The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-05-18
Plan For Farmers Efforts During
Coming Season.

Coming season.
A normal crop of food and feed
should be grown in the aggregate,
which means a diversity of crop pro-
duction and not specialization in a
few crops. In other words, farmers
should grow the same staple crops
that they have always grown, but
with more efficiency, in order that
production may be brought as near
the maximum as possible.
Following are the plans offered as
suggestions for the agricultural effort
in the state for the coming crop sea-
son:
/. City people should make their
back yard and vacant lot gardens
produce as many vegetables as poss-
ibie.
2. The general farmer should not
plunge this year into the growing Of
truck crops. but should do his ut
most in producing staples. The truck
farmer should work to his maximum
in the production of vegetables for
the market garden supply, and the
general farmer should see to 1t that
staple foods and feeds (corn, wheat,
oats, hay soy beans, cow peas and
livestock) are produced in greater
quantity than ever before.
8. Every farmer should have good
szI, 81, dtin
vegetables for home use, for storage
and cannig for winters use, and a
surplus to be used in any emergency
that may arise.
4. Special attention should be
given to the farm poultry yard. The
flock should be housed better next
winter, so that hens may produce
more eggs on less feed than ever be-
fore. A little bit Of housing will
mean a great many more eggs. II
possible, add a few more pullets to
the flock to be kept over winter. Pro-
duce infertile eggs during the sum-
mer months. Preserve some in water
glass lOI use uCAl WiutCi.
5. The winter wheat crop is 60
ing to be a short one. Every field
that can be harvested at near an
even break in cost of production
should be allowed to stand till bar
vest. At the present price a field
that promises even sma11 yield per
acre should be left for the reaper.
Other fields should be put in some
other food or feed crop that will ma
soy beans. buckwheat, COW peas,
millet, sorghum, etc. We recommend
especially corn, buckwheat, soy beans
or COW peas. Every farm should
grow few acres of soy beans for
seed and for food.
G. Farmers should save feed for
next years crop, regardless of high
prices. II is most essential TO pro-
vide the following:
(a) All kinds of garden seeds.
tb) Wheat,
tcl Soy bans and COW peas.
I'D Clovers, especially crimson
Farmers having crimson clover grow
ing now should be sure to save seedD
T. Livestock (cattle, hogs and
Sheep should be given careful atten-
ton. The supply is far under the nor
NAL. Large numbers of immature
animals, especially hogs, are put on
the market today on account of high
prices, and many good brood sows
that should be kept on the farm are
sold. Don't send pigs to market. If
you have not the feed TO mature them
sell them to your neighbor who has.
Hogs this year should go to market
weighing 200 pounds or over.
Don't sell a brood SOW that will
raise a litter of pigs. A good SOW
will produce q thousand TO two thou
sand pounds OF pork i'm a season.
Farmers should refrain from mar
kcting calves. They should be devel-
oped to maturity. Jersey bun calves
may be excepted.
S, IN our opinion, all kinds Of
food feed and livestock will pay un-
usually well. II is therefore. we be-
lieve, the patriotic duty of every
farmer to grow at least normal
crop Of necessities rather than
large crop of any luxury. In other
words, large crop of tobacco should
not be grown at the expense Of foods
and feeds, q,
Produce Pork With Less Grain,
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