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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1919.
FINDING COST
ONFARMS GREAT
AIDTOINDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, June 4. Cost-of-■
production studies are of value to
the individual farmer and at the same I
time are helpful in ascertaining the
economic status of farming as an in
dustry, says the report of the commit
tee appointed by the Secretary of Ag
riculture to consider a plan of or
ganization for the office of farm man
agement and outline the field of op- i
eration, and especially methodes of;
procedure in making cost-of-produc-1
tion studies. j
The primary purpose of cost-of-pro- i
duction studies, says the report, are: j
1. To record the details of the
farm business for reference. i
2. To give an insight into the el-,
ements and interrelations of the dif
ferent farm activities.
3. To furnish information that may
enable the farmer to reduce costs, or
otherwise increase profits.
4- To make possible a comparison j
of the profitableness of the different J
enterprises and combinations of en-,
terprises. i
From the standpoint of the public,
cost-of-production studies provide the
facts which give a basis for intelli
gent judgment upon the probable ef
fects of any given legislation or oth
er public activity upon the farmer as
a producer and as a citizen. Cost-of
production studies are therefore one
of the means of providing the basic
facts needed by legislators and price
commissions in comparing the profits
of competing lines of production and
estimating necessary prices.
Men of ripe experience in various
fields of agricultural research consti
tuted the committee. They are: H. C.
Taylor, Agricultural Economics, Uni
versity of Wisconsin; Andrew Boss,
Agronomy and Farm Management, Un
iverstiy of Minnesota; J. A. Ford, Ag
riculture and Farm Management, Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College; .1, 1.1
Falconer, Rural Ecoaoa.cs. Ohio t
State University; R. L. Adams, Farm
Management, University of California;
G. I. Christie, Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture; and representatives of
the Bureau of Crop Estimates, the Bu-,
reau of Markets, and th J ' dfiee of.
Farm Managemen.: of the Department |
of Agriculture
Three Methods llecagnlM’d
The committee recognizes three
ways of obtaining cost data—cost ac
counting, the survey method and the
questionnaire sent by mail. The ac
counting method is based on complete
records of all farm work and business
transactions. Arrangements are made
with farmers to keep detailed records
of all operations and transactions in
connection with the farm business.
The work is supervised by personal
visits to the farm. It is desirable the
committee says, that cost accounts be
kept to obtain basic data ond cumu
lative results of such work become
increasingly valuaole.
By the survey method trained in
vsetigators obtain the necessary data,
some from the farmer’s books, some
from the books of persons to whom
the farmer sells and from whom he j
buys, some from his bin, silo and
building capacities, and some from
estimates made by the farmer. One of
the advantages if this system is that >
records are obtained from all classes
of farms after the close of the farm
year, so that, when desired, areas I
more representative of normal condi- :
tions may be chosen. The commit!
points out, however, that by the sur- j
vey method, it is sometimes difficult !
io determine the amount of general
expense and miscellaneous labor and
the proper basis for apportioning such
items to the different enterprises, and
that unless the investigator is thro
oughly experienced in the subject he
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is studying, some of importance are
likely to be omitted.
Both Systems are Reliable.
Either method, the committee says,
is .useful and reliable when the work
is carefully conducted, but prefera
bly both should be used. The detailed
cost accounts serve as a check on the
survey work, which in its turn shows
the relationship of the farms on which
cost accounts are kept to the average
farm.
The questionnaire sent by mail can
be used to advantage in securing sup
plementary data from large numbers
of farmers, but, in the opinion of the
committee, it should cover only a
limited number of cost items, and the
questions should be direct and clear.
The specific items to be considered
in cost-of-production studies, the re
port continues, will always depend
upon the enterprise under considera
tion. When the survey method is used
it is essential that the list be com
plete enough so that no item will be
omitted either by the farmer or the in
vestigator. When the acounting meth
od is used a classification is needed
that is broad enough to include all
charges, but the cost items will be, de
veloped in the working out of the rec
ords and will vary with the enterprise.
The following grouping is suggested:
Farm Enterprise Costs.
Direct charges to farm enterprise
accounts:
Labor:
Man labor (including labor of
men, women aid children).
Animal labor.
Mechanical labot (tractor and
truck).
Materials:
Crop material.
