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To the Officers and Members of the
Farmers' Union:
Discussion the country over is rag
ibg around the subject of rural cred
its. At the outset I want to say I
have made some investigation of the
matter, that I believe a modified sys
tem of rural credits feasible in Amer
ica, that I am convinced the time has
come for ACTION* and not merely
TALK, and that rural credits may be
used to stem the tendency toward
landlordism which I know to be one
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j of the gravest menaces facing this
nation.
1 There is little use for p\e to dwell
; upon the various plans offered where
j by some system of rural credits can
i be made effectual. It is only essen
; tial to say that the Raiffeisen and oth
*er plans have been followed in Ger
j many and other old-world countries
I with signal success for more than a
century. It is possible, under one of
I these plans, for a number of farmers I
in a given community to become mut- 1
ually responsible for loans extended j
to their respective members. It is al
so possible for rural credits to be ma
terialized by constituting the land it
self the basis of loans?and that plan
is meritorious and economically
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sound for the simple reason that in
the last analysis the soil is the source
of all wealth.
The International Institute of Ag
I riculture in Koine, under the direc
tion of David Lubin, has made
thorouglrfnquiry into all these plans
and if any American farmer desires
detailed information Mr. Lubin will
be glad to furnish it.
I want to stress right now to every
farmer in this country who is talking
excitedly about "plans" and who
thinks that all that is necessary to
succeed with rural credits or any
thing else is to find "plans"?that
there are plans galore. What is need
ed right now is Men bold enough and
with sufficient initiative in every com
munity to curry tiiese plans into ex
ecution, and to do it in the face of
discouragement, difficulties und sac
rifice of time and health, if that is
necessary.
It is just as well, therefore, to stop
worrying so much about "plans" and
think more about how we are going
to find the men to execute the plans,
not just for one week but right on to
the end of the chapter.
It is necessary to remember, how
ever, that Germany is a country of
thickly settled, small communities
and that the plans which have proved
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aavisaoie mere muy nave iu uu un.v* j
ed to take into account separation of I
agricultural units in America. This
process resolves itself, however, into
a matter of detail and the main por
tion of the task is, as I have stated,
the locating and training of the men
to carry into effect any system of
rural credits that may be devised,
whether under governmental or pri
vate supervision.
How, to the second feature; that of
landlordism in America. I believe
that a perfect system of rural credits
can do much to overcome or at least
lessen this evil. If you doubt that it i
exists I only ask that you investigate
in your own neighborhood as to the
number of men who own their farms,
and as to the number of acres, wild
or cultivated, owned by an absentee
landlord.
After all is said, it remains that
America is a land the prosperity and
progress of which are founded on ag
riculture. If we allow to form in this
country a class of controlling land |
iwners, and a corresponding class 01
tenants subject to these landlords, we
create a system that is the direct op
posite of Democratic government and
that will eventually lead to a condi
tion of land monopoly beside which
the problems of the so-called high
cost of living and other muchly-agi
uted issues will dwindle to insignifi
cance. I was astonished when, in con
versation recently with Professor E.
C. Branson, of Athens, Ga., he gave
meflgures relating to Georgia alone of
absentee ownership which are almost
incredible. Had not the figures been
based on conditions of which I am I
personally aware, I would have doubt
ed them.
Unless it is checked, ownership of
the land by a few in each community
is going to strangle individual initia
tive and collective prosperity in
America. If every farmer, every
M'hn rsatis these lines and
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who is genuinely concerned for his
individual welfare and that of the
country will deliberately study tliepe
conditions I have outlined, he will bo
convinced as to the need and the duty
of securing leaders who will material
ize rural credits or any other sound,
proven agency that will prove a reme
dy for the drift toward landlordism.
Finally, don't fret so eternally about
the Plans. The men to execute them
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constitute the real problem?the men !
and the spirit ol' cooperation in every
. community.
Charles S. Barrett.
Unitn City, Ga., Sov. 5th, 1!?12.
' Conkey's Stock Remedies are not
l'oods, but medicine?a. separate rem
edy lor each disease?made by the
same people that make Conkey's
Poultry Remedies. Sold on a money
Lack guarantee by The McMurray
i Drug Co.
1 SCIENCE OF BREEDING
DETTElt CHICKENS
| The science of breeding better ani
I mals is becoming better understood
kit a ranid rate. It was necessarily
slow at lirst, as only time was able to
prove the correctness of scientific de
ductions. In a recent number of the
"Farm Journal" it was stated that
9u per cent, of the trotters and pac
ers that raced in 1910 were descend
ants of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, and
that the other 1U per cent, had prob
abiy some infusion of his blood.
