The Prescott daily news., 1914-10-29
WHEAT ACREAGE IS
 MUCH INCREASED
lO'o00 Acres in Cotton Last Year Will to Devoted to Raising Grain, De- clares W. N. Adams of Ar
 kadeIphia, Ark.

J. W. McCleish, president of the Ar kansas Stock Growers Association, at the request of the Philadelphia Mill ng Company of Philadelphia. has es- timated the cost and profits that may be derived from 10 acres of cotton and the same amount of land planted in wheat, passing his figures on a certain price on each article.
 Many Arkansas farmers are turning their attention to wheat, according to W. N. Adams, general manager of the milling company.
 "We have shipped three cars of seed wheat to Nahsville, Ark, and have shipped, altogether, more than 10000 bushels of seed wehat to various parts of the State, and this means that 1O.- 900 acres ,sown in cotton last year will be in wheat this year," says a letter from MT. Adams to The Demo crat.
 We had orders in the mail this morning for something like 900 bush els of seed wheat. Two of the finest cars of wheat we have handled this year we bought from Carlos Brothers of England, Ark. right in the cotton and rice belt. We believe wheat can be successfully raised in every county in the State. The government report shows an average of 15 bushels to the acre in Arkansas, and we know of great many Arkansas wheat farmers who produced from 25 to 30 bushels to the acre last year.
 Pasturage Profitable.
 The winter pasture will more than repay the farmer for his trouble and expense in putting in wheat, even if he did not expect to harvest crop as the wheat can be pastured all win ter except during extremely wet weather. Wheat can be successfully sown as late as November IS. and there is time to put in much more wheat in Arkansas, but of course the sooner the farmer gets his seed in the ground the better it will be for him as he can begin pasturing that much sooner. The more it is pastured the better it will be for the wheat, as it will cause it to root and stool better It will save the farmer many dollar for feedstuff, and the wheat crop will give the farmer money when he needs it worst. The strawstack will fur nish feed for his stock next winter, and when the stubble is turned under it will do the cotton land almost as much good as pea crop turned under.
 The appended comparative state ment, made out by Mr. McCleish, shows that wheat can be raised with about one-fourth the labor it takes to raise cotton, and raising wheat nets the day laborer almost four times as much for his work per day as rais- l ing cotton and S1 wheat, and the chan ces are that cotton will not be worth cents next year, and that wheat will be worth much more than $1 buShel due to the fact that the warning na- tions produce 60 per cent of the wheat of the world, and under present con- ditions are not in a position to put in a wheat crop this fall. The United States and Canada will have to fur nish the large part of the wheat for the world next year"
 The comparative statement compiled by Mr. McCleish follows;
 Comparative Statement
 Comparison of a 10-acre crop of cotton to 10-acre crop of wheat:
 Wheat First Ten Acres.
 Seed to plant average 10 bu...S 1000 Flowing days team and hand. HOO Narrowing ground for planting 200 Seeding with drill ......... 200 Cutting with binder and twine. 4.50 Shocking, three hands ....... 300 Hauling to threaster, team and
 hands .............. 700 II,,,I l,;,., (, +broo ebor q O0