The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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CROSBYTOM, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30,1909.
Most Profitable
JUST A TEXAS FARMER
It Means Science and System as
Compared with Negligence "
and Confusion
The fact that intensive farm-
ing is the moat profitable farm-
ing proven by the fact that it is
the only method by which the
man who farms land valued at
$50 to $300 an acre can make
money, especially if the land be-
longs to another. This is done
in innumerable instances, as, for
instance, near the larger cities
and in the denser populated sec-
tions of this and other countries.
If intensive methods of farming
can be made to pay on land of
the value suggested, they can of
course be made to pay on land of
proportionately lower price.
A campaign has been inaug-
urated by The Galvestion-Dallas
News for the purpose of impress-
ing upon the people of Texas and
the Southwest generally the im-
portance as well as the satisfac-
tion and profit that are the re-
sults of intensive farming. For
many years The News preached
in season and out of season the
necessity for the diversification
of crops. The press of the State
generally took up the slogan*
with the result that the farmers
of the State ai&much better off
than they otherwise would have
been.
Intensive farming necessarily
includes diversification, as The
News has stated, for the ^reason
that to intensify it is necessary
to grow as many crops on the
same land in a season as possible.
This of course necessitates the
planting of different crops; so
that diversification is a part of
the intensive system of farming,
and intensive farming means
simply the best farming. Or,
as The News defines it, "Getting
the largest yields and greatest
profits from a given area of
ground at the smallest cost."
sann In Cash Prizes.
theifc. wfctl street ~
tHOSE 0ONJ5S SPELL.
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In order to assist in getting the
best of information on the sub-
ject of intensive farming. The
News is offering to the farmers
of Texas—those actually engag-
ed in farming—cash prizes to
the amount of $300 for articles
on the subject of intensive farm-
ing. The first prize is $100,
second $60. Then there are five
prizes of $10 each and twenty
prizes of $5 each. It is hoped
that many splendid articles,' full
of valuable information, will be
—received, not only in competition^
but aside from that.
Since the beginning of this
movement in October The News
has received many indorsements
of the idea from a great number
of the best farmers'in the State,
as . well as from Government
agents of the Department of Ag-
- riculture, National and State,
aftd the prestf of the State issup-
porting the idea. These articles
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nave urun puuiioiiwi «««—%
proven interesting not only to
the farmer, but to mon in <• every
walk of life, for they see in the
causes everyone else to do so.
Double Present Production
It is said by those who are in
position to know that the pres-
ent yield of crops in the State of
Texas, and in most of the other
States, for that matter, can be
easily doubled by intensive meth-
ods. There is no reason to ques-
tion this statement. At the
same time,4t ie also "possible to
make the quality of the product
twice as good. 5
This is an important matter,
and if the; people will take hold
of it in the right spirit and with
a determination to double their
yields and income, it will be the
greatest step ever taken by a
Stftfe toward greater material
the faroK
whatever
to prosper
welfare, progress and prosperity.
What "Intensive Farming"
Means.
'.'Intensive farming" simply
means the best farming ar.d
good business methods. , It means
to get a larger and better crop
from a smaller acreage than you
did before from a larger acreage.
It means that a smaller area
more carefully cultivated will
bring better returns in dollars
and cents than a larger area in-
differently or carelessly cultivat-
ed. The steadily increasing
price for agricultural lands
throughout the world makes
it necessary to get from the' soil
the greatest profit it is capable
of yielding. This can only be
done by intensive methods.
Three Propositions
Of Much Interest
All of Which is of More or Less
Concern to Every Citizen on
The Plains
(By Don H. Biggers, Secretary Fed-
eration Newspapers and Commercial
Clubs.)
This letter has not more
promptly followed those preceed-
ing it on similiar subjects for the
reason that the writer has been
engaged to to the full limit of
his time on other matters, and a
die the crop, or to the extent
that you can afford to experi-
ment and acquire knowledge.
There is perhaps fib" other crop
that requires so much labor at a
particular and critical time as
does broomcorn. Broomcorn is
a good money crop to the extent
that there is a good market, but
there is at least a limit to the
demand for broomcorn, and the
man who handles it to best ad-
vantage must Icnow Tils business.
