The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-08
Food, Feed and Fertility.

foundation OF safe farming, according
I 10 the United States Department o
: Agriculture. A circular sent to farm.
7 ers, bankers, and business men in cot
ton territory by the Chief OF the Office
Of Extension Work in the South says;
Let US iced the people, feed the
live stock, aud feed the sol
When We have done these three
things, then raise such acreage in
money crops as We have the labor tc
tend
The ci5cua ar points out that the true
value Of cotton 10 the farmer is 10 a
great txttut the amount Cl food and
feed that it will purchased The price
Of cotton has risen, it is true, but SO
has the retail pi,e oi all other farm
produce. b growing all cotton"
says the author, and exchanging it
for living you are simply Swapping a
hlgh-priced product by your labor for a
high priced produc: produced by the
labor OF the other iell.w, When you
follow sale farming, however, you pro
duce your own food and feed at cost
and sell your cotton for the other iel-
lows dollars"
Sale farming is defined in the cir,
cu)ar as including these items.
! CD A home garden for every family
on the farm, from oDe-tenth to one
fourth acre, well located, we'll titled,
and tended as CAREFUL as any other
crop on the farm, planted in rotation
TO time the vegetable crops so as to
have continual supply for the family
table as many days in the year as pos
sible. To this should be added one
fourth Of an acre Of D, ,tatoes, either
Irish or sweet, or both, to be used as
food for the family.
(2) Enough corn on each farm to
last the family and 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 grazing for live
stock.
(D Hay and forge crops to sup
ply the live stock on the farm for one
year, with a little excess for safety,
The legumes, which add fertility to
the soil aud produce the best hay,
should not be forgotten.
(5) The necessary meat, eggr,
and milk for the family. The meat
should be pc procured by increased at
tention to poultry and hogs because oil
the rapidity with which these can be
produced. Every family should have
at least two cows, so that one can be
In milk all the time. 4 sufficient nun.
Der OF brood sows should be kept to
produce the pork for the family, with
some excess for sale. The average
number Of poultry per farm should be
gradually increased TO at least fifty.
There should be eggs and poultry
for the home table, with a sufficient
excess for sale. The live stock on the
farm should be gradually increased so
as TO ccm,ume the Otherwise wasted
products and make productive the un.
productive and untillabe lands.
! (6) Cotton for the main money
crop after the living has been amply
provided for.
CD The sale Of surplus products
Ci the garden, tn orchard, the poultry
the live stock, and the feed crops TO
cover The net ess ny rnnning expenses
Of the farm, leaving the cotton as the
real cash crop,
J The present prices Of cottor, says
the circular sn 1u'd not be permitted
to tempt any farmer to depart from this
program. 1t is the only safe plan TO
follow, DO matter what the price oI
cotton may be.
hsiit Does Not Count.