The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-21

Motor trucks could supply the needs
 of every city in Alabama if the farm
 CTS would raise enough foodstuffs and
 could reach the nearest markets.
 Crop Report Tribute to Alabama Farmers 7T7HE report of F. W. Gist, Alabama U farm statistician, should lend
 no inconsiderable encouragement to progressive farmers and organizations
 that have been preaching a greater
 diversity in agricultural efforts. The report, which is authentic and
 compiled after a careful survey of
 the entire state, shows total market
 able production of Is different crops for an aggregate value of $235, ,520,- 900 and on total acreage of 11,117,- 900. These totals are exclusive of $20, ,000, ,000 worth of peanuts, cowpeas, soy beans and other similar products
 diverted by the growers to feeding purposes.
 The 15 principal crops of Alabama
 as listed in the report include corn, ] cotton, cotton seed, peanuts, hay, vel vet beans, cowpeas, Irish potatoes,
 sweet potatoes, sorghum syrup, sugar cane syrup, oats, wheat, soy beans, | and tobacco. Corn leads, with a total value of $67,O0O,O00 plus; cotton is
 next with $53,50o;O00. The variety is decidedly pleasing and indicates 1 that Alabama farm land will grow
 any commercial product-probably excelling, in point of successful diver sity, any section of America except in the immediate south. It merely proves that Alabama farmers and southern farmers generally are get ting away from that mistaken idea
 that cotton only is a staple crop. As matter of fact any growable crop is staple and the wise farmer will
 recognize that fact in planting sea-
 sons. Happily, too, the state statis- tician's report proves there are many wise Alabama farmers. Scotland Yard says it has no definite | information concerning the where abouts of De Valera. In spite of MT. Sherlock Holmes aspersions we have great confidence in Scotland Yard and believe it can locate the Irish "Presi- dent" if a brace of inspectors under take the job.
 Many a newspaper reader must have pinched himself to see if he was dream ing when he saw dispatch from Washington stating that Farmer Villa had appealed to President Obregon to protect iim from bandits. F x r Pascagoula, Miss, fishermen claim
 they saw flying horse while return ing home. We trust they went straight to bed and let their wives do what was needful.
 Mir Charles Chaplin says there are times when contact with his fellow be- | ings makes him i'll. slapstick comedian has no business cultivating an artistic temperament. # * * A female footpad held up several 1 men in Chicago. Women are getting
 farther and farther away from the sphere of their usefulness. * * * l The wife of a millionaire oil man was arrested with some motor car ban
 dits in New York. The life of the idle
 rich must have palled on her. x + < Washington's hotel men are expected to approve the plan to have new
 League of Nations conference held sin
 the national capital. x f * While it may be true that Senator Reed lambasted the League of Nations at a great personal sacrifice, We re- fuse to regard him as martyr. * * * rather awkward attempt to look the other way when Constantine returned | to Athens.
 "Old Home Week" in Athens was a great success. Nobody was better pleased than 'Tino." * x a. | Cal Coolidge will sit in the cabi- net meetings, but not exactly in a poker sense.
 ! Geneva has resumed the more or
 less even tenor of it's way and now 1 enjoys comparative freedom from i celebrities.
 l * x * Germany owes the United States l nnn ona .,o,n. frox. -ax.. a