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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
American Farm Bureau
Shows Progress in Work
Os Organizing New Units
Decision to employ additional as
sistance to push organization and
financial matters, authorization of a
conference to be called to consider
dairy marketing problems, the adop
tion of a program of work for the
bureau of economics and research,
the appointment of a committee to
■work out further details of proposed
packer legislation, nppointmenb of
a committee to,, work with the ex
tension service of the United States
department of agriculture in the
shaping of policies, discussion of ru
ral credits measures, consideration
of possible remedies for the wool,
cotton and grain market situation
and a definition of the federation’s
attitude toward commercial activi
ties were the outstanding features
of the meeting of the executive com
mittee of the American Farm Bu
reau Federation, held at Chicago,
October 13 and 14.
The resolution passed at the re
cent meeting of the mid-west states
requesting the enlargement of the
wool committee was approved and
the president authorized to appoint
a man • from each wool producing
Those appointed on the committee
to confer with the extension service
in the shaping of policies are H. E.
Freehold, N. J.; James W.
Morton, Athens, Ga., and C. E. Gun
nels, Chicago.
The committee to consider packer
legislation includes J. R. Howard,
Gray Silver and Howard Leonard.
A matter of much importance was
the adoption of a motion defining the
attitude of the American Farm Bu
reau Federation toward the commer
cial activities of the county: and
state organizations as follows: “The
farm bureau, as an organization,
shall not engage in commercial ac
tivities, nor shall it hold stocks or
bonds in organizations undertaking
such activities. It may encourage,
however, the organization of such
activities or industries as may seem
necessary and advisable to the board
of directors.”
Brief addresses were given before
the committee by Mr. C. A. Burton,
chairman of the American Commis
sion for Austrian Relief, by Mr. Milo
D. Campbell, of Michigan, by Aaron
Sapiro, and by Mr. Über, of New
York City. Mr. Burton proposed a
plan for the transfer of American
wool and cotton to Austria and Ger
many to be made up into cloth and
enough cloth returned to this coun
try to pay for the wool supplied.
This would be equivalent to the re
turn of about 29 per cent of the
wool Mr. Burton said. This was re
ferred to the wool committee.
Mr Campbell asked for the co
operation of the American Farm Bu
reau Federation in organizing milk
producers’ associations in unorgan
ized territory. The committee ex
pressed its entire approval of this
idea and offered to extend its serv
ices where needed for this purpose.
The president was authorized to call
a conference to consider the market
ing of dairy products as soon as con
venient.
Mr. Sapiro discussed at some
length the existing situation with
reference to the proposed campaign
for a protective tariff on a variety of
farm products. Mr. Sapiro pointed
out the dangers of treating this
problem as a sectional matter and
emphasized the necessity for a unit
ed effort and a well-planned cam
paign of any really effective tariff
legislation is to be written on the
statute books. Mr. Sapiro’s ideas on
this subject are in entire accord
with those outlined by the legisla
tive office of the federation and will
be put into effect as full yas present
equipment and. circumstances will
allow.
Gray Silver presented a paper dis
cussing the banking and credit situa,-
tion as affecting the farmer and set
forth the details *of proposed reme
dies, including a rural credits bill
distinctly different from any of those
now pending. This rural credit plan
utilizes the present federal farm loan
machinery and is apparently a sim
ple, inexpensive and efficient solution
of the rural credits problem.
One of the most interesting fea
tures of the meeting was the sum
mary of organization and member
ship activities reported by Secretary
J. W. Coverdale, and supplemented
by members *from several states. Mr.
Coverdale showed that since the lat
ter part of July state organizations
have been formed in Rhode Island,
Virginia, Texas and Florida and that
in North Carolina, Arkansas and
North Dakota matters have pro
gressed to the point that state organi
zations will be formed very soon.
Owing to local conditions, Oklahoma
has definitely decided not to put on
a membership drive at present. In
Wisconsin the Equity Union has
practically completed arrangements
to affilftite with the farm bureau.
Membership campaigns are on in a
large number of states and are in
creasing in both number and intensi
ty as the winter approaches. There
has been a very noticeable trend in
recent months to make the member
ship fee not less than $5, and $lO
is ths popular figure.
