The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08

parison the income from the products In two
States will be selected. and the statistics quoted
will be the authority OF the Department OF
Agriculture. One Northern and Southern
State will be selected. Iowa and Mississippi. as
giving a reasonably fair comparison for the two
sections of country. While the statistics 60 back
to the year of 1890. what they teach will DO as
true this year that year. and would be a. true
q century from now.
Mississippi and Iowa Comparcd.-Missssipp
had more farmers than Iowa; but while the Mis-
sissippans worked. 1000. 900 acres. the Iowsians
worked 25,000.O00-that 10. an iowa farmer
worked over three and onc-haf acres while Mis-
sissippi farmer worked one. fowa's neld crops
were worth $40 900 900, while Mississppi's were
worth only $4,000. 0oo-nve-tweifths ~ much.
or less than one-haif Blu, Iowa did nos stop
when she produced Geld crops worth 100000
more She also produced milk to the value OF
$4,000. 900. while Mississippi produced milk TO
the value OF t.0o0.ooo-one-teuth ~ much.
Iowa did not stop here. Her fowls laid eggs 10
the value OF t7.ooo.0oo. while Mississippis fowls
laid egga worth l.ooO.ooo-ouescvsnth ~ much.
The total Of these three items vas eis7 200. 600
for Iowa and 35s,0o0.0oo for Niaassippi-1li3.-
100000 more for iowa than for Mssisaippi. Iowa
did not stop yet. She had hogs. cattle. and sheep.
worth &il2.o0o.ooo. while Nsaiasippi's we're
valued at 1900 .00o-lcxa than one-n inth ~
much. Nothing viii DO said about tbs frui, and
vegetables that iowa produced. or about the num-
Der Of other minor things that might b d~slt
on. since the Statistics would become tedious.
Enough has been cited 10 show II 10 very con.
servativc 10 conclude that the iucoms OF the
average Iowa farmer vas over three umss the
income OF the average Mississippi farmer.
why Was This So2-was II because wages
we're much higher In iowa, Tho South has
comparatively cheap labor. and II IL no, to b sup
posed tina; thoac who complain about wages In
crcasing viii aay the higher wages OF iowa caused
the income OF her farmers 10 exceed 70 much the
income OF Mlssiss.ppis farmers. II il true that the
live stock and poultry Ia iowa we're better bred
than they were In Mississippi. They averaged
higher 10 valuc--mach higher. The dairy eows
OF Iowa gave more milk. The animals she raised
for mea, production yscided more meat. Her
fowls laid moro ~gxs. That vas largely . mat
ter Of good breeding. Good care had more than
= little 10 do with II also. but these thngn could
not make the field crops OF Iowa worth $780,
100000 more than ihor OF Mississippi and .
little later IL viii be- ahown that where the Geld
crops are OF the greatest value the i've stock and
poultry will give the best rc,urns The iowa
farmer In more industrious and works longer
hours than the average Mississippi farmer: but
II ID doubted that he works ~ hard. Tho iowa
farmer does mot allow himself 10 become . ms-
chine To do thr work of = msrhinc Of . mule.
He uses good implements and nasehinesy 10 make
his work more rapid and more effective.
How tho Westrrncr Worked Three Acres TO Oar
Onc.-If a short period of weather comes In which
field work can be done. tho iowian In prepared
TO do Il rapidly: and II he II not over-eroppsd
the next rain that stops neld work does not And
his crops choked By grnsa. Because hs works
30 rapidly he gets his three and ons-haif
acres while the average Mississippi farmer In
getting over hia one: and In addition. tho iowtan
IN a Ia n lat nj nil In
care 10 his better bred stock and better bred
poultry. to raise a variety OF crops and practice
diversified farming. and 10 produce soil fertility
AZ well as crops. to the end that he may 70 on