The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-29

ed by quite a number Of their felloy
farmers to warrant general adoption
if they really want to quit farming fo
fun and start farming for money
. Hence, this has no reference to epar
lor farming"
by insisting OH a two or three crol
plan, suited alright to Iowa or Iii
nois, too many OF our farmers, how
ever much practical experience tho,
may have had, are simply sticking tc
theory themselves, since year after
year they find themselves defeated By
variable and often deficient rainfall
and high summer temperatures. Our
farmer must realize that prolonged
drouth and Unequal moisture, adverse
to his present methods, are but the
naturally attendant elements Of the
most unusually diversified field OF
profitable farm production Of any state
in the Union.
Hence, If Mr.. Farmer viii adopt an
Oklahoma plan OF farming, rightly
adapted to the peculiar conditions Of
soil and climate, his all around aver.
age Yield Of revenue from each and
every acre Of ground will be surpris.
ingly above par, instead Of below, and
II he is wise he has a chance to double
up and literally slip one over" that
is one extra crop year, over his
brother agriculturalist in the eastern
and northern states.
Just such a safe and sane system
ot farming Oklahoma is being Offered
through the Rock Island Kafir Corn
Special train.
The Oklahoma farmer is indebted
to John Fields, in large measure. for
the fact that it is now possible 70 get
bold Of this system Of successful farm
ing for Oklahoma. our agricultural
COLLEGES and demonstration work in
the y. 5. department Of agriculture
have been important forces, and our
daily and weekly newspapers and spe-
cial periodicals have all been a power
in this fundamental cause. Banker.
merchant and business men generally
have taken a certain creditable inter.
est, considering the appeal to imme-
diate self-interest which all new and
rapidly developing countries naturally
offer in alluring guise. The farmer
himself, has thought he was carrying
on his business the best he could In
der the circumstances, although like
the man in town, is fair enough to ad.
nit now, ths all in all we have been
sacrificing the immediate for the ulti.
mate good to a greater or lesser de.
gree here in Oklahoma
Our progress from now on depends
upon an awakening. in the town ana
in the country to the need of a more
solidly based eaa more guny rcunded
program for the development IL all Of
the resources OF the state.
OF course it will be hard work to
bring about this awakening. but it wiz
be no harder on the farmers side than
it will be to get the business men to
see that he is equally to blame. and
must wake up to the fact that tho
future value OF town lots and CONNER.
cial investments Of all kinds. along
with their profits, are absolutely de-
pendent upon this one thing-regular
and profitable agricultural production.
This alone is what will give a real
impetus to advancement along indus
trial lines.
The past two years, In which gem
erally speaking. the towns and cities
dependent upon agricultural support
have sweat blood" to us their own
expression, must have taught us an
That we are slap-bang ub against tbe
very real thing Of getting down to the
grass roots. This thing Of a farmer
having to moregage his farm. not only
for seed but for his feed to carry MIN
from one planting season to another
right in as good kafir corn producing
country as there is anywhere must
be relegated as past history in Okla.
homa. It is bad business for both
the banker and the farmer, as well as
the merchant.
The Oklahoma development commits
sion has development plan for use
respectful consideration Of all towns
and cities, which believe that the
thing to do is pull of our coat. ali Of
us, and get together for uniformly
i prosperous Oklahoma 1t is scarcely
a question Of whether or not each and
all Of the communities deem co.opera-
ton is advisable; it becomes rather 4
matter Of whether or not a little later
on We want to subject ourselves 10 the
unwelcome job Of estimating how tar
short CT our practical possibilities we