Show ONE CROP MEANS FAILURE 1 by P G holden field director international harvester company whether the crop la Is cotton or wheat alfalfa seed or corn or any single crop a one crop system Is the surest val ot making poor iroll oil poor people and poop poor countes the very first essential to the prosperity of any state or any corn is the ability of tho the people to feed thenis elves selves the farmer who would prosper must have something to sell every day in the year so that his cotton hia his wheat his corn his alfalfa seed or whatever his main 1 crop Is may be his cash crop the man who farms by the one crop system is wagering his season seasons s best labor that nature will be espee lally tally kind to him he ile is betting that conditions for the growth of that particular crop conditions which be he cannot possibly regulate will be sat Is factory if his one crop la Is wheat he la Is gambling that he will escape smut and rust drouth wind and hall the chinch bug and the boll weevil but crop enemies it his one crop la Is cotton he Is betting his season s work against the inroad ot A the boll wee vil he ile may escape smut and rust the bug and the boll weevil but he Is robbing his soil and he cannot possibly escape the loss of soil ter tilita let us apply that thought here it his one crop return from his land is alfalfa seed to which he keeps his land constantly applied to produce it year after year he may escape chalets fly weevil grass hoppers tarnished plant bugs bacterial wilt nematodes in tact fact ha he may have years when he gets a dan dy trop tsi bae but bilt sur surely sooner or inter ater his jils land is tired worn out and re fuses to work all the pests thrive on him and tor for several years he gets nothing nor will till the ground has rested up the force of the ment Is proven here very plainly the raising of other crops and the growing of livestock especially dal dat ry c cattle atle will give the farmer some thing to sell when rust takes his reheat or boll weevil bis his cotton the man ho is hardest hit by a crop shortage or by a bad market condition la Is the one crop farmer the dairyman the man who tol fol lows diversified farming the hun bull deeds of times where poultry sup piles plies the table and clothes the tarn fam ily the c enjoy much better leg ular prosperity every year and every month in the year not just it t the close of a fortun foit unite ate season it takes two things to make a great state first the soil second the people A state may have fertile soil sell but it if there are shiftless inefficient peo pie living on it they are not going to make much out of it A state may have efficient people but with out production we cannot have a great country A one crop system takes the life out of the soil and impoverishes the people it is only through diversi tied fied farm ng and the using of our energies every day that we can call make a rich country and a s rong vigorous people diversified farming means live stock dairying crop rotation more pastures rog less washing wulling ot t tho the oil more productive land greater profits wherever you can raise corn and clovers alfalfa and at times alfalfa seed you can grow dairy cattle and wherever you find dairy cattle you will find high priced land and pros berous growing communities it Is always preferable to build a concrete feeding floor where the soil boll drainage Is good but it if this Is ls im practicable a porous sub base or a cushion of sand or cinders or fine gravel should be laid this will prevent heaving by frost treat or unequal settling when the ground Is wet when anub a sub base Is put on stiff clay soils drainage outlets should be installed to carry oft off any water that may collect under the floor and pro duce injury by freezing bordeaux mixture is best for IMF control of most leaf diseases in gar den plants it also wards oft off flea beetles it la Is better to spray with before rather than after rains provided the erady has had time to dry on the leaves intervals between appl applications icat I 1 on s depend on th the 0 weather spray more atten aften it it Is 1 rainy than it it Is 1 dry it dry allow longer intervals between sprays young pullets are very sensitive and need regular treatment and al so careful handling free range on clean soil and plenty of green feed and shade aro are essential to good growth avoid disturbing pullets lul lets or moving them to la in the tb season |