Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-09-18

If ever America puts its hand to
the plow in an effort to feed the
world it has assumed that RESPONSE
biiity now Mt since the narrowing
days following our own strife in the
sixties have the tillable acres of the
country faced such possible drain
upon their bountifulness. Without
even dimly prophesying the duration
of the war now raging, we are al
ready assured OF the fact that next
year this country will be the store
house of the world Every farm
owner, every tenant, and every share
worker will have his part to play
in fulfilling this great responsibility.
No mater how remote his residence
ne will hear Europes call for beef,
bacon and bread. and on the amount
he has to sell will depend not only
the satisfaction OF having served his
fellowmen. but the additional sat-
isfaction of having served himself;
for big crops. much stock. many hogs
next year. will mean big profits.
1t is thus that the America farm
er begins his fall work with two
strings to his bow. With one hand
he is rescuing the perishing and
with the other. he is reaching out
for tangible encouragement toward
a bank account and better home.
Now is the Time TO Start.
Now is his opportunity and this
n,on.h IS the time 10 lay his founda-
tion. There are two lines along
which he should plan his work, but
only one line along which he should
work his plan Fiist ne should util-
ize every available part Of his land,
and second, ne should strive to raise
the average >yleld Of his farm per
acre. There wiz n, danger Of
4 reproduction for the crops sown
this. lall. The man who has big
yield will find big market But to
get this yield means a better kind OF
time to break awhy from TIE old
fashioned idea about the moon: rom
some other old-fashloned ways Of
shallow plowing, and somo oli-fash-
toned carelessness In cultivation;
and some old fashioned theories in re
gard to seeding. In those parts Of
the country which do fall plowiDg
and fall seeding, the way The seed
bed is made and the way the sowing
is done in the fall will determine
the crop per acre next year. more
than next years rainfall, hot winds,
or frosts. In an experiment not so
long ago described by F. l.. Peterson
of the University Farm at Davis. Cai-
ifornia. he says:
.'As the pressure for supplies be-
comes greater. it becomes more evil
dent that the world carnot afford
large farms skinned over with care
less culture. In an actual expert
N6llts gam VI @VV pVA SVht NAASA
was made in the productiveness Of "a
certain area. 100 per cent was found
to be due to better plowing and har-
rowing. SO per cent to better culti-
walton. and the rest to better seed"
A lesson or two like that in every
community would soon work it's way
into farm operations in such a way
that several costly. practices sanc1
toned by time and custom would be-
come in short time as historical as
grading wheat and threshing it with
a flail are now.
The great economic law which
makes mans land profitable is
not SO much he gets for his produce
rs 1t is the difference
price and the amount spent in pro-
ducing this produce, The above ex-
pertinent was appropos of the trac-
tor. a mechanical way of plowing,
and discing, mechanical way Of