The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-01

|laW cOfllpCAS WI W NONP pCt- ,ve stock and give better care and .,on+,on to them, the law will after n nrove a blessing in disguise. This at;on of Arkansas, in common with |otber sections of the State, has truly ronderful undeveloped possibilities !, the farmer of small means who .uns lives upon and operates a small t.rm At the present time our farm ,rs are living far below their privi- ,o0s and to large extent they are i.;ling to take full advantage of the |,nnortunities lying at their doors In beginning a discussion of the r,a stock business, we wish to make |t nlain that we are trying to en- ,onrage the keeping of just a few .ore and far better live stock in onnection with general farming This means that on every farm there ,bould be such numbers of good live ,tock as the size and capacity of the farm is able to take care of to the host advantage. It is just as easy to werstock your farm with animals ,s it is to try to grow too much cot hn or too much of any one crop. It should be the aim of every farmer to sDdeavor to work out and develop well balanced system of divertifed farming that will yield the greatest returns. In any system of this kind, i've stock, including poultry, must Oav an important part, if not really he most important part.
 We must now have faith in farming, ir ourselves, in our business and be- ln planning to push that business as never before We are passing through period of depression, and it is but natural that the most timid should lose heart. It is always darkest just hfore dawn. We would say that light now is the time to begin grow ne into a better live stock business. Live stock is now cheap and good animals can be purchased cheaply f we will but stop and think, we are bound to see that in a general way Whatever goes up must come down, and on the other hand, whatever comes down is due to go up"
 There are many reasons why the farmer should keep plenty of good live stock, but it seems to the writer that the most potent reason of all is the influence on the soil If we stop bng enough to consider the matter we must find that the real. fundamen- tai basis of all prosperity, both agri- ultural and industrial, is the soil. h the soil is depleted of it's fertility ard It's productive capacity lowered as consequence, everything must @Oner or later feel the effects, On the other hand, as soils are made more productive, and the prosperity 1 the farmer enhanced accordingly, all industrial life is correspondingly Simulated In word, live stock the one big factor in enriching the ell ard rich soil means pros ertus country. We annually spend arge sums for commercial fertlllz- m We increase crop production Xhereby, but the soil is not enriched, Md In the end we are poorer. We sould not seek to discourage the judi uoUs use of commercial fertilizers
 ut if we depend on them alone we
 an never hope to build up our soils N quickly and economically as we
 n do with live stock and dairy aming.
 0ut of the live stock business mus
 "me a better system, or form ot
 oOperatiOn among the farmers in tho
 aarketing of their surplus stock and
 sry products. The farmers must
 earn to trust each other There IS
 Pg and has been for 3 long tim9
 much paid out between the farm
 who produces and the consumer,
 other words, there are too many
 aadle men. As a matter of course,
 P farmer will never be able to
 Afket in a wholesale way, his pro-
 uets direct to the consumer, but
 lrIe IS a way by which he can get