McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-06-02
TALKS TO FARMERS
Thoroughness In Farming
Makes for Success
rHos. r. rEcE, Commissioner OF Asrioal

The farmer who makes money
farming and the one who barely
makes ends meet may differ very
little in their methods, but that
difference will be found in the
thoroughness of the work and in
the farm management of the sue
cessful farmer, as against the
lack of thoroughness and the bad
management of the other.
This truth will hold good in 9TH
err activities. It is the thorough
ness and efficiency developed by
the Henry Ford organization that
makes possible the sale of Ford
cars, tractors and trucks at low
prices and at the same time that
organization declares dividends
and pays good wages.
In farming there is certain
amount of overhead expense and
certain labor to be done whether
the crop is profitable or whether
it proves a loss. The land may
be we'll prepared and seeded with
good seed. and then a poor crop
may result on account of improp-
err cultivation. Or the crop may
be a disappointment on account
of the use of a poor quality of
seed. And then a good crop may
Be grown, and if it is neglected
at harvest time all the possible
profit will be gone. 1t may even
be properly harvested and then
put on the market when the mar
ket is overstocked, and thereby
fail to return a fair margin of
profit.
The farmer, to be successful.
must be thorough in his work in
the preparation of the soil, selec-
ton of seed. planting, cultivation
and harvesting. And then he
faces one of the most serious of
the problems in the whole oper-
alton - marketing his product.
Failure to solve this problem Of
ten deprives the farmer of the
legitimate profit he is entitled to
for his work.
Heretofore, as a rule, as soon
as their products were ready for
/ the market, farmers would dump
them on a glutted market and
get a very low price. If they had
warehouses where their products
could be stored, they could mark
ct them as the conditions favor
ably developed. With the storage
of their surplus in warehouses,
they could use the receipts from
the warehouses in raising such
money as they might need until
their surplus could be marketed
to advantage on an orderly mark
| ct. when it was not overstocked.
Farmers have been at a dis
advantage in the past in trying
to solve theirmarketing problems,
on the lack of cooperation, but
that trouble is rapidly being re-
moved. They are coming to real
ize the imperative necessity for
Incorporation, and they are also
realizing that they cannot afford
Ito neglect the business side of
farming. They now know that
to be successful they must mer-
chandise their surplus products
the same as the merchant or man.
|ufacturer, and that they have the
same right to do SO.
The cooperative organizations
among farmers are rapidly in
creasing in number. This is illus
trated by the movement in the
strawberry growing sections of
| the State. where cooperative or
CARNATIONS are enabling thegrow-
ers to market their product pro-
duct at the right time and there
by to advantage. The same move.
ment is being developed in the
tobacco growing sections of the
State. TIL e movement fol-
the organization of cooperative
creameries in the State, where
quite a number are in successful
operation, is another illustration
of the value of working together
for better results.
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