American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-23

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account. No permanent system of ag-
riculture has ever been devised which
did not include n reasonable live
stock Industry. On every farm there
are waste products and waste lands
which can not be made to return n
profit without live stock. II utiIIzes
the waste product and returns a profit
from the u~nproductive or waste lands.
Also, there IL no more economical wav
OF marketing crops than TO feed them
10 i've stock and market them through
the live stock. A large Of
ne elements OF fertility taken by tbe
crop from the soil can In this wav no
retained upon the land I'm the form NJ
manure and only a small PERCENTAGE
VI tne elements OF fertility Will be
marketed through the live stock. In
many prosperous agricultural section.
OF tho United States farmers are seed.
ing live stock and figuring that tbev
VIII come out about even on tbe live
STOCK venture, but that the ipdirect
peneiits from Increased production re-
su'.ing from the manure saved viii
NIKE their farming profitable which
"ouid DO Improbable without.
V"stViui management
rourth' The %one-crop system In un-
because under II no adeuuate
system or farm management can no
adopted. The farm IL n business itself
Just IKE a manufacturing plant. The
FARMER has his tools and machinery
MS equipment. his land. his labor. ane
wheh these things are properly put I'm
motion and i%ntelligently applied IN
soii, IL liz the business OF the farm ~,
produce wealth. The one-crop svaten,
compels the farmer TO have iona
periods or idleness OF machinery and
labor. Diversified agriculture. with
ilve stock. furnishes the largest nos-
sipie opportunity for productive effor,
On 'he farm. IL Is estimated that IA
average number OF working days az
'eaihs ana tool In producing a crop of
vo..oh alone IL only 100 to 1875 davs
VIVA, IL the farmer going TO do the
resi- OF the time? Diversified agricul-
ure ana live stock make n s6b-dav
Jop, Thrift and industry are ~ereatIv
10 pe desired. ! am unable IN saa
'at benefit d bv derived from hay1
ing long periods OF idleness. What wo
Wait 10 a system OF farming by when
W. oan Introduce and use good busi-
nnes system on the farm and get the
p'st results from a reasonable expedi-
p'"ui'ure OF equipment and labor. This
u IMPOSSIBLE under n one-crop system
rlIth. Under the one-crop system
OF agriculture the return for labor
connes IN but once a year, whereas nm
uer q properly diversified system of
agriculture the return comes In n
numper OF times during the year, The
gigs, butter. cheese. poultry. fruit
saruen' hogs, cattle, and grain. II made
product OF II farm, give many
OPPORTUNITIES for converting labor and
fertility OF the soil into cash, with
TO sell but cotton we turn
our capital over but once a wear.
Narrows the Man.
sixth. Lastly. the one-crop system
units knowledge. narrows c~itizenshin'
and does not foster home buildinr
RUS Is because 1t Is All u~nproduoiivr
ma an uncertain agriculture. surely
ne man who has never been trained
% raise anything but cotton and corn
nas a narrower range OF practical edu-
,ation than the man who has beep
lraihed TO operate, a diversified farm
TO handle livestock intelligently.
~ seems to me that these arpu-
nents are without answer. The funda.
mental principles laid down here have
been recognised In other parts OF the
country. Forty years ago the state of
Went through a long period OF
mango from a o~ne-crop, narrow. cir
'umscrfbed. and unproductive agricul-
ure to a diversified and productive
lgricuiture. and today l doubt waeth-
" there Is a territory OF similar ex-
Ont In the country more prosperous
u productive than that state.
Z was my good fortune four years ago
Q 20 TO the northwest. Mt the request
y the department. and appear before
he hrst meeting OF those bankers who
ave interested themselves In what Is
as the "banker-farmer move
aent,' . part Of their effort being the
Of this committee OF each !
tate association known ~ the COM
nittee on agriculture and vocational
'~ducation. AZ that time the banker
4 North Dakota had . long conferences