Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-24
|DR. W.HF.i PROCTOR
| ON THE OUTLOOK
Lack Of Cash the Greatest Menace
REIMBURSEMENT Necessary-Aere-
age Reduction Essential.

~ the farmers OF the South had
followed the advice OF the United
States Department of Agriculture, this
distressed situation due TO the war
would not be upon u.s. said w. f..
Practor. State agent for Texas Of the
department. who is In Houston today.
by that mean that II the Southern
planters had devoted more acreage
and culture 10 cash crops and less to
cotton there would not have been as
much cotton to dispose OF and there
would have been more product OF the
other crops that could be readily dis
posed Of and at cash prices"
Mr. Proctor reached Houston We'd
nesday morning with T. o. Walton OF
Livingston. district agent OF the de.
partment, TO 20 over the aHrrls Coun-
ty work with w. L. Stalllngs. local
agent. and TO address the members
OF the Chamber of Commerce at the
monthly luncheon of the Chamber OF
Commerce tonight at the Rice Hotel.
His subject at the dinner will be
"The Readjustent OF Southern Farm
ers TO Meet Conditions" matter
which will be directly In line with the
subject Of the evening, that Of "Agrl-
cultural Possibilities OF Harris Coun.
ty." Harris County. as well as the
entire South. needs readjustment and
this process will develop the various
crops that may be raised which will
show the greatest possibilities OF Har-
rls County and Houston district soils
The Trouble In the South.
The trouble OF the South. according
to Mr.. Practor, is the lack OF cash
crops and other valuable farm prod.
ucts which are readily turned into
money. which at the same time diver.
siiy the farming and maintain a high
standard Of soil. The banker. the
landlord and the wholesale merchant
are largely to blame for the continued
raising OF large cotton crops and the
increasing acreage and the tenant
faymer. with only cotton on his hands
and no cash crops. is the real menace
TO productive Southern farming.
TOO much attention is paid to cot
ton and too little attention is paid to
other crops" said Mr.. Proctor. "In
other sections OF the country where
cotton does not grow and grain rails
ing is compelled. the farmers are gen.
orally prosperous. In the South they
raise more cotton each year and from
the cotton money pay for the cash
crops they could raise and each year
raise more cotton to pay on the in.
creasing debt. until in desperation
thew plunge into the wrong direction"
That. some farmers do not realize
the value Of their by-crop possibilities
was illustrated by Mr.. Proctor by a
farmer who complained OF Bermuda
grass. which he had been trying to
kill for ten years. The farmer ex-
pressed surprise when Mr.. Proctor
told him he was trying to kill his best
friend. Next spring break II up and
harrow 1t down and then cut II three
or four times during the year" adj
vised Mr. Proctor. ut ought to pro
duce fifty bales Of hay or more to the
acre. and at SOC per bale II is good
revenue in addition to being good
forage CROP
Huntsville Plan Commended.
Mr.. Proctor commended the Hunts.
vile plan, which has been started by
the banking and commercial interests
and the farmers OF that county. Fiji
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