Seed.
Fertilizer.
Twine.
Sprays.
Stock materials:
Feed.
Bedding.
Cash:
Selling.
Insurance .
Taxes.
Threshing.
Veterinary.
Breeding fees.
Investment:
Depreciation of investment in live
stock.
Interest on investment in live
stock.
Indirect charges to farm enterprise
accounts: (Consiting of labor, ma
terial, cash and investment costs that
cannot be charged as such to enter
prise accounts, but which may be as
sembled under definite headings and
distributed on the basis of use).
Use of Mechanical Equipment:
Labor, materials, cash, and in
vestment charges pertaining to
mechanical equipment.
Use of Buildings (and similar im
provements).
Labor, materials, cash and in
vestment charges pertaining to
buildings.
Special Charges:
Manure, lim, eerbegidn S’H HR
Manure, lime, breeding males,
perennial crops.
General Expenses or Overhead:
Labor, materials, cash and invest
ment charges that cannot be
charged direct or assembled un
der the other indirect cost head
ings.
Benefits Individual and Public.
The benefits of cost of production
studies, the report, says, accrue both
to the individual farmer and to the
public. From the standpoint of the
individual farmer, the primary pur
poses are to record the details of the
farm business for reference, to give
an insight into the elements and inter
relations of the different farm activi
ties, to furnish information that many
enable the farmer to reduce costs or
otherwise increase profits, and to make
possible a comparison of the profita
bleness of the different enterprises and
combinations of enterprises. The re
cords secured are of fundamental im
portance to the whole prograon of agri
cultural research and education, be-
PATENT OFFICE
ASKS PEOPLE TO
FORCE RELIEF
WASHINGTON, June 4—The Patent
Office society is calling attention to
the fact that the patent office has been
unable to obtain adequate appropria
tions from congress for its most ur
gent necessities; that inventors have
paid in fees a sum sufficient to have
the work of exariiination done prompt
ly and done thoroughly; and that while
everybody agrees that this money
should be used for that purpose, nev
ertheless it has not been so used, to
the great distress of the inventors of
the country.
Thomas Ewing, commissioner of pat
ents during President Wilson’s first
term, describes the situation as fol
lows: “The patent office through the
ordinary channels is not able to influ
ence congress to give it proper facili
ties. Only influence from the outside
* * * influence that is entirely proper
and legitimate, of people who are in
terested in having the thing done right,
can bring effective pressure to bear
upon congress.”
An earnest movement is now on foot
to remedy conditions. The patent com
mittee of the National Research coun
cil has proposed certain legislation
that will increase the efficiency of the
patent office in the handling of all
matters pertaining to inventions and
patents, facilitatting quick and- more
thorough research, prompt determina
tion of the rights of inventors, and
avoidance of unnecessary litigation in
the courts. The patent committee is
composed of some of the leading in
ventors, scientists, engineers and pat
ent attorneys of the country, and Its
recommendations are entitled to full
acceptance and general support.
The patent committee proposes a
program of but four features believed
to be of fundamental importance: (1)
The establishment of a single court of
patent appeals to take over the appel
late jurisdiction now lodged in the
nine independent circuit courts of ap
peals; (2) The establishment of the
patent office as a separate institution
independent of the department of the
interior; (3) An increase in the per
sonnel of the patent office to enable it
to render prompt and efficient service
and an increase in the salaries to ap
proximate those paid in outside patent
work so that qualified examiners may
be kept in the public service; (4) A
change in the law relating to damages
in infringementt suits to answer one
of the most common and strongest re
proaches against the patent system,
namely, that a patent does not ordin
arily pay the inventor any money.
The examining force, the clerical
force, the working space, office equip
cause they furnish the data for analyz
ing the farm business. The results of
such studies on a number of farms
where a given type of farming is prac
ticed are useful not only to the farm
ers on whose farms the results are ob
tained, but are of value in showing
other farmers how to improve their
methods.
From the standpoint of the public,
says the report, cost-of-production
studies provide the facts which give a
basis for intelligent judgment upon the
probable effects of any given legisla
tion or other public aAivity upon the
farmer as a producer and as a citizen.
Wholesome Food Keeps
the Children Well
A mother writes:
“We always use Royal Baking Powder because
we know when we use it we are not using
anything injurious.”
