Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-03-17
AGRICULTURE NEWS NOTES
(By County Agent H. +. Eaton)
Interest In Farm Accounts Work
Growing

Interest In Farm Accounts Work
/. Growing
In the interest of the agriculture
of this county in the future, it is
encouraging to find that an ever in
creasing number of farmers are
realizing the importance of keeping
a record of their farm business.
How unfortunate is that man en-
gagged in any business, who fails 20
realize the necessity of learning all
the facts about his business which
it is possible for him to know. The
efficiency of the agricultural efforts
in our county is exactly what the
farmers of our county make it. The
man who kno"rs the most about the
facts relative to his farm business,
is suffering the least from the abb
normally low prices at present, for
the things he has to sell. Men who
will not make the effort necessary
to ascertain facts about their farm
business SO they can constantly pro-
duce at lower cost, are liability to
this county and to every citizen who
has an investment in Morgan
county.
Farmers must realize that times
have changed. What they have
been able to accomplish in the last
20 years, means absolutely nothing
as a measuring stick of what they
can accomplish in the next 20 years.
The same slip-shod methods which
made some profits for farmers up to
1929, have caused these kinds Of
farmers since 1929 to default on in
terest payments, telephone bills and
insurance payments. Because they
did not know the facts about their
situation they were hit harder. Not
knowing the facts, they founder
now in a haze Of uncertainty as to
what must be done with their farm
business to keep it solvent Thou
sands Of good farmers in the state
who have kept an account which
could be summarized during the
past several years are not handi-
capped by this uncertainty, and
they are going ahead with maximum
efficiency to reduce costs. Such
men are assets to any community in
which they live.
One fact which every citizen in
Moraan county who has money in
vested in the county may well heed,
is that inefficient farming can not
be prosperous farming during the
next several years. IF the big
majority Of Morgan county farmers
are to be inefficient producers,
prosperity for our county will be a
myth. Property values Will con-
time to decline, both rural and
urban Abandoned farms viii in
crease III number and those not
abandoned will decline in value, due
to inability to yield profits for even
necessary repairs to buildings,
fences etc. No money viii be
available for lime and fertilizer
with which to maintain soil fertility
unless the production of crops and
livestock on our farms is carried on
with maximum efficiency.
L
things more and more, as is shown
III the fact that over 100 have this
year started farm account records
as compared with only 80 last year.
Within the next six weeks figures
will be available as to what the far
mers who summarized accounts last
week accomplished during the past
year in Morgan county. Preliminary
analyses Of these accounts show that
all farmers are not losing money in
ditions. The complete analysis of
these records will provide food for
thought on the part Of every far
mer in our county who is actually
interested in making his business
pay profit
Vegetable Gardening School
1t has frequently been stated a
real family vegetable garden can be
made to supply the needs Of that
family during each of the 2 months
of the year. That is, Of course,
providing the vegetable cellar stor-
age space and the glass jars are
/ abundantly filled to help out during
the long seasons Of the year when
any particular vegetable may not be
in season. The family food budget
can be cut way down If a good,
properly planned garden is planted.
L. r. Lancashire, vegetable gar
dening specialist from our state
university, will be in Morgan county
for a meeting with all folks who
have gardens, to discuss the success
full operation of the farm and home
garden during the 1882 season. The
meeting will be held at the M. &
M. high school at ! p. m, Thursday,
March "a.
We have in the county and in the
villages Of our county, some excel
lent gardens each year. Yet, there
are new things developing all the
time, new methods, new informa-
ton and new proofs, that the best
gardeners are those who keep
abreast of the times by keeping in
formed AS your county agricui'
| tural agent, | venture the assertion
| that any gardener in county who
attends this meeting will find he
has learned many things about gar
| dening which he did not know
and which he will be glad to know
| The cabbage, tomato and potato