FARM MANAGEMENT SPECIAL
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EASTERN ITION
A Farmland Home Yskly for
Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida.
Vol. . XXXII. No. 37.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917
FOUNDED 1886, AT RAlIGH, N. C.
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tVARMING is a business 'nnrl
Ji business, look closely to the matter of profit and loss. The mar
gin between cost of production and the selling price of our pro;
ducts.must be kept wide enough-to insure an adequate return for our
Our Biggest Farm Management Problcr
gotten economicallythat is, that while we are increasing yields we
are lowering production costs per pound or per bushel.
' Doing this is a farm management problem that calls for our best
.thought an4 effort a problem, indeed, requiring as much study and
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effort. If this is not done, then our business will be losing money,
and failure will be straight ahead. ' . ;
. In a farm management survey made in Sumter County, Georgia, the
United States Department of Agriculture found that on farms aver
aging less than one-half bale of cotton per acre the net profits, after
aupwing. lair wages for labor, were
practically . nothing. On the other hand,
on a group of . farms averaging between
one-half and two-thirds of a bale per acre,
the average net profits rose to a very fair
figure, while; on those farms averaging
over two-thirds of a bale per acre, .the
average net profits were excellent. 1
These facts , serve to emphasize anew
point to which we havQ long called atten
tion, namely, that ..our average yields are
too low, and that the very first step toward
making our farming operations more
profitable is to raise them. The sooner we
grasp this fundamental truth and act upon
it, the sooner will the South come into its
own agriculturally. . VV
. But in doing this, in raising our cotton
yields to two-thirds, three-fourths ' arid
even a bale per acre and our corn and oat
yields to 30 and 40. bushels per acre,' it is
vitally important that these increases be
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DON'T FAIL TO READ
Keeping Farm Accounts and Records . .
Studying the Southern Farm From a Business
. Standpoint .
Make a Partner of the Tenant . . . .
Systems of Fanning as ; They Affect Soil
Fertility . .
Farm Management at Sunny Honie
The Farm Organized for 1918 . . . . ,
Aim at Profit-sharing in Farm Management 12
Borrowing and Using Capital as a Farm Man
agement Problem .' . . . . . .. 12
Hold Cotton for 25 Cents ... . v . 12
Rich Lands a Prerequisite to Profits . . .12
A Variety of Comment . .: . . . . ..'13
keen and accurate thinking as the law, medicine, banking, or any other
calling or profession.
The key to its solution lies in a rich soil. If our lands are not rich
we must make them so. "A legume on every acre every year" must
become the watchword ; every possible pound of farm manure must be
. saved and put on the land; all straw, lit
ter and other refuse must go back to
the soil; and commercial fertilizers must
be used -liberally- to supplement , all
these. Finally, scientific soil conserva
tion must be practiced, that none of
our soil fertility may be wasted by wash 1
ingand leaching.
v At present ' prices, the difference be
tween 15 bushels of corn per acre and 30
bushels is a matter of some $30; the dif
ference between a half bale of cotton
and a bale, some $50 or $60. Multiply
these differences by the number of acres
in the average farm, and we have the dif
ference between poverty and prosperity;
multiply them by the acres in all the
South, and we have the difference be
tween a poor country and one of the most
prosperous countries under the sun. Is
not the lesson plain?
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