Milford chronicle., 1927-03-25
The AGRICULTURAL
OUTLOOK In COUNTRY
fcontinued from nrst page)

county agents mind, this gives the
Sussex county and Delaware farm
ers two distinct hopes for 1927.
First-That his dollar will pur-
chase more than last year.
Second-If only quality products
are sold, he may expect much
better price than last year.
In view of the above facts, what
should the farmers in Sussex county
and Delaware do this year? The
following suggestions 1 hope Will be
helpful:
First-Don't go in debt. That is
to say, don't expand your business
to the point of borrowing additional
money because there is nothing in
view that would justify such opera
tions. If we expected any rise in
prices, the proper thing would be to
borrow all you possibly could. That
was the way money was made from
1914 to 1920, but so many did not
know when to stop, and when a
man borrowed a 100000 in 1920, in
a very short time he soon realized
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$500, and in some cases less.
Second-Produce everything per
unit as economically as possible.
To the pOultryman this will prob
ably mean rigid culling at the pro-
per time, and such a system of
management where he can get as
many eggs from 600 birds as he for
merly got from 1000 birds. There
are plenty of statistics available to
show that there is actually more
money in keeping one hen that pro-
duces 200 eggs per year than in
keeping 100 hens that produce per
bird less than 100 eggs per year.
To the corn grower, he should not
plan to increase his acreage, but
rather produce more corn on u
acres than he previously produced
on 20 acres. Statistics taken from
the Nassau Cow Testing Association
show that the dairymen who keep
COWS of high production are the
ones making the most money. In
other words, every farmer should
carefully plan his work with the
thought in mind of reducing produc-
ton cost per unit. To some this will
mean one thing. and to some an
other. The writer has in mind some
farmers that should have running
water, labor saving machinery,
more power, etc.
Third-Grade every product that
is sold from the farm. This is a
general statement, but it means that
we should consider what the market
demands and cater to those de-
mands. The time has come when
Sussex county and Delaware must,
if we expect to continue agricultur-
ally, adopt a rigid grading system
that will not permit inferior pro-
ducts to go to market as they have
in the past. Statistics say that we
had an OverproductiOn in 1926, and
every farmer will tell you the same
thing, but it is the writer's opinion
that we did not have an OverprO-
duction in 1926, but we did have too
much OVerselling. If every farm
product in 1926 had been carefully
graded in the field according to the
various grades established, about
so per cent of the produce would
have stayed in the field where it
naturally belongs, and we would not
have had the OverprOductiOn cry.
The reason why Delaware eggs
are so low now is because of the
inferior quality. POultrymen have
not as yet learned that New York
market demands clean white eggs
that taste good, of uniform size,
packed in new filters and reason
ably good crates. Many of our
fruit and truck growers have in the
past shipped produce that they
would not permit on their. own ta-
BILE. Competition is now so keen
that Delaware farmers must con-
slider quality as they never have be-
fore, or else the Diamond State"
produce will be gradually squeezed
out of our markets.
If our system of grading is not
we can expect in the fu-
ture more idle farms with still
fewer of our young people taking up
farming, which means that land
a11Ins will on still 1OWer and