The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-11-15
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number was of government clerks who
went home to vote at the late elec-
tions have mostly got back to their
desks again, and possibly are trying
to figure out how much they helped to
bring about the general result. Be-
fore the elections were held somo eff
them openly rebelled-or at least re-
belled sufficiently to send anonymous
letters to the newspapers-and asked
what advantage would accrue to them
from voting, and why they should
show party fealty and gratitude when
the revision of the salary list seemed
to be from the top upward and not
for the rank and file at all. This, it
must me said, shows narrow view for
patriots who earn their living at the
public trough. The politicians tried
to argue and convince the clerks, and
succeeded to some extent, for those
who could not well help themselves
did go home and cast their ballots
Doubtless they feel that they did their
duty and that the powers from whom
they expect favors in the future will
take cognizance of their self sacrifice.
Thanksgiving Topics
Whatever may be the feeling of the
average citizen, the country at large
certainly has a great deal of cause for
thankfulness. 1t is not plunged in any
costly wars, it is enjoying large
measure of business prosperity, most
industries are in condition which en-
ables them to keep full force busy
at satisfactory wages, and the crops
are so big that mere statement of
their size in terms of bushels or dol
lars conveys very inadequate impress
sion of their value Standing out
large in the totals is the corn crop of
10000 900 bushels-and corn has
been selling lately in New York at
go cents bushel. For once the axiom
that big crops mean low prices does
not hold good. It would seem as if
the farmer, of all people, had right
to be thankful And he has, but he
would have still better right if the
proceeds of his labor were not so in.
equitably divided Too MANY non
producers take toll until, when the
crops reach the consumer, they are
marked up to figures which appall the
humble wage eearner. The farmer is
the most prosperous man in the coun-
try today, and the rush of pupils to
tine dgIf,usturdI o,nvvsv
proves that many are going to seek
on the farms portion of the pros
perity which everyone attributes to
the farmer.
More Grass Crops.
Tn an address before the agents of
the Farmers Cooperative Demonstra
tion Work at Bacon, ia, on September
16, DR.. S. A. Knapp, of the bureau of
plant industry, made some striking
comments which have been reproduced
in a leaflet for distribution. DIR.
Knapp commented on the changing
character of farming in countries as
population increased After describ-
ing the value of tilling farm and the
benefits accruing from the better
drainage secured, he said:
"Also, take another proposition
that farming cannot be successfully
carried on in any country without live
stock I have noted how the nations,
as the lands have advanced in price,
have changed from tillage crops to
grass crops. When / was boy three
fourtbs of England was under tillage.
Today less than fourth is under
tillage, and the population has multi
piled many fold The same is true of
Holland. 1t is almost entirely grass
country and lands are worth ON an
average $500 per acre. The same is
true of Denmark. Ii it has been the
experience of these nations that as
land advanced and life became more
strenuous they turned toward grass,
it seems that the same will follow in
our case. In other words, they made
up their minds that they could get
more out of land from grass and live
stock than they could by cultivating
it. They only use the cultivated crop
as means of rotation, but the main
crop is the grass crop. What are they
doing with their grass eropss In Hoi-
land and Denmark it is the dairy
problem, and they have been able to
develop cow that is almost q perfect
machine for manufacturing those fine
hays and fine pasture grasses into
high priced butter and cheese. Take
their registered stock and those ami
mails will average to produce for the
farmer 1000 per cent net profit more
than the ordinary cow; that is tenfold.
"Mark you, speaking of the better
thing: 1t takes about 10 pounds of
clover a day to sustain a 1,000-pound
animal, No profit; simply case of
keeping the machinery running, and at
the end of year you have simply sus
tanned life Your profit lies in getting
! that animal to eat some more. If 1t
can eat and digest 20 pounds you make
profit on l pound. The 10 pounds
| is waste to run the machinery. Now,
the animal that can consume and dl-
oes+ and assimilata 21 pounds is
worth twice as much as the animal
that can consume 90, because with the
animal that consumes 20 pounds you
make profit on ] pound and with the
animal that consumes 21 pounds you
make a profit on pounds, and so it
goes on in proportion. If you get the
animal to consume 20 pounds it is
worth ten times as much as. the animal
that consumes only 10 pounds. Profit
| lies in the best. This is true in ev-
cry way; whether in the case of a
horse, or a cow, or citizen; the
profit is in the best.