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INDIANAPOLIS, JAN. 28 1011.
NO. 4
PLAN  YOUR WORK.
BdltOTS   lmllaiiaai   liaaa.
"Havs  yon  any  potatoes  tn  sell  Mr.
Btockwell?"
"Yes."
"1 want to buy ten bushels of you," I
friend must have known that his land
was wet, and that heavy ruins would
drown his potatoes, but he took the
chances and lost. The other two failed
for lack of proper cultivation. The
last man  knew  his corn and animals
potatoes, or sacrifice his potatoes ln order to not in gleet hts corn. If the sea-
Bon has been favorable his corn has
had extra cultivation which on farms
not already cultivated up to the highest notch,    alwuys pays    and pays big.
honor of Commodore Lawrenes of tks
United Mates Navy.    Lawrenotburi is
tin i ulllitj i-1 aal. and is rapidly growing
and ls an SIlWllllUlj imsy Uttls eity.
The original 40o am- upon which tho
tuwn   was   lmilt   was   granted   t'i   John
The start for first cultivation of corn on the big Wallace Farm, Miami Co., May, 1911.    This fleld produced 82 bushel
planted an acre last spring and did not
raise any."
This neighbor's land was too wet, but
another farmer planted a good sized lot
on dry ground and did not raise any,
too many irons in the fire; some had to
burn, so in his case it was the potatoes.
Another let his sorgum go for the same
reason as did the last man. Another
man lost a lot of corn and the animals
that ate it (foundered). Cause, poor
fence.
Wow, here were preventable losses occasioned by lack of a plan. Every
farmer knows, or should know the condition of his fields, fences, ete. He
knows Just how many acres he is going
to put in the various crops, and his
capacity for tending those crops when
planted. The tendency is to undertake
fully as much or more than could be
done, with our working force, lf every
day was a fair one. We Ignore the
fact that we are. in the very nature of
things, bound to lose a lot of tim" on
account   of  rainy  weathor.       Our   first
were in danger but trusted to luck. I'll
lix the fence he no doubt thought, but
he didn't. Or, the animals may not
find the weak spot, but they did.
We are prone to rail at the rich, but
unless they inherited their riches, no
honest man ever got so; without carefully planning his work. A business
man, and every farmer ought to be Included in that category, would say, "I
have so many acres for each crop." "I
have so many horses to do the work.
and my help is so and so." "My experience teaches me that I can accomplish
about so much and no more." "There is
a piece of sod that would grow good
potatoes and if I knew that the season
would be favorable I would put them
in but I don't know that, so I will
leave it in sod." "It will grow grass
that I can utilize for pasture or hay,
and the time that I would nsed to spend
on the potatoes will pay big if put in on
the corn crop.
Thus ln a bad season he has not had
to neglect his corn In order to save his
There is never a year passes that sa
of farmers in every township do nut
put in crops that a little .study would
show the planters ths futility of smh
work; failure writ large from the very
lieginning !•• a Mas they do not carefully
plan the year's campaign.
Indiana. L. A. Stockwell.
LETTER IROM Tl NM  --EE.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I thought perhaps some of your readers would like to know something about
this part of Tennessee. I^awrence Co.
is located near tbe center of the state
east and west; is in the last tier aif
counties next to Alabama on a parellel
with lower California and is about 1200
ft above sea level. Lav.iin. . Oft is
the second largest county in the state.
It Is forty-five miles long, thirty miles
wide from east to west, and contains
about 590 sq. miles. A little more than
half as large as the state ot Rhode Island. The first settlement in the county was In  1815, and lt    was named in
Thompson in 1792 for meritorious serin   ala.     Revolutionary   war.     And
(lo- lirst surrey wan made in 181U. David Crocket    was ono     Justice   of the
ai ai: " in I j I. ■•! to establish the first court In Lawrence <'o. Ami
it was here that James K. Polk was
first admitted to tke practice of law.
In 1820 and began his spl< n.lid oareer,
which culminated in the White House
as Chief Executive of the nation. Large
numbers of •» ople) are coming here
from the north, and it is estimated that
half the people lure are from the north
and i ast. Less than 4 per cent colored
people. Ko saloons in the county.
There ls much interest taken In education. There was a school rally at tke
county seat some time since when 1200
school children were in line of march.
One of the leading features was an "old
time spelling school." land varies in
quality from the best to the poorest,
and ranges In price from $5.00 to
$70.00 per acre. With proper selection,
one can buy a good farm for about one-