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What Crops Shouldße Increased as
The Cotton Acreage Is Decreasee .
With the price of cotton much
below the present cost of produc
tion, the growing of other crops
and livestock is certain to receive
much more attention. In South
eastern states the boll weevil is
giving an additional reason for
attention to other crops than cot
ton.
In practically all cotton grow
ing sections there is likely to be
much casting about for other crops
and ether lines of farming to oc
cupy a part of the acreage recent
ly planted to cotton. The gener
al inclination and attitude of the
mind will he to seek a substitute
for cotton instead of a supplement
to that crop. No greater mistake
could be made than an attempt to
make a radical change in our
farming in one year. Su< h radical
changes or revolutions nearly al
ways spell disaster. Surely we
should have learned by this time
that we cannot jump from one crop
into another, or from one system
or line of farming to another, from
one season to another to meet the
fluctuations in prices. The man
who attempts this sort of thing is
nearly always one or two years be
hind the game and finds that in
stead of meeting the best prices
with the largest production he hits
the lowest prices when he has most
~to market.
The cotton acreage must be re
duced. Even if disastrously low
low prieCs for cotton had not come
this year, they were sure to come
before long if the tendency to put
every possible acre into cotton
had been continued. We have been
putting too large a proportion of
bur cultivated lands into cotton on
too many farms. Decreasing soil
fertility and a lack of feed and
food crops were bound to cause de
creased returns from cotton, even
if the price had not fallen below
present, cost of production.
A reduction in the cotton acre
age would, therefore, be advisable,
even if prices were now satisfac
Fords orv
TRADE MARK
On the farm, just as in tlie his? factories in the city, the machine way of
doing things is quicker, easier, better. - The Fordson way. is the -machine
way of farming. It will help you to raise more per acre, thus increasing your
income. It will help you to do more work in a day. It will lighten your work ;
and make your wprk easier for you.
The Fordson doesn’t stop with the field work. It is a flexible, all around
power plant, ready for use during the entire year, and at a remarkably low
cost of upkeep. And there’s work for the Fordson on every farm every day
in tht year.
The Fodson is very simple to operate—a school boy can drive it.
We will he glad to explain it to you, and tell you why it is a profitable
investment. Come in and see us.
Made by Henry Ford & Son and sold by
Flanigan & Flanigan
tory. But witli the double reason
for reducing the cotton acreage for
1921, thousands will be asking the
question. What crops should he
grown on these released cotton
lands*
First, let us answer that if these
lands are devoted to crops, or to
lines of farming with which the
farmer is not entirely familiar it j
should be done only on a small
scale for the first year or two. In
other words, if a radical change in
crops is to be made, or if a large
acreage formerly planted to cotton
is to be put into other crops, which
should probably be done on some
farms, these crops should only be
those with which we are entirely
familiar.
Corn is u crop with which we are
more or less familiar and the acre
age now planted is large. Shall
we plant the released cotton lands
to corn* There can be no reason
for not planting enough land to
supply all the possible teed and
food needs of the farm for corn. It
is perhaps safe to plant even more
than this, if there is likely to be a
lairly good local demand or an ex
tra lot of bogs to feed, under con
ditions which give a fair chance
for profit. But poor lands should
not be planted to corn, for there
is no disguising the fact that corn
is not good money crop in the
South. Our lands are too poor and
the Negro tenant, even if closely
supervised, cannot make a living
for himself and the landlord grow
ing corn, so long as our average
yields are twenty bushels to the
acre or less. But we can safely
put enough of the cotton landsin
to corn to supply the needs of the
farm, which we have not done in
the past on the farms where the
proportion of the land planted to
cotton has been largest.
In every section there is some
hay crop which does reasonably
well, but there are few sections in
the South where hay is produced
in sufficient quantities to supply lo-
TTTE BARROW TIMES, WIN'D FT?, (IEORGI \
cal demands, and still less wlmre
Jiay is produced as a rno’ney crop.
Certainly hay c#i be safely pro
duced to supply the needs of the
farm and such other local demand
as generally exist; hut the man
who has not produced hay as a
sales crop should go slowly into
the business, until he has canvass
ed carefully the cost of the machin
ery equipment, his transportation
facilities, his markets and his own
fitness for this special line of far
ming.
Again, many of our acres plant
ed to cotton need to be made rich
er. A crop of legumes plowed un
der will do this. Therefore, if
there is an old cotton field, which
lias not been profitably productive
and we can get along without the
small crop from it, lot it he put in
some legume and the crop plowed
under, or grazed off by livestock,
if good livestock arc available.
In short let us reduce our cot
ton acreage, but let us use judg
ment and caution in launching into
other lines of farming and other
crops with which we are not famil
iar.—The Progressive Fanner.
Bethabara Baptist Church.
Preaching at Bethabara Baptist
church, Oconee county, Saturday
at 11 A M. ‘'Radicalism.”
Sunday at three p. m. ‘“The
Coining Man.”
The last service of present pas
tor before Dr. C. Wl Haralson of
Maysville, takes charge.
Every member and friend urg
ed be present.
W. H. FAUST, Pastor.
First Baptist Church.
Services for Sunday: Sunday
school at 10:30. S. F. Maughon,
Supt. Preaching at 11:30.
Junior B. Y. P. U. at 6:30.
Preaching at 7 :30. “The Sunday
Sleeper. ’ ’
Prayermeeting Wednesday 7 :30
o’clock.
Senior B. V. P. I . Thursday / :80
o’clock P. M.
Welcome.
W. 11. FAUST. Pastor.
Winder 5c and 10c Store
BIG SALE STILL ON
All goods going at cost, and many items
below cost.
We have had big crowds during our Sale and we have been selling the
goods.
We have decided to extend the closing date of our contest TWO WEEKS
LOGGER, in order to give you a chance to get some of the excellent Bar
gains we now have on display.
So on December 18th, we wil lgive the three handsome prizes to the three
custonirs making the largest purchases during our Sale.
Below are some prices you can’t resist:—
Ladies 75c lisle hose with seam in back 25 cents
Ladies black hose 15 c. Ladies white hose 10 cents
Men’s black socks 15c Men’s gray socks 15 cents
Children's Union Suits COc logics U::dcrvc:ts fC cents
Some beautiful patterns of cotton checks, ginghams and euitain goods Ijc yd
40c Outing at 19c. 40c Suiting, Ginghams and Plaids at 19c
A beautiful assortment of hats at the small price of SI.OO EACH
Sweaters, Coats and knit goods 40 PER CENT OFF.
MEN’S SI.OO GRADE ALL SILK TIES at 50 cents
COME IN AND GET ONE OF THE CARDS AND TRY FOR A HANLSOME
PRIZE.
Winder 5c & 10c Store
COURT HOUSE BUILDING WINDER, GEORGIA
The Greatest Sale of
Ready-to-W ear
Ever Held in Northeast Georgia
'Phis Is a sale wise shoppers will be quick to
take advantage of. In a short while we will be
taking stock and have decided to clear out the
Ready-to-Wear department before this time.
Suits
Dresses
Coats
Skirts
Millinery
The entire stock goes in. this sale at just
ONE-HALF THE REGULAR PRICE
It. is a well-known fact tliat Ready-to-Wcar at this store is priced rea
sonably to begin with. We do not mark fictitious prices in order to give big
reductions. 10very garment was marked reasonably to begin with and when
we cut them half it means our patrons get wonderful bargains.
Vou can’t afford to iniss this opportunity to buy SUITS, COATS. DRESS
ES, SKIRTS AND MILLINERY ut HALF VALUE.
Davison-Nicholson Cos.
ATHENS, GEORGIA
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