The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-03-03

Vegetable Culture Requires More IL
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
.Jimmy is too contented," declared
James Henderson, Sr. Hell work l6
/ hours day here on the farm and
never stop to wonder why he doesn't
get more money than one of those
1 slick haired soda clerks In the drug
store. Something is wrong with our
|, farm system. think I know what
(it is, but It'll do Jimmy more good If
| he finds out for himself. want to
/ teach him to think"
PerpIexed by Losses.
He was right about his farm sys-
tenn, but he was wrong about his son.
|, Jimmy, in his own quiet way, had real
ICED long ago that business which,
required from IA to 16 hours Of steady
effort daily, should pay more than he
received as his share Of the farm
I profits. He had indrlged In all Sorts
b the mental gymnastics in an effort to
locate the trouble, but had never
!. reached sound conclusion. He knew
that certain crops produced profit,
4 while others probably involved a loss,
How was one to know one from the
other; the difference between poor
farm practice and good farm prac-
B tice?
He found the solution in bulletin
= which came to him from the United
i States Department of Agriculture. "a
l Method of Analysing the Farm Bust
ness" was its title, and Jimmy real
\ tied, after a glance at the pages, that
he had the secret of success so far as
klfhe Henderson farm was concerned.
lille devoted good many evenings to
nstudying the bulletin, then finally
esought the elder Henderson on the
FARMHOUSE veranda one night and sur
|nprised him by remarking that their
kefarm system was as full of holes as
ham old boot. Once launched upon the
hsubject the young man displayed an
interest that caused his father to set
lie back in his chair with sigh Of
content.
"We've never made money here he
lEause we spent too much" Jimmy as
ierted. "We haven't spent money ex-
lssctly, but we have spent things that,
RtaIre equivalent to money-time, labor
Lind farm acreage. If we permit Jack,
tkle hired man. to put in days work
h Job which isn't profitable, we've
bent the amount of his wage and, in.
Addition, the amount of profit over
Fad above his pay which his work
aOuld have earned for us. We've
,sted his labor income.
We've, spent good deal Of horse,
Dor income, too. That's our sore
Cot, guess. We have IL horses
lie ones, Ill admit-but they're eat
up profits In the barn. I've made
NE calculations based on the figures
4 atained in this bulletin. Arranging
D. problem to suit our crop rotation
Ill the size Of our farm, find that
1 I've just work enough for eight of
Use horses. Eight horses would pay
a profit, but four more will elm
! 7te that profit in food and care.'
Where did you get all this Informal
SOM" queried his father.
N From a farmers bulletin" con-
\ ased Jimmy, unabashed.
| SHumphln grunted James Hender-
| Sr., In no wise displeased May
1.-The bulletin can tell us how to get
N n Of the hole r.
Yes, sir! We've been paying Jack
wages the year around just so
4 IA be sure we had him for the sum
s. work. We've lost most Of his la
d Income during the winter months.
M dairy is small. lie we build up a
er dairy 1t will give us an oppor-
Y not only to employ Jacks la
aS aat profit In the winter season,
It Will also use up some Of eur ezz-
horse labor. Similarly we can
crops that will require moro
work and less man work. The
Ia amenf tai informat ton we need has
Idly been obtained for us by the
ltment Of Agriculture, and good
M 884 it is IN this bulletin.
ley ye studied a large number OF
and calculated to average so
3|ner can tell more accurately just
sSs mount Of labor he will need to
cuit tSate and harvest any par
crop. For instance, one cut
ME hay on the average farm re-
M q 81 hour day for one man and
as brse for each acre. Corn for the
Dsfs three days of man labor and
I'D osle-hnlf sof horse work. Po-
s svlli use up eleven ten-hour days
~ .Acc0rding to these tables
i5les require much more man
b ~ nm horse work. Onions, for In