Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-11
A General Movement to More Condensed
and Less Speculative Farming.

S& in the lon run
prove the most profitable.
A noticeable feature among farmers
and stock raisers throughout the count
ry is the effort to accomplish better
paying business by doing a smaller
business. The lines upon which protlt
is marked out are not governed by ex-
tent of territory which the operator can
control. Heretofore the more acres
and the more cattle the more wealth
and prosperity was represented, but
today new conditions enter into the gov
erning power of sa nit is quality more
than quantity; it is the ability of obtain
ing great results from small holdings.
The disposition to intensified agricul-
ture is gaining rapidly in every branch
of the work. Improved breeds of stock
are more popular now than in the past
period. producers of animals are no
longer blinded by prejudice. They rec
ognize that numbers alone do not mean
evidences of increasing wealth or profit,
and that the qualities that go toward
making animals desirable in the markets
of the world mean much to the produc-
er. Thus we see the close dlscrlml-
nation in placing values upon our meat
producing animals, discrimination
which the novice can scarcely compre-
bend until the problem has been figured
out and demonstrated by practical tests
of his own efforts.
What is true of the live stock fea-
lures of agriculture is true in all other
lines of farm produce The tiller who
carefully selects his grain and vegeta-
bles with a view of desirability of mar
ketable qualities. and conducts the
growth of the plant to obtain the high
est standard of excellence possible is
only keeping pace with the advance
guard in this line of agricultural i'm
provement If there is to be profit
realized from farm produce it will first
reach the systematic, careful farmer
who aims to produce the best, and who
and quality produced. This not only
pays the Investment of extra labor on
the crop but yields big premium on
economical and systematic farming.
The horticulturist in his line of work
has learned that the market demands
a guarantee from him, and thus pack
ages of fruits that bring the best prices,
bear the name and address of the grow
er. Evidences of producers to settle
down to their capacity of products is
becoming more apparent each year.
The days of great things with the pro-
ducer has past, and the season of eco
nomical production has set in; farming
purposes promise better results; tc
smaller holdings of lands for stock and
profits.
A farmer writing from Rocks county
to the Kansas Farmer, very aptly states
the situation from his own personal ex
perience. He says, in part;
''Before go further, I want to say
that a man under oath is bound to ''tel
the truth, whole truth, and nothing bu
the TRUTH" and on this ground l hope
to be pardoned this modest statement, =
That have made farming pay, in spite
of my utter inexperience out here il
these wonderfully different climatic
conditions from anything had eve
knew before-conditlons which had t,
be met in crop arrangements. and farm
planning, together with my very straight
ened circumstances. long distance
from markets and supplies. and all th'
other drawbacks incident to so new
section of country.
s.The man who forestalls the popular
want is the man who makes money
early set myself to learn what wa
the need of others that my farm woul
supply at profit to me, and in tn,