Sharp County record., 1917-01-05
DON'T GAMBLE ON !
COTTON FUTURES
Farmers Should Raise Everything
Possible to Be Consumed on
the Place.

Ads IL peeH OIL greater importance that
the farmers Of the South enter the
new year with determination to ap-
ply safe, well established principles
OF business to their farm manage
ment, says W. c. Lassatter acting di.
rector Of the Extension Division of the
University of Arkansas and U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture With the
unusual high prices prevailing for
corn, oats, hay, -four, meat, lard
butter, eggs, potatoes and all other
products no cotton farmer can afford
to buy any Of them, even with cotton
at zoe, when they can just as we'll
be produced at home. This era
of high prices for all food and feed
products makes it imperative that
every farmer enter the new year Of
1917 with the determination to grow
at home everything possible that is to
be- consumed on the place.
Cotton, too, is now bringing high
price, but what assurances have we
that the price will be high in the fall
OF 1917? The man who this spring
plants his entire farm to cotton with
the expectation of high prices in the
fall is gambling just as surely as IS
the man who deals in cotton futures.
Every man should be determined to
start the new year right with the de-
termination to avoid gambling on 1917
prices. Cotton when produced must
be held or sold and cannot be con-
sumed. These other food and feed prod
ncts needed on every farm must be
consumed and 1t matters little how high
the prices go so long as every farmer
has produced an. bu 7ance of these
products for his own uso.
The Successful Farmer Must, Apply
Business Principles ~
1t is imperative that the farmer
make of himself just as successful a
business man as his neighbor in town
who sells him the goods and deals in
his products. He should bear in mind
therefore the following facts with ref
erence to good business:
The profits from a business are in.
creased by reducing the cost of ope-
rating the business and by increasing
the cash income from the business.
Producing at home the corn oats,
hay and other feed stuffs, the meat,
lard, milk, butter, eggs and vege-
tables needed on the place very
materially reduces the cost of
making the cotton crop. These
things, therefore, enable the farmer
to secure greater profits from his cot
ton production. To increase the cash
income on the cotton farm 1t will be
necessary to provide other sources Of
cash income and not depend on cot.
ton by itself. Live stock, and all live
stock priducts are now unusually
high, and these offer a splendid field
for the progressive farmer. That this
fact Is recognized by farmers in Ar
kansas Is evidenced by the fact that
over 1900 head Of breeding cattle,
mostly registered, have been introdpc.
ed into Arkansas in the last ten
months. Cattle, hogs, poultry, mules
and horses offer good sources Of in.
come for the cotton farmer who will
use them as a side line to his bust.
ness of cotton farming,
New Years Resolutions For Arkansas
Farmers.
SO much Of the success OF the farm
depends upon the system of manage
ment that the College Of Agriculture
Of the University OF Arkansas believes
that every farmer should start the
year 1917 with the following New
Years resolutions, not to be broken,
but TO be lived up to strictly through
out the year.
hereby resolve to grow sufficient
corn to do me twelve months,
hereby resolve to grow sufficient
oats to last twelve months.
hereby resolve to grow sufficient
hay to provide amply for my stock for
twelve months,
hereby resolve TO provide q gar
den that will furnish fresh vegetables
twelve months In the year.
hereby resolve to keep sufficient
live stock to furnish milk and butter
and meat and lard for the family.
hereby resolve to keep sufficient
poultry to furnish chickens and eggs
for tho family and perhaps a few to
sell
Above all | hereby resolve to 30
manage my farm this year that NJ
least portion OF II will bo richer next
year than II Ia this,
With this creed borne IN mind any
good cotton grower can feel safe In
remainder OF HIS land into
cotton bet0t'so the cost on production
win be lese and the prohts greater,
sjslay safe and start the new year
With That system OF farm management
that will always insure o living re.
gardess of the price OF cotton,