The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-31
TELLS 0E
F FARM|NG
CONDITIONS
N SOUTH


Rock Islund.Friaco systems. has luai
returned from a Trip over a great por
tion q the aouth and IN speaklne Of
farming conditions and Of agriculture
D general be said;
"For the last three months ! have
leen delivering lectures upon p,aeti-
cal agriculture. This work has been
.malnly M Alabama, MIsssslnps. Louis
lana. Arkansas and now am deliver.
ing daily lectures IN The state Of Okla.
hpma, working my way west 70 New
Mexico
my work gives ME an exceptional
| opportunity for observing agricultural
conditions Ia nearly all sections Of the
country While ! have always bean an
oplimisi ~ regard TO agriculture. my
observation OF conditions leads me 10
conclude thai we are not making the
/ progress, IN persuading farmers 10
improve their conditions, that our ef
lorts are entitled TO. There are many
reasons why this ls true all OF which
space viii not permit me 10 notice mi
he rrsi place, while It "a q ilmantable
fact, 4 Is true one. that there Is too
much willfnl lll.teracy and prejudice
among farmers, Or in our rural dis
tsicts. IN regard 10 the various agencies
employed In helping them TO make
heir conditions better
ln the next place. there is onti-ely
90 much idleness IN the rural dis
lricls
Possibilities of sho South.
"Onr Soulhern or cotton states.
nave the greatest agricultural nosal
blllties Of any country on the globe. yet
now MANY farmers are taking adyan.
&c of this fact? And We may ask
cw many ave acquainted with the az.
most innumerabe number Of valua
tie plants that may be proftably
sfown III the South. where farming
nay ne perpetual, ctrrie4 on the en-
lro year9
Then again. how many farmers are
here sho viii provide any Kind Of a
winter cove crop for the protection 1f|
helr sails and Tor food for their
tocks2 HOW many farmers know th1tI
oils gsI sick AMI need duptnr: that
dis and the plants Grown OH the
arm need feeding Just as du the anl
nails on ihe fafm2
Nov let Us look fee q little At a1me
t nuf midn crops and Gee whore wel
are dalIllnr 70 in agriculture
Our Corn crop.
The Government report fJt 1908
tells ia lha our corn crop Tor last
gear (iahsl was worth more than aay
aexl three LARGEST crops cotton wheat
md ha8 pnd thll tae Vali Of the
i0p was ti .1bn800 eaOrmeiia ilHufea
fet in lho face of lhia. I haYe aHwl
enrn selling for wartime prices f0rl
Tie Inst two mGulha Waial Is toe
matef2 Is there 50 lafg an lnefeaae
IN the demand Tor our corn There rs
umelhIne wong somewhere nud II is
certainly time for our fafmera 10 wake
up aud do little thinking for them
selves along these lines llnd that
in one Of our greniesf c0fn.prOduelng |
states. a stale where so much has
been said regarding the Improvement
nnd Increase IN the production OF corn,
that the annual agricultural yeaf hook
0f this state gives the value Of the
crop for the state al $ia20 per acre
aud one Of the best farmers ii the
state said TO me that this vas entirely /
loo high There Is not much in such I
crops. where land Is worth on selling
from sl0n TO 5000 per acre
IN Mississippi WAS informed that
The aFe9age Yield Of com was sixteen
bushels per acre. yet 4 hoy IN Holmes
county. siisslsslppl, produced ice husn
els ot eern per acre last year Thls
fact has stimulated such an inlereet III
corn growing that bows clubs hayel
been Organized all over The state. ann
we naq expect some wonderful rel
suits from these boys this season. last
year had enrolled IA one boys con
esl 20 boya slih an mere each. and
tnis i21 acres made an apesegA 81
seventy bushels Of corn per acre. In |
eSas county where the farmers had
ever made over Rn average Of iwelyeI
lushels rcr acre.
These facts lead me - conrlulel
bat our scientific progressive lafmefs
for the future mual COME FROM tae
hpys WAC are III our public schools.
This Is my easou for hiylng the
schools all over the country whRr
ever ~ attend my lectures: aap
this has bcen q prominent feature ot
ny work for some time aln nos 60
with county sunefal ndealal
of schools al along our lines they I
aTEanixe The boys, | furnish Them aec1 |
rom, a. well ~ other seed ind sAl
fated. We have rsasnp io halleYe that |
good results vii fnli1Y onI nhorts
The Government report On onf corn |
cFnp sh0ws something ueaf twenty. I
SIX bushels as an aTerasa per acre
f0 1908 This means thai leasl
hnlf II farmern N the unIl0i HfHfest
who planted corn last year got less
Ihan ten bushels per acre and more
han 0ne'fpurlh Of them fuI Ful q ex
eeed Eve huallals per acre. ~ pfac
|lell farmer ani thai mNsl haye
hsly bushels j corn ffoul each acre
i order 70 break eeen Thik haluR
rue lhA ave. ten. IWelye. 1fleen ANA
sIxEiteHsfuaheI farmers ean easily ne
ne oUl NIlel IE4:f aEoN.s asf
cost oI Producing G6Fn
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