The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-02-09
Food, Fc~t, And Fertility.

Food, Fcat, And Fertility.
washington, ID. Good, feed,
and fertility are the foundation OF
safe farming, according to The Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
A circular sent to farmers, bankers,
aaA business men In cotton territory
by the Chief of the Office of Exten-
sion Work in the South says: Let
as feed the people, feed the live
stock, and feed the soil When he
have done these three things. then
raise such acreage in money crops
al We have the labor to tend"
The circular points out that the
true value of cotton to the farmer
il 20 a great extent the amount of
food and feed tn { it will chase.
The price of cotton has risen, it is
true, but so has the retail price of
ali other farm produce. by grow
ing all cotton" says the author, land
exchanging it for living YOU are
simply swapping high-pri~o' prod
uet by your labor for a high-priced
product produced by the labor of the
other fellow. When you follow safe
farming, however, you produce your
own food and feed at cost and sell
ycuY cotton for the other fellows
dollar"
Safe farming is defined in the cir
GUAR as including these items:
1. A home garden for every fam
lily on the farm, from one-tenth to
one-fourth acre, well located, well
titled, and tended as carefully as
any other crop on the farm, planted
in rotation to time the vegetable
crops so as to have a continual sup
ply for the family table as many
days in the year as possible. To
this should be added one-fourth of
an acre of potatoes, either Irish or
sweet, or both, to be used as food
for the family.
9. Enough corn on each farm to
last the family and the live stock for
one year, with little excess for
safety.
3. Sufficient oats and other small
grain to supplement the corn as food
for one year with certainty. These
small grains conserve the soil in
winter and provide summer for live
stock.
4. Hay and forage crops to sup
ply the live stock on the farm for
one year. with little excess for safe
ty. The legumes, which add fertili-
~ 10 the soil and produce the best
hay. should not be forgotten.
3. The necessary meat, eggs, and
milk for the family. The meat
should be procured by increased at
tention TO poultry and hogs because
OF the rapidity with which these can
he produced. Every family should
have at least two cows, so that one f.
can be in milk all the time. A
sufficient number of brood sows
htpt W PicduNS thS PoiN
for the family, with some excess for
sale. The average number of poul- ,
try per farm should be gradually in.
creased to at least SO. There should
be eggs and poultry for the home ia
bic. with a sufficient excess for sale. .
The live stock on the farm should be
gradually increased SO as to con-
sumo the otherwise wasted products
and make productive the unproduc-
tive and untillable lands.
s. Cotton for the main money
crop after the living has been amply
provided for.
Z. The sale Of the surplus pro- .
ducts of the garden, the orchard
the poultry, the live stock, and the
feed crops to cover the necessary
running expenses of the farm. leav-
ing the cotton as the real cash crop.
The present prices of cotton, says
the circular, should not be permitted
to tempt any farmer to depart from
this program. 1t is the only safe
plan to follow. no matter what the
price of cotton may be.