The New England states are put
ting oq a drive at the ?10 rate and
Mr. Cornwall, of Vermont, reports
that in hie state* Addison county -Is
showing am 85 per cent membership
of all the farmers of the county.
Waco .county, Texas, expects 4,000
members on a $lO basis. Four Texas
counties already have a total mem
bership of over 5,000 and campaigns
are starting in seven more counties
soon. They expect a total member
ship of 10,000 by November 1.
Dr. Bradford Knapp is assisting in
the organization of farm bureaus in
Arkansas. Five counties are already
organized and a state organization
will soon be effected.
Nebraska opens a state member
ship campaign on October 18.
Active membership drives are on
in Minnesota and South Dakota, as
well as in all the older federated
states. Illinois now reports a mem
bership of 100,870. Michigan reports
84,000, lowa is out after an additional
20,000, which would bring their total
up to 138,000.
President Howard announced, that
on the nomination of the federation.
Mr. Harvey J. Sconce, of Sidell, 111.,
and W. S. Hill, of Mitchell, S. D., had
been appointed delegates of the
United States government to the bi
ennial assembly of the International
Institute of Agriculture at Rome,
Italy. Mr. Sconce sailed from New
York October 9. but an accident to
one of the members of Mr. Hill’s
family will prevent his attendance.
Mr. Howard stated that he had
been requested by the Vegetable
Growers' Association of America to
call a conference to consider vegeta
ble marketing problems along lines
similar # to the conferences already
held for live stock and grain grow
ers. October 22 and 23 has been set
for such a meeting to be held at Co
lumbus, Ohio. Mr. C. W. Waid, sec
retary of the Vegetable Growers’ As
sociation of America, was designated
the representative of the American
Farm Bureau Federation to handle
matters relating to vegetable produc
tion and marketing under the direc
tion of the president. 4
Arrangements for the annual meet
ing at Indianapolis, December 6,7
and 8, were worked out and commit
tees on resolutions, credentials,
amendments and program were .au
thorized.
The various states are reouested
to prepare and send into the Chicago
office at once all resolutions which
they would like to have presented at
the annual meeting.
Alabama to Report
Condition of Cotton
MONTGOMERY. Ala.—F. W. Gist,
lagrictiltural statistician for Ala
nama, has anounced ihat the service
in Alabama in co-operation with
other states will issue another bul
letin on the cottOn condition the lat
ter part of this month or 4he first
part of November. It is unusual
■ for a condition bulletin to be issued
this late in the .season, but such gen
eral interest is .being shown in cot
ton and the movement of cotton now
it was thought advisable to issue
the supplemental statement.
The bulletin will show the condi
tion of the cotton crop October 25
including the jlbrcentage of the total
cron pickeq at hat time. Crop re
porters have already been requested
to prepare this information as of
October 2g.
THE CHAMPIONS IN THE EXHIBIT OF THE GEORGIA PIG CLUBS at the Southeastern fair.
The upper picture shows the grand champion sow, all breeds, in the Pig club competition, owned by
James Morton, a Clarke county boy, who is one of the most enthusiastic members of the organization.
Jay’s Big Type Beauty is the animal’s name, while the other sow, winner of second prize, is Jay’s
Big Type Model, owned by William R. Morton, younger brother of the grand champion’s owner.
The two boys are standing behind their pigs. The lower picture shows the state champion boar
in the Pig club competition, owned by J. F. Holden, Jr., of Fannin county. It is a Duroc and
weighs 515 pounds—an excellent showing for an under-year pig.—Staff photo by Winn.
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Wise Pdtato Grower
Will Study Market
Before Selling Crop
Whether to dispose of his potato
crop direct from the fields or to
hold it for possible later increase
in prices, is a problem which con
fronts the farmer every fall. On
the one hand is the buyer offering
figures based on tlfe quantity and
other conditions of the market, the
tightness of money, and a number of
related conditions which may depress
the price. On the other, he is con-1
fronted with the expense of storing,
the shrinkage in volume, possibility
of rot, and the uncertainty of the
number of bushels of potatoes which
will be carried over by f.arrfiers
throughout the U. S. to be thrown
into the market during the winter.
