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j Why Farm Incomes Vary
Earnings of farmers in the same
community, with farms of approxi
mately (lie same size, with similar
soils and the same expense per acre,
may differ ns much as several thou
sand dollars a year, states the Scars-
Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. The
larger Incomes are I lie reward for
superior management and the appli
cation of belter methods of farm prac
tice.
Analysis of (lie records of 175 farm
ers for tlie three years, 1925 to 1927,
by the Illinois College of Agriculture
revealed that, the 35 most profitable
farms bad net earnings of approxi
mately $3,000 annually more tlyui (lie
earnings of tlie 85 least profitable.
Tlie farms in (lie least profitable
group averaged 211 acres compared
with 210 for (lie others, but tlie in
vestment per acre was practically die
same.
.Among the factors, responsible for
the variations in earnings, tlie most
'Important was crop yields, which
caused $S31 of (lie average annual
difference between (lie 35 most profit
able and the 35 least profitable farms.
, The oilier factors and tlie difference
In earnings attributable to (hem were:
; amount of live stock, $657; efficiency
of live stock, $557; kind of crops,
$304; prices received for grain, $280;
cost of power and machinery, $216;
cost of man labor, $49; and other ex
penses, $28.
i On Hie 35 most profitable farms tlie
average yields of grain per acre were
^bout 19 per cent higher than on the
,85 least profitable farms. Tlie use of
! high-yielding, adapted varieties of
| seed, testing for germination and
freedom from disease, tlie rotation of
[crops, the growing of legumes, tlie
j feeding of crops to live stock and
conserving manure, and tlie use of
sucli materials as limestone and rock
phosphate, ore tlie principal steps to
high yields. Some of t hose farmers
made as much as $500 a year more
'than others merely through tlie use
of high-yielding varieties of seed.
Farmers who disposed of a larger
proportion of their crops through live
stock hud larger net. incomes than
.those who sold most of (heir grain.
On the 35 most profitable farms, the
productive live stock returned $ 1 (J.'I
for every $100 worth of feed used.
Wlille on (lie least profitable, It re
turned only $135. As an average of
all the farms, live stock returned
$151 for eaeli $100 worth of feed,
i Sanitation, disease control, tlie use
of legume pastures, tlie purchase of
high protein supplements to balance
home-grown feeds, good breeding stock
tind producing so ns to take advan
tage of seasonal fluctuations In prices
were tlie chief factors in eilkieut live
stock production,
i; The most successful farmers In
creased their Incomes $304 a year by
■having a high percentage of tlie till-
nble land In crops producing higher
pi-ofits, such ns corn, wheat, alfalfa;,,
and a smaller shnro in tow profit
crops such ns oats and timothy liny.
'They received $2S0 more because they
/Obtained higher prices for their gralii.
/iWj "hvn ’,7C r e good,
and sold grain of belter quality.
The 35 most profitable farmers Spent
$210 less per year per fiu'tu for power
and machinery than 'the least profit-
aide group. T>- e | a bor cost was $49
loss, aud ' )t | lcr expenses, $28 less. It ,
8 ‘L’.gniticant that tlie most profit
able farms got ttieir higher Income#
.with a smaller power and machinery
cost and witli less labor expenditure
per acre than on ilic least profitable
farms.
Many of the measures taken by sue
eessful farmers to Increase their in
conies can be applied as easily by
farmers in meager circumstances as
by those who are prosperous, the
Foundation adds. Through then), sueli
farmers can eventually join tlie sue-
, eessful group.
Farmer Uses Sack to
Take $8,000 to Bank
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Tulsa, OUla. — A roughly- .-.
dressed farmer carried a gun •>
ny sack containing $8,000 In .*!
gold coins, through busy down *
town streets to tlie teller’s win £
dow of tlie Exchange National [;*
bank hero.
“1 want to deposit some V
money,” lie said. ‘‘1 was afraid
I might lie robbed. I’ve had ii [;*
buried on my farm.”
The bank refused, to divulge *
tlie customer’s name. Tlie mon •>
ey lie carried put more gold in V
the bunk’s vault Ilian it has y
had this year.
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averaging better than 20 miles to the
I, ..Ion of gasoline!
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unsurpassed for silence in operation, positive
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All pricc-5 f. o. b. Flint, Mich.
MOTOR
iSe-.v six-cylinder motor, valve-
in-head type, fully enclosed.
New automatic lubrication of
rocker arm mechanism.
Mew fabric, camshaft pear.
Now heavier crankshaft stati
cally arid dyrutmiccPy bal
anced.
