The Holt County sentinel., 1894-02-09
A Good Lesson.

For considerable period past OK
per,ence has steadily shown that tie
devotion by farmers Of their energies
toward the growing exclusively OF tie
great lines Of cereal products has been
attended with but poor re:'nl's, and
that prospects look toward 70 .,a.p.ove-
ment whatever in that regard.
The depressed condition ct the
wheat market for a considerable timc
past; the experience which the grain
growers cf the:west have had Of the
uncertainty of the market for their pro-
duct, and the present condition OK the
Cotton marked in the south, all tend to
show the necessity which is imposed on
the farmer of extending and widening
his operations.
We have heard muck talk during the
pendency of the Wilson bill about 1.-The
markets Of the world" There is moth
thing standing tetHeen the markets Of
the world aad Americas surplus Of
American wheat at the rrasaat time.
The price is down lover than ever be
soca, ard il would seem to the ordinary
mind .ha. il foreign demand il ever to
manifest itself it should come now, But
the intelligent farmer knows why it
IS that he is compelled to sell his grain
Al a price less than the cost Of pro,luc
tion. Ee knows that it is because ;!.ere
is no demsp! FOR the snrpl:is Oh hand
even at the unprecedentedly low Price
ut which il Is offered. He knows thai
somebody else is Offering the staple at
lower price. 1t is not at all difficult
for him to see tha: the markets Of the
world are OF no use to him IL his re-
:iisoce upon them eompeis him to sell
his products below cost.
The president ct the s.a.G-6 O: i:rea-
tors Of the l,reIt i estern railroad, Mr..
St:cl,ncy, has recently called attention
to the importance to the farmer OF tie
raising of hogs. HE advlcs has been
followed by that ef others equally well
informed, and it has been demonstrated
that the farmers, who instead of giving
themselves over 10 the raising OK wheat
turn their energies TO the raising Of live
siock-cattie and hogs, and TO the de
velopment OF the nearest market fol
poultry and the dairy products, are al
ways in much better condition, with fal
fewer acres, than their brethren gitl
ma.y more acres who give themselve.
over manly, il not entirely, to the rails
ing OF the great cereal of the northwest
II is as true now Az il ever was
ard good deal moro pertinen!
20 the farmer, that the raising ol
gram oi any kind for the foreign marhe1
IS a very poor occnpatlO.
Ter ~ American farmer. TheI;
,sre Ee.,ls as bread as his, if nc
quite SO fruitful, in other parts Of the
world which can be worked .t a mini
nun Of cost, that are quite a,'e lna,e
L. meeting the European dema2h fol
wheat anS corn, and, AZ will soon be Tia.
case, for cotton. II is the home m irhet
that counts. II 10 the home maThe;
that diversified farming ia designed Il
supply. The farmer should give ui
trying 10 find his market across the At
laDtic ocean an ] look 10 tho o.io which
he either has or can create right ~ his
doors. Canada and The Centra! ans
south American sta,.r. ;.e->,t G.:si a,
East Indies and TIE 4 Eai- D., -. -.
Africa swd Asia have e:tcr.1 ,!.-. -:
and it no longer lies opeu 10 '.!.i, ;.t "a.
thing like reasonable figures.
The Holt county farE-er who VIII gire
his energies during the coming season
to the raising of h~gs, not to speak OF
the other products, will End in all prob.
ability that he can att ,rd to feed his
cereal products TO them. il he begins by
making q wise choice OF his stock.