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SUBSTITUTES
FOR COTTON
Corn a is Safe Thing —And
Some Young Peach
Trees.
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 the
Southeastern states the boll wee
vil is giving an additional reason
for attention to other crops than
cotton.
In practically all cotton grow
ing sections there is likely to he
much casting about for other
crops and other lines of farming
to occupy a part of the acreage
recently planted to cotton. The 1
general idea is to seek a substi
tute for cotton instead of a sup
plement to that crop. No greater
mistake could be made than an
attempt to make a radical change
in our farming in one year. Such
radical changes or revolutions
nearly always 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 farm
ing to another, from one season
to the next, to meet fluctuations
in prices. The man who attempts
this sort of thing is nearly always
one or two years behind the
game and finds that instead 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
reduced. Even if disastrously
low prices 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
proDortion of our cultivated lands
ino) cotton on too many farms.
Decreasing soil fertility and a
lack of feed and food crops were
bound to cause decreased 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 advis
able, even if prices we/e now
satisfactory. But with the dou
ble reason for reducing the cot
ton acreage for 1921, thousands
will be asking the question,
What crops should be grown o/i
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 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 plant
ed to cotton is to be put into oth
er crops, which should probably
be done on some farms, these
crops should only be those with
which we are entirely familiar
Corn is a crop with which we
are more or less familiar and the
acreage now planted is large
Shall we plant the released cot
ton corn? There can be
no reason for not planting enough
land to corn to supply all the
possible feed 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 fairly
good local demand or an extra lot
of hogs to feed, under conditions
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 a good money crop in the
South. Our lands are too poor
and the Negro tenants, even if
closely supervised, cannot make
a living for himself and the land
lord growing corn, so long as our
average yields are twenty bush
els to the acre or less. But we
can safely put enough of the cot
ton lands into 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
jn the South where hay is pro-
CAPT. M. D. HUGHES
| A Tribute to His Memory by
a Friend.
1 1 MISS LOTA GIBBS.
| Why should we mourn departing
friends,
Or shake at death’s alarms?
i ’Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call us to his arms.
: But still we know—Ah yes, we
miss
His gentle words of love,
For an angel plucked another
flower
And carried it above.
The beckoning hand sent from
above,
A gentle voice said come;
A mighty hand was by his side—
His Master’s will be done.
We must prepare to clasp his
hand
Beyond the other shore,
And there in rapture we will sing
To part nevermore.
Ah. he was taken from us
By a quickening spirit’s call,
But still we know, dear Savior,
That in each life some rain
must fall.
That precious link is broken
In his household band,
But we know he’s sleeping
In a sweeter land.
The mighty hand of Jesus
Is a comfort for us all,
And when our hearts are bowed
in sorrow,
We must always on Him call.
He hath a home prepared on high,
Where death is never known,
And there in robes of purest
white.
He rallies ’round the throne.
He was noble, true'and loyal
To his country and to his
friends,
And now his years of toil are
over,
He sleeps beneath his snowy
wings.
Let not your heart be troubled,
Neither let it be afraid,
For God will take us home on
high—
The voice he loved and gave.
Ah, he left this loved one with us
So many, many years,
And still the visit of His angel
Caused us many, many tears.
Beyond the strand of pearly gates
He calls us not to weep;
His vvor k is done, his victory won,
And he with Jesus sleeps.
Ah, he’s at rest we know—in
gloiy,
And he’s waiting to meet us
there,
And we hope to meet our loved
one
In that happy, higher sphere.
And when we meet beyond the
w ate rs.
Os that happv, golden shore,
There we’ll stand amidst His
g "W
And sing His praise forever
more.
Jan. 17, 1921.
duced in sufficient quantities to
supply local demands, and still
■ less where hay is produced as a
i money crop. t
> Certainly hay can be safely
; produced to supply thS needs of
i the farm and such other local
demands as generally exist; but
■ the man who has not produced
; hay as a sales crop should go
! slowly into the business, until he
• has canvassed carefully the cost
1 of the machinery equipment, his
j transportation facilities, his mar
i kets and his own fitness for this
. special line of farming.
' Again, many of our acres
planted to cotton- need to be made
‘ richer. A crop of legumes plow
- ed under will do this. There
- fore, if there is an old cotton
r field, which has not been profit
- ably productive and we can get
3 along without the small crop
- from it, let it be put into some
3 legume and the crop plowed un
j tier, or grazed off by livestock,
s if good livestock are available, "i
f In short, let us reduce our cot
s ton acreage, but let us use judg
ment and caution in launching
e into other lines of farjning and
y other crops with which we are
s not familiar.—The Progressive
- Farmer.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921.
Heavy
Machinery
We have added to
: our plant a Heavy
Welding Machine.
Now prepared to do
, any form of Welding,
Brazing or Cutting.
It will suprise you to
know r the machinery
and eastings you can
save' by our welding.
Come in and talk itj
over with us.
HICKS BROTHERS
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
To the Farmers ot
This Section:
In order to assist the farmers
of this section in the readjust
ment of prices, we will pay cash
for all country produce, also, ,
cattle and hogs.
If you have anything for sale
from eggs to cotton see us.
J. Wade & Henry A. Johnson,
MountjVernon, Ga.
Trespass Notice.
Georgia—Montgomery Cunty.
This is to forewarn the public
against hunting, fishing, remov
ing wood or timber x>r in any
manner trespassing on the lands
of the undersigned, and parties |
violating this rule subject them-l
selves to prosecution. This the j
21st day of October, 1920.
W. T. McArthur,
Duncan McArthur,
Parks McAllister.
Exchange Notice.
To encourage the planting of
oats in this section until further
notice we will exchange bright,
clean, genuine Fulghum oats for
other country produce. This will
enable you to acquire the best
oats for this section without the
actual cash and afford you mar
ket for your other produce.
J. Wade & Henry A. Johnson.
Mount Vernon, Ga.
Mount Vernon Wood
Yard
W. A. GUYTON, Proprietor
The Best Grades of Oak and Pine
W’ood, Cut to any Dimensions, j
Ready for the Stove or Fireplace.!
PROMPT DELIVERY and full
riEASURE
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See me for prices. Yards near,
Mt. Vernon depot
Trespass Notice.
Georgia—Montgomery County, j
This is to forewarn all parties
against hunting, fishing, remov
ing wood or timber or in any
manner trespassing on the lands
of the undersigned, and viola
tions of this order are subject to
prosecution. This the 2d day of
December, 1920.
L. C. Mcßae,
Mrs. Florence McArthur.
Seed Oats for Sale.
Supply of high grade Fulghum
1 seed oats. Thoroughly cleaned
! and free from grass seeds and
• weeds. See me at once.
>j J. M. D. McGregor,
1107tf Ailey, Ga.
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Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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specialty:
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
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Savannah, Ga. >
Fred M. Harris
Attorney at Law
MT. VERNON, GA
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Mt Vernon, Georgia
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