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Fanners! Here Is Your Own 
Borrowing and Investing System 
T HROUGH the twelve Federal Land Banks, farmers own 
and operate a huge national co-operative borrowing and 
investing business. Already, these Banks have resources of 
over $880,000,000! They are supported by more than 4,500 
local National Farm Loan Associations with a membership of 
nearly 300,000 farmers. 
After paying the costs of operation and setting aside neces¬ 
sary reserves, all profits are returned to the borrowing farmers 
through their local associations. To date, over $7,000,000 has 
been paid as dividends. 
A Federal Land Bank mortgage need never fall due. It is gradually 
retired by the semi-annual payment of a uniform sum, equal to the in¬ 
terest on the amount borrowed plus ^ of l°fo of the loan. For example, 
the farmer with a mortgage of $1,000 at 6% pay6 $35 every six months. 
This includes the interest and a payment on the principal s uffici ent to 
cancel the loan in about 33 years. 
When You Have Money To Invest 
Every farm family should support their co-operative Farm Loan System 
by investing in Federal Land Bank Bonds. This can be started with a single 
Bond—$40, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 or $10,000—and increased as me 
money can be spared. TheSe bonds are safe. No investor in them has ever 
lost a dollar. They are free from all taxes, except inheritance taxes. This 
applies to both principal and interest. 
Should you need money quickly, these Bonds command a ready market, 
or your banker will accept them as security for a loan. 
You can buy these Bonds from any Federal Land Bank or from the 
Fiscal Agent at Washington, D. C. The Bonds will be sent by registered 
mail. All correspondence confidentiaL Remember that the words “The 
Federal Land Bank” appear at the top of every Bond issued by a Federal 
Land Bank. 
Write today for “Federal Farm Loan Board Circular No. 16.** It’s free. 
If you desire a Federal Farm Loan, apply to the Secretary-Treasurer 
of the nearest National Farm Loan Association* Ask your County Agent 
for his address. 
The Federal Land Banks are located at 
Springfield, Mass. 
New Orleans, La. 
Wichita, Kansas 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Berkeley, Cal. 
Omaha,Nebr. 
Louisville, Ky. 
St. Paul, Minn. 
Baltimore,Md. 
Columbia, S. C. 
Houston, Texas 
Spokane,Wash. 
Fiscal Agent 
Federal Land Banks 
Washington, D. C* 
STRAWBERRIES FOR PROFIT 
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to select and prepare the land, how and when to set the plants, 
how to cultivate, what varieties to use, and where to obtain good 
dependable true-to-name plants, at a reasonable price. 
Strawberries are crown chiefly because tier yield each large endear e prefits 
bat they else are the first crop to bring in money in the Spring. The big las. 
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TREES, PLANTS, SHRUBS 
American Agriculturist, February 16,1934 
Among the Farmers 
G. L. F. Elects Officers—State Grange Meets 
npHE Fourth Annual Meeting of the 
1 Cooperative Grange League Federa¬ 
tion Exchange, Inc., was held in Buffalo 
Monday, February 4th, preceding the 
annual sessions of the New York State 
Grange. 
Reports of the management showed 
a volume of business twice that of a year 
ago. The large farmer-owned feed mill, 
owned and operated by G. L. F. share¬ 
holders, was visited by many, who wanted 
to see how their own feed Was manu¬ 
factured. 
The following directors were nominated 
and elected by shareholders. From the 
New York State Grange: R. C. Hitchings, 
Syracuse; George Kirkland, Dewittville; 
E. J. Walrath, Evans Mills. From the 
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Associa¬ 
tion: Henry Burden, Cazenovia; Niles F. 
Webb, Cortland; Harry Bull, Campbell 
Hall. From the New York State Farm 
Bureau Federation: M. C. Burritt, Hil¬ 
ton; A. L. Smith, DeRuyter; Fred C. 
Porter, Crown Point. 
Officers elected by the directors are: 
President, Niles F. Webb; Vice President, 
Henry Burden; Secretary - Treasurer, 
R. C. Hitchings. The executive commit¬ 
tee for 1924 is Niles F. Webb, Chairman; 
Harry Bull, George Kirkland, Arthur 
L. Smith. 
STRIVINGS ELECTED MASTER 
NEW YORK STATE GRANGE 
AS we go to press, a long distance 
1 * ’phone message has been received 
from Buffalo, where the New York State 
Grange is in annual session, stating that 
the meeting had endorsed the following 
principles in the Rural School Bill; Im¬ 
provement of our rural schools, larger tax 
units, more State aid, consolidation only 
by a majority vote of the people in the 
district affected. Next week’s issue will 
carry the full story. 
Representing 135,988 grangers, 790 
voting delegates attended the 51st annual 
session. Lower taxes, less legislation and 
the rural school bill seem to hold the 
most interest in the informal discussions 
that take place between sessions. 
An unusually large class took the sixth 
degree. The initiation work was very 
impressive, much credit being due Ray¬ 
mond C. Hitchings of Onondaga County 
and his assistants who had charge of this 
work. 
