The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., August 06, 1910, Image 1

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Volume XV. No. 31. SATURDAY, AUGUST 6.1910.Weekly: $1 a Year.
Better Baling For the South's 1910 Cotton Crop
Shipment of Cotton from New Orleena. Shipment of Cotton from Egypt.
HOW AMERICAN COTTON LOOKS IN LIVERPOOL AS COMPARED WITH COTTON FROM INDIA AND EGYPT.
j^HESE two photographs made in Liverpool strikingly illustrate
the careless and disgraceful manner in which our Southern
cotton reaches the English market (the writer has seen our rag
ged Southern bales hauled over Liverpool streets in just this
plight) as compared with the thoroughly neat and satisfactory
paoking of cotton from other parts of the world, not only Egypt
but India and South Africa as well. The unsightly and ragged
condition of oar cotton causes the English manufacturer to prefer
Asiatic or African cotton when he can get it.
Right now is the time for oar Southern farmers to decide that
our 1910 cotton crop shall be better baled than any other crop
has ever been. King Cotton is no longer poor, he's rich, and he
deserves better clothing than the ragged garments of humiliation
he wore in 189&-4 5-6. Moreover, it will pay. A buyer is al
ways willing to give a higher price for any product on earth when
it looks thoroughly neat and attractive. Consciously or uncon
sciously, intentionally or unintentionally, the cotton buyer will
pay more for the well-bound bite, and we fully believe that the
farmer will get from $1.50 to $5 for every $1 he spends for better
baling.
For one thing, then, brother farmers, let’s decide on better
baling for our 1910 cotton. And then let’s decide to get this tare
matter settled. It will be remembered that The Progressive Far
mer and Gazette last fall carried on a vigorous crusade for 6 per
cent tare on cotton. This agitation was felt for good in many
sections, but from one or two communities we have had com
plaints that buyers refused to buy cotton with 6 per cent tare,
and these correspondents seem inclined io blame us for the
trouble. These correspondents will be answered in next week's
Progressive Farmer and, Gazette in which we shall point oat two
things: (1) The 6 per cent tare is right, but if a farmer is will
ing to be ran over by buyers who object to it, if he is not willing
to stand up for his rights, why, it is not our fault; we cannot help
it. (2) Wherever buyers assume sash an attitude, however, the
farmers should organize through the Farmers Union or otherwise
for self protection and enforce their rights. It is none too early
to begin this work if results are to be had this season. Look for
our article next week.
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.
MONEY IN CABBAGE GROWING AND RAISING CABBAGE PLANTS 15
An opportunity for south Misissippi farmers and truckers.
LET GROWER AND BUYER GET TOGETHER . 8
An opportunity for farmers to make money by growing farm
seeds and advertising them.
ONE-THIRD CORN CROP VALUE LOST BY FODDER PULLING_18
The first of several articles in which we shall emphasize again
the folly of fodder pulling.
HABITS AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE CATTLE TICK. 11
Every farmer should be informed as to this subject in order to
understand and support methods of tick eradication.
WILL MODERATE DRINKING HURT YOU?. 13, 18
An unbiased inquiry into the reports of insurance companies
and the conclusions of medical authorities.
Ten Things to Do in August. 8
Pasture Questions Answered.. 8, 4
You Can Send Your Boy or Girl to College . 8
Bur Clover and Its Uses. 8
Management of the Boar. 10
Cost of Building a Silo. 18
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