Just now three elements are to
be considered in the matter of
the broomcorn boom. The price
is now higher than it has been
for years. Higher perhaps than
ever before, and much higher
of weeks may elapse be- than it will be hereafter if the
thn loaf mn^lnHincr loHpf, nf crop is very materially increased.
Land worth from'$80 to IgOD^aim^ th« whole oountry goeswttd this country needs moi* of -ife
- . ~ T*. a
acre,
countries, can not be made to
pay a reasonable dividend on the
money it costs unless the best
methods are used in its cultiva-
1 tkm.Profits are-proportionately
greater on land that is not so
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the series will be presented!
In this letter the writer shall
attempt to briefly deal with at
least three subjects of vital con-:
cern to the people of the Plains
country just at present.
First of these is the broom-
corn proposition, second the value
and importance of experimental
farms, and third, the extensive
landed interest problem and how
one big concern is dealing with
it.
Just now there is widespread
enthusiasm on the subject of
broomcorn, arid in this connect-
ion there are some things people
should stoo and consider in a
very sensible and businesslike
manner. Broomcorn is a good
money crop, no question about
that, but to get this result calls
for business methods. Any
enthusiasm. A broomcorn
agent dropped into town
other day and had the unlimi
gall to ask me to chase aroui
town and make spiels to the
ness men for Hun, and when
speetfully declined o
ts and a modes-
repugnance, he then
that I obligate myself and
commercial club and the
tion to boost the broomcorn
business. The gentleman was
from Oklahoma. I didn't tell
htm to go back home for I had
in mind another place that isn't
reputed to be in Oklahoma.-v ^ ^
Broomcorn is a good thing, but
just now it is very much mixgd %
up with hot air, graft an& bun-
combe. I am not knocking'
the business, just delivering n
few deliberate reflections on the
subject Talking to a lot of peo-
ple who don't know any more
about its cultivation and reason-
able proffta than I do. I expect .
to plant a small patch of it* if
not this year, then next, but I
am not going to go wild on the
subject. ■■ ■' ~~~
The one thing that is of spec-
ial importance to the Plains
country just at present is a gen-
eral diversified farming develop"
ment. And in this connection,
demonstrations and experiments
are absolutely necessary. This
favorable season lias had the ex-
cellent result of -encouraging -
hundreds of people to put more
land in cultivation or to put in
cultivation land that has
fore been idle. But we do v
want an agricultural interest that
flourishes only when the seasons
are fine and prospects excellent
Every available acre of land oh
the Plains should be in cultiva-
tion, and even with this a fact a
proper knowledge of methods
particularly adapted to this
country are necessary. There
experiment farm in every county
on the Plains. In every com-
munity would be better. No in-
vestment the community or
county could make would bring
about greater benefits. The
more of these farms the more
benefits, because the people near
i
ill
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The broom manufacturers much these farms see
prefer chehper material, and
have enthusiastically given their
support to bring about a greatly
increased acreage, for that
means a less price. The man
with broomcorn seed for sale has
been a second and very active
agent in promoting the wide-
spread enthusiasm, and the
high price of broom corn this
season has had the usual specu-
lative and spectacular effect on
the general public. When cot
ton goes to fifteen cents, eyery-
body plants cotton and if the
yield is great, down goes the
price and if the yield is small the
volume of wasted labor is incal-
culable, and so it is with any
crop that is overdone through
enthusiasm.
Broomcorn is a good crop
M it fate some States ahdf9™*
who tackles it expects to make a
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like a cold chill is going to rump
up and down somebody's spinal
column when harvest time rolls
nroundvHPhmt
Itii a reasonable profitable crop.
But it requires work and lots of
requires some experi-
ence. Plant a little broomcorn,
but dont be a fool about it
have just
and have forces enough to han-
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for themselves
what is being done, and what
results are obtained. When a
man sees and knows a thing to
be true, he is governed accord-
ingly. For the past five or six
years Judge L. Gough has been
doing wonderful work Tn the
Hereford country. He has neper
failed whereas his neuters
have none too often succeeded*
and now the people in that
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tion are doing as Gough has been
doing. ' The Campbell farm near
Plain view has been a great- ben
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efactor to this entire
country, and of
benefit to that immediate
The state experiment sta
Lubbock is sure to be of
benefit to this part of the S
and now the Bassett Land
pany are, to nut In a three
dred and twenty
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White, F. E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1909, newspaper, December 30, 1909; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242169/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Crosby County Public Library.