The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-01-11

oslfE AND SAM fAkMlNO
One hundred million dollars was
sent ouf Of Arkansas m 1920 ia
buy feed that could have been
raised no the state. according Go
figures of an adveftisernni issucd
hy The Arkansas Bankers nsso.
ciatinn. q copy of which has Just
been received by Joseph lIirsch OF
Che Corpus Christi National hank.
The advertisement goes on 20
show that The money sent out Of
Arkansas for feed would. had IL rc.
maincd az homo. have been ample
io make every cotton grower in
Che state fairly comfortable and
and NOT one would have been Oh.
ligcd 20 sacrifice cotton.
Continuing tho estimate of The
co-cficicnt Of safety in cotton and
feed growing. The Arkansas hank
rrs estimate that six acres of corn
-pd three acres Of hay should be
planted for each horse or mule.
u IL held that II this plan were
carried on, this yoar the cotton
farmer Of Arkansas would be au.
iomotically az ;he safety point
As an example. the Arkansas
bankers take jefferson county
returns for 1919. The county
had 10 that year total IN crops
~ 25i 039 acres OF this. cotton
was grown on i75.5O0 acres and
the farmers had 1886 horses or
mules According 10 basic figures
Of the requirements for this farm
cook there should have boon 1917.
36i acres In corn or hay. hut the
actual planting was 1884 acres.
leaving a deficit. under the sufcty-
frs, scheme Of 92.47O acres
From the figures Of the last
available returns the bankers Of
Arkansas would see 1870 acres
in feed crops IN 1921 ard $1,000
acres IN cotton, ga obtain condi.
ticns upon which the farmer may
use his land 90 advantage. avoid
sending O Qreat share ~ his money
away for feed and be- Ia such cir.
.cumstanecs thai he may defy any
break in the market for cotton.
Conditions in Nueccs or any
cotton county IN Texas do not
very greatly from those described
IN the statement OF the Arkansas
bankers ia this portion of Tex-
as there should be kaffir corn
or milo maize in place 90 eoi1i bat
otherwise The situation is the
same as in Arkansas
Farmers of Arkansas, farmers
of Tcxas. must come TO definite
conclusions upon farming as a
business before they may hope 10
win auy profit from the soil We
hoV made farming altogether too
much 8 matter of blind adherence
Go theories aud practices thar OBJ
iaincd many years ago. We have
boon slow 90 get the idea thar
what was profitable farming in
1907 may be farm suicide IN 1927
Bl we are getting che idea lifm-
81 at ln What lho Arkansas
haukcr are urging the growers
of their state 10 recognise and
aet uam ; precisely whai the
haker "a Teyse and parfion.
lar'y those OF lhis favored cotton
somion. have been advising That
plainly good advice has been ne
cfpifd moro and more from year
81 year This last shlmh la cot
fcu ha SERVED 90 drive home The
fahis Those wis havt uoi takei
;he dtcrsiilcaiipu practices as
cilf aro coming 10 do Ao AZ
fl omc ime we may ran eu
from Corpus Christi and iip,
many farne IN which We aid prae
f'ec ~ allootion evidently IS 4
ho foliawcd another scason
"a Is n0f 600 latc % adrpt Nh
SAID epd same proportion of fAol
asd cotton acreage The figure
wo have quoted. upon acreage anI
upon ihe waste outflow Of none,
should Impress the lesson NOR
strongly