The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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INTENSIVE FARMING
MOST PROFITABLE.
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It Means Science and System as
Compared With Negligence and
Confusion-Better Yields, Better
Quality, Better Profits.
The fact that intensive farm-
ing is the most profitable farm-
ing is proven by the fact that it
is the only method by which the
man who farms land valued at
$50 to $300 an acre can make
money, especially if the land be-
longs to another. This is done
in innumerable instances, as, for
instance, near the larger cities
and in the denser populated sec-
tions of this and other countries.
If intensive methods of farming
can be made to pay on land of
the value suggested, they can of
course be made to pay on land of
proportionately lower price.
A campaign has been inaugu-
rated. by the Galveston-Dallas
News for the purpose of im-
pressing upon the people of Tex-
as and the Southwest generally
the importance as well as the sat-
isfaction and profit that are the
results of intensive farming.
For many years the News preach-
ed in season and out of season
the necessity for the diversifica-
tion of crops. The press of the
state generally took up the slo-
gan, with the result that the
farmers of the state are much
better off than they otherwise
would have been.
Intensive farming necessarily
includes diversification, as the
News has stated, for the reason
that to intensify it is necessary
to grow as many crops on the
same land in a season as possible.
This of course necessitates the
planting of different crops; so
that diversification is a part; of
the intensive system of farming,
and intensive farming means
simply the best farming. Or, as
The News defines it, "Getting
the largest yields and greatest
profits from a given area of
ground at the smallest cost."
$300 in Cash Prizes.
In order to assist in getting
the best of information on the
subject of intensive farming.
The News if offering to the farm-
ers of Texas—those actually en-
gaged in farming—cash prizes to
i the amount of $300 for articles
on the subject of intensive farm-
ing. The first prize is $100, sec-
ond $50. There are five prizes
of $10 each and twenty prizes of
$5 each. It is hoped that many
splendid articles, full of valuable
information, will be received, not
only in the competition, but aside
from that
Since the beginning of this
movement in October the News
has received njany indorsements
of the idea from a great number
of the best farmers in the state
as well as from government
agents of the Department of Ag-
riculture, national and state, and
the press of the state is support-
ing the idea. These articles have
been published, and have proven
interesting not only to the farm-
er, but to men in every walk of
life, for they see in the intensive
farming methods greater pros-
perity for the farmer, and they
know that whatever causes the
farmer to prosper causes every-
one else to do so.
Double Present Production.
It is said by those who are in
a position to know that the pres-
ent yield of crops in the state of
Texas, and in most of the other
states, for that matter, can be
easily doubled by intensive meth-
ods. There is no reason to ques-
tion this statement. At the same
time, it is also possible to make
the quality of the product twice
as good.
This is an important matter,
and if*- the people will take hold
of it in the right spirit and with
a determination to double their
yields^arid income, it will be the
greatest step ever taken by a
state toward greater material
welfare, progress and prosperity.
The Young Mother and the Fat Hog.
From Physical Culture.
! One time a young mother, who
! was only twenty-five years old,
began to feel tired all the time.
Her appetite failed for weeks be-
fore the tired feeling came. Her
j three little girls, once a joy in
1 her life, now became a burden to
her. It was "mamma," "mam-
ma," all day long. She had nev-
er noticed those little appeals
i until the tired feeling came. The
little mother also had red spots
on her cheeks and a slight, dry
cough. One day, when dragging
herself around, forcing her weary
body to work, she felt a sharp
but slight pain in her chest, her
head grew suddenly dizzy, and
: suddenly her mouth filled with
blood. The hemorrhage was not
severe, but it left her very weak.
The doctor she had consulted for
her cough and tired feeling had
said: "You are all run down,
you need a tonic." For a fee he
prescribed bitters made of alco-
hol, water and gentian. This
gave her false strength for a
time for it checked out her little
reserve. When the hemorrhage
occurred she and all her neigh-
bors knew she had consumption
and the doctor should have known
it and told her months before.
Now she wrote to the State
Board of Health and said: "I
am told that consumption in its
early stnges can be cured by out-
door life, continued rest and
plenty of plain, good food. I do
not want to die. I want to live
and raise my children to make
them good citizens. Where can
I go to get well?" The reply
was: 4 'The great Christian state
of Indiana has not yet risen to
the mighty economy of saving
the lives of little mothers from
consumption. At present, the
only place where you can go is a
grave. Hotoever, the state will
care for your children in an or-
phan asylum when you are dead,
and then in a few years a special
officer will be paid to find a home
for them. But to save your life
—never." "That is a cranky
idea," for a member on the floor
of the Sixty-fifth Assembly said
so. ""Besides," said he, "itisn't
business; the state can't afford
it" So the little mother died of
the preventable and curable di-
sease, the home was broken up
and the children were taken to
an orphan's asylum.
A big fat hog one day found
that he had a pain in his belly.
He squealed loudly and the far-
mer came out of his house to see
what was the matter. "He's got
the hog cholry," said the hired
man. So the farmer telegraphed
to Secretary Wilson, of the U. S.
Agricultural Department . who
said the other day that he had
3,000 experts in animal and plant
diseases, and the answer was,
"Cert, I'll send you a man right
away." Sure enough the man
came. He said he was a D. V.
S., and he was, too. He had a
government syringe and a bottle
of government medicine, in his
bag, and he went for the hog.
It got well. It wasn't cranky
for the government to try to do
this, and it could afford the ex-
pense, for the hog could be turn-
ed into ham, sausage, lard and
bacon.
Anybody, even a fool, can see
it would be cranky for the state
to save the life of a little mother,
and it could not afford it, either.
Moral 1 a hog, and be
worth saving.
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The Store
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I wish to thank you for your
trade this year, and I ask a con-
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tinuance of your patronage for
1910. You can find a complete
stock of Dress Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Gloves, etc. So buy your Xmas
presents at this store. Come and
make this place your stopping and
shopping place.
Come in and warm and get
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some of my warm prices. Re-
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member I make the price and
don't follow. Just received a big
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stock of nice ties and handker-
chiefs for men and ladies.
Big assortment of Gloves, Rub-
bers and Overshoes.
Come in and get my prices.
YOURS VERY TRULY, ~
J. T. LOWERY
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1909, newspaper, December 24, 1909; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth416751/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.