Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-25

pie Of oklahoma to get behind the
congress TO be held here next fal
pr Bradford knapp who was the
last speaker, took for his subject
Southern Farm Demonstration
Work" and for more than an hour he
drilled home the qualifications thar
go to make up successful farmer
There are three great problems
he said, FOR our rural people, first,
the best method Of growing a crop,
second, to take up and solve the cco-
nomic question 80 that the farmer can
get a square deal and third, 10 allow
the farmer TO obtain money cheaply
10 market his crop and TO operate ms
farm so as TO produce at minimum
cost. All these things are being APP
preached at the present time
We have begun to realize II Ia
time We were waking up to realize
the advantages we have and to take
care of the resources we talk So much
about We have been a spendthrift
people ana are pursuing methods OF
life as wasteful and unprogressive IN
any people under the sun, In other
countries, farmers finance the coun-
try while here the country finances
the farmer. Even tomorrow dele
cation will leave this country to in
vcstigate the ways and methods a
farmer in Europe gets his capital
"A big part of the farm is to dis'
pose of the product to the best ad'
vantage. The first proposition is to
produce the thing the market needs
At the lowest cost and market 1t AT
the lowest expense. That can only be
brought about by cooperative orga-
nizations. Look at the cooperative
croameries in Minnesota and see how
they do it and get a high premium
for their products The citrus fruit
growers Of California and FLORIDA
and others have done the same thing.
They standardize the product and
market it together"
"The last federal congress approp-
rated $4,000 to investigate the mar
lletlng question and a bureau of mar
<ets will soon be organized. | be-
lieve that step is but the beginning
of a move to develop the business
side Of the farmer"
Another question is the dissent
mating Of better methods Of agricul'
ture. | have said that If the intor'
nation already known by the various
organizations and leading farmers
could become common practice, IL
would revolutioniZe the production OF
crops. The great problem is to get
this knowledge into practice
II cannot express the great work
done by our agricultural college ana
experimental stations. They have
done a wonderful work. All have an
important place in bringing the work
home to the farmer. Farm demon
stration work has been in existence
nine years. 1t has grown until In the
southern states 65g counties have Deen
organized at an annual cost of $780,
600. Last year we instructed directly
100000 farmers, 5000 farmers boys
and 25,000 farmers girls. The ordl-
nary farmer who goes to an institute
has the problem of translating what
he has heard into conditions on his
own farm. our work simply puts
practical man in the field to discuss
with the farmer his problems ana
help him to work them out. on an
average during the past four years
the man who followed our instructions
made an increase in production OF
100 per cent.
Good farming simply means mix
ing grey matter with the soil. That
man is a successful farmer who
abandons providence farming and
takes up scientific farming. Ger
tainty Of production is the thing to
work for. It has been a great pleas
ure for me to come to this thriving
city and all I can say is let us finish
the work we have started