Mew hot-spot manifold.
Mew AC gasoline pump with
filter, replacing vacuum tank.
New type AC air cleaner,
COOLING SYSTEM
New type thetmostat cooling
system control.
New electric waV'i temper
ature indicate!' c-r doth.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
New two-bcam headlamps with
foot button control.
New prism atic headlamp lenses.
Ne.v theft-proof Electrolock.
New semi-automatic spark con
trol.
CHASSIS
New r.elf-adjusting, single plate
dry disc clutch.
New smooth 3-spcc.d trans
mission.
New solid shaft type steering
column.
New flat type, slender rim steer
ing wheel.
New and more complete Ale- 1 -
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A L I T Y AT LOW
COST
Arm Round Waist Illegal
A young man who puts his arm
around the waist of the girl with
whom lie is walking, commits a tech
nical assault, according to tlie law in
England. This was brought out in u
case where a youth who iiad put his
arm around the waist of a conduc
tress of nn omnibus at Stirling was
charged with assault. At the trial tlie
sheriff, agreeing that tlie young man
was legally guilty of assault, caused
laughter when ho said, "But If the
girl immediately condones the act, it
is not assault.” Tlie young man. how
ever, escaped with nothing more seri
ous than a judicial warning.
Uncertain About Thunder
John, the thrce-year-old son of a
North side family, is very fond of Sun
day school. Ills teacher had told tlie
children that Jesus sends the sun
shine and tlie rain. One evening John
sat very quietly watching n thunder
storm. Finally lie said: "Say, mother,
Jesus sends the rain, doesn’t He?"
Mother answered: "Yes, John, and
the sunshine.”
All was quiet for a few minutes,
then nn unusually hard clnp of thun
der came and John said; “Say, moth
er, what, do you ’sposc lie Is a pound
ing on how?”—liulinpnpolis News.
MARVELS FOUND
ON OCEAN FLOOR
Flowers of Many Hues Greet
Sea Divers.
New York.—A diving helmet, hose
and pump open a new world to science
—tlie extravagantly colorful ocean
holtom where dwell some of nature’s
strangest and most beautiful crea
tions.
William Beebe, a pioneer in this
submarine method of research, spent
many hours on the floor of tlie Gulf
of Conave during ids recent visit to
Haiti. Three, four, even ten fathoms
down lie prowled among fantastic
shapes, taking notes on a lead pad.
“You lean,” writes Doctor Beebe
in "Beneath Tropic Sens," “against a
fretwork of purest marble while at
your elbow is a rounded table of
lapis lazuli, on which are blossoming
three flowers—flowers unearthly and
which lean toward you of their own
free will. Their petals are resplendent
in hues of gold and malachite, and are
tinted and fringed like some rare and
unknown orchid. You reach forward
to pluck one, and, faster than the eye
can follow, tlie blossoms disappear
beneath the fur of lapis velvet from
whicli they seem to sprout.
"Dozens of Ilsfies, all strange, an
' graceful and beautiful, play about
you, nibbling at the coral, rushing to
ward tlie sponge which ypu have lifted
from it* place, hoping *" • some dl*-
turbed tidbit. When you sit quietly
they gather closer and peer in
through the glass at you again and
again. . . .
"There is no sense of wetness, the
air you breath 13, If anything, better
than that in the motor bont rocking
overhead. You hold up your hands
and see little washerwoman wrinkles
on the soles of your fingers and you
realize you are where you are. A
great blue enameled fish glides past,
then suddenly stands straight upon
his head and nibbles something; to
your friends in the boat it is merely
a school of jellyfish.”
Collecting Sea Shells
This Man’s Odd Hobby
Did you ever pick up n sea shell
and listen to the roar of tlie distant
waves coining from its whirled interi
or? John Jones of California, former
j student of (lie University of Illinois
i In the class of 1SS6, did many years
[ ago, and as a result today lie lias one
I of tlie finest collections of sea shells
In tlie country. More than 5,000 dif
ferent specimens are Included iu his
collections
Many years ngn, when John Jon.
was forced to leave the university’ and
go to work just at tlie close of lii:-
snphoniore year, ho became interested
| in sea shells. Whenever lie would find
a pretty shell he would pick it up and
carry i home. This hobby become a
habit. As time went on his collection
began to assume scientific Importance.
It attracted the attention of others in
terested in conchology, as tlie study
is called technically, and he began to
trade ids duplicate specimens and buy
entire collections until today Ids is
one of (lie most complete in the Unit
ed States.
