The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-27
SAYS RUSH TO
CITY Is DUE
CONVENTION
Fewer Farmers Needed Since
Adoption of Machinery,
Says Agricultural
Specialist.
TARIFF PARTIAL CAUSE
Resources of World Have Only
Been Scratched-No Limit
10 Possibility of
Future.

The resources of the Ncrd have onls
been scratched" said 5. d. Cromer. as
sistant professor Of rural economies o.
the Colleee Of Agriculture in speaking
cf the decreased prediction Of sheep
swine. horses and cattle in many places
as shown by the recent census reports
MIR. CTorner said the United States VA
fast becoming an extensive crop-raisin;
'-counirs.
Sheep and cattle are now generalll
being raised in Argcntina and o'hef
South American countl;o,, since the
United States finds il more profitable 70
specialize in grains. This is due to tn
fac' that We have larger, more eihcienils
managed farms than in Europe. thai, be
fore the war, 9O000D0 Americans pro
duced about one-hali is much As 66-0OO,
90 people an the other continent
There are plenty of resources in the
werld." he continued. y few year
ago cottonsced was little used, but nov
II and vegetable products are fast sup
planting lard. For tine all the cain
pEior in the world was controlled by tn
japanese, and the price Of thfs drug III
creased enormously. Now camphor l.
,radc synfhetically in our laboratories.
Our resources and the possibilities OF i'm
proving them, opened to ns by our IL
yentiyc gcniuses, are without end.
The las, census showed that Il LITTLE
less than oue-ilsird Of the people OF tin
United States live in The country. where
as in 1890. more than Bireiy-hve pc
cent we're actively engaged in agriculture
Professor Gromer docs mol believe tha
this means the most intelligent. progres
sive and ambitions yOung men ana
women Of the land are Aocking to The
city. but that farming has become NOR,
cltt.ieni, and a smaller number are need
ed to do the work.
when ninciy.ii,r per cent ol tlR
people lived in the country in 100 he
said. There Nss little expectation ci
agricultural products, which meant that
one person was able to produce iood ioI
only one and one-niaeieenIh individuals
introduced and by 1860 most Of the iarm
a little before l340. machinery was
introduced snd by 1860 most OF the farm
operations we're done with ii. With the
plow and the reaper. fewer farmers we're
needed and the percentage living in the
country was smaller From 1860 to the
present time. therehave been far-reachinE
inventions. such as the self-binder. in
ternal combustion engine, tractor, roller
flour mill and the cream separator. to
make agriculture more efficient. Railway
transportation has improved; people
know more about soil fertility and
animal and plant life. Farming is row
80 efficient that one person produces food
enough for three persons. Fewer people
are needed in the country. and il Is 70
the advantage of everybody that the
surplus in the country should move to
the cities, thus efeciing better division
of labor. II ras resulted in the develop.
ment Of manufacturing and in raising the
standard of living.
NO" he concluded. "ilir people in
the country are not going 10 the sticks.
Nevertheless, To hold the best type Of
people there, We musi have saiisfacior,
social and economic conditions
~Pan of the decrease in the last ten
years is probably cue to war conditions,
said DIR. II. c. Brown. professor ol
economies. The demand for munitions
and ships during the war may be, ia part
the cause of The cisEard migration
Since there is no local food shortage il
our country, sentiment has not been turn
cd against farmers deserving tlieir oc
cupation.
il Is possible that the protective tariE
according 10 Dr. Brown. through it
fostering Of certain manufacturing in
duslrics and discrimination against ih'
farmer. is one Of The factors drawing hin
10 the factories and the drafting board
Of the cir.