The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1921-04-21
TAKE STOCK, MR.. FARMER

Mr. Farmer: Now that planting
time is here what are YOU considering
for your CROP system?
Are you planting cotton and corr
as usual? Are you going to run in
the same rut as formerly? What
move are YOU taking to better your
financial condition?
Cotton is nearly worthless and it
is doubtful whether this crop pays
for making There undoubtedly will
be the largest crop of corn planted
this year in the history of the South.
Assuming that the yield will be nor
nal you will see the largest number
of bushels gathered this fail in his
tory. Therefore you can expect cheap
corn. You have no other plausible
reason You have but one avenue of
disposing of our corn crop profitably.
That of feeding your corn and con-
verting it into pork.
The hog has truly been called the
mortgage litter. 1t has long been
the backbone of the corn belt states.
| They could not do without them.
You here in Southeast Missouri
Brightly called the Garden Spot Of
the World) can make the so-called
corn helt farmer smell your smoke
when it comes to producing pork
Possibly ninety per cent OF the sue
cess OF the raising of swine depends
on pasture. Nowhere in this world
can you find a place so particularly
adapted 10 the growing of forage
crops as you have here.
The corn belt does not near equal
it. Then take the length of the for
age or pasture season. Yours is about
twice the length of theirs. therefore
you get twice the pasture.
Your winter is in reality summer
compared to the winter there.
Very seldom do you have zero
weather while they often have fifteen
to twenty-five below.
Their greatest trouble with sprine
PIGS 10 thillihS ah' oNpHtihS thShi
thereby taking considerable feed tt
get them started. Nature has elm
mated this trouble for you.
You may say that they can raise
their feed cheaper than you. Why
can they? If you give your land
thoroughly and scientific cultivation,
no other portion of the United Stat
} es can compare with you.
While the soil in this immediate
locality may not be particularly
adapted to wheat it is unsurpassed
} for corn and forage crops.
Corn and forage crops are the back
bone of the swine industry. Some
) complain of the mud beingstoo much
for hogs. Do they complain and stop
. raising hogs in the black gumbo
lands of the corn belt? No. The
J faithful brood SOW has given them
their hard surfaced roads.
They have built expensive barns
TO protect her and her offsprings from
the inclement weather and naturally
they must need to feed them dry feed
What plausible reason have you
for not joining those that are en-
gagged in the swine industry? Per-
haps YOU say you are a renter. II
so, that is just why you should di-
versify your farming operations.
Don't you think the owner of the
land would he glad to let you have
five or ten acres of the average land
and you pay him just the same rent
for IL in cash as the products from
the same amount OF land sell for?
If he would not he has not the
good of the country at heart and
cares less for you,
He certainly will not refuse you.
Go to him and see II he will agree
to proposition of that kind.
Demand long time lease or its
equivalent. Then you are in a po-
sition TO do something and get some-
where You are in position then
to do what you please with this tract
OF land.
! Find out from your county agent