed
stun and &C a good figure:
about rs per cent of the value
OF the feed raised on the prem
lses will 60 back to the land in
the form of stable manure the
best and most lasting of all fer
tliizers. But don't overlook the
velvet bean crop-it is one of
the fingers, pointing the wav to
economic freedom.
''The chances are that vour
wife will not let you forget the
poultry and the garden. Gardens
VIII not thrive if raised with
chickens. Keep them in different
pens. There is always a ready
sale for poultry and eggs and at
a good price. If the market
becomes glutted, hold until the
next Methodist conference.
IF you have been as affec-
tlonate as you should have been
during the course of your mar
ried life there will be no difficul-
ty IN borrowing Nll the poultry
money from your wife, on long
time and without interest This
plan | have found to be entirely
satisfactory-to the borrower
more so in some respects than
that provided by the Farm Loan
Board or the War Finance Cor.
poration. Tobacco, snuff, shine
or face powder or other neces
saries may be brought very nice
iy out Of the chicken money
The good garden is a regular
'Scare-Sheriff' and 'Anti-Law
suit
THE humble hog will rescue
you from financial peril if you
Will give him the consideration
and the kind treatment which
his merits entitle him to. Do moi
try to furnish all of the packing
houses yourself; have some con