The Newark journal., 1915-08-12
FARMERS URGED TO
 RAISE MORE GRAIN
Feed Crops Should be Grown
 and Marketed on Hoof if Farmers Desire Prosperity.

buShel thlS year can be utilized for home consumption by mak ing 1t a feed crop and not : money crop, is the belief of J H. Miler, dean of the extension division of the University ot Arkansas. Mr. Miller urges far. mers. bankers and business men to encourage the feeding of surplus corn, thus cutting down the expense item that the Arkansas farmers is annu- ally paying for corn imported from other states. So long as Arkansas is forced to import corn Mr. Miller does not think there should be an oVer-supply of the product.
 There seems to be some un- easiness on the part of many thoughtful men in Arkansasrel- atiye to our surplus corn crop" said Mr. Miller. "and of course we are all interested market ing whatever our farmers have to sell at a good price. 1 am d comparative stranger in this great state, but 1 am disposed to question the statement that Arkansas has any surplus corn any corn that ought to be shipped out of the county in which it is grown. Doubtless there are a few big planters who have surplus corn, but they are able to buy shelters and prepare their corn for the market. Fundamentally, corn should be a feed crop and not a money crop. Before any far mer. white or black, sells a load of corn he ought to con- sider carefully whether he will not need the corn before an other crop can be gathered. The work horses and mules need more corn in the spring months than they usually get, if the farmers are to blow deep and work the ground well.
 Urges Community Buying
 9If small farmers do not have live stock and cannot get enough live stock to eat the corn, there should be others who will need to buy. Well-to- do farmers shoud buy corn from their neighbors and then get yearling calves or a bunch of young mules and feed through the winter. There will be, without doubt, a difference of from 20 to 30 cents between the September and May prices of Arkansas corn and 1 fear that most small famers who sell their corn this fall will have to buy corn next spring. Why not encourage business men to build large cribs and store for the winter, as in most cases 1t will be needed in the same county next April?
 Feeding the Surplus Corn
 Bankers should discourage the shipping of corn from the neighborhood or county, and bankers and business men should encourage the feeding of surplus corn and, if neces- encourage certain farmers to bring in young cattle or mules, hogs sheep or horses to feed up the surplus corn grown by small farmers who will need tC sell The farmer who has a sur, plus supply of corn should be urged to build cribs, husk hi, corn instead of 'snapping, ane store on the farm for later use or fer sale to neighbors nexf spring. The farmers who have from 10 to 20 head of cattle should build silos, preferably of cement, for which the eX tension division of the Univer sity of Arkansas at Fayetteville will furnish plans orthey should build wood silos. for which plans also will be furnished.
 Bankers who are coming tC be recognized as friends of tht farmers, should encourage some honorable man in the Malaria or ChiIIs & Fever