Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-22
COMMISSIONERS
SAILED FOR HOME
NAVE INVESTIG ATED AGIJciL,
TIRiL CONDITIONS ~ MANY
HUPIAN cot NIHIES


or,ng the same Kind OF Intensive
cultivation that b. seen here ! vii
explain why Intensive cultivation
here "a the result of First Cheap
labor. second Hight rents. and
third High prizes of farm lands.
The whole of Europe. 100 Gar a. ne
have gone. D. not farm but q cara
an in which every inch OF soil b. cub
tltatcd and most frequently with
the spade. tho rake and the hoe
Nothing b. wasted All the straw ~
made Into manure. whether eaten ~
cattle first or froddou uuderioot
The grass by the roadside De- cut ana
cartcd Boz and fed 10 the cattle and
then gathered al barn yard manure
and put on the plot OF ground call
ed farms The hard work OF these
women make them short. Hiocky,
coarse Of feature. with handa feet
and muscles similar boo ule 10 those
Of men But the children are mol
foen in the fields they are IN
school the laN compcls attendance
ri children a. school between the
ages Of y and - lu most European
countries
Back 90 The question oi Intensive
culture of farms ono looking at
the flfms from % car window viii no
doubt become cnth, -iasiIc for .ntcu.
ayc cultural methods There are mo-
division fences botHceu farms The
whole area pre- emit the appearance
! 1f q biz farm There win be- strip
of oats. q strip OF wheat another ~
lgc. another pi harley. another OF
hemp. another of hops another of
user hoots. another Of beans. etc
These strips vary in width from thir
It's 10 one hundred feet. and there I.
Iroth.ng between them except q mar
row urroV I was much puzzled "a
know why these little strips Of land
varying In width and iu lcngth
hould be- planted 10 different kinds
| OF products Maybe ono strip VII
hc bon wheat tho next in hemp, then
R heat again wondered why thoy
did not put AN the wheat together
and an the hemp and All the corn
ON the farm together why put then
in these several little plots ! ask
ID members of our commission who
had travelled ln rurope and wa
/ told that such methods were adopted
/ 10 order to secure proper rotation oI
crops aud conservation of soils
doutcd this statement. so ! went int
the country and talked with IN,
farmor learned that each oI
these mite sgrips Nas II separate
farm 4 farmer might own sever
al of these farms scattered widob
IN the community
~ a. Tenant Farmers
" a farmer owns say fivo OF these
plots varying In size from half an
acre 10 an acre and half. and he
should have five children. be- viii
bouucath one plot 10 each child II
be- has more children than farms. |
presume ho divides the strips into
smaller strips so a. 10 give each o
farm
These lands sell here In Germany
~ from 5000 10 , 200 per acre. ac-
cordlug 10 location aud productivity.
They rent for from $50 to 500 per
acre. but no houses are furnished to
The tenants llut there are no ten
ants $50 h as We have. An farmers
own their own homes or rent one boz
the village Such as do not own az
many little plots Of ground a. he
and his women folks can cultivate
rent other plots Of those who may
have more than they wish to Guilt
waite \ farm lahoror. II a man. re-
ceiyos 90 cents and meals and a.
cents without meals per day. u q
woman 30 cents with meals aud 30
cents without meals per day ana by
She year man receives about 800
while q Woman gets from $40 TO SEQ
per lunum.
So ! am forced 10 the conclusion
that intensive culture Is the result
OF cheap labor. high prices OF land
and high rents
You may not feel interested In
these details witch have mentioned.
bat n YOU are Going 10 understand
'ho rural banks aud rural finances
'i Europe YOU must wade through
Ines" little details Whoever thinks !
be- can understand the principles u.
'uril credit here and undertakes n
adapt them To American conditions
all Boz an unsafe leader and In
'tructnr unless he also understands
he farming conditions which gave
rise to and developed these rural
banks For instance. there Is seldom
any land Tor sale az any price. and
'wing to tho value Of space a man
Keeps no surplus livestock Even
he milk cattle are used 10 drow
wagons. carts and ploVs. the same
As Ne use mulse A. there 4 neither
land nor cattle for the farmer 10
purchase The farmer here raises
everything al home he eats. and sells
the surplus u he makes $50 or 500
or 5000 per year he puts Il IN thu
rural bank which pays him I per
cent on H. He continues To DO this
until somebody dies Who owns land
and has NO heirs aud there comes
piece of land on the market Then
ne draws all his money and borrows
The balance o. the sum necessary 10
purchase land 10 be- had The con
ditious are such so that every farm
.c- saves something every year. and