HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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Rale of ]*ro<liietiun Determines Pr^ifits 



Continut'd from pa^e 1. column 2 



The five best paying farms had aver- 

 aged for the five-year period, five bushels 

 of corn, three bushels of wheat, and 600 

 pounds of hay per acre more than the 

 other 23 farms. 



"They also fed theii- stock more liberal- 

 ly, showing an average feed cost per ani- 

 mal $11 higher than the other farms. It 

 paid to do so. They recovered $1.50 on 

 every $100 fed to livestock, as compared 

 to an average recovery of $110 for all 

 28 farms." 



The same was true of poultry. What- 

 ever was grovm on the farm, it paid and 

 paid well to feed properly and liberally. 



"Not greater total production but 

 greater production to the acre, or the cow, 

 or the hen, was what made pi'ofits. It 

 cost about as much to feed a poor cow, 

 or hen, or to work a poor acre, and the 

 unit cost of the product in this case often 

 ran so high as to exclude profit at present 

 prices." 



M)^'.*'. r^Mriii Itlirenu l*ri>.;e<'ls 



Continurd from paj^c 'i. La>lumii S 

 Loan Bonds of 5* per cent, thereby mak- 

 ing the bonds more marketable. 



24. Used influence to secure needed 

 appropriation for the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



25. Urged development of Muscle 

 Shoals as a possible source of cheaper 

 electric power and fertilizers for farmers. 



26. Urged inclusion in the tariff law 

 of a flexible tarifi^ provision, thereby be- 

 ginning a scientific, economic and non- 

 political tarifl' system. 



27. Worked for the butter standards 

 law which passed Congress and estab- 

 lished an 80 per cent butter standard. 



28. Stood for the passage of the new 

 Capper-Tincher Act placing grain e.x— 

 changes under the supervision of the- U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture for the 

 prevention of injuries speculation in 

 cereal food products. Won in the fight 

 for admission of farmers' cooperative or- 

 ganizations to membership in grain ex- 

 changes. Legality of act fully upheld by 

 Supreme Court. 



29. Fought for the law passed by Con- 

 gress prohibiting the interstate shipment 

 of filled milk, thereby helping protect the 

 dairy industry against adulterations of 

 milk with inferior vegetable oil com- 

 pounds. 



.30. Helped to secuie the passage of 

 a law by Congress limiting immigration 

 to 3 per cent of the foreign-born recorded 

 in the 1920 census, thereby barring hun- 

 dreds of thousands of undesirable aliens. 

 Conducted farm labor supply survey 

 throughout the states. 



Organization and Relations 



31. Through a Department of Rela- 

 tions established and maintained the nec- 



essary points of contact between the na- 

 tional organization and state and county 

 units in matters of program work, or- 

 ganization, member.ship drives, collection 

 and transmittal of dues. Maintained 

 pi'oper relationship between the Farm 

 Bureau and the government extension 

 agents as well as between the Farm Bu- 

 reau and the cooperatives. Held a re- 

 gional organization confeience at Salt 

 Lake City. 



32. Added Tennessee to the National 

 Farm Bureau Federation and through the 

 Department of Relations helped to bring 

 into the state organization many new 

 counties and strengthened old counties. 



Research 



33. Held a national research confer- 

 ence at Chicago to establish closer con- 

 tacts with agencies working on the eco- 

 nomic problems of agriculture. Formed 

 the Mid-West Agricultural Economic 

 Research Council. 



34. Issued regular reports on agricul- 

 tural economics, including agricultural 

 and general business conditions, farm 

 commodity prices, and other statistical 

 data foi' the use of farmers and faimers' 

 organizations. 



Home and Community 



35. Outlined a definite policy thi-ough 

 a special Home and Community Commit- 

 tee to guide the development of women's 

 work in the Farm Bureau which has re- 

 sulted in the appointment of State Chair- 

 men of Home and Community Work in 

 eighteen states of the Union and started 

 more effective cooperation of farm women 

 in the states, counties and communities. 



36. Encouraged Boys' and Girls' Club 

 Work through e.xtension agencies and by 

 cooperating with the National Committee 

 on Boys' and Girls' Club Work. These 

 agencies have secured $900,000 in club 



prizes for boys and girls to stimulate 

 better agricultui-al and farm life condi- 

 tions. 



37. Cooperated with the National 

 Committee on Boys 'and Girls' Club Work 

 that fostered the plan that put two teams 

 of American farm girls for demonstra- 

 tion in canning and consei-vation on a 

 trip through France and other European 

 countries. Have perfected plans for 

 1 200 club champions at International 

 Livestock Exposition in Chicago in De- 

 cember, 1925. 



Publicity 



38. Through a Department of Infor- 

 mation made the farmers' voice articulate 

 in the nation. Established truth-in-pub- 

 licity policy. 



39. Instituted a radio service, broad- 

 casting regularly by wireless the latest 

 agricultural news and views of the day. 



40. Prepared a Farm Bureau Speak- 

 ers' Bureau through which well posted 

 speakers on agriculture are being fur- 

 nished to state and county Farm Bureaus 

 and others. 



41. Published the first volume of the 

 Farm Bureau Bookshelf under the title 

 of "Cooperating Marketing" and sold it 

 to farmers at $1.00 a copy. 



42. Produced eleven photo-plays, built 

 up a farm film library, conducted the 

 largest non-theatrical film distribution in 



j America and showed rural motion pic- 

 tures to an audience totalling more than 

 a million farm people. 

 General 



43. Assisted in the formation of a 

 special committee to further research 

 work on electricity in its relations to agi'i- 

 culture. 



44. Kept up concerted action to do 

 away with the pernicious practices of 

 "Pittsburgh Plus" on steel and steel prod- 

 ucts. 



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ons — . 



That, in round figures, is the sum total of the Eastern States 1923 

 Feed Pool recently conducted. Actually, 91,718.9 tons of four 

 Eastern States Feeds were ordered by 11,297 eastern farmers, for 

 fall and winter delivery. This is the largest single contract of its 

 kind ever placed. 



Open formulae, train-load service, the expectation of good feeds at 

 fair prices, — such were prime factors in the huge volume attained 

 by the Pool. But we fix the responsibility on more than that : 

 on the confidence with which this Exchange is regarded by New 

 England farmers in general, and on their desire to participate in 

 its good work. 



LET'S GET TOGETHER, -NEIGHBOR! 



EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



Co-operative Distributors ot Supplies to Farmers 

 SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS 



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