It is a problem that has to be
decided, because the crop is there. It
is a problem that the farmer must
decide for himself.
Lowest in October
Prices naturally are lowest in Oc
tober, when the crop is just out of
the ground. A study recently made
by the bureau of markets of the
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This diagram shows the range o£ form prices for potatoes by
the month for ten years.
United States department of agricul
ture, covering the last ten years,
shows that the average price rises
very slightly until the first of Jan
uary, and then more rapidly until
the first of March’, another sharp
advance taking place between V.pril
planting season and June.
These are only averages, however,
and may be varied by many condi
tions which the farmer has to study
largely for himself. Reasoning about
future prices is usually difficult at
the present time.
A study of the general tendencies
of the market, whether up .or down,
must be based on facts perraining to
the country as a whole. 'The supply
may be less than usual in a certain
county, but if the total crop is large
the size of this total cijpp will have
a tendency to. lower prices even in
this county of short production.
Brices in that county' may be high,
but they will not be so high as they
would have been ,'if the total produc
tion of the country had not been so
large. That is, the conclusions
dawn from the broad and general
information may be modified by lo
cal conditions in each section, but
it remains true that eah of these
sections will be influenced by the
up and down tendencies which move
over the country as : a whole. A
grower should know the general sit
uation in order to make proper al
lowances for local conditions, and
he should not only study the potato
market but should consider the size
of the sweet potato and other food
crops which may influence the de
mand and consumption of white po
tatoes. He must watch, too, the
trend of general prices, especially
food prices.. If general prices should
fall devidedly, then the price of po
tatoes might be carried lower than
Sale of Produce
Direct to Users
Pays in New York
» Despite the fall slump z in produce
prices, a number of farmers in the
vicinity of New Y’ortf'are receiving
higher prices for their produce than
ever before.
One of the farmers located 20
miles from New York on a main
highway has. written Secretary of
Agriculture Meredith urging him to
encourage roadside selling- of farm
produce direct to consumers at the
farm. This farmer stated that he
had disposed of practically all of his
fruits and vegetables in this way.
people coming frorh quite a distance
the year’s production would war
rant.
The accompanying chart shows the
farm prices of potatoes, averaged for
all sections of the country on the
first of each month from October,
1910 to September, 1920. In this
table a comparison of the December
andj-the following March prices shows
that in 1917 and 1918 the March
prices were lower than the Decem
ber prices, and in 1912 and 1914 they
I were slightly higher, although al^ 1
lowirig for shrinkage and other loss
es of storage, lhey really yielded a
smaller return.’•That is, in all years
having a production of more than
400,000,000 bushels, the March price
was either lower than the December
price,- or the increase was negligible.
When the production has been less
than 375,000,000 bushels, the price
has tended-to increase as the season
advanced. The farmer may judge
for himself whether the same fac
tors will apply to the present year’s
crop, which is estimated at 13,000,-
000 bushels by the bureau of crop
estimates, and he may apply his own
conclusions in deciding when to sell
his potatoes.
In comparing th<nwices of one year
with those of another, allowance
must be made for the rapid decrease
during the last few years in the
purchasing price of the dollar. For
instance, $1.61 per bushel in 1919
and 80 cents per bushel in 1911 does
not mean that potatoes were twice
as valuable at the later date. The
increase in price may have had noth
ing to do with the potato business.
It may have come from the general
rise which increased the price of
wheat, clothing and machinery, as
well as potatoes. The effects of the
general increase in prices must be
eliminated from the calculation.
Potato Exports Small
Before attempting to analyze the
relations between the figures of pro
duction and stocks on the one hand
and prices on the other, .it should be
mentioned that potatoes are not ex
ported to any great extent, seldom
more than 1 per cent of the crop be
ing carried out of the country.
Neither are potatoes carried over
from one season to another, as is
the case with some crops. That is,
the potato crop is practically all
consumed in this courftry and each |
season’s crop is a separate problem
in itself.
