The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-30

agents. farmers lnStltuteS tne dBfi-
cultural colleges. or the United States department
OF agriculture. But when declared and
Uncle Sam asked the farmers to grow more food
stuffs of every kind those who had before assumed
an attitude Of Indifference responded to the call.
Throughout the nation these farmers with spirit
of patriotism and an additional inducement Of fair
prices and an assurance of reasonable compensa-
ton for their expenditures, called upon the fed
eral department and other agencies that could
give them information. The attitude well as
the spirit of the farmers changed from peace time
to wartime farming
Improved methods and practices adopted and
now being applied have to stay. In future
farming methods there should be little question as
to the practice of the man who has treated his oats
for smut and has increased his yield; the man who
has applied fertilizer to his wheat and has In
creased his crops five to ten bushels an acre; the
man who has sought information on the feeding Of
cattle and has found that by adding protein to the
ration he produce pound of beef with nine
pounds of corn where the old ration required 10
pounds of grain the man who encouraged to
build a so through which he is able to feed
carload of cattle with the crops from 16 acres of
land when before it required 20 acres. Men who
have learned these lessons. have seen the result.
and have profted by them, not going back to
odtime methods. Farmers reaching out in
broader way for additional aid
Las. fall farmers planted 100000 acres Of
wheat, and while the early prospective yield
reduced to some extent by reason of adverse
weather and insect enemies, crop of approx
mately billion bushels is the result. This huge
crop IS the direct result of the good methods Of
farming that were employed in the fall of 1918
There tons of fertilizer applied to this
wheat than during any previous year. There was
more early blowing There better cultivation
There better selection of varieties end better
treatment of the seed. There more top-dress-
ing of the crop with straw and manure than ever
/ At1,A Do tnft
due to favorable weather in some localities,
just to plain luck, but the big results
achieved In the wheat fields all over the country
was due to the improved methods employed by
farmers.
There Is large and sufficient evidence to show
that agriculture has made a rapid sure. and sub
stantial advance If that is true, then agriculture
will not readily revert.
At time has the farmer been called upon to
give greater attention to the business side Of his
operations. In this day of high-priced land labor
seed, fertilizer machinery. and other materials
and equipment, careful attention must be given to
economical production. Industrial plants have
found it necessary Introduce the costaccounting
system In order that the cost of each part manu-
featured may be determined. In the same way,
farmers must conduct their business and know
core definitely the desirable and profitable lines OF
1oduction.
|. Not every farmer has 1t within his power to in
crease his acreage, but he very materially In
crease his income by judciously increasing the
size of his business. There is way of doing
this that seems TO be open to farmers in prac
ticaiIy all parts of the country. TIE simplest md
surest way for the land-locked farmer to make
more money is TO produce more and better live
stock There is but limited opportunity for ex-
| pansion in the production of the ntensively grown
crops but there is great opportunity for expansion