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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1922
Page
18
A farm diary describes interactions with a county agent who aided co operative livestock shipping plans, dairy herd TB testing, soil analysis, and soil balance advice. The agent also connects farmers with seed, lime stone, and fertilizer suppliers, aids wool and labor logistics, conducts farm record keeping, and promotes community clubs and demonstration projects.
The National Live Stock Producers Association established a farmer owned commission house at East St Louis on January 2 1922, now the leading firm among 55 on the market. A 15 member Farmers Live Stock Marketing Committee appointed by J R Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federation drafted an orderly marketing plan and reported in Chicago November 10 11 1921. On Armistice Day November 11 the plan was accepted and the association incorporated with headquarters in Chicago under President John G Brown. Co operative commission houses are being set up in Chicago Indianapolis Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh and Buffalo with local farm bureaus forming hundreds of livestock shipping associations to move stock to these houses and return patronage dividends. In Omaha St Paul and other markets the system has returned about 50 percent of commission charges to farmers.
The Farm Bureau operates as a true democracy with farmers on the top. members elect officers hire experts and set policies. Referenda guide questions from millions of members and county bureaus shape legislation on credit, tax, roads, waterways, and trade issues.
A speech urges unity within the American Farm Bureau Federation. It stresses that a national chain holds only as strong as its county units and calls for solidarity to win justice for agriculture. The speaker highlights Washington and nationwide influence and ongoing efforts for greater victories.
Mr. Louis Franck, Belgian colonies minister, relayed a tale at the Sorbonne about the Bel gian postal service airships landing in the Congo region. Native observers initially fled, then approached as they recognized the officers in uniform and identified the male and female birds, noting the male landed first and called the female. All food tastes alike at hotel banquets.
A farmer recalls attending demonstrations on poultry care and canning methods that cut feed and canned food costs. He learned to pick roosters, improve grain use, and sell meat and eggs while saving about 50 dollars yearly on canning. The Farm Adviser supported the training, boosting practical skills for the family.
J W Coverdale, secretary of the American Farm Bureau Federation, states the Farm Bureau is a voluntary cooperative focused on the well being of agriculture. It aims to make farm business profitable, farm homes comfortable and attractive, and communities better places to live through organized essential activities beyond individual effort.
The rail workers discuss adopting a bioc system if government support shifts toward alternative methods. No specific dates or agencies are named, but the possibility reflects ongoing labor strategy amid policy debates and potential bargaining leverage.
The piece urges farmers to unite to overcome oppression and build a fairer system. It cites individual acts like hay shipments to St. Louis earning $82.61 after $92.13 in charges, and Nebraska corn selling at 35 cents per bushel plus rail shipping costs to New York. It notes the cost of production at 93 cents per bushel and traces coffee origins from Africa to Brazil via Louis XIV and Martinique.
H. C. McKenzie of New York, tax expert for the American Farm Bureau Federation, shaped policy opposing sales tax and supporting tax reform. A Farm Bureau leader, he helped defeat broader tax schemes, and his career spans farming, lumber and payroll management for 4,000 workers. Born on a Pennsylvania farm, he built a life studying taxation to aid national revenue.
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