The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-03-05
FARM FACTORS
FOR YEAR 1920
DEMAND FOR FARM PROD.
UCTS WILL BE ACTIVE
Cost OF Making Crops Will Be
High, Requiring Most
Efficient Methods
J. c. prtdmOro, shreveport. Ia.

Another crop season is almost upon
Us. Before much progress is made.
the farmer could, with advantage, take
stock, so to speak, Of the agricultural
outlook and base his plans for the
year accordingly.
What OF the outlook?
To begin with, the agencies Of BRO
duction impaired by the war are net
yet on q normal basis. This bsing
true, the demand for food and feed
products as well as the raw materials
Of manufacture are still unsatisfisd.
1t Is well to mention here that the
wheat and rye acreage Of this country
was decreased about twenty-five per
cent Last fall and this win, Of neces-
saty, have q bearing on the foodstuff
situa4ion this and Haxt year.
Pricsa og SAE5n pEoaucta have TeaeA-
ed hieh Eayaas. and ths anAaesafeee -
new EAas tAsB wtN aes - w lse
any AmA s0ea. MlsA sssOaa. Aewse.
De nse. nscessssily sssmulsss sse4A
tiOn.
Farm IaboE, vssy imeesa4As faEgss.
10 act only sCaree, bat highsr - esses
than ever before. Doubtless. tie eost
OF otser aecessitiss In faTmlHg WI he
- hssh, II not Aigher. than Is 1913.
To make farming profitable this
| year, in the Hight Of conditions
existing, the farmer must either IN.
crease the effiofency os his meta
ods Of production, or else he must set
less net profits from ais operations.
OF the two methods suggested. IN
doubtedly that OF speeding up the
ageneiea of production Ia 20 be locked
10 aOr rsaisf.
Thera 5 40 aeaht that the methea
asad On the average farms eoaia be
tmprOycd 70 such 81 exeent that great
ee yields per sere eOuad be aade.
"a fact, ths<saTsrage acre yields OF
erups grown must Ae laeEsasea; fDr
! Ia The past the average scrs Yields
have beaa 50 ieu tAst they have paid
but little Il any naeFe lhan the cost
sf production.
As 3 maans 0f increasing the acra
| predHeeien sg field cross, the land en-
wAl4A these are grown mast be made
mere fertile. To shis end. tbs farmer
| uawas iaak Co ua0Fw lebpsma nmG D
discriminate use o3 eomaeseiaI ssrtfl.
issrs. These c0usain tAs sielnents Of
plant f8od. nlsrogsn, phssphcric acid
sad potash. necessary TO al pIant life,
/ These etements have been reduced Ia
most soils 10 such An extent bg c0a-
! slant oEopgaag that psatstable faSns-
lng i ne IongsE pesslbIe unless they
sre returned TO tie Iand
TO illustrate tee effect Of tho uaa
Of fertilizers On crop production. ana
To show how crop yisiAs decrease
where they are not used. the e0EapaT.
ative yields Tor the iass sifty ysars
Of two wosssrn statea and three suath-
eaategA states are here shown ia q
diagram Reproduced from q pnbliea
lion Of the United States DspartmAni
Of Agriculture. Each black line rep
resents . ten year period As II shown
n the diagram, ii Texas and Arian
sas wilers but little fertilizers hRys
been Hssa. the yields have goHe dowH
from approximately rs pounds Of lini
per acre to 4 ilEEls mnre than 1bt
ponnds. On the ether hand. IN the
southeastern states, where fertilizer.
have heea used properly, the yisIdl
have Increased very markedly. geina
tram lse pounds 10 sas pounds ef las
per AGRA