The log cabin Democrat., 1921-01-22
BENTON BOOSTERS
 BY SAFE FARMING
CAN FINANCE NEW CROP
Diversified Yield Brings in Money Every Month of Year-Some
 of Paying Crops.

Q his addresses here as one of two coun l tles m Arkansas which have prosper t ed despite the, general depression The following account of the county's farm activities will accordingly be of especial interest)
 2 Bentonyille, Jan. 22.-The advan- , tages of diversihcation of crops praetieed over a long period is shown Tn the present prosperity of Benton county as compared with sections where one crop is the rule. Benton county is said to be one of the few counties in an agricultural region op- erating entirely on it's own capital. Benton county bankers are declaring their usual dividends and all visitors remark on the prosperity and optim- ism to be met on every hand. The ability to feed themselves in general with. Benton county farmers, their cellars full of home raised fruits and vegetables and their smoke houses full of home raised meats being valu- able assets of the county.
 This county markets money crop every month from May until November and every month in the pear sells large quantities of dairy products, poultry and stock, all three industries bringing more money into the county every year. Apples are listed as the big money crop, but the apple crop has in few instances been total failure without bringing fnan- cial run. The price of corn caused disturbances in the corn belt, but it was not necessary for the Benton county farmer to sell his corn, for he could hold it or feed it to his stock and reap larger return. If prices of farm commodities fall, the farmer here, whose living is from his own soil is in position to sell some other commodity or sell nothing until the price changes.
 The strawberry season, opening in May, is followed in rapid succession by cherries, blackberries, raspberries and huckleberries, all of them shipped In large quantities. Then vegetables, early apples, peaches, grapes, fall ap pies, hay corn and grains.
 In some sections, many Benton county crops might be considered side lines of no importance, but the profits do not read like side line profits. One Benton county farmer obtained 105 F gallons of sorghum from one acre, sold it for S1.25 per gallon, and made an additional profit from making mo- lasses for his neighbors. Another farmer, who claims the record for the county, made 986 gallons of sorghum which was sold at $1.30 per gallon. A sorghum crop is important if it brings $1 281.80, as it did in this case
 A farmer near Bentonville realized S250 from one acre of watermelons besides giving hundreds to his friends, and another refused to tell his profits on his melons for fear his neighbors would plant nothing else. Another Benton county farmer realized $215 from less than quarter acre in Irish potatoes, and one Benton county can- ming factory canned 24,000 cans of sweet potatoes.
 One day last summer a farmer near here harvested 50 bushels of string l beans from an acre of ground and sold them at $1.35 a bushel A Gen. torton farmer made almost $200 from an acre of beans. Two years ago, a | Benton county strawberry grower re- ceived $4000 from the berries grown on two nd three-fourth acres, and last year, when the yield was cut down by the late freeze, some growers report more than $500 per acre A farmer not far from Bentonville has sold more than S1 800 worth of straw berry plants from one acre, said to be as rocky as any in the county. The profits from apples properly i grown are matters of general knoWl- edge, but it is interesting to know that one grower marketed the apples from a single tree this past season for S1S,40, and that he has an orchard of /. the same kind of trees. A local stock man IS making good profit just now on the sale of clover seed, another finds broom corn profitable. and many can and put up under their own brands, all the surplus products of their gardens.
 Just now a campaien is being made over the country for an increase m grape acreage for the new grape juice plant to be erected at Springdale, and Benton county farmers are preparing to enter into the new field with en- thusiasm, for they have the money to inaugurate a new crop, though they must wait three years for return from initial investment Increase in i'm proved methods of agriculture, horti- culture, and kindred lines is general in this section, and improved ma chincry and methods are the rule ra- finer tbar, tho pxcpntion