The log cabin Democrat., 1920-12-28
OUTLINE FARMING
 PROGRAM FOR 1921 FOOD AND FEED FIRST
Cotton Should be Grown Only as a Surplus Crop, Says Report of
 Memphis Committee.

and state agricultural forces in ses sion here a week ago, announced to. day general plans for a crop schedule to take the place of cotton as the main crop.
 In substance, the plan provides that after every ample provision has beer made for the production of food anc feed for people and live stock anc fer the improvement of soil fertility cotton may be grown as a surplus crop This is in line with the movement tc reduce cotton acreage this year While plans adopted in the committed $ report are general in character. more specific plans will be provided to suit individual cases by county demonstra- l tion workers. Tn ether words, farm CTS will be told not only what to plant in place of the acreage former i ly planted to cotton. but they will be afforded every assistance in the hand ling of crops with which they are more or less unfamiliar.
 The committee consisted of Dr. Bradford Knapp, chairman, and M. P. Payne, Arkansas, L. A. Olson and M L. Bendenbaugh, Mississippi, L. C.. McAmis and H. N. Nichols, Tennes- see, pr. E. R. Lloyd, C. w. Watson, Dr. Tait Butler, Lem Banks, J. H. Full and W. M. Landess, Memphis The report adopted by the commit tee was as follows
 We realize the great difficulties under which the cotton farmers of the south are laboring and he is es- pecially regarding the plans for 1921. We believe that q few fundamental principles ought to be stated as a basis for permanent agriculture.
 "No one cash crop system of farm ing ever produced a permanently prosperous people. This is true, no matter what the clop may be. There are many reasons for this lack of economical safety. Among them are the following:
 q. When the market or crop fails, the people are in distress.
 % Too large an acreage in one crop fails to provide for rotation of crops and the building up of soil fer tility.
 "3. Such a system fails to pro- duce sufficient food and feed for the people and live stock.
 A. One cash crop system does not distribute the labor through the en- tire year, but results in periods of heavy work, interspersed with periods of light work.
 'The essentials for a s~fe farming system for 1921 are as follows:
 ''1 A good home garden for every farm family to supply the home needs for the maximum days in the year with sufficient surplus to be can- ned, stored, or dried for future use. Tn this should be included an ample supply of Irish or sweet potatoes for home use.
 "On every farm, where possible, there should be a small patch of cane or sweet sorghum to produce the home supply of syrup. "2. Corn enough to feed the family and all of the live stock for at least one year should te produced on every farm. In the dryer sections of Okla homa and Texas, grain sorghums largely displace corn.
 "3. Small grains, such as wheat, rye and oats are an important part of your southern agriculture. These should be seeded Tn the fall, with pos sible exception of some spring oats, mainly for feed. They should be a part of a permanent system, as they help to hold the lands in winter and fit into a rotation of crops for soil improvement. They are also well adapted as nurse crop for grasses, es- pecially clovers.
 "4. Every farm should produce ha wand forage crops. These to amply supply the live stock on the farm for one year.
 "5, Each farm should provide for the production of the meat, milk and eggs necessary for the support of the people on the lands.
 "6. After every ample provision has been made for the production Of food and feed for the people and live stock and for the improvement of soil fertility, grow cotton as surplus crop.
 "7. Every farm should plan for a permanent system under which there will he more than one product for sale from the farm for cash
 "These additionals might well be mentioned
 "1 That 1921 presents an oppor- tunity for a large acreage in soil inn proyement crops, especially in sum- mer legumes.
 70 Tn 1921 farmers may well take advantage of a practice followed by many farmers, planting legumes in the corn.
 "3 We should recognize that under a permanent system of agriculture with a good system of crop rotation.