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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, July 18, 1908, Image 13

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Do We Need the Speculator?
M, V»rhri.u«h TU*. -h, S^0l„0r
ivrtier mce* for llie Cotton Grower.
Messrs. Lditors: As there is no
business on earth but that has some
element of speculation In it. I think
U Yery necessary that we farmers
should understand the speculator
and his relation to our business.
Man cannot do business witbot^t
some one to take his surplus and
pay him for it and find a market for
It. The speculator does this, and
sometimes at a loss to himself. Uy
tbe consolidation of a body of specu
lators. a complete consensus is es
tablished; and the stock of every
seller. or demand of every buyer,
brought into the market. It la the
very essence of trade to have wide,
constant and correct information,
that we may have a correct market
and lessen the chance* for wide
huctuatlons. which ia harmful to the
producer as weil as the speculator
A market l# at it* highest value
when It concentrates the largest
number of buyers and sellers. The
speculator tends to do this more
than any other class of men.
The Speculator and the Cotton Sur*
pin*.
Take our cotton, for Instance
Conditions are such in the South
that we are compelled to market at
least three-fourth* of our crop in the
first three or four month* of the
season, which amounts to about
eight million bales. Now the spin
ner* do not need tht* great amount
in so short a time. At least, they
never have taken much over four
million bale* up to January 1. So
you see w« have a surplus of about
four million bale*, that some one
must take and pay ua for. Nobody
seem* willing to do this except the
speculator. In order to prosper we
must hav« some one who is able and
willing to take long and large risks
The speculator seems to be the only
man who Is willing to do this
Somebody must stake million* on
our surplus. The speculator is the
only man that will do this. Compe
tition of speculator* tend* more to
reduce their own profits than ar.)
other force What tends to reduce
their profits tend* to Increase the
profit* of the producer. If it were
not for the speculator the producer
would have to bear the burden of
carrying alt the surplus produce «f
the countrv. which burden they are
not able to bear.
Take tb* speculator out of tb®
market, and who Is to buy our im
m*n*® surplus* Do tb* farmers of
th® South suppose when th® spinners
bar® all th® cotton they want they
•US continue In th* market to boost
prices * They will not do this, neith
er will anybody else, eicepl the
•peculator No one on earth seem*
to tak® the Interest of th® cotton
farmer to heart Ilk* tb® .Southern
•peculator. Some people object to
the •peculator because h® demand*
a margin All business has a mar
gin. l»®*troy the margin of any
business, and that busln®** c*as®»
to exist Again, how many cotton
farmer* hat® held cotton this season
hoping th® margin would come tb®lr
•ay’ You had as well speculate In
future* as In spots.
Iturfcr* Shops.
! do«‘* pretend to argue that w®
n®®d bucket shops, but our politi
cians have raised such a howl about
bucket shops and the nsarglu qu®*
tlon that ! would like to know th®
difference in dealing In a cotton and
grain bucket shop and a political
bucket shop The country Is full of
the last class, and we don't hear a
word against them by our poli
tician*, neither do they coudemn
heir margins. It seems to me it
would be wise for them to purge
he;r own business before thev show
such great love for the poor old
farmer and his business. Some of
them are very anxious about the
margin business. Suppose we take
out the political margin, how many
candidates would we have? None.
• high! \\r to Tie the Southern Hull?
Harmful legislation is worse than
none at all. Take, for Instance, last
reason when the government and
the national ginners came out with
a large bullish report. Under nor
mal conditions the market would
have advanced five dollars per bale;
but the Southern speculator waa dis
armed by anti-option legislation,
and the market actually broke 30
vr 35 points. The South is the
home of the cotton bull, and we
need not look for him anywhere
el*.. Spot men do not want the
man who has cotton to sell to know
too much. The Southern speculator
is the man the cotton world dreads,
and be is the only man »ho can and
■iiJ ngnt our enemies successfully
Tl# him, and »e are at the mercy
| of our enemies. Get business de
; moralised and people dissatisfied.
. and you hare all the hard time* you
are looking for, !a*C* all set to
work and learn what is best for us;
»nd improre, instead of destroy, our
j business institutions
J W. YARBROUGH.
Baldwyn. Miss.
I ndrrtlrsiBs—How Ilwp and How
Together Slsmld They He?