The entire list of officers were elected 
on the first ballot which speaks for the 
splendid harmony that exists. The 
officers elected are: 
Worthy Master, S. L. Strivings, Castile, 
Worthy Overseer, Fred J. Freestone, 
Interlaken; Worthy Lecturer, Ray¬ 
mond Cooper, Oswego County; Worthy 
Steward, Fred D. Rumsey, Newfield, 
Tompkins County; Worthy Ass’t. Stew¬ 
ard, Olin B. Lawton, Oneida County; 
Worthy Chaplain, Charles H. Dayton, 
Genesee County; Worthy Treasurer, 
John Reis Hamburg, Erie County; 
Worthy Secretary, F. J. Rilay Sennett, 
Cayuga County; Worthy Gatekeeper, 
J. C. Corwith, Suffolk County; Worthy 
Flora, Mrs. W. D. Auchter, Monroe 
County; Worthy Pomona, Mrs. Helen 
McGregor, St. Lawrence County; Worthy 
Ceres, Mrs. Olin M. Clark, Orleans 
County; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. 
Charles H. Pratt, Wayne County; Mem¬ 
ber Executive Committee, H. D. Seeley, 
Orange County. 
NEW YORK COUNTY NOTES 
Rensselaer County.—On the morning 
of the 27th of January the thermometer 
registered 20 degrees below zero and on 
the 28th it was 10 below. This is the 
coldest winter we have had this year. 
Farmers are busy filling their ice houses. 
The ice is of excellent quality and about 
10 inches thick. Strictly fresh eggs are 
bringing 42c a dozen. Farmers in this 
section are buying their dairy grains 
from Illinois delivered here at $47.50 a 
ton in carlots. There has been no sleigh¬ 
ing in this section so far this year. Autos 
have had no trouble to keep running. 
The side roads have been a little rough 
but autos do not seem to mind it. Coal 
is $14.50 at the bin and sawed wood $10 
to $12 a core. Dressed pork 13 to 15 per 
hundred; calves-12 to 14c live weight; 
bran $2 a hundred pounds, corn $1.20 
a bushel, oats 65c.—C. H. Y. 
Delaware County.—The ice harvest 
is begun. Ice is of very fine quality. The 
R. A. Bowers company paid $2.60 for 
3% milk for December. The Dairy¬ 
men’s League Cooperative Association 
has purchased a site at Delhi and will 
erect a plant in the spring to take care of 
the fluid milk. “League” milk is now be¬ 
ing taken by truck to the Bordens 
Creamery at Hamden. Eggs are bringing 
from 38 to 40 cents a dozen at the local 
markets. Potatoes have been selling as 
high as $1 a bushel to private trade. The 
stores seems to be well supplied with 
them. Out of consideration for the low 
price of milk, feed dealers are advertising 
a reduction of $2 a ton on feed.—E. M. N. 
Suffolk County.—Wood sawing and 
chopping is the order of the day just now. 
Our principle cash crops here are potatoes 
and cauliflower and it is no secret that 
good profits were realized by the growers 
here last season. Judging from quantities 
of fertilizers and seeds coming in, farmers 
are planning to go strong again on these 
crops in 1924. Many potatoes are still 
held in storage cellars. The price remains 
fair with a similar demand. Farmers are 
optimistic in spite of high taxes and 
scarcity of farm help. They are turning 
to the use of tractors and more modem 
machinery to overcome the help prob¬ 
lem.—L. J. O. 
ALONG THE SOUTHERN TIER 
Up to the first of February there has 
been no snow to make sleighing. The 
stone roads make it difficult to keep 
horses shod. They grind the calks off the 
first day after they have been sharpened. 
Scarcely any lumbering at all has been 
done so far. A few logs have been cut, 
but they mostly lie in the woods Awaiting 
the coming of snow. 
A great deal of hay has moved out of 
this section lately. Not a great deal is 
left. A few have their last season’s crop 
pressed and in the barn waiting for prices 
to advance. The local price is from $20 
to $22 a ton. Straw holds at about $16, 
with slow offerings. 
Repeated freezings and thawings have 
thrown, the strawberry plants out in 
many fields. It is hoped, however, that 
this may put an end to thousands of 
grubs which were unusually numerous 
last year. 
Many farmers are taking hope from the 
purchase by the Dairymen’s League 
Cooperative Association of a large num¬ 
ber of plants, some of which are located in 
this vicinity. We hope they will not be 
disappointed. If the move should not 
turn out well it would prove just about 
th£ last straw to break the camel’s back. 
The Memorial Bridge across the 
Chenango river at the confluence of the 
Susquehanna and Chenango rivers at 
Binghamton is progressing well, work 
having proceeded thus far all winter. 
When completed this will give more direct 
entrance to the city from all points to 
the westward, and farmers look forward 
to its completion with interest. 
The public market in Binghamton is 
to be covered before the opening this 
coming season. 
Gray’s Crossing a few miles west of 
Johnson City, a danger point on the Erie 
R. R., is to be eliminated this year by 
the construction of a piece of new road 
just south of the car lines from Westover 
to the above mentioned crossing.—E.L.Y 
