The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-03-07

IN weeds and Nth nrr now productive u pruiit
able crops of corn, wheat oats hay. cotton. tohac
CO. potatoes vegetables, and truck crops sec~
uops that formerly had never exported a carload
at cattle, hogs. az sheep are extensive pro
ducrrs Of mutton beef pork, wool. and dairy
products Families which formerly lived drvar
iHr ~ menger existence are now not only enjoy
ias plenty " the staples but also many Of the
iusnrics II country ute
How wN tina, revolution crectedf How was q
mirage transformed into nm srtualIty 10 the south
and' Tho war prescnscd ne opportunity for rs~
formation along Agriculture ilnes due to the un.
limited demand on the American food store
houses The second r~sspn Ia because the United
States department Of agriculture and the stats
agricultural colleges, through tho medium ~ i,nsa
ceanty agents located In the rs states from Ter
as 10 Oklahoma and from FLORIDA to Maryland.
have been steadily urging farmers to Increase
crop production to practice better farming meth.
ads, ~ msntRin morn live stock and TO produce
In the s0gth tn. majority u whnt food the South
&eaaslls tueasiaeSa usHisax eattsa ~ thr Trading
surplus cash crop,
HERETOFORE the South has been the Ed.n Of the
ahe"tnne, cn@nexru cottun farming corporation
The negro ferprrS hasr raised cc'tun largely to
the exclusion "f all other money crops Then
they have about faced" md converted their cot
ton money into Imported beans bacon and hrwad
at the tocat supply stores In view ~ this prevs
lent and traditional practice ~ huytns Instead os
raising the hulk Of food the United states depart.
n.n' ~ agriculture operated under severe handi
cap when II hesae tocd work south ut ths Mason
and ntxon tine
Great credit is given 'authc county agents. who
have not en'y shown Southern farmers In II
states how 10 raise and produce vegetables truck
crnra nsli crops and meat PRODUCTS hut have
been sacc~ssfu In getting the farmers 10 raise
such rrnspcts ON n large scale. Despite the fact
that the rvecrd price Of cotton has Operated
against the popularity Of ether crups N. average
farmer hacked ny tire trod pr,gram southern
farmers and soensmen raised raenty OF rptsto,x
a. well NJ sorghum for sirar In their home gar
dens The fsraers tucreasrd their production ~
small grains, corn, hay peanuts velvet beans
cay beans rcwpeas. as we'll A. meat. milk and
eggs
For rsrmrle during 1918 Nahsma incrrss-., n,
production ~ potatoes ~ per c~nt. cotton. no per
sa' hay - pr cent. oats per cent: hogs Il
per cent sheep, ~ per cent and sweet Is,tas,,es
per cent over the yields II lpl-
The South ha$ been Il heavy huyer NJ hsy .sc
majority " mr. YEARLY torasr coming from the
Western states Thy, services If tho S,nYhern
cNaaU RkvUts AaNe herrassd the lnesl nav nrs~
ductlrn - The exfcut >Aa' Aatama rrs,nas,
i.saaN tons ~ hsy dprns the YEAR lpiS a.
easaparrd with its'sn tons In 1Aa During tss
period tc,m igsp a. tAlS Gecrsts inrr~..es, hax
production ~ per csHt. North tarcl,ns tSs ~,
cent: Florida @S. per ecnt: and South rSrolins
~ p*r cent AN0r,!iag to rrccn, c-or estimates
the hyrctAstsai value al toe ssr-a crsp. o, Ala
esma. Florida Georgia Mississippi Ncryh Cnn>
Tina aud Seuta Csrctina- sroanssd 30 &Sss sss.
90 tn iae snd ss-ialsS>tso In ipi' IN tscrvas.
ii 80 per evns
n only icssesl tina. ~ the pscsfacefan cs ccrn
and lay Increases IN the Sccth~ra ststes the
sumhrrs ~ soSS aud cst.ie missed and krrs show
corresponding ss,a> The r~.a~esek Mx has
ne~r Traditional ~ she Scuth ssnce the Nv,l war
nut AZ ls,s sesrs these native rnss.e-s have Ae~n
rcr.acrd ny wel'@n,sAed resser> - t~sirshle ccm
fervaatfcn snS htNsCias which are mere ecs,cetn-
Nal In the msnafsctur~ NJ rcrt ua,er seutherx
eenaiticns than the g~sin ted hogs u tho srru
bsit IN mhidie wessss- Territory.
f. Asearhus to reesnt estimates ~ Tie eurvss e