Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-01-29
MAKING CORN FARMS
PROFITABLE IN TEXAS
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture
Suggests Plans for "Cashing In"
On Scientific Advice. Etc.

especially the farmer whose soil has
been run down BY continuous Grain
/ farmtu--sOm ways OF co-ordiuat.ug
and 'ea-hiug in the scientific advice
offered him in hundreds Of invaluable
bulletins on single crops" is the pur
pose OF Farmers Bulletin -Ul. us
stated by its author. Carl Vrooman.
assistant secretary Of agriculture.
The whole farm is considered as Il
unit Al grain crops suitable for thu
section are dealt with in their relation
TO one another. i'm rotation with yau-
GUS logumos, green mauures. cover
. crops for soil maintenance and feed
+ ing. and in connection With live stock
as a profitable side line and especial
! ~ as source OF manure and fertility.
The following extracts. necessarily
omittinZ detailed recommendations
T give an outline OF the authors plan
for combining business farmru. and
scientific agriculture to the monetary
and social profit Of the farm:
The farm is vastly more than a
+ business enterprise: it is home. a
/ social and civic center-the most i'm
pOrtant unit of civilization. What
/ farmers need most 20 Know is how TO
make the science of agriculture boost
the business Of farming"
The farmer who robs his soil is
saving off the limb upon which he
is sitting Your deed calls for the
subsoil as well as the surface soil
and the subsoil is a mine OF fertility
and a well of water if properly utilized
Lime is the one thing most needed
by the average rundown soil Phos-
phorus, next to lime, is the mineral
plant food probably most needed by
the average unproductive soil Manure
as regularly as you harvest.
Proper tillage becomes more i'm
portant as the farm grows older until
on worn out farms it is a factor of
chief importance. Tillage gives the
crop more soil surface on which to
feed without increasing your taxes,
makes existing plant food more avail
able. gives air to the roots. regulates
water supply and kills weeds"
The farmer who sells all his crops
off the place and then also burns all
his cornstaIks and straw reminds one
of the burglar who takes all the valua-
bles he can carry off and sets fire to
Humus is the stuff with which ma
ture fertilizes uncultivated soil. Plow
under all stable manure, straw, corn
stalks, stubble, leaves, weeds and
green-manure crops. Feed as much
of your grain as possible TO live stock
on the farm.
When you break even on your
beeves you are ahead of the game,
provided you save the manure-es-
pecially if you have kept hogs follow
ing the cattle. Saving the manure"
doesn't mean saving merely One-third
or one-fourth. 1t means saving 20 per
cent or more. liquid as we'll as solid.
The problem of keeping live stock with
profit is largely a matter of making
use as silage, r0ughage, or bedding of
stun that Is wasted on the average
farm. Weeds may be put on the right
side of the ledger by means of few
sheep.
Catch but one bad ear in testing
seed corn and you save a good days
wages.
AS long as the average farmer
keeps his garden on the grocery
shelf" he sells everything wholesale
and buys everything retail. Side lines,
such as canning, preserving, making
apple butter, are profitable where the
farmer is wise enough to see that the
women of his household get all neces.
sary help with their work.
The price difference between ham,
lard and bacon and hog on the hoof
shows the money gain for farm butch
ering and smoking.
Making Capital "AVailable."-Keep
accounts-find just here your money
Some mems wealth is like good deal