Rysdyk's Hambletonian at his best
was not very fast as we consider fast
these days, his best record being
about 2.48. In two generations his des
cendants are 1743 trotters and 232
racers. It is needless to add "that this
wonderful horse was a "gold mine"
to his owner.
The comparatively new science of
Eugenics, which may be called the
science of breeding better men, is
throwing a Hood of light on this great
question of heredity. From the great
number of statistics that have been
carefully gathered and are being rap
idly augumented by trained observers,
it becomes more and more apparent
that heredity plays an enormous part
in the mental and physical character
istics of offspring. It is easy to breed
an inferior quality but a very slow
and tedious undertaking to improve
on common stock. Like tends to be
got like, but the ofl'spring is not iden
tical with each other or with either
of parents. Here the law of variabil
ity comes in which makes it possible
for improvement to take place. Even
when we get the variation we desire
by a process of selection it is not at
all certain that the variation we have
secured is sufficiently strong to
transmit these valuable qualities on to
succeeding generations. This gives us
some idea of the great value of proven
blood lines and forever knocks into
a cocked hat the idea that a horse is
a horse, a cow a cow, and a chicken
a chicken.
Inorn thflf
SC!en 11IIC UVWUKi a suun .. v..v..
blood will tell and when we see them
shelling out hard earned dollars for
prize stock, hundreds of dollars for a
single chicken it may be, they are not
merely gratifying a whim, but are
making a legitimate investment that
will pay bigger dividends than any
other kind.
Horses like Rysdyk's Hambletonian
j.re extremely rare, and bo are chicken:
that have this marked quality of
breeding better than themselves.
The man that has spent much time
and money selecting and perfecting a
strain of chickens that will breed true
to color and other desirable qualities
:s not only entitled to a good price for
his product, but is in a position to
command high prices for a superior
ai tide.
A cockerel may look fine, have all
rim fine points necessary to win priz
es and still be only an ordinary breed
er, if he is not of an established strain,
but not. one in millions that is off in
these desirable qualities will produce
prize winning descendants. '
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We must select those that come
nearest to the standard, and if we are
lucky enough to find one of those rare
fellows that transmits his good quali
ties we should be loathe to part with !
him at any price. In fact, it is hard 1
to put a value on a bird of this kind.;
If you want to breed fine chickens
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somebody's cull stock at a small j
price. Start with a few good ones and |
you may soon have a large flock that i
you will be proud of and other peo-!
pie will desire them, affording a ready
sale at good profit. A3 the same laws
hold true regarding the breeding of
chickens as other animals, man in
cluded, I want to present a few facts
on this important subject, heredity,
and see if I can not make it so plain j
and impressive as to dispel all doubts |
in your minds as it has in my own. j
This subject it seems to me, is the !
one, of all subjects, a farmer should
be familiar with, as it applies not
only to his livestock of all kinds, but
also holds good in the vegetable king
dom as well as man himself.
Men do not gather grapes from
thorns, nor figs from thistles now any 1
more than they did when it was first j
"Horort nnri tiip sonner Southern far
mers awake to these scientific facts j
and learn to breed their stock and |
plants only from the best, they will !
begin to ^ome into their own God-;
given rights, that have been laying i
idle at their very doors, unnoticed :
since the world began, while men
have bewailed their hard lot and!
"cussed" the politicians for not bring-1
ing good times.
In describing the facts of hereditary j
resemblances between successive gen
erations, two formulas are available: |
The first, deals only with the individ-j
ual?the mendclian formula: The:
second deals with the group?the sta- j
tistical formula.
The Mendclian formula regards
each individual separately and de-1
scribes its heredity thus.
The Statistical formula regards the j
whole group as a unit and considers ;
the individual as only one of the j
crowd.
As the Memlelian is of the greatest,1
importance on account of its more ex
act character, a short description will
be given.
One of tlie simpliest illustrations is
the one given by Bateson and is as
follows: The Andalusian fowl is of
two colors, white and black. Each j
breeds true to itself, black mated with ,
white producing white.
Crossing black and white, however,
results in the production of a grayish
color, which is really a fine mixture
of white and black.
This is what would be naturally ex- 1
pected and would lead us to believe !
we had a gray hybrid strain from the!
mixture of white and black. Xot so; |
or if we continue to breed succes
sive generations from these hybrid!
wis we get three different ooioreu ;
forms. Some will be grey like pa
rents, some black like one grandpa- j
rent and some white like the other;
"rrnndparent. Not only this, but we
jet certain definite proportions among;
these classes of descendants. Of the j
total number approximately one-half
will be gray like parents and one-1
quarter black and one-quarter white j
like each of the grandparents.
