The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-12-06
SEES CURTAILED
PRODUCTION FOR
COUNTY IN 1920
County Agent Reviews Situation On
Farms and Predicts Big Cut In
All Crops; Farmers Only Can
Afford IT,"

s sure to come to Grady county il
l920,' declares j. w. Owens, count,
agricultural agent Mr. owens says
Already we see a 75 per cent re
luction in the production of wheat
Already we see the farmer VINO has
leen growing broom corn planning to
decrease his acreage Already we see
nen preparing to handle fewer head
If live stock than formerly. We see
he farmer laying aside more of his
money than he has been doing in
ormer years Already we see plans in
avery community to lessen the acre
| ,ge of crops where outside labor is
| required to handle
| "What will this curtailment mean
rom an economic standpoint is a
zig question for everyone to consider.
So far as the farmer is concerned lie
the only man who can afford this
reduction in crops He is assuming
he attitude today of watchful wait
ng and will certainly continue TO do
so until conditions assume a normal
md sensible attitude.
Il said he is the only man who can
lfford to take the stand of life and
his is literally true. He is the man
gho can and will make a living for
his family out of land and his labor
nd no other man in the whole uni
lerse can do this. The pale, unwel-
;ome hand of hunger has seldom
isited the home of the farmer, for
With hfs labor he takes from the earth
he food for those dependent upon
i'm. Not so with the other men
THE opportunity TO produce food
is denied the man in the factory, the
lop, the store, the office, and he is
the one who is wondering about the
.lcome of these awful unsettled
ondtions. We must all have food and |
,lothing, but how are we to ask the |
armer to produce 1t when labor is |
eady to demand all the profits out |
4 the crops for a small part in har
esting them? How can we have The |
ourage to ask the farmer to pro
luce a surplus from his labor and
Investment when al 1.-The forces not
Iirectly interested in agriculture
eem to conspire to make farming un
ertain.
There is no sense in this aloofness
i interest yet it exists in every de-
,artment outside of agriculture TO.
lay.
"We are developing very dis
national psychology today,
md everything is pointing to worse
ne. The most distressing feature of
all is; the farmer thinks he ought
o leave the farm and seek more
leasant employment and surround
ngs for his children. This will effect
/ reduction in farm products as well
Is high labor and low prices.
Organized labor believes today
hat it is the great protectors of our
when all the forces no!
lf-season demands for increases III
)ay to meet the high cost of living !
Spectators, boards of trade and un-
dealers are permitted TO
the necessities of exist
snce until these demands seem right
o the common consumer, and strikes
ollow, one after another. The farm
II is not merely blowing bubbles
yhen he says 4 will wait until this
hing exhausts itself and regains its
formal senses
He is not going to fight back He
S going to wait and who is there to
,lame him or say you shall not?'
Let us who appreciate the farm
n and his efforts to feed and clothe
he world not lose sight of the great
act that he is the foundation of our
Some may have the no {
ion that our democracy rests upon l
'ur ability to build super.dread- I
laughts, huge and powerful cannon, |
destructive machine guns and well
rained armies, but what will these
Il avail us if we fail to maintain a a
appy, prosperous and contented |
griculture, calculated at all times r
nd under all circumstances to pro-
ide a bountiful supply of the nec- r
ssities of life, even in times of G