The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-02-26

market. (5) Meat sufficient for fam
lily use
b. To plan for other money crops
besides cotton.
C. To make cotton a surplus mon
ey crop.
4. II is recommended that farm
ers practice neigh borhood or com
munity cooperation in exchange OF
labor. The non essential labor on the
farm. or work that may be delayed,
should not be performed. when a
neighbor needs such labor to help
save his crop Neither is il Just for
the city or town 10 employ nOn-es-
lsential labor when u IS needed in
the fields to help produce the neees-
saries Of life
5. The great loss resulting from
the depreciation Of insect pests dur
ing 1919 should not be allowed TO
be repeated in 1920 Owing to the
fact that II r. too late 10 pillow under
vegetation u Is recommended that
as far as possible an farmers should
rid their farms of insects In hiberna-
ton BY burning all stalks and rub
bish IN fields. and cleaning out fence
corners and roads. and along bitches
and drains. Other preventative meas
ures should be emploved as recon
mended by State and National agen-
cies
s The value Of the silo for pre-
serving and conserving feed for ami
mails is no longer a debatable ques-
ton. In the regions subject 10 pro-
longed drouths the siO capacity
should be sufficient TO store two years
supply Of feed for all animals
z. In those sections Of the state
where winter grain crops could not
be planted because Of weather con
ditions, il is recommended that in
creased planting be made off spring
oats. cane. corn, grain sorghum, pea
nuts. cow-peas and Sudan grass.
3. Special care is urged in the Sc
lection and purchase Of planting seed
choosing those varieties known to be
adapted To your locality. All seeds
for planting should be as pure as can
be obtained and tested for germina-
ton before planting. Enormous guam
titles Of inferior and impure seed are
planted each year which results IN
low yields and inferior products.
Where possible the purchase Of seed
should be made in quantity by CO.
operative associations Of farmers. for
By this method better seed may be
procured, and all farmers in given
community may produce uniform
product which viii sell more readily
and for a higher price
o. We call upon all landowners IN
Texas as to encourage their tenants
to follow the plans herein recon-
mended and, II necessary TO revise
rental contracts that these recon-
mendatiOns may be carried out with
profit to all concerned.
10. Where labor Is available II is
advisable to terrace all land that Is
liable TO wash.
IL Where personal credit facil-
tiles are inadequate, farmers should
organize local credit unions pattern
ed after those now in successful OPP
Grafton in this state.
Where long time credit, at low in
terest and on easy terms II needed
for the purchase Of farms. the Fed
eral Farm Land Bank Of Houston IL
recommended as offering the best
credit system for this purpose.
~. We urge the formation OF
groups Of farmers and their families
TO promote their social and economic
interests. The rural schools should be
more widely used as community cen
tiers and meeting places This fosters
a spirit Of cooperation which leads
10 the organization Of marketing as
soclations. live stock shipping asao-
Citations. rural credit unions and many
other forms Of cooperative effort 81
great benefit, when properly under
stood and carried cut. Special attsn-
ton Il called 10 the great benefit %
be- derived from organizations under