Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-02-12
JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM NOTES.
Co.'S OF Raising Wheat.

reports the cost or raising O3 acres OF
wheat. The yield was 10 BUSHES per
acre. Figuring a fair price for use of
horses, boarding hands, thrr5hing,
etc, Mr.. Bush realized $3.50 pc acre
c.car-or about the price o. one
bushel of wheat, with his own labor
thrown in. Or calculating what he
got for labor Of about "A days. he re-
ccivcd about SS.4S. Prices were fair
in making up the estimate. A tenant
Of this character would be consider
ed skilled workman in the trades.
/ The landlord is known as one of the
most litcral, making OUTLAWS for in
creasing fertility and making IN rove
ments on his farms. The yield is con-
siderably above the average
. Why Farmers Don't Strike.
| A recent editorial in the Baltimore
| Sun asks, care the farmers going TO
quit?" The question was provoked by
answers written to 100000 letters
| sent out by the Postofice Department
/ The above small profit on wheat
/ illustrates what farmers are thinking.
Most any farm project, cattle, hogs,
sheep, corn, wheat, poultry, etc., will
not show much profit when a balance
sheet is struck often loss. The only
reason farmers do not quit-many
are cuttings because he can live
cheaper on the farm than any where
else. His house does not mean a
monthly outlay of rent Milk, eggs.
| poultry, fruit, vegetables, butter, etc,
do not mean heavy outlay Of cash
monthly. 1t requires more hustle and
| thrift and is a harder life on the farm
than in the town or city. A thrifty
farmers garden and truck patch
yields him a far greater return than
any other amount of cash and labor
| invested. The farmer is not going to
| quit, but he will become more thrifty.
and curtail his farming so less labor
will be required. He will pay more
attention to nsuring a living to him
self and family directly from the farm.
garden and orchard, and less atten-
ton TO raising crops and stock to sell
to buy necessities of life. He will
lower his production of corn, wheat.
pork and beef He will Craze more
ana farm less, eliminating hired labor
producing his actual foodstuff, but
which will command a good price.
A New Secretary Of Agriculture
Mr.. E. T. Meredith, Des Moines,
Iowa, has been appointed Secretary of
! Agriculture. In answer to how he
proposed to reduce living prices, he
made the sensible reply, that as he I'M
derstood the situation the farmers did
not originate the problem and the
burden was on the handlers of food
and clothing materials after they left
the farmers hands.
e. A. Stuart Farm Agency.
E. A. Stuart, who has built I'D
large farm agency, says: Farmers
never were so prosperous" His
statement is based on the so to 100
per cent increase in land values. This
agency deals in lands on the decline
agrlculturally in the New England
States and along the Atlantic coast
principally. He sells farms that have
had the virgin fertility farmcd out by
exhaustive cropping. The profits that
farmers have received have come
mainly from eXhausting fertile soils
and the advance in the value of lands.
especially those that are not exhaust
cd of their fertility.
How Fine is Mari.
Mr.. Paul JamiSOn had an ANALYST
examine a sample of mari for physi-
cal fneness. 1t was found that 50
per cent would pass thru a screen with
200 meSheS TO the inch. Such a
screen would be very fine, closely
woven cloth. About rs per cent would
pass 100 mesh screen. Ii has been
found practical to use limestone
crushed to pass a lO-mesh Sieve. Mari
is almost as fine as hydrated lime, and
Tor that reason will have plenty quick
action for all practical purposes.
Road Debate at Summit Point.
The farmers club at Summit Point
Will debate the following question ::
| Resolved, that we should favor q
change in the West Virginia constitu-
ton so that fifty million in bonds NAV
be issued for road improvement. Pos
sibly two debaterS from Berkeley
county will be asked to favor the
proposition. L. NJ. Stull and I, B.
! Huyett will onnoSe the ,,o..;.