Pocahontas star herald., 1925-01-29
FARMERS URGED TO
RAISE MORE FEED

Little Rock, Jan. 27.-NIore acreage
to grain and hay for work stock feed
stuff, less acreage to cotton, and inten.
sive cultivation, was the policy for
farmers advocated by the Agricultural
Committee of the Arkansas Bankers
| Association, which met yesterday al
the Hotel Marion.
I'VE are not attempting to dictate
the policy of farmers the bankers
prefaced their statement of policy.
but we do feel that the money we
lend to finance cotton growing is not
properly protected unless certain fun
damentals are followed"
The Agricultural Committee author
lied the printing and distribution of
a poster embodying the fundamentals
advocated by the bankers, which will
read as follows:
This bank where credit is based ON
growing crops, will not knowingly risk
financing the growing Of a cotton crop
unless the farm produces sufficient
grain and hay to feed its work stock.
Experience Of practical farmers
show that grain and hay must be 40
per cent of the entire crop acreage.
Due to worms, weevils and other caus-
es, growing cotton is steadily becOm-
ing more hazardous. Our observation
in that those cotton growers who sue
ceed best follow certain fundamentals
81. Ten acres of cotton to the mule.
'2. Planting bred-up, high yielding
seed, adapted to the soil, using two
bushels sound planting seed to the
acre
80. Thick spacing, leaving plants
hoe-width apart, two plants to the
hill.
Il. Commercial fertilizer Of right
kind and quantity.
%. Planting to cotton only land that
under normal conditions will produce
one-half bale or more per acre.
"6. In case of boil weevil and worm
infestion, the use of calcium arsenate
dust according to government recon.
mendatiOns.
Y. Building up land, that may be
laid out by sowing lespedeza or some
other legume."
The committee recommended one tC
two acres of permanent pasture to
each head of mules, horses and cattle
and went on record as favoring legis
lative measures which would protect
the efficiency of state inspection OF
feed, seed and fertilizer purchased by
Arkansas farmers; and help control
anthrax in the state in cooperation
with the federal government.
Four definite projects undertaken by
the Agricultural Committee Of the
American Bankers Association, were
explained by d. II. Otis, director of tho
Agricultural Commission of the ma.
tional organization, who spoke at the
morning session. The state commit
tee endorsed the projects, which are as
follows:
Encouragement of boys and girls
agricultural clubs.
Diversified farming.
An effort TO get bankers acquainted
with economic problems affecting agri
culture and make them better appre.
ciate the close relationship between
farming and business conditions.
support of the Parnell bill. now
pending i'm Congress, which would give
each state an appropriation of $10,-
600 for the first year and an increase
Of $1,000 each year up to $4,000, for
the carrying on of research work in
experiment stations
Arkansas was described as leader
in the banker-farmer movement. by
Mr.. Otis, who declared that he looks
upon Arkansas as headquarters for
this work, and an inspiration to the
other states" lie extended warm CON
gratulatiOns to the state bankers Ag-
ricultural Committee on behalf of the
national organization.