The Dermott news., 1915-01-07

1 a large amount of our cotton are en- gagged in war and can use only small propor tion of it. They argue further that these nations cannot, under the circumstances, raise sufficient food stutfs to sustain themselves. therefore they must look to neutral countries for the necessary food and provender, and that the United States no doubt will be called upon to supply a large part of 1t.
 The northern and western states make corn, wheat. oats and stock rais ing their business, and are fully pre- pared for it. not only for raising it but have arrangements for taking care of and marketing it. while the Southern farmers know but little about 1t, and are wholly unprepared, except in few instances, to even make a start. large majority of Southern farmers have no seed oats, wheat or clover and no hogs or cattle to start with, and no money to buy them with. There are great many farmers who have their farms and work stock paid for who perhaps can find someone with money enough to help them out and. by accommodating their property. can secure the necessary money te supply themselves with a start of seed and stock to begin the new money making plan, as suggested to the Southern farmer.
 Dealers in grain will go to the grain growing countries to buy grain because there the farmers have all the facilities for preparing the grain for market at the very lowest cost They have made a business of 1t long time and are prepared to continue 1t. Just as We are prepared to put our cotton into marketable condition with cur eNren- sive up-to-date gins. congresses and established markets.
 The countries where wheat. oats and other grains are grown as the money cro9 have their public reapers thrash ers and special markets. which We can procure only by making q continual bushes, of l. Cotton growing is as necessary IL grain growing a48 as the Southern states anly are adapted to cotton growing. the southern tanners mast du the cotton raising Therefore think the Southern farmers would make 8 mistake to attempt to depend ar raising any more grain h21. etc. than will be necessary for the)r own G~e and to spare to people htn@ at nearby towns or engaged in other Ines of business: in other words, don { depend on shipping yeur produce te foreign markets Oar Northern and Western friends are already prepared for this branch of business and as the prospects are good for m advance price in such products, owing to the prospect of rontintnuatlon of war in Europe. they will increase their acre age. Our crops added to theirs would likely make short prices on all such commodities They can make money at q price which would be d los, Go us, as they are already prepared with the necessary machinery for handling their crops. while preparation will have to he made for Us
 Ey the time We reach the end of this experimental stage we will have learned that We can raise nearly every thing We need to eat at home and make profit out of cotton and then We ~iIl agatu make t our staple crop We wlll then be in d position to con trol thc crou We can keep cotton year after year but uo; so with corn, wheat etc, aS it k subject to many destroying animals and insects,
 Thrr, r> no a~suraucc that the var in Europe aiil be any beue6t by cauz= ing an advance m the prices ef meat gram. etc. aS some of eur representa- tive. in Congress are m favor of pass ing q hIH authorizing the President to stop shipments of everything to the b,Itlgercnt countries as means of hastrning the end of the WAT. Let the end come then jt will the man who has some cotton on hand "tI he m good luck. therefore f you are in a condition to make a hynE on your farm and few bales ot surplus cotton to put aside. you had better do so, it will keep with ordinary and inexpensive care, but not so with any hipd of gram There are many farmers who will not he able to do this There Will always be demand for some cotton at some pr.ce. perhaps enough to keep down a large surplus.
 r. F. aWhert permott. Ark.