The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 18, 1905, Page 7, Image 7
Agricultural
Farm Lkbor
Its Scarcity?How Labor
May be Saved?Cultivate
Less Land and Make
Wiser Application of Fertilizers.
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(A paper read at tlie meeting of the
Richmond County, Ga.. Farmers'
' Club, by Dr. .). P. H. Brown,)
Labor on the tartn a?ul in (lie
home has become a qutstion o'
serious consideration. M :chiner.\
and all necessary agricultural
implements may be on hand, lor
~r the execution ol the worn, hull
unless the required labor is there
the work is obliged to stand still.
The only independent lanners
and housekeepers we have now
are those who are able to do their
own work without calling in ou1side
labor; those who are dependent
upon hired labor are often
put. to great pecuniary loss by
not getting it done at the proper
time.
1 do not think the labor conditi
ens can be improved!)/ passing
resolutions or recommending this
law or that law tor its rectification.
Every year labor becomes
scarcer. Factories, railroad count
ruction, and other public works.
< take the best irom the farm.
They go where they can get better
wages. The majority of those
'
xniti remain are Ihzv, trifling and
inefficient.
The capital stock of the unskilled
laborer is the degree of
his physicial ability to execute
V Work. He has a perfect right to
* trade or sell this for the most
r
money he can get. No one can
blame him. To meet this condition
and increased cost ol labor
will necessitaie a complete revolution
in agricultural m tnagexnent.
In the first place the employer
should have a clear conception ot
the value of labor. The cost
should be gauged by the kind of
labor or by the skill required.
The brain-worker who pores over
bis books until his eyes grow dim
and his head dizzv, commands
more wages than the man who
shovels dirt. The hand who can
direct the plow?knows just
>what plow to use on a certain lot
ground, and what to use, at a
certain stage of growth of the
crop; how to apply his fertilizer,
how to economize his time and
vpush his work, is certainly worth
^ more to his employer than the
scamp who wastes his time,
slights his work and expects
honest Daw for dishonest wnrL
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Labor it* the foundation of
capital. Every dollar the farmer
takes in from the sale of his
produce, and every dollar he
pays out was obtained either
directly or indirectly of labor.
Kit her by his own labor or by
"wage labor. Labor is expensive.
JL 4tThj hands take all the profits in
the buhiness," is a cry coming
. from 5(1 per cent of farmers. In
most of these cases I am satisfied
it is correct. The only remedy
that I can see is to economize
labor. To work fewer, but more
efficient hands, and demand more I
efficient work from those that i
you do employ. You ask the i
question: IIow can this be i
Department.
done? Right here starts I he n w
I era in farming.
First, by the use of the inosi
modern agricultural implement*,
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ami laoor-saving m a c h i n e s
Among improved implements I
may name the gang plow, which
can be used on mos^ ol 1 ni I
The disk harrow, riding cultivator,
manure spreader, which can
do the work of 6 or 8 hands, the
crop harvester and shredder,
| reaping machine, etc., etc. It
takes capital to purchase improv
ed machines. Not one farmer in
filly would he able to purchase a
full outfit. Then, how can it be
done? Only b\ union and .on
cert of action. Let A. buy one
machine, B another, and C. an
other and so on. Then woik by
turns. Ever bear m mind that
k,in union is strength." Every
neighborhood should have its
farmers' union. Such coteries
ot farmers, conducted in a friendly,
brotherly manner would soon
consign little petty prejudices
and jealousies to the shadow ot
oblivion.
SECOND, INTENSIVE CULTURE.
One of the biggest losses to the
farmer by wage labor is, when he
.narks out more land than he can
well manure and cultivate. According
to Georgia statistics it
lakes, on an average, three acres
to make one bale ot cotton; and
ten bushels of corn per acre is
the acreage yield. If you can
get by improved culture, one bale
of cotton per acre, and from 20
to 30 bushels corn per acre, you
can save two acres of plowing
and cut tivul intr 11*J~
v?iv> Klfc/Wl 111 niling
the work, besides the wear
and tear o! plows and teams.
Remember labor is money. Intensive
culture calls into action
the best thoughts of the farmer.
He has to learn what to do; how
to do; and when to do. It affords
a great field for the young farmer
to sharpen up his his ideas, and
encourage his enterprise and industry.
Third, a large amount of labor
can be saved by a wiser appl'ca
tion of commercial fertilizers. It
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its h iaci mat the effects of commercial
fertilizers on light soil
deficient in humus or vegetable
matter are scarcely perceptible
from the unfertilized portions.
The fertilizer that is used on
such land deficient in vegetable
matter is virtually lost. Hut it
costs the farmer money that was
obtained by labor. Had that
fertilizer been applied to land
containing humus the results
would be satisfactory with a
corresponding increase of crop.
But as it was, the labc expended
in plowing, planting, applying
the fertilizer and cultivating was
thrown away. "Curtailment of
acreage" should be the farmers'
watchword. Apply more manure
and rftmnnol Tu u n. ?
v-uai""" IUUH3 Ullie
to prepare the land and give bet
ter cultivation, and increase your
crop by intensive culture and
not by increase of acreage
?Mr. Herbert Horton, son of
Mr. II. H. Horton, of Ilealh
Springs, who lias been running as
express messenger over this division
of the Southern, has been
transferred to Winston, N. 0.
