The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-10-23
e I.eDIannine a Farm for PROFIT.

Replannine a Farm for Proht.
5EIabif frequently continues a type
81 forming in a community long af-
Ter hat type has become unprofta-
ble. wheat farming on fertile vir-
GIN sou IS usually profitable. but
there are many Instances in the
1Infted States where banners have
continued to grow wheat for NUM-
her OF years after it had ceased toI
be q pFofitable crop: "A two year ro-
tation. OF corn and oats has been
continued in portions of the corn
belt, Notwithstanding the fact that
It Is often unprofta:ble, little or mol
money being made on either crop.
frequently these ttAprofitable types
Of farming continue through al
series of years or until the property
changes hands or new methods are
INTRODUCED. The farmer finds it hard
to change lifelong habit.
"A man who has grown up with the
agriculture OF the community isl
slow to believe that the type of farm
ing he has followed and which was
at one time profitable has at last be-
come l1nsuited to his conditions. I'll
is no small task to think out and
change his long-used type to some
better kind of farming. There areI
dIf1cult at may mean a new line OFF
equipment. Buildings may need
qualification or fences must be ar
ranged. 1t may mean the introduce
tIon OF commercial fertilizer or moreI
or different live stock on the farm.
1t may mean that money will haveI
to be borrowed II the proposed
changes are effected. Furthermore,
the change may not succeed. Att
best the taking up OF new line of
farming requires a reimbursement OIL
the usual ways of thinking and dol
ing, a thing difficult in itself and re-!
curing considerable time to accom-
puish.
Notwithstanding habit may set theE
farmer in his wayss altered cOndi-E
lions and lessened yields and income
may compel him to change his SYST
tenn or go out OF business. To what
shall ne change? How shall he goI
about it2 What type OF farming isl
likely to prove more profitable than
the kind he Is now following? What
addltfontl capital is necessary to in
stitute a new and better system
These are the questions that confront{
him. They are difficult to answer
With pencil and paper in hand be
may estimate the returns that may
reasonabIy be expected by introduce
Ing more crops that build up theI
land, by growing more of the cropI
that is bringing him in the greatestI
amount of money, by giving more att
tention to the live stock that hasE
been found to pay hest, and the like.
II In these calculations he meets
with difaculty because of a lack of
definite information as to what may
be reasonably expected when improv-
ture of q crop or in the handling of
stock, ne may write to the agricul-I
tural college. or the board OF agri-
culture. or the agricultural expert
meut station of his own state, or to
the United States Department of ,Ag-l
riculure for help. 1t is the busInessI
OF these institutions to discover and
gather facts relative to the science,
practice, and business of agrlcul-
ture for the benefit of the farmer,
and particularly for the farmer who
wants to improve his methods of
'arp1ine, The, agricultural press al
80 QndertalSes to ~aid the farmer in
tie solution OF problems OF this
ctaracter.
In addition to these sources a few
privats firms have been established
yslloee business 1t is to furnish expert.