Being a natural born collector of
things, Mr. Jones more recently has
started gathering mineral samples of
various kinds. In 1922, after being
away from the university for thirty-
four years, lie again re-entered and
I studied geology and chemistry. This
aroused his interest in collecting min
erals and gem stones.
I Mr. Jones, while a contractor by vo
cation and a collector by avocation,
plans to receive his bachelor of
science by 1931, the fiftieth anni
versary of Ids first entering tlie acad
emy of tlie university in 1881.
Make Colton Meet
the Mill Demand
Cotton farmers could add appreci
ably io their income from this crop
by producing the types of ootl/m spin
ners want, and marketing it on a
quality basis, states tlie Senrs-Uoe-
buck Agricultural Foundation, Tlie
evidence shows that American mills
use belter cotton than tlie average of
tlie grades and staples produced In
(lie United States and tlie mill de
mand for higher quality lint Is in
creasing. Premiums paid by spinners
I for high quality cotton range up to
| G to 8 cents for strict middling 1%;
inch staple over tlie price paid for
middling %-inch cotton.
Of tlie 6,519,809 hales of upland cot
ton consumed by mills in tlie United 1
Stales In tlie year ending July 31,
1928, 84.6 per cent were from % to
1 1-32 inch in length, according to
tlie Uni tied States Department of Agri-;
culture. Cotton measuring 1 Inch or
more made up 42.4 per cent of tlie
total, while only 1.4 per cent was
under % men. In grade, S2.4 per cent)
of I lie consumption ranged from strict I
low middling to good middling.
No equally comprehensive record
of the crop grown is available ns
.vet, but partial reports and tlie corn-;
ments of mills show that growers are
producing much more cotton % inch
or loss in length than mills need.;
This short colton is largely exported 1
and must sell abroad in competition;
with cheap cottons from China nnd
India, produced by low-paid labor. |
Georgia mills consume about ns 1
much colton ns is grown in tlie state,!
but only about 25 per cent of t lie
cotton used is % inch or under while'
about SO per cent of tlie crop grown is
% inch or under. Hence, it becomes
necessary for tlie mills to go outside
tho state for tlie hulk of their re-i
quirements, adding maierinily to
freight costs. In representative Texas
counties, 14.3 per cent of tlie ginningsi
of part of tlie 1927 crop were found:
to lie under % inch while such cotton
made up only 1.4 per cent of tlie nn- 1
tional consumption, nnd 3S per cent;
of ginnings werp %-inch cotloo
against consumption of'28.8 per cent
of that length. , ,
Usually varieties of colton 15-16
incli in length yield more per acre
than (lie longer staple varieties or
those under %-inch. This lower yield
must he considered In determining
how far growers can go in turning to
raise tlie longer staple. In general, it
Is suggested that varieties running to
1-Inch staple should lie more widely
used. In good seasons, they may
produce 1 to 1 1-10-ineh staple, but in
poor years they may drop to 15-16-
incli. Varieties of upland cotton pro*
dueing above 1 1-10-incli staple fra-,
quently fall so far in yield that tlie
increase in price is more than coun
terbalanced, giving a lower value per
acre.
Unfortunately, much of tlie cotton
crop is sold in local markets at at
"hog-round” basis of middling cot
ton of %-inch staple. In such mark
ets, growers who have produced cot
ton of superior grade and length do
not get tlie benefit of tlie premium
which spinners pay for such cotton.
This method, coupled with tlie higher
yield of shorter cotton, discourages
improvement. Cotton sold through co
operative associations is paid for ori a
graded basis and it is probable flint
tlie tendency to pay 11 premium fog
superior codon in local markets is"
increasing.
Tiie Foundation adds that to make
the movement to improve tlie quality'
of cotton wholly successful, it will
he necessary to develop varieties of
1 1-16-inch or longer staple that will,
equal tlie shorter cotton in yield and
tlie practice of paying eaeli grower
for die kind of cotton lie delivers
must be more generally used.
Electrical Ship Can
Be Run by One Man
Greenock, Scotland.—A 9,000-
ton ship which one man could
take across die ocean lias been
built here for an American firm.
It is an all-electrical ship, the
Brunswick, built by Scott, Ltd.,
for die Atlantic Oil Shipping
company of Philadelphia. At Its
trials on die River Clyde, one
man at a switchboard operated
tlie whole ship. The vessel
steers automatically, docs nn!
requir# engineers to start or
stop tlie Diesel-electric engines.
Once tlie course is set, die steer
ing does uot require further at
tention.