The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-09

and it was at this time that your ex-
tension department made a wonderful
success in establishing dairy herds.
When the horse was stolen the farm
err locked his barn. It's the day of
prosperity-we put off the evil day.
However, in 1915 it was but mat
ter of short time when cotton prices
began to climb and prices were
reached such that the young farmers
of today never heard of before and
then you went back to your "one-crop"
conditions. I am reminded of the
scripture application. A man lived in
his plenty and selfishness not paying
any attention to his souls welfare
when his maker brought him very
low. He then promised if his Lord
would spare him he would live a more
useful, worthwhile life But he was
scarcely well and strong again and he
soon forgot the cause of his former
punishment and grief.
C0rn-Crop Evil
So, if l may speak plainly, I believe
in price of cotton-nor the boil weevil,
but the one-crop idea, and If one of
your leading professors is correct, he
says, Georgia is one of the most ex-
IRENE one-crop states In the Union"
and / say to you that is your greatest
evil. Wisconsin back in 1868, was
one-crop state but soon the farmers
found that theys had to enter some
other field than raising wheat, for well
can | remember how my mother used
to tell how the chinch bugs use to
prematurely whitened and bleached
by the chinch bugs that suck all nour-
ishment in the growing stock. Yes,
how they prayed and watched for the
sky of brass that refused to bring
forth refreshing rain, and so con-
ditions are today in the Dakotas and
Montana where wheat is the one crop
| say it is a speculation. 1t is di-
versified VS.. the one-crop system.
From bankers standpoint it is Sc
curity VS.. insecurity. 1t is the most
stable form of agriculture VS.. the
gamblers chance that stakes his all
on the hazard of one throw.
Furthermore, most diseases, both
plant and animal, affect only certain
plants and not the species. The conse-
quence is when you practice crop di-
versification, it limits the spread of
insects and fungus pests. With the
one-crop system, if the blight is once
started, it spreads unchecked from
field to field, county to county until
the one-crop section or state is prac-
tically ruined.
The condition of Wisconsin in the
early days, of Dakota today-is your
condition last year, and the year be-
fore. 1t was when the Badger State
was on the verge of starvation that
men of vision turned the attention of
the state to dairying and as have
shown you in my remarks before and
as bankers, financiers and manufac-
turers have said. Wisconsin's dairy
cow made her the safest, the sound
est, yes the state that feels the della
tion period least.
And now / am glad to tell you that
your state, like most other Southern
| states, is very suitable to dairying
| The climate conditions are ideal fo1
dairying. Most any forage crop car
be grown here. You have the famous
soy bean and the velvet bean, besides
the different sorghums which silage
has run as high as 18 ton to the acre
and l understand this is preferable tt
corn which you also raise to some ex
tent. Furthermore, north of tn,
Piedmont district, grows alfalfa ant
while it will cost little more to get {
| stand you will harvest five crops to u,
a possible three. While you have /.
serious deficiency in the lack of pas
ture-you have proven that you cal
maintain permanent pastures and b,
using your Southern grass called Der
muda, l believe, mixed with Japal
clover-should give you the equal o
our blue grasses of the North. / un
derstand that you also have the mic
cool spring water which is great as
set TO good, sweet cream.
To Produce Butter
4 While it cost US, according to on
Cow Testing Association, about
cents to make a pound of butter las
year, with butter averaging so cent
. a pound, / believe that due to eli
matte conditions you can produce