The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-01-15
$s,76O,OOO,OOO!
That's the Value of Farm Prod
ucts for 19O9-lsn't
II Great?
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Think of producing on the farms of the
United States twice as much new wealth in
one year as is represented by all the gold
money in the world outside of this country
No wonder our esteemed friend, Secretary
James Wilson, of the Department of Agri-
culture, is jubilant
1t is showing that every citizen is proud
of. whether he had hand in the production
or not.
The most gratifying story told by these
figures is that they represent gain over the
previous year of 1859 OOO, 900.
We are going ahead-going ahead rapidly.
That is the best message we gather from
this report of our results for 1909.
But, instead of being content with these
figures, let us take them only as an indiCa-
ton of what our real possibilities are and
let us use them merely as mile post in our
climb to better things.
Let each of us, for instance, look back over
our operations of 1909 to determine whether
or not we did our share toward making this
showing possible.
We all know that there are about 6 600, 900
farms in this country. Did 6 ZOO, 600 advance
improve, produce more weather. did one
million. two million, or three million do all
of this pushing and improving of methods to
make gain of $500 OOO, 900 possible2
We ought to stop and think of what has
made the gains of former years possible.
We must stop to realize that this gain of
more land under cultivation but has been
brought about primarily by better methods
of Cultivating the same land that has been
cultivated before; by better methods of
preparing the soil, sowing the grain and
harvesting the crops.
Without the wonderful strides made in
the development of farm machines. an
IS, 760, 0O0 000-crop would be entirely out of
the question.
And yet there is room for progress-the
rules of 1909 farming are not the rules for
1910. New machines mean new advances
and new wealth, Do you keep abreast-are
you posted about these thngsp
About traction plowing-how to pillow
more acres, in less time. with less expense,
for better, bigger returns:
How good disk harrow will enable you
to make better seed beds;
Why it's to your advantage to spread ma
nure the right way-as soon as you get it
instead of spreading it after half its value
is gone.
About the money-saving and money-mak-
ing advantages of having good, reliable,
dependable gasoline engine on your place;
how it will help to keep the boys al home;
how it will save you hired mans wages
and how it will more than pay for itself in
twelve months:
What the right kind of cream harvester
means to you in increased milk and butter
PROTESTANT skimmilk calves:
Why good teed-grinder means latter
stock;
How greatly to increase the value of the
1910 hay crop by using the right mower.
tedder, baler, etc.:
How to know all about harvesting ma
chimes;
How to get the most possible profit out
of the stalks as we'll as out OF the ears by
harvesting your corn in the right way-at
the right time:
How to know the ear marks of good
wagon.
If any of these will help you please secure
copy of our book "Glimpses of
Thriftland." That tells the whole story
briefly and in verses that you'll like. Then
we have some books that are still more
business like-the H C Almanac and Ency'
clopaedia. and Farm Science. Say which
you are most interested in All are free for
the asking.
There is an International dealer near you.
He will be glad to see you to hand you one
of our new 1910 calendars, posters, cat
alogues or pamphlets on harvesting and
haying machines and tools, and tilage inn
Elements, or any of the machines mentioned
above.
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