Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-16

Crop visId ohesId Dc Doubled.
While any figures that may be made
necessarily arc conjcctural. II II rca.
sonnbiy safe 20 estimate that the aver.
age yield of the crop acreage Of the
United States could DO doubled n ade.
Quatc methods Of farming were effec-
,iyoly put Into practice. 10 Ensland.
t'ran,c. Germany and other European
countries the wheat acreage yield be.
fore the wur was about twice that of
tho United States. We deduce these
conclusions: ss9
Americas production per acre Of CO.
reals used for human foodstnifs now
ID much less than Il can be made to be
and ought 10.
An increase Of the acreage produc.
tion win not only Increase the amount
Of grain produced. but also will In.
crcsve the AMOUNT of cereal Ly9voducts
available for live stock feeding.
BY increasing cerpel production there
win be . cessation OF pseudo competi-
ton between human beings and live
stock for cereal foodstuiYs.
Therefore. to increase live stock pro.
duction, cereal production should be
Increased, and live stock increase In.
evitably win follow.
Obstacles to Efficient Farming.
Certain obstacles tend to prevent
more efficient farming aud the Increase
Of cereal production. Some Of these
are general and can be dealt with BY
changing nation wide conditions. 9th
err are psychological, personal local,
idiosyucratic. One OF these. for ex'
ample. which might be changed by
the leasing landowner In his own inter.
est In the Que year tenure lease. Ths
tenant farmer under such q lease can.
not wisely undertake to raise live
stock, especially cattle. nor enter upon
any other enterprise tho consummation
OF which extends beyond tho end Of
bis icaschold. He may risk raising
hogs. but to do even that he must
have feed troughs, fencing, sheds and
feed preparing devices. With q short
term lease the tenant cannot afford to
build silos, put IN windmills, sink
wells, provide drainage. build fences,
nor can no fertilize or do anything
that win make the farm efficiently
available for stock or even future crop
raising. He 10 almost as'much tied to
and limited to cereal crop raising alone
a. II II were expressly 80 conditioned
In his lease. I am advised that mp.
proximatcly onc.half Of the farm lands
In Illinois are operated by tenantry
and thai gthcy are almost wholly let on
one yedr leaseholds. But It should
not be understood that l am attempt.
ing to make II appear that longer
lenses would cure all live stock deficits
I am merely pointing out how seem
ingly Irrelevant and remote conditions
arc directly correlated with and may
be determining factors In live stock
raising and how they may impede and
obstruct It Much might be said con
cerning the farmers personal inertia
tenant or owner. He Is inclined to lci
well enough alone, and, conditions now
being favorable he 1nds little impul
sion to change,
American FArmsr's Opportunity.
Glittering. fascinating opportunity
thrusts itself upon the American farm
or. Tho world Is fncc to face with food
shortage, with fnminel The untitled
ana half titled acres and the thought
lessly wasted byproducts Of American
cereal crops indicate an easy and prof
table polutlon Of this momentous prob
lem Of feeding, the world. And mo-
only that, but the American farmel
can enrich himself at the same tint
that hc meets the requirements o.
mankind. II is folly to suppose thai
existing food shortages will be allowed
to continue. resulting In greater, grcnt
or aud ever grentcr prices for brent
und meat -rersmtcnt price incrensc'
ipsvitubly must drive Eosernnfnts u
sciee fnodstufTs ami TO rciiiol th'