The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-01-26
A Farm
Policy
COUNTY AGENT NOTES

HCA Z 10 iiuOH COACClH OfCl LAG
country at large regarding a safe
farming policy for the present
year. Many communities have gone
away from their established lines
and entered into new lines of ag-
riculture. The vegetable industry
will be given a large share of at
tention in many sections of the
state. There is every indication
that all kinds of vegetables will
be extensively grown eli over the
state except in the delta. South
Mississippi went strong on syrup
and sweet potatoes last year and
will continue that way this year
Sweet potatoes, when kiln dried
will always find .. ready market
in the northern cities. Syrup has
not been called for as was gener-
ally expected. However where it
it was run through a reEoiling
plant and rendered into uniform
grade, there has been no trouble
selling it in carload lots.
After going the various rounds
and trying all the new and other
methods and means of getting the
most out of our farming industry,
we settle uniformly on the fact
that the farmer must grow and de-
pend on crops for money that he
can sell and get the cash for any
day in the year. The average far
mer must have some c2sh for his
farm every year, and in order to
get this he must sell something
that he has produced on his farm.
This fact makes necessary for him
to confine his efforts to the COM
modities that will find a ready
market at any time he is ready to
sell. Any farmer in Rankin coun-
| ty could make enormous quanti-
ties of syrup but when he gets
ready to market it there are numer-
GUS "ifs" to be considered. If there
is large mill CIR large city near
and if there is limited quantity
offered, then a good market will
exist for the syrup. | want it un-
derstood that | am not discourage
ing the growing of syrup, but | am
just s3tting some facts that must
be considered if we depend cn this
for our money crop. The same sit
iuation arises with several other
crops.
Last week | was asked to sug-
gest what / considered a safe far
Inning oplicy for Rankin Countys
and after stating my views found
THAT more than dozen other men
! from different industries concur
Ired with me in these views. RAN
kin County is we'll supplied with
corn, meat, syrup, feed and other
things that must be used<on the
farm. Now as we have learned to
make our living at home, we must
Icontinue to pursue this same poll-
cy. Then in addition for a living
and feed for stock, grow a few
hogs for market. Grow them on
! feed produced on your farm. Se-
llect good variety of cotton; one
that natures and opens early, fer
ltilize it with "a mixture of Acid
| Phosphate and Nitrate of Soda,
and cultivate we'll. By following
this you will beat the boil weevli
|, out of some of his part and have
/ some to sell. You never saw the
Tday that you could not market a
/, hog or bale of cotton for the
: cash. Get use to a new yard stick.
: Forget that cotton ever sold for 40
i cents pound, and that pork
brought 20 cents on foot. Last
spring we'll known shoe was sell
ling for $14.00 per pair, but | saw
a pair of the same shoes in win
dow last week priced $500 per pair
Sugar is or, calico and ginghams
is off, mems clothing are selling al
a so per cent dscouct. Be optimis-
tic and use your best judgement
while pursueiag safe farming
policy and the country will get go
ing again. If it ever gets to going
tagain we must be ghe cause.
| visited a South Mississippi
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