Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1911-06-16
Vol. VIII. No. IS

Just one, and I dare say that YOU
can recall IN your own mind many
] instances OF a similar kind.
About the year 1890, there was n
= splendid blue grass farm on which
lived iarmer, surrounded bv his
family, and raising his regular crops.
stocks, etc., and was enjoying life
IN measure, but soon after that
date, when he began to reap the re.
suits Of the Cleveland administra.
ton, when prices began 10 90 down
and nothing the farmer had to sell
seemed TO be worth ANYTHING. this
farmer concluded that he could do
better in town than he could on his
farm, so he sold his farm to q stool,
dealer and breeder and moved his
family to town, His neighbor. Ia.
boring under the same misfortune
. d,d likewise, and before we hardly
realize what has happened the stock
breeder owns thousands of acres of
these farm lands which ne proceeds
to divide into paddOcks and into
these paddoCks he turns the thor
oughbreds with their sucking colts
by their side They enjoy the rich
blue grass and the fragrance as il is
waited from tree and flower while
the children that God has given to
bless our homes, are crowded into
narrow, dingy streets and slowed
away in rickety tenement houses
with tired mothers who never know
what It Is to enjoy again a dav free
from toll and worry. while the Ken.
lucky thoroughbred is ENJOYING the
Injuries that God had intended for
his children.
Now my fellow Countrvmrn
want TO arouse more interest i'm a
movement Of Back to the Farm"
j favor Scientific and Iutesiye farm.
ING. 1t is not necessary that a man
own 100 or 200 acres of land in
order that lac may he able TO suD.
port his family ON tine farm. If we
could not make a living on a less
acreage than that there would then
be no remedy for the present condi.
tons, butrxpcrlencc has Taught that
such Is not the case, and we believe
that the better plan would be to oct
the best there Il out of a small acre
age. Now ia order to accomDIish
that, favor the establishment in
both the Eastern and in the Wett-
crn part Of our State. experiment
stations, where our farmers can
take the soil of their farms and there
nave It analIzed so that they may
know exactly what their lands are
suited to produce. We now have an
experiment station located at Lex
ington and with two more located
one IN the Eastern and one in III.
Western part of the State. the far.
mers could, without much trouLrs
Or expense, have their soil tested
and analized. Then with the bpne.
tins issued from the office or IN.
Commissioner OF Agriculture monrb-
Iy, setting forth Just what ingredi.
ments were required 10 produce the
best results IN certain crops. which
would be distributed tbrorrbo,t
the State by the Press. every farmer
would DC at once in position to
know Wst what 10 plant I'm order IN
obtain the best results from his
farm, but If the aualysi, of ,he soil
OF ms farm showed that hecourd nor
raise the kind Of crops desired with.
out the and OF fertilizers, he would
know Just what to &c, to supnL tbe
deficiency in his soil.
That would be scientific farming.
anu TINS practice would naturally
'ead to Intensive farming. When
We learn to make a living i'm Ken.
lucky on ten acres of land instead of
having TO farm 100 acres to make
II, We will then be ready to sell the
remaining 30 acres TO nine other
good nelghborS, and the large farms
VIII then soon be split into small
ones and there will then DE dotted
here and there happy homes inhab.
tied with the families who have de
serted the ovcrcrowdcd cities and
have come out TO enjoy the pure,
free arr where the little ones can
. live and ENJOY the observation-disclosures
and hHsk IN the smiles of Gods plor.
lous sunshine. Then life will he
happier the birds sing sweeter, ard
the children and childhood faces
grow brighter in Kentucky.
My friends, know of no better
avenue through which these things
can be brought to us than through
the office OF the Commissioner of
agriculture, Labor and Statistics.
and feel that if exalted to- that
honorable position, shall be en-.
ab'd to work out for you many of
these problems and during my in.
eumbency in Office | may at least
succeed in laXlup the gro,,nd ,,l