Messrs Kdllor* Kindly answer
through the columns of your paper
‘be following question In putting
in troughs made of 1 vt or I i(
stuff, and Inverted, to underdrain
wet bottom land, how near together
i should they be laid and how deep'
1. II GOCI.IJ.
Crawford. MS**
Cditori*! t*»wrf; Jhe deeper the
drains are the larger area they will
drain But drains should mat be
over five feet deep, and four feet
may be regarded as the limit of
depth ustiatly There are few in
stance* that the depth should be less
‘han two feet But the outlet for
the drains is something that may
limit ?h«* depth of the drain* on rath
er level land A drain I* useless un
le*« It ha* an outlet that will carry
iff water from the end of the drain.
The end of the drain should he pro
tected. »> rata, rabbit*, etc . cannot
enter Heavy wire cloth 1* the heat
protection, and the galvanized wire
will last much longer than the un
galvanized Thi* wire screen will
keep wafer from running through
fast, so that the surface through
which the water !* to run mu*t he
everal times as large a* the crows
section of the drain
There 1* another point about how
many drain* to put in land and their
distance apart Any land that Is of
«, compact a nature that water can
not pas* through It readily, should
have the drains closer together so
ihe water can reach the drains. The
sub-soil may be more considered on
'his point than the soil, since It Is
through the sub soil that the water
must pass to reach the drains. These
facts will make it evident that no
one can *a> bow deep or bow far
-ipart drains should be when the na
ture of the land is not known. Oc
casionally land is found that doe*
not require subsurface dralus over
the entire field, but only through the
low or the poorly drained places. It
ip not a bad idea to drain the worst
Places first, and to observe whether
more drains should be put in later.
Drains may range from two to six
rods apart, something depending on
how much is to be carried off, on
the depth of the drains, on the na
ture of the land, and on the value
of ’he crop to be grown. Some crops
will warrant the spending of more
money for under-drainage than
crops of less value. Those wiho will
give their experience with under
drains will confer a favor on many
and those who give their experience
for publication will make it more
valuable if they tell something about
the nature of their land, so that it
will be seen how far their experience
should guide others with more or
less similar conditions.
Dealers In Drain Tile Should Adver
tise.
Messrs. Editors: I should like for
vou or some of The Southern Farm
(.alette readers to tell me where I
can get farm drain tile. I want
about half a car load.
BAXTER HOOPER
MuUl I Sow Alfalfa in Corn at Laat
Plowing?
Messrs. Editors: How would It do
to sow alfalfa In corn or cotton at
last plowing, and how many seed to
the acre? J. R. LILES.
(Answered by T. B. Parker.)
I do not think It would be adrisa*
ble to iow alfalfa in corn or cotton
at the last plowing. I think It would
be a waate of seed. Land for alfalfa
should be in good condition and left
level so the mower could cut it close
to the ground.
The best prophet of the future la
the past Lord Byron.
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PROSPECT STOCK FARM
GULFPORT, MISS.
I have the largest herd of pure bred Jersejs in south Mississippi, which
numbers more than 100 head of cows amd heifers. This is a working herd of
persistent milkers. Note report of New Orleans City Health Officers:
MISSISSIPPI MILK
Panes a Splendid Inspection by City Health Board.
Mississippi milk received s boost through the report submitted by Chemist A. L Mru to
City Health OtBeer W T O Reilly t)ut of numerous samples received two days sgo from ship
ment* coming from Gulfport. not a one was below the required standard of 13 per cent butter tat.
« bile mo»i of them were It per cent or above.
The record is a splendid one. says Dr O'Reilly. "When Prospect Dairy of Gulfport re
fused to submit to the severe requirement* placed about the milk trade by the City Council of
that place and hegan to flood the Sew Orleans market with their product, it might have been
supposed that something was wrong with the brand of stuff However, the exact opposite ha*
proven the case The cows In our neighboring State north appear to be either superior to those
here, or else the dairymen are not so prone to awell their sales by tbe addition of water."
Young atock for sale from thia aplendid herd of registered Jerseys by
such bulla as Mississippi Rioter, Sire Rioters John Bull, Dam Lady Letty
Lambert, teat 24 pounds butter in one week, and For Farahire’a Yellow Boy
hire For Farahire Dam Pedros Precilia, teat 20 pounds butter in one week.
DR. J. J. HARRY, Owner.

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