The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
INVESTIGATION


the tongue Of everybody who is not engaged in farming knows
nothing WILL but who because they occupy the
position of hopper bank clerk in jay town. feel
they Intellectually qualified to advise any subject
from the problems the the removal Of bunOns
Of course chatterers who sapent on
subject of farming don't know what the word dvescaon
and only repeat the word after the fashion poll
the word sounds nice Many of these Wesenhemes really De
eve that "dversifcation" will make it possible for farmer o
sell his wheat for less than the cost of production and get rich Vi
this can't and wont be accomplished
Every year people whose occupation in life is kidding
the farmers are out with slogan and line of enter
anment this years scheme fails there always something
in for next year
Last year it was turkeys But when the Montana ship
the bottom went out of the turkey market
This year beans and every farmer Sheridan
y raises beans will be drug the market
will bring enough for the hauage Then we can
raise potatoes spite OF the fact that we are so Tar away from
that send the potatoes where the people
live who them than the potatoes will bring when
they arrive.
Dairyng propaganda-we will have the glOes
dang dnned into long the dope pedder can
breath every Montana would serious
y the dairy business along with the others who going
into it, the condition will to be is existing in
regard production results will obtain in
gard to corn and hogs So for the soda squirt farm advisory
board whose ignorance the fundamentals Of kind OF econ
omcs is appalling.
Nearly every country from agricultural standpoint is
peculiarly adapted to particular lines of faingn time
just what kind of farming his country is adapt
his big effort along that line Just what deter
mate and second market and transportation and third many
minor factors ,ll .4f H
Montana and North Dakota and Canada small
grain country will always remain the small grain
lions of Europe have grain sections since the mind
runneh not to the contrary and always will be small grar
section.
Minnesota Wisconsin, Michigan well parts Of Wash
ngon ideal dairy sections and daryng the leading indus
Iowa Illinois, Missouri Kansas Nebraska and South Dako
ia compose the world and will always be thu
indus and hOCSa
follow corn.
In the South cotton and TOBACCO the basic crop Will
on the western plains sheep and cattle raising the things tina
farmers devote their energy to. re-
Other sections are devoted raising Of different kind
the people mine, in the woods they lumber
is the exchange of these products one for the other tina
constitutes what is called business.
But at present we find the wheat farmer cotton grow
the asers, the fruit all bankrupt: The sheep me
and the darymen are doing fairly well due TO their coOpea
marketing methods mostly So most of the dOpsters are restrict
ed sheep and Banking used to be good side line but
is pretty punk
mks cows raises chickens farms potatoes and and sma
grain during and puts in timber in the winter tn
broke he in Montana where he raises wheat an
flax exclusively
So the for the bankruptcy of agriculture is not
vesy or the want diversity but something undamenta
But after all is there general rule that is basi
that every farmer must observe ne wishes to succeed at an
time and in any place.
He must raise everything that he supply his Ow
thing to sell in order to buy anOt
thing which he produce himself
Where a farmer is the consumer of his own product
cost of production is minor consideration.
If a farmer learn this he is doomed any where
raising of wheat to haul to market to sell at price aordr
the profit then the spending of that for butte
eggs milk meat which he the freight and Sc
eral profits again. policy that did and will
under any scheme of things at any time or place
The farmer in Sheridan county must keep few cows
four or five sixnot dairy herd into the dairy bus
ness seriously he must produce all of the milk and butter
needs for and amys and milk and butter consut
large part of famys food supply 1t used in many
After he supplied the family generously with good milk pie
t of rich cream butter and he and his family should