Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-24
URGES PRODUCTIVE
LABOR YEAR ROUND
Secret Of Success, Says President
Bryan, Discussing Diver
siIied Farming"

Productive labor the year round
that is the secret of successful farm
ing, according to President y. A. Bry
an OF the Pullman State College and
is also the principal argument in ia
vor of diversified farming President
Bryan addressed the local farmers in
stitute twice last Saturday, the clos
ing day, his afternoon address being
on the principles of "Diyersifed Farm
ing" heard by some IS farmers.
In opening his address on this. sub
cy to specialize in all manufacturing
and mercantile pursuits, showing how
the scheme of farm life did not per
nit of specialization but demanded
that if man was to make living and
lay some money aside, he must en-
gage in productive farming the year
around or throughout as much OF the
year as it would be possible for him to
plan his work. He took particular
pains 10 call his hearers attention to
the fact that diversified farming does
not mean doing a whole lot of little
things but doing a varied lot of farm
work that will be productive of profit
throughout the whole year.
ANY system of farming that does
not give a man constant labor except
for a small portion of the year. is
wrong. and the income is not sufficient
for his needs, or else the profit is alb
normal. Remember that land yields
| but a low return on the Investment
the largest part of the income comes
from labor and good management,
principally labor. Six per cent. is a
good income on land"
Ho told fthe Eastern Washington
wheat farms how the soil had been
depleted by the one-crop system and
the returns in later years had not been
sufficient, and said the same condi-
tions would apply to the fruit rancher
of Western Washington.
and diversified farming is not the diff
ference between small and large farms
for diversified farming can be carried
on to even greater advantage on the
small farm" he said.
He referred to dairying as one Of
the best examples of diversified farm
hn rpyIt1a
farm work of planting different crops
but said that quite few farmers OBJ
: iect to working every day and twice ;
day at it, though he said the close at
tention demanded brought good profits
| "We've got to get different idea o
S the whole business" he said. In tn
e last few years it seems to me that eN
: erybody wants to get rich. 1t shouldn'
i be that-our object should be to lead
i good, wholesome, well-todo farm life
: and in this scheme diversified farmin
l. fits beautifully"
; He told of the soildepleting effeo
II of the continuous growing of one crol
spoke of the soil-enriching effect of d
d versfled crops, and urged the raisln
+ of live stock as means Of increasin
e the fertility of the soil.
Saturday morning President Brya
e spoke to the school on the caus IS
reduction in the rural population
the United States from 80 per cent.
the early part of the nineteenth ceI
10 tury to about As per cent. today TT
rise Of manufacturing and the deVe
opment Of easy transportation he cha
20 acterized as the two main factors
the trend from the country to the cit
w He expressed the belief, however th
w oo with the development now reached
90 manufacturing and transportaiit
81 there is now in progress a turniI
80 back to agriculture.