Show i I I I I s S I I r 1 I SUCCESSFUL FARMING The man that this Is about wishes his name not to appear nor his Identity Identity Iden Iden- to be disclosed In any way He walked into my office Monday morning and said Dandy article you had last week Nice farmin not to raise grub I laughed and coun countered ered Hows your crop About tw twenty nty bags for bags for what I Ilet Ilot Ilot lot let go to seed From that answer and knowing the man I 1 toll felt he wasn't depending on that alone so I said j What are your holding for tor the livestock Everything but nine acres All j Id I'd risk this year on seed was that bit of ot nine acres Oh oli we wont starve The wife wets and kids are provided for forwe forwe we we grow it lt A garden things we can eat I sold 1200 worth of ot hay and have havo over ovel tons left for tor the livestock Will pay my taxes sa say say Y you ought to have seen what I r sa saw w this morning When I turned the stuff stutt out this morning I bald said to my oldest girl w we e ought to have here to taka take tak e a picture of that There Them were 16 0 turkeys 22 head of cows over 20 0 i head of ot sheep and all the pigs the i farm can carry No we wont starve Nice farming when a farmer farner doesn't doesn t grow or raise rals his eats and my in informant n formant giggled Lemme tell you a little experience experience experIence exper exper- I had ho lie went on When seed raising was Vias good I got in on it and In two years cleared off ort all the debt on such and such land I owned owned own own- ed but I was scared of ot It Knew It wouldn't last About that time the two banks went bust bust bust- and I went around pretty blue I said to the wife no more chances for us Were We're going to play a safe sate game from toom now on So I switched from seed into livestock and hay Just as fast tast as I could end and only let go for seed what looks dead sure and none too much even if It it does look right Well there want no banks here so 80 I drove Lizzie over to Fillmore and on the street met a gob of Del- Del tans all ell with faces as long as fiddles as they Cant borrow no money on seed over here Dont want to Goin to buy cows I went into the bank One of my neighbors was touching tin im up for tor a loan on seed Didn't get It I said sald Mister Banker I r got 8 S cows now and tons of hay Want more cows owa Give you security on all I got ot He shoved a note at me I got the cows fed ted em that winter paid t he the e bank back end and had more cows COWl after I cleaned up and did that three years yeara in la succession All the whits I my herd was culled at each clean up I and only the best ones kept I paid the bank back three times Umes Now my credit is as good as 8 gold I never try to on the prospect of ot a seed crop No loans any moreon more moreon moreon on prospects The seed houses had to quit It the banks banka went busted doin doin doin do- do in in It ft and I dont don't try I borrow on real things And say its it's sa safe Wo We always eat said he with u i grin Now this man who wishes his Identity withheld saw that straight seed raising was gone a dead Issue and although he ho did well at it when it was favorable he had the foresight foresight fore tore sight to soo see the profit was goin and got out before it busted him He says Good seed is off oft at present present present pres pres- ent it may tome come back but it'll bust busta a whole lot of ot farmers who stick to it alone alon before it does come cOIl e back I And I guess gues hes he's pretty near right Many are switching for tor safety putting putting putting put put- ting an anchor out for livestock hay and of course always growing first I what what the family can eat Be sure aura of that first We Invite what others think or orI I wish to say through our columns and if It t wished will withhold your identity |