The Newark journal., 1915-01-15
A Single Crop Not Productive of h. come Except For Short Time-con- tinuous Occupation Required For Success.
ROTATION OF CROPS BEST
Income Varies in Proportion to Time and Labor Used-A Four Year Rota- ton Most roductive-Fieures From Arkansas Farms.
By c. o. Carpenter, Assistant Aerieul' turist For Iron Mountain Railroad.

turist For Iron Mountain Railroad.
 The gravest criticism against the one-crop system is it's inability to en- ploy the farmer and his work stock for a sufficient number of the working days in the year to enable him to se cure a living income. No man, no matter what his business, can make a success when he works at that bus mess as little time as does the aver age actual producer of cotton. This farmer may add some to his income by hauling wood, but he can no more expect to be a success as a farmer than can the merchant, banker or pro fessional man who leaves his business to cut wood Most people who sue eeed at farming. as well as any other business, are those who peg away at that business for full three hundred and sixty-five days in the year.
 The average one-horse cotton farm CT will not work in his crop more than 75 days, while his horse will work but sixty-ive The average man with two horses, according to data gathered on Arkansas farms by MT. 4. D. McNair, will cultivate fifteen acres of cotton and fifteen acres of corn. This crop will require an aver age of 130 days labor by the farmer, 102 days by hired labor, and g1 days by the team. At the average rate Of production this farm would produce $500 worth of cotton and $1S0 worth of tnfa al of or $378 for the farm, after the outside labor is paid. The team in this sys- tenn will not pay for it's keep by the work done on the farm, for it is esti- mated that the lowest average cost of keeping team on a farm is S100.
 By practieing a three-year rotation of cotton, corn and oats and hay. the farmer would cultivate 2212 acres per mule. or 45 acres in all Heawould work 150 days in his crop, would re- .quire a hired man for 40 days, and his team would work 135 days. The farm will produce an equal amount of cotton and corn. and $200 worth of oats and $180 worth of hay, q gross total of $860, which, after deducting
 
 income of $720.
 Four Year Rotation Best.
 With a four-year rotation system, including cotton, peas or soy beans, corn and oats and hay, there would be thirty acres in cultivation for each horse, or sixty in all. The team would work 162 days in the year, the farmer 194 days, and hired labor 154 days. The income would include an additional $200 for the pea or soy bean crop and amount to gross to- tai of $1,060. which, less the hired la bor cost, would leave $906 for the farm income. The labor income would, of course, be much lower
 These figures are not intended to give system for any farm They are merely suggestive and are not as theoretical as might appear to some people, for they were taken from ac- tual work on farms in the state They point to how the farmer can increase the farm income simply by planning the work of himself and team so that they can work few more days in the field The additional income that might be gained from live stock grown on the feeds produced and on pas lures has not been taken into con sideration Such live stock would add materially to the income It is an un- fortunate fact, however, that many of the people of the state have not as yet come to realization that a pig will grunt and grow and COW give milk on the days when the owner cannot work in the field.