The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-31
TELLH Or FARMING CON
DlTloNS IN THE SOUTH



uawers ienesd from sS % sli per
lar'e Take the lowest estimate sS.
from the val'W Of he crop Sl2.20 aul
wc have left ss.2' as pfoIlt flr gs3w
ng ccri on land worth si50 llrr acre,
lrhis, TOO. uthp gscates corn lirJdut
lfE stalo Il certainly Is tlme TOR cug
llauer 60 hagi IA llink Agalr gu9d
eccl cln s. siinpls 0ui el lhc Hues
tiun The ahori &c and the denianq
arc 81 aipr than llge over known be
Fore.
Opportunities in Wheat,
ln iSh Np were uaua abca fauT
hu hels of Nhpai ncF capita NOW wy
faro a5hE 2 hiHhcs per mnum While
| lihs Is lru our wheat cap rs CON
lunllv feiWlurating NJ both quality
aud Yield. Tho best wheat pfodHeine
Itruntry IN a state That bpasis ~ pro
during more wheat thun any other
state m ;he liuian, gave III 1908 teA
hushCls OF VIII al na an average nef
icrc Farmers III thal state asc ask
ling tho railroad company FOR heip-i SO
an tucm seed wheat on ere IL and
Ihaul Il 10 lhem lrc 9f charge The
average Weld a wheat ipr this cptll
try IN 1908 was about twelve and a.
lilll nnsneis per acge While this ia'
,rue England sends her salps 10 our
country. carries away our phophatcs,
and VITA tgem produces thirly.threc
and q halt bushels OF wheat per acre
It an aycnge
James ! fiill said short time ago
N one pF his TALKS that at our present
sale Of increase IN population and uu
der our present methods Of wheat nr1
dnciian, ~ "a few ysars W. would aafe
10 import 5l0,0p0f0 bushels of wheat
10 meet our hfad demand
ccnoltIcrs as 70 Cotton.
TIE other dny noticed some lig
|usc showing That on Of our l100e 90
bales lf c-tton we exported g,0uaHpH
bales. do not hare tbe asnres 81
sand to sl'1w what per cent OF this
COCOON bales Of cotton eoma back
to US IN the form Of fiahea product
There Is food hp e fuf thought Cloth
Inc is nee Cd ioe our people as 8el
AZ food. and no cost Of fhefs for MAX
Ing el8tpiug for our people "a asM
thing enrm9f 0ne statement
faNc. coming from 4 reliable source
shows ttai the nbaf used In iho man
ufactaga -f eiattlas for our people m
1903 esegeded ihe lae II 3ur iroa
stcal and coal hg saa0aa0 p SO We
must COW cotton. more ctuon, and
better cotton, bnl grow ll on a strict
N cash basis and instead Of seliing
raw callan scll eaIya nlshed product
Follow the example Of France. 1hc
farmers o. Flancc grow hemp and flax
FOR linen hut they never hale up
these fhnfs aud send them over hero
ios ua 70 make into llnsn They seli
Il snished praduct from the iarm
"By The way, there Is not So far as
can learn, a single yard Of llnen be
ug manufactured In unf country
When olr farmers place cotton M "A
wen regulated rotation Of crop grns
Il ON a eash basis and manuiaeln
every pound ~ home, sell n inallep
pfoiuet Instead Of a raw onc. then
and nnt uniil Then viii they pc pa
profit un their labnr Vi COTTON grow
ling Look AZ ncnmtrk Her people
Ier farIners buy our grain, ship u aerqfs
|tha ueeen turn 4 into butter ts
and narF Go into the London niHrkt
and drive our American iafmers eleal
nut of ihis market Oh these producer.
What enaht hem lo 10 thlsg Wtil
IN The lifsi place theY are eaaraiea lil
their business. and in ,he next place
shng work twelye munihN n lhe yeht
III LlaIl InaInNAa.