The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-22
SAYS BIG FARMS
GET BIG PROFITS

Jus as in any commercial or indus
trial enterprise, farmers must do a
large volume Of business or produce a
large volume to make any appreciabIe
amount Of money" f. II. White, direc-
tor Of farm management for 4. and NJ.
college at Starkville, Mss, stated
Thursday morning in a discussion here
or Investigations Of farm operating
costs he is making on $50 farms iu 20
counties OF Mississippi. Mr.. white is in
the city for a conference with Or. f..
X, Lloyd, director OF the Memphis
Chamber Of Commerce farm bureau,
and h. Q. Pate, market director of the
bureau, who in 1914 inaugurated the in
Vesugations which Mr., White is now
pursuing,
The Investigations are being made
through the use Of cost accounting sys-
TENS on farms with the cooperation Of
the owners. The purpose is to demon
strate just what each crop and combi-
nations of crops will profit the farmer
on various kind of soil in Mississippi,
thereby determining the most profitable
methods of farming for the typiral Mis-
sisslppi or Southern farm,
The Investigations have not been con-
cluded, but it is already possible for
Mr.. White to draw rather definite con
illusions, For small farmers the best
combination is found to be dairying,
hogs, cotton, corn and sheep. The ha-
sic crops OF the combination are the
first four named, with sheep as a side
line.
Cotton, dairy products and hogs are
to be considered the money crops, only
| they should be sold and feed should be
produced for feeding the dairy cattle,
the hogs n the work stock, and as a
general thing not sold in its origina.
form. 1t is a good plan for any small
farm, and large ones, too, to produce
alfalfa for hog pasture or for hay.
This statement applies to farm lands
outside Of the delta proper. MIR. White
believes that any Investigations made
will very probably prove that no di.
versitied crops will pay as well IL
the delta as cotton. However, enough
on the cotton farms Of the delta to pro,
vide food for the farmer and feed TO
his work stock, and for the edible live
stock which he needs. It should not b
necessary for cotton farmers to bur
feed.
Investigations by the cost ACCOUNTING
system have already proved in tn
western corn belt, said MIR, White, tina
a farm OF less han 320 acres will no
make any appreciate amount Of none.
for the owner. Cotton, however, is
more intensive crop than any grown
ny lnc MluQle NeStPTn FARMER, anu cal
produce a worthwhile income on les
acreage than Middle Western crops,
The volume OF production necessar,
to real money-making in farming ma,
be obtained, Mr., White said, eithe
large acreage, as in the ase Of livt
stock farms, or by Intensive cultivation
on smal acreage, az in the case of cot
ton and truck farming.
The results being obtained by tn,
truck farming industry around Crysta
Springs, Miss, were referred to by Mr.
White as examples of what may b
done through intensive cultivation o
comparatively smal ltracts. The true
gardeners of that section are produc
ing tomatoes, cabbage, English peas
string beans, beets and carrots, the i'm
p~ortance Of the crops being in the orde
named. During AVril these truck farm
ers have been shipping cabbage an
English peas and have been realizin
$500 an acre gross on the early cabbag
and $500 an acre gross on the Englls
peas. Their heets, carrots and bean
are now coming on and tomatoes wi
be ready to market early in June,
After the Investigations have bee
summarized. Mr., White expects to b
able to show in what proportions farm
should carry dairy cattle, sheep an
hogs, and how the land should be ap
portioned to the diversified crops.