The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-22
BUs1NEss AND THE FARM.

The Manufacturers Record quotes Governor Call
vim Coolidge of Massachusetts. saying: There -
no question that the south should raise its food and
feedstus to the largest possible extent and for the
cotton it it ought to get price sufficient to
make cotton growing profitable. We want cotton in
Massachusetts, but 1 believe SHALL in the end
get more cotton if the south raises more food
products
That the south must raise more food products il
the nation is fed. is beyond dispute; the great
issue today is greater food production and unless
Escambia county farmers do their full part in this
production we shall suffer from shortsight-
edness.
Escambia county farmers have learned few sound
economic lessons during the past few years. and
most particularly during the world The most
important OF these lessons. perhaps is conservation
Of labor forces: the shortage farm labor in the
south has brought the southern farmer to realiza-
ton that he must run his farm the same eco
nomic principles that business applies to his
business. empower has been succeeded by ma
chnery on the great farms of the west to such an
extent that labor shortage is longer the formid-
able enemy to production that it was before modern
farm implements came into general use.
The possibilities OF West Florida and Escamba
county patent to the world; that have carried
off third first premium at the state fair in two
successive years demonstrates what be done.
when scientific methods applied to farming; but
what have to do now is to make possibilities
pay. placing farming in Escambia county on prac-
tical basis.
The best method for this is through cooperative
effort strong cooperative farmers organization in
Escambia county would do than any other one
thing could do. to place farming on the same plane
with other practical business movements
Until the farmer applies sound business principles
to his farm, we cannot hope that food production
in this county will increase in any great extent.
Intensive farming, modern methods in the use of
fertilizer. machinery. marketing; all these must
ccme to pass, before Escamba county can take the
place which is its right. and which a few business
have already fully demonstrated to be pos
sble.
There is no farming community in Florida which
has greater strides than has Gracevile in the
past few years. and this is attributable to the
cooperation existing between the farmers and bust
ness men of that section. and the strong farmers
organization which has its headquarters at Grace
VILE Not only is the market price kept at the top
notch all the time, but it is possible to get the very
best produce the Graceve market. because the
reputation Of the Graceville market is such that
farmers come from all that part OF the state
and even beyond the Alabama line, to sell their
produce
Graceyille has learned the secret of food produc-
ton it is nothing more than the application of
sound business principles to farming; the farmer
will produce if he get his market; and he will
get his market. if he will go about it along business
lines.
A Cooperative Farmers Association composed OF
representatives from the farming and business COM
munities, would make OF Pensacola good
market for produce Graceve; and better, If one
may judge by the honors which have already come
to US. through the awards at the state fair.