This is one of the large potato
years, and the way in which the
question of time of marketing is set
tled by the individual farmer means
an immense sum of money in the
gross returns from one of the na
tion’s leading crops. The wise grow
er will study every phase of condi
tions, and will utilize the aids which
are furnished by the crop and market
reports of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
to make purchases. “Everything ex
cept some corn was sold right at-, the
gate,” he wrote, “and at better than
city prices in many instances. The
consumers have received their fruit
and vegetables absolutely fresh and
there have been no middlemen to ab
sorb part of the profits.”
There are. hundreds of individual
roadside markets throughout the
country that are achieving similar
success, say specialists of the Bu
reau of Markets. United States De
partment of Agriculture. Os course,
it could not be recommended that
farmers abandon their regular mar
keting channels to take up' this plan
of marketing, but there are many in- I
stances where' farmers located near
consuming centers and*on main high- ,
ways over which there is some vol- ,
ume of traffic might dispose of con |
siderable produce by displaying at j
their containing a list of i<
the articles they have for sale. !•
Disinfect Potato House
Is Advice Given at
Experiment Station
EY B. B. UIGGIITS
Eotamist, Georgia Experiment
Station
If the dust remaining in the po
tato house after the potatoes are
removed in the spring is examined,
it is found to contain million of fun
gous spores and bacteria. The
fungous spores most abundant are
those of Pencillium, Rhizopus, Fusa
rium, and such other forms a s pro
duce potato rots. Such spores are
produced in great on de
caying potatoes in the bins a n d are
carried by air currents into the
cracks and crevics of the bins and
of the walls of the house; and the
great majority of them remain alive,
though dormant, in the dry dust for
a long time. A sample of dust
which was fiaken from the floor of a
potato house and examined in Oc
tober showed nearly a billion or
ganisms. per gram of dust.
If allowed to remain alive in the
house, many will be dislodged and
will fall on the potatoes as they are
being stored and will be in position
to germinate and enter the potato
during, the first few days of the
curing process when \ moisture is (
most abundant. It is therefore
necessary to take special precau
tionse to clean and disinfect the
house.
Several methods of’ treatment are
in vogue? The surface of the walls
and floor may be disinfected by
spraping with strong Bordeaux
mixture or with a strong lime-sul
phur solution; but it is usually not
possible to kill all the organism in
the cracks and under the bins with
these solutions. The most satis
factory disinfectant so far tested- is
formaldehyde gas. Being a gas. it
penetrates the crevies where <me
could not reach with an ordinary
liquid spray. The gas is much more
effective, however, when the walls
of the house and the bacteria-laden
dust is moist. Tests at the Geor
gia Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion have shown that dry fumiga
tion, as often recommended, is not
an efficient method of disinfection.
Formaldehyde may be purchased
from the druggists under the trade
name of formalin. This is a 40 per
cent solution of the gas in water
from which the gas m&y be set free
by heat or by addition of perman
ganate of potash. At present the
permanganate of potash is very ex
pensive; and it will be found much
more economical to use heat.
Under the present conditions, the
following method is recommended:
1. Remove all dirt and trash
from the house.
2. Moisten the walls and floor
thoroughly by spraying with water
and then close the house for six to
twelve hours.
3. Estimate the number of cubic
feet of air space in the house and
use three pints of formalin to each
thousand cubic feet. Place the
formalin in two or three shallow
pans and set each pan over a large
oil lamp or other burner with fuel
sufficient to keep the liquid boiling
two or three hours.
4. Close the doors and ventilators
tightly and keep closed for forty
eight hours, after which the house
may be opened Ylnd aired out.
Registry of Fertilizer
Required in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Aid. Fertilizer
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the state agricultural department
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be sold in Alabama next year must
be registered before November 30.
Only twenty-five brands have been
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1920.
Annual Depredation of
Foreign Insect Pests
Total $500,000,000
In discovering America, Columbus
not only opened up a vast new home
for man, but for insect pests of cul
tivated crops and domestic animals
as well. Fully 100 of these foreign
ers have made their way to Ameri
can shores, and incidentally to Amer
ican gardens and fields up to the
present. They have mulitplied so
that today their destruction of or
chards, garden and farm crops is es
timated approximately at ’5500,000,-
000 a year—more than $1,000,000 a
day. Their havoc would hs much
more than this were it r’x for the
quarantines and cofitrol work con
ducted by the Unite*! States depart
ment of agricultu’d through its bu
reau of entomology and its federal
horticultural board. *
Onl-Jt Few Native Pests
that attack cultivated crops and cut
into the profits of the American
farmers severely, there are relative
ly few of the more important ones
that are native to the United
States. Like many other bane
ful things, insect pests and diseases
have followed the course of civili
sation. They are carried in many
ways frtrfn one country to anoth
er, and it is the work of the depart
ment of agriculture to guard the
United States against their entry and
to prevent their spread once jthey
make their appearance here.
