The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-11
FARM NEWS
Prepared by County Agent Foard.

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State Contest for Boys and Girls.
During Farmers Week at Column
bia, Mo-, beginning January 14th, will
be held a contest for boys and girls. in
judging the following: corn, wheat
oats, soil, canned products, sewing,
bread, poultry, eggs, draft horses,
light horses, mules, beef cattle, dairy
cattle and hogs. These contests will
be based on material which is sent
to all regularly enrolled boys and
girls clubs.
Many farmers in the county report
that they cannot attend Farmers
Week this year on account of lack OF
help to care for the stock while they
are away. Then why not send your
boy? It will be a great education
, to feature to him and stimulate a
farming interest that he will never
forget.
/ Farming is Business.
The paint on the barn or the auto
mobile in the shed do not always prove
a farmer is making money.
Z The years labor-income is the true
measure of farmers success.
Most farmers think they do not
make enough money but few know
what they actually do make.
Do you know that two out OF every
five business corporations made nc
thing last year? The Federal Trade
Commission reports that only one out
of every five business corporations
made over $4,000 last year. Howev-
er, it is usually thought that corpor-
ations make lots of money.
Just so, most city people think all
farmers make lot of money and be-
sides live off the "fat of the land"
But this also is not true. Few farm
ers know how much money they real
ly make in a year. They may know
whether they have more money on
, hand or in the bank than they had a
year ago, but that is not the money
they made--that shows whether they
: saved anything. Most farmers think
: they do not make much money, but
{: few know what their labor-income is.
v The Farm Bureau has adopted as
: one Of its projects for 1918, Farm
/: Accounts. From February 18th to
' March End, we will have farm man.
: agement specialist with US and we
=, want to assist some fifteen farmers
: who are interested, and outline fol
4; them a simple but complete cost &C
8 counting system and help them keeI
7. it for the year. II you are interested
: in securing this service apply at once
g to the County Agent. First come
!, first served.
Results of the Wheat Campaign.
The farmers of Missouri have in
:. creased their wheat acreage twenty
; five per cent. The increase is tiv'
times that suggested for the Stat
. by the u. S. Department of Agricul
ture last August. The acreage seed
- ed last fall is $4,000 acres more thar
!. was sown in 1916, and 21,0O acre
- more than in 1914.
.. Cattle Situation.
t, "The cattle situation in Texas i
g such that some relief is needed t.
}; keep large numbers of cattle from
e starving. The areas affected ar
: mainly the western and northwestern
5, portions of the State. In these local.
l. ties the drouth this last summer ha
s, been so severe that there is practl
); cally no forage to feed to the cattl
= this coming winter. This has result
+, ed in large numbers of cattle starv
= ing. A large number of these cattl
IT are for sale and can be purchased a
le reasonable prices. The Department
p, of Agriculture at Washington
n, starting a move to cooperate wit
" the various State officials in tn
~, | .z.- Iol4 IN, irwin
j. to have some of the cattle shippe
e. northward. The Department OF Ae
re riculture has several men statione
$, in Texas to furnish information q
m to the conditions which exist Their
IS, It also has several men in the north
I. ern States to find out if the farmer
e. in those States are willing to buy u
#, some of these cattle and provide thel
D. with feed during the winter.
Or "In the State of Missouri the Cour
y ty Agents and the various Council
c. of Defense are cooperating in pla
ing large numbers of these Gait
among farmers who have surplt
Of feed.
N. In order to get the desired informs
III ton about these cattle the various o
carnations should communicate vii
I'M S. s. Jordan, Bureau of Animal Il
nm dustry, Union Stock Yards, Fo
re Worth, Texas, T. P. Metcalf at Am
rs rillo, Texas, or the County Agent
-, Pennington, Mo. These men are
IN position to furnish any informatit
as to the location of these cattle, Il
ne ne number for sale, the kind Of cattl
TN and also the places at which they {;
Z be bought. Anyone interested in tn
an matter would do well to communica
III with these men,"
The Extension School.
Although the State Extension for
has been asked to hold short cours
ice at many more places than they "
in be able to reach this year we q
an. practically assured now that we C
nd get school at Pennington for t
Ike farmers Of the county the second we
in February.