Now comes the most important;
fact of all. These blacks bred to-:,
gether produce only blacks,the whites
similarly only white?the gray on the
otber hand produce progeny sorting;
in 1 o the same three original classes
and in the same proportion as the;
first hybrids.
No race of hybrid character can be
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established; grays always producing '
white and black as well as gray, i
while any of the white or black will
breed true to color.
Don't fail to see my line of Jewelry,
Watches, Clocks, etc. livery tiling brand j
new. J. >V. Itykard.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By authority conferred in and by
power of attorney of the heirs and
distributees of Monroe Beauford, de
i =oll at nnhlir. nutcrv at
lcuocu, x ii wi dvu wt ?
Abbeville C. H., Monday, the 2nd day
of December next, being Salesday, the
real estate of said deceased, ot a tract
of land known as tract Number 1, con
taining 101 acres, more or less,
bounded by lands J. T. Thornton,
David Ward law, Rosenberg and
Company.
Also that tract of land known as
tract Number 2, containing 121 acres,
more or less, and bounded by lands
of J. T. Thornton, L. A. Ramey, Rosen
berg & Company and Mrs. Edwards.
Terms Cash. Purchaser to pay for
papers.
J. A. Beauford,
Administrator.
Mr. Poultryman: If you are not get
holp them along by feeding Conkey's
help them along by feeding Conkley's
Laying Tonic. The McMurray Drug
Co.
FLAGGED TRAIN WITH SHIRT.
Tearing nis snirt irom ma uaun. an
Ohio man flagged a train and saved
it from a wreck, but H. T. Alston.
Raleigh, N\ C. once prevented a
wreck with Electric Bitters. "I was in
a terrible plight when I began to use
them," he writes, "my stomach, head,
back and kidneys were all badly af
fected and my liver was in b.id con
dition, but four bottles of Electric Bit
ters made me feel like a new man." A
trial will convince you of their match
less merit for any stomach, liver or
kidney trouble. Price 50c at P. B.
Speed's and McMurray Drug Co.
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The readers of this paper will be
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by destroying r.e founditim cf the dis
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TaUe llall's family i."i'.t i f :r constipation.
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Ahbkvjlle, s. r.
Offiep?First floor Oily Hall.
Legal Blanks for Sale.
The Press and Banner
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Do not force, bat energize to the highest
paint of profit.
CONKEVS LAYING TONIC
promote* actWlty and aaalmUatlon of egg'
making material?th? wholi becbit
or EOO-L4TTHO. Money back It It don't
pleaae. Price* 25c, 60o and tt.
Aak for Oonkc/'a Book on Poultry. Fax*
FOR SALE BY
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WORDS FROM NOME
Statements That May Be Investigated.
TtstimoD} of Abbeville Citizens.
When an Abbevillfr citizen comes to
the front, telling hi9 friends and neigh
bors of his experience, you can rely on
his sincerity. The statements of peo
_t_ M1 ^ft I.. far aayov hlgnpf) llfj nnt
pjo ICBlUIIJg JU 10. " " V.J r
command your confidence. Home en
dorsement is the kiud that backs
Doan's Kidney Pills. Such testimony
is convincing. Investigation (troves
it true. Below is a statement of an
Abbeville resident. No stronger proof
of merit can be had.
H. C. Strickland, blacksmith, Tan
yard St., Abbeville, S. C\, tays : "I
suffered from pains in my back and
the passages of the kidney etcretions
were irregular. Doan's Kiduey Pills,
which I got at P. B. Speed's Drug
Store, brought me relief and I am
therefore, pleated to lecommend
them."
If your back aches?if your kidneys
bother you, dou't simply ash for a kid
ney remedy?ask distinctly for Doan's
Kidney Pills, the same that Mr.
Strirkiand had?the remedy backed
by home testimony. 50c all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co.," Props., BuUalo,
N. Y.
Land for Sale!
One of the most desirable
tracts of land in the Up-coun
try; lies about six miles frcm
Troy, S. C., and coitiins 350
acres; has five gocd settle
ments with all recessary out
houses. One hundred acres of
place is in virgin forest, possi
bly the best body of timber in
the State. lies well, is well
watered and has a fine pasture
wire fence. This place would
be cheap at $25 per acre. I
offer it for $7,500. Cao give
terms.
ROBT. S. LINK.
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