Prudent mothers avoid cheap baking powders because
they frequently contain alum, a mineral acid. No mat- 1
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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
Bad Peaches Soiling
Mail Reaching Here
Peach growers living elsewhere are
taking advantage of parcel post for
shipping fruit, to the worry of local
post office officials and the damaging
es in an overripe condition recently
of other mail. According to Postmaster
Davenport, several packages of peach
have been received in the mails here,
from contact with which other mail
has eben soiled or damaged.
Peaches are mailable under the pos
tal regulations, but it is up to the
receiving office to determine whether
they ar eproperly packed. Care is
used here, Mr. Daxenport says, to
make sure that the fruit is in condi
tion to reach the point of delivery
without going bad. One of the chief
causes of trouble with fruit in the
mails is said to be the tendency of
some shippers to enclose in in tight
packoges instead of leaving space for
the circulation of air. Little trouble
is experienced with crated fruit to all
sides of which air is admitted.
ment, the library and other facilities
are alleged to be totally inadequate for
prompt and thorough work, although
an unused fund of fees amounting to
nearly eight and one-quarter millions
has been allowed to pule up in the
treasury.
It is asserted that the failure of con
gress to provide facilities for granting
patents that really protect is due to
the fact that the situation has not been
particularly brought to its attention.
Editors, inventors, manufacturers and
others are urged to request their rep
resentatives in both branches of con
gress to support the meritorious bills
of the patent committee of the Na
tional Research council.
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student has his own collection, while
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complete one. The boys and girls are
a great deal more devoted to their
studies with such novel text books to
attract and interest them than they
would be with just common pink and
blue maps.
SATURDAY, MAY 24TH,
COTTON WAS 32% CENTS
TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT
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ALBANY EXPECTS
BIG MEETING FOR
ROUTE
ALBANY, June 4.—The Chanber of
Commerce is expecting a large <t enh
ance of the meet of the FloridalSliort
Line association here Thursday |r the
meeting it has called to discup the
route south of Columbus of thiipro
posed highway from the Great lakes
to Florida. The meeting will be hid in
the court house, beginning at 2 oilock
in the afternoon.
Invitations have been sent to Ibul
trie, Cairo, Dawson, Americus, Ich
land, Valdosta, Camilla, Thomastlle,
Quitman and Pelham in Georgiaand
Lake City, Jasper, Monticello, Adi
son and Live Oak in Florida, astag
that large delegations from the ctn
ties in which those are located be s»t.
The officers of the association wilbe
here.
The meeting here will take no fill
action on the proposed southern leaf
the highway, but it is likely that pljs i
will be perfected for a 1
tour to be conducted over the differs
routes suggested. The chamber of coi
merce has tentative plans for a tour
be made about June 27, leaving Albat
one day and returning the next. T1
trip into Florida would be by one rou ■
and the return by another.
The temporary route for the entir
highway will be announced at a meet
ing of the association to be held in An
niston, Ala., July 15, and it is import
ant that all preliminary details be dis
posed of in advance.
TO PAINT STTEL BRIDGES.
All of the steel bridges in the county
are to have a new coat of paint to
protect them from the weather and
from rusting, by order of the board
•f county commissioners. The work
will be done under the supervision of ,
J. W. Lassiter, road superintendent,
and is expected to begin shortly.
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Americus Women Have Learned The
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and Aches.
Many women have come to know that
sex isn't the reason for all backaches,
dizzy headaches and urinary disorders.
Men have these troubles, too, and often
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AND MASTER PIANIST
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Power" En ® r »y. .
rower ana Endurance 'X.
Dr. Kenneth JCMacAipine, for 16 Years
Adjunct Professor New York Po.t
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Strength and Bloodl
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Can Prescribe. j
Ignace Jan Paderewski, one of v
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bulliyan, formerly physician of Bellevue
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build up strength end energy.
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indispensahie t 0 the blood 1 ™ if r , tn‘t2
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fi .e.grain tablets of ordinary Nuxated Iron
t,r 2!‘’ p " dly ' ifter ntcals. for two
Tt "T ynur strength again and
nee how rtiuch you have gained.
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make them black, nor upeei Z
refund *® • wrT pnrekaeeror thee wffl
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