Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-25

crease as you learn the ms and
outs of the business; this means
YOU will travel slowly. If /
were a man of long experience
on the farm and one who made
or tried to make my living ON
the land, [ would just as soon
be accused of stealing meat as
buying syrup, corn or garden
stuff. Contrary to common be-
lief, corn will not hurt a hog
unless it is store bought corn.
Sweet potatoes. peanuts or
chufas may be fed literally,
They will not endanger the life
of an able bodied normal porker.
Raise a few head of live
stock. Don't expect hogs to
thrive and prove a paying in
vestment If they are pastured
on broom sedge and cypress
bark. Give them q show. treat
them fairly and they will deal
fairly with you. A farm WITH
out a good pasture is gilt
edged invitation to bankruptcy
Contrary to common opinion u
pasture should contain a few
blades of grass in addition to
its crawfish beds and trumpet
flowers. Get YOU a stand OF
Lespedeza. Carpet grass or
plain old Bermuda and the Loru
will reward your efforts.
From my own experience
from an observance of the eX-
perience of others and from a
long and careful study of farm
speeches and farm papers
have reached the conclusion
that there are some few abSo-
lutte essentials to the winning
of success as a farmer. For
the sake of neatness and regu-
laritv and in order that they
may always be accessible TO
those turning towards the farm
I have compiled these essentials
under the title of my FOUR
TEEN POINTS IN AGRICUL'
PURE" [ will read
l. 1t is best to have had
some experience as a ploWDoy:
this to toughten the slneWs,;
bring one close to the SOIL ana
develop habits of industry, hu-
mility and indifference to hard
ship. ia+ ~
order that the soil may be prop
er1v analyzed and fertilizers
correctly compounded and sci
officially applied. 49,,
3. He should be a civil en-
oineer or at least a grapevine
surveyor in order that terraces
may be correctly placed; lanu
lines correctly run, and dltcneS
opened in a proper manner 70
GET the best results. -,
q. He should be a theofet!'
cal as we'll as practical Netefl-
marian in order that the heaI!h
of his livestock may be saIe-
orlarded and protected, and that
his dimestic animals may re-
ceive such surgical treatment
as is necessary from time 10
time. ,,o4ioo1 &c
well as practical poultry man:
6. He should be something OIL d
gardener.
7. It is well that he should be
an apronomist or seed expert IN
order that the important mattef
of seed selection and plant de-
velopment may be taken care Oh.
8. He should be a weather
prophet in order that tit ana
suitable seasons for planting ana
harvesting may be forecasted,
and the vital matter OF hoG-Nlll-
ing properly taken care OF.
9. He should be q dairyman IN
order that his pigs, his children
and his friends in the city ShouId
not want for food, and for the
reason that through the exercise
Of this occupation or calling ne
will be able to develop very nee
essary habits of late retlrlng
and early rising.
10. He should be an entomolo-
eist or bugolOgist of the hl9h-
est type in order that he may
successfully combat the boil wee
vii the corn weeviI, the San Jose
scale, the wheat clinch, the
chicken louise. the Hessian fly,
the potato bug and probably the.
PLAIN or gdrden variety VI AiOliiO
chinch.
II. He should be a mechanic,
able to do plain and fancy black
smithing, carpentry or WOOD
work.
u. IYe should be an all-round
rough and tumble financier; an
instructor in home economies
and plain variety of farm demon
strator,
13. He must be a hiSh-brow
diplomat, able to bring up nat
uraly extrayagant family in in
dustry, economy and frugality.
IA. 1t is not amiss if he have
a working knowledge of the
homestead and stay laws of
Georgia in order That the inter-
ests of creditors may not be over
looked in an emergency.