Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-19

single season. we find the most pros
porous farmers The feature of sue
cess here was the larger use of an in
yestment. Dollars were turned often.
hence a small capital made large re-
turns. Furthermore such farm
management has a fascination not
realized in the slower processes OF
crop growing SO largely practiced by
| farmers throughout the country.
| one OF the most successful farmers
OF my acquaintance said a short time
ago that the turning point in his career
came when he decided TO have some
thing to sell from his farm every week
in the year
This in merchantile lines is called
merchandising" and present day mer-
chandising is to secure the maximum
earning power OF the dollar and this
is limited only by the number Of times
that il can be turned within given
time
There is another feature and a very
important one, that emphasizes the
need OF diversifying farm crops and
that is, that growing vegetables are
quick cash crops and furnish more
labor with profitable employment than
is required i'm the growth of grain
crops or tree fruits This brings a
larger number of people into a com
munity as consumers, thereby increas-
ing the consumption, demand, and in
creasing the value of the products
consumed. Moreover, il encourages
the establishment of factories designed
10 utilize the products by canning.
preserving, drying, or methods that
will prepare them for future USE such
institutions are immensely valuable to
any community
There are many advantages and
benefits to be gained by diversifing
farming and growing quick cash
crops: the earning power OF the farm
is increased and immigration is great
er, and enterprises are encouraged so
that farmers of every community
should look upon il as the readjust-
ment OF farming methods along lines
that mean larger profits in farming,
more quickly realized and elevaLes the
proposition TO the highest class of
merchandising and gives it a business
standing which old methods could not
give it.
We cannot urge upon farmers too
strongly the need of adjusting their
operations on the farm TO these newer
economic lines, which Will mean so
much for the farmer himself. And
very much to the others who must be-
come factor in carrying out the
program. and TO the community by an
increased industrial activity in keeping
with modern progress.
one acre each Of tomatoes beets,
beans. cucumbers cabbages. potatoes,
melons and celery is better than eight
acres only of any one of these crops.
know that il is far better TO grow
one crop well than to grow number
of crops badly, but we must not con-
slider the proposition ia that light
simply The new agriculture demands
that we grow every crop well. that we
apply the most thorough business
principles To our farming. Grow "A
number of crops as indicated, increase
the possibilities Of profit because il
would he a rare occurrence indeed that
all these crops should fail in a single
season, SO that by such a diversity of
crops the business risk of the farmer
is minimiZed There are many other
equally important considerations that
emphasize the need of diversified
] farming We believe this is "A vital
question; upon the proper solution of
which depends the prosperity of a
large number Of persons following the
profession of farming.