While many of the pests have come
from European countries, Asia has
contributed its share of them. Prom
inent among these for its destruc
tive activities is the San Jose scale,
which made its first appearance in
the United States 40 or 50 years ago,
having made its way here from
China. It became widespread
throughout the United States in the
late nineties, and at the present
time there is practically not a com
mercial deciduous orchard in this
country that does not have to be
sprayed once a year to control this
pest.
Some idea of the burden which this
insect puts upon the orchardists of
the United States can be had when
it is realized that the expenditures
for apparatus and spraying amount
to approximately $10,000,000 annu
ally In addition to this are the
losses that the insect causes in spite
of this control treatment, and they
are very large, especially in small
orchards and household plantings,
where spraying is not commonly
practiced. This Insect alone un
doubtedly has cost this country dur
ing its presence here upwards of
$100,000,000. u
The oriental peach moth, which
gained entry in 1912 with imported
oriental cherry trees from Japan, has
just begun its spread and depreda
tion. It affects practically all de
ciduous fruits and bids fair to be as
destructive as the well-known cod
ling moth, the cause of wormy ap
ples.
The Japanese beetle, brought in
about the same time as the peach
moth, has already gained such firm
foothold that, in view of its habits
and prolonged flight, it is probably
incapable of extermination and may
ultimately overspread the United
States. It attacks not only practi
cally, all fruits but also many garden
vegetables and corn. Attempts to
check the spread of this pest are
being made by means of federal ana
local quarantines, particularly in
New Jersey. Under this quarantine
the government maintains a super
vision over the movement of articles
likely to carry the pest from infested
areas to other sections of the coun
try. Another foreign pest in com
paratively recent years which has
made its appearance in this country
is the European corn borer. Infes
tations have been discovered in sev
eral eastern stated and local quaran
tines by the federal horticultural
board have been instituted to pre
vent its spread to the corn belt. Re
cently heavy infestations were dis
covered in Canada, presenting a
more immediate menace to the corn
belt. Specialists of the department
are now considering steps for guard
ing against this new source of dan
ger.
Posts from Mexico
JTexico has contributed its share
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Mississippi Farmers
Form Corporation
For Cotton Exports
MONTGOMERY, Ala. —(Special)—
Farmers of Mississippi have organ
ized an export corporation and are
determined to export their low
grade cotton to Germany, accord
ing to a letter received by the Ala
bama department of agriculture
from the Missisippi department. The
corporation has a plan whereby it
will send the cotton to Germany for
manufacture into cotton goods, the
farmers to collect their money for
the cotton when the goods are sold
by the manufacturers.
It is claimed that a bale of low
grade cotton can be transported to
Germany for forty dollars and that
after all expenses have been paid
the farmers can make a reasonable
profit on the transaction.
Leaf Tobacco Statistics
Statistics relating to tobacco col
lected by various branches of the
United States government, including
the census, internal revenue and bu
reau of crop estimates have been as
sembled and published by the bureau
of thdl census, as Bulletin 143. It
may be had from the superintendent
of documents, Washington, D. C., for
10 cents.
of Insect pests that are now estab
lished in this country to the de
struction of American crops. Chief
among these are the boll weevil, the
pink bollworm, and the little kMexi
can beetle, known as the bean lady
bird. The last, which has been dis
covered in Alabama, now threatens
to spread to other southern states
and inflict immense damage to the
cowpea and bean crops.
The general public its duty in
aiding the department of agricul
ture to prevent the further spread
of insect pests and diseases and in
co-operating renders a great service
to the American farmer. Automo
bilists and other persons journeying
through infested areas should care
fully observe all quarantine regula
tions, being careful -in transporting
articles., capable of carrying the in
sect.
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