The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-12-31

j. N. HARPER flatiop of prfcee
bad hurt the farmer more than any
either class. and that on this account
The farmer is entitled to every consid
grafton within reason.
At such q time as this when the
tarmer is facing the problem of which
' crops to grow. and how much he can
venture to spend in their production,
H. Harper says. that he, as q farmer
himself. knows that 1t is the most diff
&cult situation Of the kind he has ever
senfronted,
This is the way this agricultural
authority figures out the proposition
q profitable crop production in 1891:
Grow enough food and feed crops
, supply as far as possible the needs
the family, the tenants and aiye-
stock. Then pick out the kind of cash
Hops that seem TO effar the hest pros
=%ects.
cotton viii always be n of the
bast cash crops that q Southern farm
ar can grow. No cotton farmer can
afford to sb-ov ee.:lor aside alto.
gether.
but cotton should Lot be the only
Gsh crop. 1t would Cnly be another
.se OF carrying all the eggs in one
fHket. It is better 70 go TO market
nth more than enc crop. Among
ese other crops are peanuts, legume
,, tobacco, sweet potatoes, sugar
..e, sorghum, rice and perhaps other
~rops. In addition there should be
ksgradual adding, as means viii allow.
If more iivestack, beginning with hogs
preferably and taking on other ami
mails as soon as possible.
\ I'm facing the problem of profitable
crop production Tor the year 1921, two
facts must be considered. Cd Crop
prices are low, (2D Crop producing
expenses have not fallen correspond
1Hgly.
{ THE farmer must remember that
when crop prices are low. it, takes
more OF the crops to cover the pro-
duction cost. This narrows the mar
gin of profits. Therefore, if a farmer
does not look we'll to keeping up his
acre yields, there win be no margin
left above the cost of production.
Always. the most expensive yields |
IRE the low yields and the most re
n~unerative are the high yields. II
there are losses to be sustained, as |
was the case in 1920, the farmer who
grew the greatest yields per acre lost
least.
= "A safe and a n policy that needs |
especial emphasis for 1921, is: Guard
Your profits with high acre yields
TAis involves good preparation Of the
seed bed. the g q high producing
seed, liberal fertilization and thorough
cultivation. A neglect to employ any
sae of these to the proper extent may
mean that the farmer viii find him
1as,f poorer at the end OF the season
Aan at the beginning.
{; Labor Is the greatest item of cost
II producing a crop yield. 1t must
be used to the extent of thorough cul-
tfvatton. Fertilizers are next in the
list OF cost items. Since high yields
Per acre are 80 essential in times Of
how prices Of crops, and since fertiliS-
M increase acre yields than any.
thing else. they cannot be reduced in
1921. In fact. it may be that they will
have to be depended upon more than
ever. to make acre yields that will
be profitable.
An investment in good seed is one
of the best that e farmer can make
al any time.
I'm a word, this is a time for farm
efficiency, faith and courage. These
virtues exerciSed, the farmer will
emerge from the postwar struggle VIC
t0riously."