The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-12
rl,.. E,armer,s opportunlty.

i believe the greatest constructive
service the bankers OF any city, OF
any state, or any nation, can per
form at this time is to endeavor. Dy
every means at their command. 70
impress upon the minds of the people
the necessity for each individual
man, woman and child striving TO
practice the virtue OF thrift. ames
g. McNary, Ell Paso, Texas.
This should be golden year Tor
American agriculture.
The farmers OF the United States
are now engaged in harvesting
enormous crops-perhaps the great
est ever produced in this country,
government forecasts indicating
SIP, 900 100000 crop yield for 4 9l5.
Big crops and good prices VIII
quickly make better business for the
railroads. for manufacturers. and for
wholesale and retail business gener-
ally. There ought, therefore. to Do
increased prosperity for all OF us,
and that is why both city and country
are Interested in the crops.
Nature has been kind to u.s. Should
we not be equally kind to ourselves
in the matter of waste -prevention?
American farmers will burn thous-
ands Of tons of straw that, in Eurpoe,
war-made thrift would cause to be
saved for various uses.
According to the student of the
value OF by-products, allowing corn
stalks to evaporate and decay causes
an annual waste of 500, 0O0,0OO.
But progressive frmers are reducing
this waste by using silos to preserve
chopped corn stalks and other fod-
der crops.
! The humble hen is a first aid to
the thrift Of the farmers wife. but
the department of agriculture esti-
mates an annual loss of $41, 900. 900
from unnecessary spoiled eggs.
The annual shipment OF potatoes
from Maine is $4,000 cars, and it Is
said that the average waste IS TWEEN.
" bushels per car or a torsa q
100, 600 bushels.
The yearly waste of vegetables OF
all kinds is duplicated by that o.
fruit The government specialists
estimate that home canning on tbs
farm of what Otherwise would ne
wasted ought to save at, least sat O.'
100000 annually.
But these are large and genera
brass tacks,'' as they say, how car
the farmer actually save money?
He must not be tight-fsted or h1s
farm will not be kept up; he mus
not be spendthrift or he Will gel
.nto difficulties that way. In ap
preaching bank for a loan the man
without 8. bank account is handicap
ped !.
buy twenty steers to fatten for mar
ket: will you loan me some money?
will stand good chance of getting
the loan. If he says, Our best horse
died and we are hard up; the rem
is coming due, and the insurance ex
pfres tomorrow; won't you please
loan mo s2o0?" the banker feel
very sorry for him but dislikes 7
risk two hundred perfectly. goot
lldo1larson a farmer with such. al
tunpromisfng outlook.
Close cooperation between farmel
and banker ought to enable mos
tenants to become owners II the!
really want to own their farms. q.
they should
Many farmers as we'll as thei
wives try to save money by doing al
the work themselves, and after
few years spend more money thai
they saved on both hired help ant
doctors bills Sometimes they &c
/ beyond the doctors help in carrying
iout this plan for saving money. Some
4Beople save by not iinsurtng thei
properly and lose everything whe1
their house or barn burns.
I CoRmon-sense saving is the thin
and it lis good for everybody. city
sdwe ilerlad FARMER alike.
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