Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-27
south DROPS
THE one CROP.
IA. FARM METHOD
Many Kinds of Grain Being
Raised Now and That
Region Feeds Self.

Dallas, Tex, July 27.-The south
has dropped the one-crop system and
is beginning to feed itself and help
the rest of the nation, thus putting
an end to the story about a Texas
farmer who bought his beans in Bos-
ton, his furniture in Grand Rapids,
his food in Kansas City and raised
only cotton and a pack of hungry
dogs.
The war, according to authorities,
has done more thar years OF advice
in bringing about the present situa-
ton in the south, where large quaint
tiles of. food now are being raised.
The immediate and important effect,
members Of agricultural departments
say, is the sharp decrease in the
drain on the north and west, which
now permits Of greater overseas ship
ments from those sections.
Fixed government prices, insuring a
fair return, encouraged planting,
agents of the agricultural depart
ments and agricultural schools point
ed out to the southern farmer the
benefits of a varied crop, and the ex-
cellent weather brought crops tina
authorities say will result in still
greater acreage Of wheat and oats
next year. The ideal weather resulted
III LII cal 4IAA SOSIs
Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana,
North Carolina, Florida and Virginia
will harvest greatly diversified food
crops this year. One striking result
is shown in a shipping report from
Alabama. Until four years from
II counties in the state not a single
carload Of hops was shipped. In the
year ending April 1, 1918, hogs to
fill 1852 "a were 9 n from the
same counties. The value Of the hogs
now growing in these counties was
estimated at 100000. Formerly the
section raised little except cotton.
A summary recently issued by the
federal reserve bank for the Eleventh
federal reserve district dwelt on the
prosperity following the planting Of a
varied crop in the largest state in the
union.
Authorities whom we consider en-
tirely conservative estimate the Texas
wheat crop from 100000 to H.
900, 900 bushels and the oats crop at
approximately SO, 900, 600. bushels"
the report said. THE yield is greatly
curtailed or account Of unfavorable
where, in normal times, the grain is
extensively produced. In more favored
parts Of Texas. the north, northeast
and central portions. the yield il far
above normal. The acreage sown in
peanuts and other feed crops in all
sections Of the Eleventh federal re-
serve district has been unusually
large and correspondents advise these
crops r doing nicely.
Some sections Of west Texas which
for two years and more have suffered
q terrific drought almost completely
~dsmoralizine the cattle business are
again coming into their own.
THE outlook In the cattle industry
has shown much Improvements in the
Hast month" the report continued "A
large reA Of the range country hal
.Ireceived fnS rains and there II bet.
ter&feolfnG among cattle and sheer
mon. II - sdll worry dry In portions 81
New Mexico and the cattle interesti
arc suffering. In The Panhandle sc.
ltlon OF TEXAS conditions are much I'M
proved. Recent rains have made
plenty Of graN ana tns sahtpping oi
cattle 40 pa9turessin okheeSoectAo1osH
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