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I A Talk to Farmers.
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By Georgia's Commissioner
of Agriculture?Good Advice
tc the Tillers of the
Soil.
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'ij> not. allow the present
price ot cotton to allure you
into planting this crop to the
exclusion ot the !o >d crops.
First, raise t hose I hings necessary
to t tie life and well being of man
and beast, raise them plentifully,
then make just as many bales of
cotton on just as tew acres as.possible.
Do not waste the timber
on your larms, or dispose of it. for
a mere song, but preserve the forests
as much as possible. Study
your biisine-s as a tanner, build
up the waste places and not let a
day pass that something worth
while has not, been done. Or
ganize and 'pull together' f< r
moral, soci il and material uolilt
ing, and lor the protection of
your homes, and in a lew years I
Georgia will blossom as the rose
Educate your sons, not so much
with the idea of entering the always
crowded professions, but
hold before them in your own
lite and example the dignity of
labor and fit them as skilled me
chanics and husbandmen, and^
a civilization broader and better
than now exists will be the result.
Factories will spring up within
hailing distance of the fields,
money that now unnaturally
flows from the state for the purchase
of finished products from
other sections will be kept at
home. Then, and not until then;
will the people ol the south come
into lull possession of their rich
heritage." |
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Kershaw County Farmer
Sustains Heavy Loss
by Fire.
Camden special to the News and
Courier, Nov. 15th:
Mr. Wiley Vaughan, who lives
about seven miles north of Camden,
sustained a heavy loss by
lire last night, ilia residence,
kilt lien, barn and stable were ai 1
consumed, together with their
contents. A pair ot mules, $300
in cash and about 400 bushels of
corn were included in the losses.
His horse and buggy were all he
saved from the lire. So far as
could be learned he had no insurance.
It would be a good idea lor
every city, town, village and
hamlet along the line of any rail
toad, says The Four-Track News,
to put up a sign or two somewhere
in proximity to the railroad
station setting forth the name
ot the town and whatever claim
it has for historic, residential and
industrial interest. Travelers
often wonftox -
.. u..Uvi| n Hon m n hi it comes
to a slop, what the town is that
spreads out before them and
wherein lies its excuse for being.
True, the railroads are doing a
great deal to exploit and adver
lise the attractions, scenic and
commercial, ot most of the more
important places, but it wouldn't
be an altogether bad idea for the
towns to do a little something
themselves, if only to set up a
bulletin of facts for the enlighten
ment of the passing traveler.
MONEY TO LOAN.
I urn prepared, as usual, to negotiate loans,
on Improved cotton farms, in suuis of (300.00
and upwards for five years. Interest at 7 per
cent on sums of (1,000.00 and over Under
(1,000.00. 8 per cent. Interest. No brokerage
Ior commission charged?only a reasonable fee
for abstract of title.
R. E. WYL.IE, |
Allornev-at-L.aw. j
Town Properly for Sale.
The following lots in the town of
Lancaster, S. C., belonging to the
estate of the late Mrs. Julia A. Taylor
will be sold at public auction at
Lancaster court house the first Monday
in December next, to-wit:
The vacant lot corner of Chester- [
Held Avenue and Market street, lying
j West of L. C. Lazenby's residence,
containing 3 acres?lot capable of
j division into several desirable building
lots.
Also lot,'vith commodious, 2-stor>
dwelling thereon, south of I anca<ter
& Chester Ry depot, formerly occupied
by Col. 11. G Moll wain.
A perfect, guaranteed title will be
given purchaser or purchasers. The
heirs of Mrs. Taylor being all of age
will join in execution of titles.
W ALTER S. TA V LOR.
M RS II. G. MCI LWAIN.
M ISS .1 C LI A A TA V I.OR,
J . BURROUGHS TAYLOR,
Heirs of MRS. JULIA A. TAYLOR, j
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Notice
| To the overseers of the Public
R<>ads of Lancaster Comity.
I again ask yon all to warn out
your hands and work each of your
j sections of the publicmads, many
| days as the law requires or until you
| get your road in good condition. I
want to find that each section of road
in the county is worked good between
iins ami me last day of November.
Ah you all know you can't do much
food working the clay roads during
t he winter months.
The grand jury held a meeting on
the tlrst Monday in September last
I and tequested me to give notice to all
of the overseers to put four days'
work on each section of road by the
llrst Monday in Oct. and for each of
I you to make a report to ine that day
And I did so, but many of you failed
I to work or to make any report. So I
I kindly ask you a!l to read the report
I of the grand jury at the last term of
the court. You will see by that report
that they want to have the roads
worked better than they have ever
been in the past, < r have the law enI
turned against anv one who fails to
| discharge his duty. Let. every one
I do bis duty, and the law will not be
enforced against anyone, but otherI
wise, they say it must he done.
?, ..v.. .1 = ' -
I . nm- unt* inuice ineretore and govern
I yourself accordingly.
Respect fii'ly,
M . C . Gardner
| Co., Supr.
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KSGIVING Dinner. Any- ^
ou will want. Call on me ^
rrectly and at once. Cher- ^
nberry Sauce, Celery, Pickle, ^
ga Chips, Candies, Honey, J
, Maccaroni, Nuts, Raisins, ^
ig you want.
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ip, anticipating
md, of course,
ase, we bought
usual.
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