Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-24

W0O6o SOl0 luCOIl0 WA0 .OCE4vSu kEVIJ r
the cotton harvest and from 8 little
numbering here and there. y,
This is worth remembering when
the following table lis scrutinized; It
covers the period from January I.
1918, to February 10. 1919. n in
cludes all products shipped out Of the
county. with the exception OF cotton:
800 cars corn. valued at...i.. $4,000
Z cars peanuts. valued at. TATTOO
Is cars sorghum, valued ats: 3S,490
10 cars cane seed. valued at. 1920
z cars popcorn. valued at.s 10000
is Jars cattle. valued at.:.. 24,622
SO ears hogs, valued at....itH 72.667
Is mixed car hogs n cat
tie, valued t........... s>31,647
Total value .$s45,41s
In other words: Pontotoc county,
until 1915 always relying on outside
supplies and never exporting any@
%foodstuffs, in the course Of one year
and six months was able to sell $685.
416 worth of produce to outside con-
sumers. 1t is, really. no wonder that
the people there speak about the new
order Of things as IAN agricultural
revolution!
Aided BY q. S. Expert
In all fairness. the results were not
wholly due to h population's own
efforts, but to an intimate co-opera-
ton between the farmers and a coun-
ty agent Of the federal department Of
agriculture. The agent gave the sug-
gestions. and the. farmers acted upon
them: Having successfully convinced
need not be a one-crop district. the
government representative invited
them to try a change Of crops, and the
experiment convinced them all that
they were on the right road to. sue
cess. -. ..e
ton" was that the county received
more cash than ever before; PRACTICAL
ly all of the cotton money came
back to the county in cash instead Of
in the form Of necessities bought
elsewhere. Another set of figures will
illustrate the situation.
On January l.. 1916. the total
the county was sb4s.6s2, and the
figures for 1918 were given January
]. 1919, as follows:
Deposits in five county
1tb banys Bono ndsi sold in county
War ar Savings Stamps sold in 1e''''',,
1918 $4,000
Total .~$1,545,115
This increase Of $995.522 over the
amount given three years earlier is
chiefly accounted for by the sale Of
food and feed n by the saving bf
cash money.
1t thus appears that the remedy for
unsuccessful farming does not neces-
sarily lie in a political direction. but
rather in intensified and intelligent
farming. a.
Lesson Seldom Taught.
In North Dakota. those who say
they want to revolutionize conditions
among the farmers, rarely teach tho
lesson that the revolution is the pro-
duct Of skill and industry rather than
Of political agitation. Here tho
method is to preach hatred against
people who are not farmers; to en-
courage class strife: to blame all the
evils and ills of the farmer on. big
Business" Corrupt Interests;M@ the
Kept Press and all the other sup-
posedly malignant ~influencesl that
have conspired for the single unholy
purpose Of running the farmee and
X Pontotoc county in the state of Mis-
sissippi has shown the worlds what
can De done by sane and prudent
methods in farming and. marketing,
and it may be that people farther
north can benefit by studying the
methods employed in that progressive
community.
IL