Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-28

as you, or even twice much per acre, you can
not afford to refuse to their methods next
season in growing your crops. II your boys can
make twice as much money from one acre as you,
are you going to be content to go on as you have
been doing and let your children lose confidence
in your farming knowledge and ability? Decided
ly, you cannot afford it.
Let's see how the boys are getting their record
yields Take Jerry Moore of South Carolina.
Dewey Hanes of Ohio and Marus Malgren of vir-
ginia-three Of the most successful of the thou
sands Of boys who have been showing present-day
farmers how to farm. Study their own accounts
of how they produced their crops and you will find
that they tested their seed corn. they used the
best seed corn that they could get they prepared
their seedbeds carefully and thoroughly. so that
the young plants would have the very best oppor-
tunities to grow quickly and mature within the
limits Of their growing seasons.
They knew that the plants had to be fed. and
they used manures and fertilizers literally. Thou
sands Of other boys did the same. They wouldn't
try to raise such yields without feeding their
crops, any more than their parents would try to
secure milk from their dairy cows without feed.
ing the cows properly. They cultivate their fields
carefully in order to kill the weeds and conserve
the moisture for the growing plants. They gave
a little more time to the acre and they reaped
much greater crops results.
nothing wonderful about all this. You say that
these principles have been known and practiced
for years. Certainly. The boys have made use Of
principles that have been known for scores Of
years. but they have not merely accepted the prin-
ciples and then gone about their farming opera
tions, leaving their knowledge as some men do
their Sunday clothes and their religion-hung up
in clos and forA rtten after Sunday is past.
The boys didn't go at farming in a slipshod
halfway fashion, such many farmers have been
doing right along. They were not content to prac
tice only one Of 1.-The factors and disregard the
others They practiced them all together on
their acre fields. and the results speak in a way
that cannot be misunderstood They didn't dump
on some manure and leave the other factors to
luck.
They used manure and fortified. and they used
the best seed and the best methods Of preparing
the land before the seed was planted and the best
tillage methods afterwards. The fertilizer they
used gave the crops the early start and the ma
turfty that makes quality and quantity, and they
escaped the soft" that their parents found in
many fields where little attention had been
given to soil and plant-food management.
Boys and girls. you have a right to be proud of
the work you have done. You have a right to
expect the cooperation of your parents and of the
farmers in your community. and you are going to
get it this year and in coming years. You have
the government back of you and 1t Is spending
thousands of dollars in each state that you can
add to the productive wealth of your state mil.
lions Of dollars in added yields Of crops that have
higher market values. You boys are to be the
farmers Of the future and you are to find great Joy
and happiness in your work. You girls will some
day preside farm homes that will be happier
because you have learned to bake and cook and
can. and keep the house neat and tidy and home
like, and make farm-life happier for your family.
None of you is too young to begin. for before you
know it you will be out of school. young men and
women. making your own way in life.