The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-28

1 soil worker is the more money he has made The modern farmer has learned to apply business principles to ms IarHl, as the merchant does to his store, ana 1 the financier does to his bank. Ahe | railroad administration wants every 1 farmer to be a business man, 10 rele,
 to himself as business man. We call 1 a city ice cream vender a business man. Is the man who produces grain 2ruit' | live stock and vegetables less or d business man? I think not.
 i "The great war has left hundreds or millions of people in Europe ana parts {, of Asia on short rations-many actuai- ] ly starving. Immense areas or agracui- l tural country have been devastateo' | cattle horses, hogs, sheep ana pouilis | killed: farm implements destroyed, or 1 chards. gardens and vineyards torn mn by shell fire cut down by vandai Huns or trampled under foot by army l waves in battle. Some 2o,0oo,oVo oi 1 the best young men of score or ha tions have been slain or wounded. ana
 more than half of these were food pro ducers-from the farm
 Alabama has responded nobly to 1 the call of the nation for great food- | stuffs and the record she has made Tn
 the production of these crops, includ- | ing particularly hogs, cattle ana pea 1 nuts. is phenominal Alabama mas come ito the front rapidly in the mat | ter of tick eradication work and the stare is to be congratulated upon the
 splendid development of it's cattle m l dustry as a result
 DEMAND TO CONTINUE
 "The heavy demand for things to eat and for cotton and wool doubtless
 wi,, continue for many years. There fore. the man who is engaged in SOIL
 nroduction. or who wishes to so en- gage. has excellent prospects for com l petence in his declining days. ne south. with it's vast area of undevel- oped country, offers exceptional oppor- tunities to the homeseeker, ana there is a noticeable movement of people from the congested centers to the rural district. TO take care of inquiries about farm opportunities the homeseekers bureau a part of the agricultural sec ton of the railroad administration, was
 formed. This bureau is receiving on an average of 1000 letters week from
 men and women who want inLol .a about farm opportunities, and more
 than half the inquiries are residents of cities. Many of them are munition
 workers, shipbuilders, etc, who nave
 been employed at good wages, ana pos
 sess funds sufficient to enable them to make a liberal payment on home in the country.
  ing information to inquiriers by states. It tells them about soil conditions, pro- duction, markets, climate, schools churches-in fact, everything in when
 they are interested. Inquiries have come from every state, and the list of states inquired about includes all or them. The town folks who write Tor data regarding farm opportunities gen erally say that they have friends who have made success cultivating the soil and they want to try their hand at it.
 "Farmers who write are, as rule those who have sold out at fancy price in an old. densely populated state
 and want to buy larger acreage Tn
 state where land is less expensive
 Usually they have boys in the army
 and want to give them a start as soon as they are released from military serv-
 ice. A good many inquiries come di- rect from soldiers at the demobiliza-
 tion camps. They say the outdoor life
 they lately have led appeals to them
 and they wish to keep it up. ma iority of the soldier correspondents say they are married, or are about tc | be married.
 WOMEN SPECIALIZE Most women who write to the bu- reau express a desire to specialize ir
 fruit growing. dairying and poultr,
 raising, Some expect to do genera
 farming. and few will go in for range cattle. In a number of instances three
 or four women have pooled their re. l sources and will handle their deal or a cooperative plan. Among the womer | inquirers those who are single are 1T l>~