The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-11-12
ences, farm life that is more attrac-
tive, interesting and profitable is
within our reach.


within our reach.
sPresent-day methods of farming
with power enable one man in a ten
hour day to plOW ten to twelve acres,
cultivate fourteen to twenty, disc,
drill or harvest thirty-five to forty
acres, and do all other field work pro-
portionately as fast. They enable him
to do his own Smelling and separating,
to fill his silo and handle other such
jobs quickly and economically. They
reduce to minimum-in fact, on
many farms have eliminated-the ex-
pense and work of feeding and caring
for horses.
Farm lighting plants not only fur
nish modern light, but with the equip
ment that may be used with them,
remove the drudgery of milking, sep
arating, churning, washing and scores
of similar tasks, that take the joy
out of life on the farm. Yet 70 per
cent of the farm homes still use kero-
sene lamps.
Transportation furnished by the
motor truck is rapidly becoming a ne
cessity to the successful farmer; the
automobile brings the city near, with
all the advantages, both of pleasure
and profit, that result.
''Good seed, fertilizer, and intelli-
gent methods produce 60 bushels of
corn to the acre, while 26 is the pres
ent average; the efficient farmer rails
es 25 bushels of wheat where others
grow Is. And in this way one acre is
made to do the work of two. yet the
labor required is scarcely increased;
in fact, by the use of the best machin-
cry is cut in half.
"There are equally great pOSsibili
ties thruout the list of farm products.
Pure bred live stock, with proper care
and feeding, will bring more than
prOprtionately increased returns.
but you may say all of this costs
money, a great deal OF money, and the
average farmer cannot afford to make
use of the advantages offered him. AS
an investment, they may all bring
handsome profit, yet if they cannot be
paid for how can the investment be
made?
There is no answer that covers the
whole question.
"The farm must be put on a busi-
ness basis.
SIN business one does not wait for
year until he has saved up enough to
pay of ra stock of goods. He goes to
the bank and if his proposition is
sound, he gets the money and uses it
to produce the profits that enable
him to progress rapidly, providing,
Of course, that he has the ability to
go with 1t.
He doesn't buy on long term credit,
and. pay nlanufa cGlrers- the higher
rate which they must charge for a
service that should be handled by the
local banker.
''The successful business man who |
sees an opportunity to make one dol
ar produce two doesn't pass it up |
because he does not have the dollar,
lor does he wait until he can save it. t
He borrows it, puts it to use, and in
addition to his own gain, the banker
Who loans it makes a profit, the COM
nunity takes a step forward, and the
lation progresses.
when extensive tests have clearly
as in some localities, that four
lolIars' worth Of fertilizer will IN
rease the yield of an acre of wheat
en- to twelve dollars, why lose the
ldded profit because one does not
AVE the four dollars in cash. When
arming- -with-power units have prov
n their ability to pay for themselves,
ften in one year, why do without
hem just because the cash is not on
land to pay for them? Under such
'olicy one is likely never to have the
money. i
''The man who puts his farm on
BUSINESS basis, who studies the possi-
ilities before him. and plans to make
he most of them, who will learn that
usiness thoroughly, and intelligently
resent the banker with the opportun-
ty to work with him in the develop
lent of his farm and the community,
viii get the cash and the cooper
ton of the real banker"