The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-28
+ FAMILY FOOD AVERAGE THE
: SOUTHERN FARM SHOULD
( PRODUCE.

x Vegetables 1900. -. N acres 4
x Fruit ..... ....... " acres x
Il One hog equivalent to 1873 u
x pounds of pork for each adult u
i Sufficient eggs and poultry for y
\ home use from 80 to so fowls. 4
x One acre of corn for meal y
i Three acres of wheat for -four. x
x Syrup and sugar for family use !;
i; from " acre of sugar cane or sor- x
* ghum. 4:
4; Two cows to provide milk, but x
j; ter and cottage cheese. X
s Enough grain, hay and pastur- Z
K age should be grown for all the i
* live stock, including two or more &
y work animals. 4
x x y x + x x 4 K x 4 x K 4
Family Food From Southern Farms.
How much food for the family
should the Southern farm producer"
Sufficient to supply adequately the
needs Of the family throughout the
year, so as to minimize the purchase
of food stuffs," urges the United
States department of agriculture in a
publication just issued, Farmers Bull
10th, Ink sDppd1,oi,,o ENap,iIu an6
Farm Supplies on the Cotton Farm
To reduce the traditional discrep-
ancy between the family food produc-
ton and consumption of the average
cotton farm and to develop self-suffi-
cheney of home grown rations, neces-
states radical change in the crop
ping system of the southern farmer
1t involves a big opportunity for the
all-cotton man to rid himself perma-
nently of the bonds of the advance
credit system which heretofore has ia
vored the importation of his bean, ba-
con and bread supplies from the north
ern and western states at prices, often
unreasonable, consequent ON middle
mems profits.
Southern farmers are urged to raise
more vegetables and fruits on their
farms for family use. Favored with a
long growing season and plenty OF
rainfall, gardening in this region is an
easy and certain means of decreasing
the annual canned goods" bill. One
group of 35 town families which be-
came interested in vegetable raising
as a means of Self-defense against
high living costs, raised an average
of approximately $50 worth of food
per family on gardens ranging in
size from 800 to 499 square yards. The
average cash outlay of these gardens
was Labor, $751; seeds, $1.51 and
fertilizer So cents; a total cost of
1854.
Food From Small Plots.
One man on three-quarters of an
acre recently raised for his family Of
four persons IL kinds of vegetables, to
the value of $97 at cash outlay of
So for preparation and 81 for seeds.
Another man grew $3.50 worth of
vegetables on u acres at an expense
of $500. Forty-two quarts OF this pro
duce was canned, while $2S worth was
sold, the balance being consumed by
tho family.
For farm family of five adults, the
federal department of agriculture re.
commends a garden of ~ acres. con-
tanning about two-thirds of an acre of
vegetables as we'll as one-half acre CT
late sweet potatoes and one-third acre
of late white potatoes. One-half an
acre of fruit to consist of the common
fruits and berries adapted to this lat
itude, is also suggested.
The corn meal and wheat flour sup
plies for the average family should be
from one acre of corn
and three acres of wheat, while one
half an acre of sugar cane or sorghum
will yield the essential 81 gallons of
syrup for the use of five farm adults
Two COWS that will produce an aver
age of two gallons of milk apiece dali
ly for ten months. which should be
bred,.S freshen about six months
apart, will provide the milk, butter
and cottage cheese rations, in addi-
ton to raising a couple of calves each
year which may be sold for veal or
matured as future recruits for the dali
~ products squad. In one southern
a beef club of fifteen farm
ers has been organized. Each mem
Der of the club agrees to grow, fatten
and dress at least one beef animal ev-
cry fifteen months for distribution
among the members of the club. This
simple scheme provides an abundant
supply of fresh beef at times when it
Is needed.
One Pig Per person.
To supply the pork AID pork pro-
ducts for the average family, requires