The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-09-15
One To Rescue The Various
PGfiShipg Nations
And The Other To Increase
His Bank Account
(5y Douglas Malcolm, international
Harvester Company of Amerlca)

Harvester Company of America)
If ever America puts its hand to the
plow in its effort to feed the world, it
has assumed that responsibility now.
Not since the narrowing days follow
| ing our own strife of the sixties have
| the tillable acres of this country faced
such possible drain upon their boun-
| tifulness. Without even dmly prophe-
sying the duration of the war now rag
ing, we are already assured of the fact
that next year this country will be the
storehouse of the world. Every farm
owner, every tenant and every share
worker will have his part to play in
fulfilling this great responsibility. No
matter how remote his residence, he
will hear Europe's call for beef, bacon
and bread, and on the amount he has
to sell will depend on only his satisfac-
ton of having served his fellow men
but the additional satisfaction Of hav-
ing served himself; for big crops,
much stock, many hogs next year will
mean big profits.
1t is thus that the American farmer
begins his fall work with two strings
to his bow With one hand he is res.
cuing the perishing and with the other
he is reaching out for tangible encour
agement toward bank account and q
better home.
Now is the Time to Start
Now is his opportunity, and this
month is the time to lay his founda
ton. There are two lines along which
he should plan his work, but only one
line along which he should work his
plan. First, he should utilize every
available part of his land, and second
he should strive to raise the average
yield of his farm per acre. There viii
be no danger of over-production for the
crops sown this Fall. The man whC
has a big yield will find big market
But to get this yield means bette
kind of farming. Now would be gooC
time to break away from some old
fashioned ideas about the moon; from
some other old-fashioned ways of shal
low blowing: and some old-fashioneC
carelessness in cultivating; and SOM
old-fashioned theories in regard Il
seeding. In those parts of the countr,
which do Fall plowing and Fall seed
ing, the way the seed bed is made an
+ the way the sowing is done this Fal
will determine the crop per acre mex
year more than next years rainfall
hot winds or frosts. In an eXperimen
, not long ago described by F. l.. Peter
/ son of the University Farm at Davis
, California, he says:
"As the pressure for supplies be
> comes greater, it becomes more ev
+ dent that the world cannot afford larg
farms skinned over with careless Gu
P ture. In an actual experiment a gal
OF 200 per cent which was made in tn
: productiveness of a certain area, 10
; per cent was found to be due to bette
y plowing and narrowing, 80 per cent I
better cultivation, and the rest to be
ter seed"
l. A lesson or two like that in ever
o community would soon work its wa
into farm operation in such way tha
a several costly practices sanctioned b
h time and custom would become in
e short time as historical as cradlin
.. wheat and threshing it with a fail ar
now, The great economic law whic
ii makes mans land profitable is nC
S so much the price he gets for his pr,
y duee as il is the difference betwee
d this price and the amount spent
g producing this produce. The above q
d pertinent was apropos of the tractor
IS mechanical way of blowing, and {
5, disklng a mechanical way of ma
It saging the land so to speak, and (
drillng-a mechanical way OF sowin