The Little River news., 1920-05-22
GOVERNOR BR0UGH TELLS
 OF THE VALUE OF TOUR
Members 0f Profitable Farming Party Obtained Much Valuable
 Information.

Little Rock. May l9=The third au- nual tour of the Arkansas Profitable Farming Bureau Of the Little Rock Board of Commerce was the mos successful of any that has been h#ld Governor Trough said last night on his return to the city The governor was forced to leave the party al St. Louis to fill speaking engagement. bnt he returned last night
 The governor said that for him there were five outstanding points in the information that he secured on the trip, as follows:
 i l. The great value Of large farm implements in overcoming the labor shortage
 7. The great possibilities of cross ing pure bred sires on scrub cows. 3. The large proa;s that may be obtained by intelligent use of com mercial fertilizers.
 1. The necessity or pastures for liidhluS pIOHtS.
 ,. The great profits that accrue to large portion of the farmers of a state from well-equipped agricultur- al college and experiment. station.
 Only Large Implements Used. | The governor said that the mem bers of the party seldom saw less than four horses pulling an implement Practically the only two-horse imple- | ments they saw in use were planters and usually these had horse draw ing harrow hitched behind the planter At the famous farm con- munity at Whiting, Iowa, every 200 acres has a tractor. The governor said that nearly every farm visited had tractor in addition to horses. At the present price of gasoline and ker- osene, the use of horses is cheaper than the use of a tractor, but the farmers keep their tractors for emergency work
 Nearly all the farms visited were comparatively small, ranging from 160 to 320 acres and yet all are using large implements, said the governor They are using 15 and 20-toot har- rows with which one man can euIti- Vate 40 acres a day
 With these large implements the farmers largely have solved the trou- blesome labor problem. They are paying laborers $90 a month witt. board, room, laundry and the upkeep of horse which brings the laborers' pay to about $150 a month Paying such wages makes it necessary for the employer to use large implements if he hopes to make any profits
 Receives Royal Welcome.
 Governor Brough said the party was royalty welcomed everywhere by en- thusiastic crowds and made a favor able impression,
 It was demonstrated at Ames and at the University of Missouri, the gov ernor said, that four pure bred COWS and one pure bred sire is foundation for profitable herd in ten years. It was shown by experiments that by crossing scrubs and pure bred COWS in five generations a pure bred herd is secured.
 The party learned on the trip, Gov Brough said that Missouri spent five years making a soil survey of the state. The governor said that only a few Arkansas counties have made soil surveys. He favors cooperative system between the1 countries and the state for making survey of all the counties.
 We received many inquiries about Arkansas farms" the governor said "and the party gave out much valu- able information about Arkansas, in addition to collecting much valuable information about the state we vis- ited."