Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-27

ot the year the farmer balances up
his accounts and finds he has made n
prof, Of $1,000 he ought 90 figure
mat his hclpmate made ut least $500
u that amount solved that prob
1em IN my OWN family Oou viii par
don the personal referencc) some
time ego. I told my wife that Of
me salary ! Was making. of the prof
rs from my faim IL am a farmer,
'oo) and from the work am under
'aking, one-half Of it belongs TO her,
so | took her down TO the bank with
me and said 10 the cashier that
wanted him 90 understand that her
name on check was good for any
amount at any time, and If she over
draws the account let me know and
I'll make It good
| was down III Mississippi not long
ago ana came across an old negro
who talked about boll wecyil. | be-
came very much Interested in him and
learned from man who was with
me that he was one of the very best
negro farmers in that country, and
inquired IN the course of my conver-
salon with him. why is il that you
and some Of the others Of your people
in this county are better formers than
the others? You are doing better
work. you are more successful and
why is it?' He scratched his head
a minute and said; "Wen boss it's
jes like this, some Of us sets down
and thinks ana some Of us jes sets
down That's it; good farmers must
consider the care of the soil. one
time my old father was asked the
tilizer" and he said yes" He was
then asked the question How would
YOU apply it," And he said / would
put one-half of it on the ground and
the other hahn on the man" What
we want in this country is to teach
soil fertility by the use Of the knowl-
edge that is already in existence.
That man is successful farmer who
mas brought his land to that point
Of fertility that he has reasona-
hle certainty of production year in
and year out and who abandons prov
ldental farming and gets down to
scientific farming. What we want in
this country, and | think especially
In this portion Of the great western
countries, with its great prosperity,
what We want is 10 get them TO farm
On the safe side all of the time. As
Bishop told you today In his paper
during the wet years the farmers get
careless. but gentlemen, the certainty
of production Is one Of the things
that the farmer of this country wants:
The adoption of the crop, certainty
" produc,iOn. the maintenance of the
fertility OF the soil, are the points
We must keep in mind. As our old
friend Or. Henry Watson says, if we
take up these points and constantly
keep at IT we will have land ca
pable OF producing the maximum all
the time. And we believe the prop
er information placed in the hands
of the men of the farm itself. so that
he can see how important it Is to the
farm, and how he can improve his
condition, place himself on his feet
givc him the opportunity of seeing
how he can better his condition, how
he can improve the home on the farm,
pay off his mortgage or other indebt-
edncss, have better buildings on his
land, better schools in his neighmor-
hood. etc, I'll he needs To do is to
get down to the bottom and ft this
problem Of producing dollars and
cents to the ground.
In closing let me say that 1t has
been a pleasure for me to come to
this thriving little city and enjoy your
hospitality for short time in your
borders. as business calls me immedl-
atcly back TO Washington, and in con
clusion let me say, with charity to-
ward all. and with malice toward
none. let us finish the work we have
lust begun"
| thank you.