Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-15

schools ~ animal Industry and OF
forestry. a Law department where all
iessl matters of members o. farm
ers ORGANIZATIONS are given attsn-
ton a farm market bureau. and pub.
liAhes wesly market reporta
Il Establishes cold storage plants
10 conyeniaat localities for the stor-
ing Of pefishable farm products for
the time there 10 no market for them.
bot 70 prevent abuse. that is. the
corneriBg of the market, no prodve,
b. permitted 10 remain IN cold stor-
1ga ION ger than three months This
Kind oi Law prevails throughout the
empire and II stopped corners on
meat. err. butter. etc u acts as
the clearing house fOr the rural
banks. shifting the funds from one TO
another 20 that all needs are sup
piled and all funds are dept employ
ed aud acts as distributor for ali
60 operative farmers associations
for The purchase az supplies and sale
Of such commodities "a are sold coll
l"ctiyely u faHner r. going TO
,Duild 70 mouse he apples to the lnsti-
|tutlOs Which ssnds an expert archi-
lt'ci, ascsrtains his needs. the money
he has to spend, aEj furnishes 70
| him plans. specifications and correct
prizes ~ both labor and materials
Thus are farm houses properly. wise
I D aud economically bullt
This Institution does many other
other thinEs You may say this Is
state aid There You are mistaken.
The state has nothing to 90 with e.
Let me explain Tn. institution il
an organization OF the farmers own
make but II has proven 80 effective
that the state contributes SEQ. 000
annually towards i,s support and By
laws has lsgalizsd the organization.
The farmers OF " province elect
one man from each voting prec'ict
az delegate There are one run
bred aud twelve voting precincts
and therefore one hundred anC
Twelve delegates are elected These
assemble and elect the committee
/ that / stO govern for ax years This
governing committee employs the en-
perts and other employees. apportions
the funds "a the schools and othe,
Institutions A. ! said. the state
furnishes $4,000 annually. then
then there In levied by the institu-
ton a taS ON the farmers which
Yields 500 06o annually. aud the fees
collected for services rendered IN
testing seeds. fertilizers. machines.
collected for lectures. etc. yield
t2po.oO annually. making total
Of 1850. 900. which the farmers Of
SsSony spend annually for their so
cial. financial and educational VET
fare
The question, does all this pay
be- the one asked and the one they
we're prepared "a. answer They
showed me n chg y hitch had loBg
and shog darn such a. the
commerci1l secretsr ~ use IN show.
ink deyelopmsai Nurk IN Texas
These lines showed that before the
days Of rural banks when The farm
or, credit, vas much restricted. thu
amount spent annually IN farmins
amounted to $3.50 per acre. that
nov the amount employed annually
In SaSony In farming averages s32.-
90 per acre that In the days when
the farmers used an average of IS.
80 per acre In their farming opera
lions. the net proceeds from these
farmers were $500 per acre. while
now. when they employ $4,000 per
acre In their farming operations an
nually, the net earnings OF the farm
ers Of SaKony amount to s26.OO per
acre annually. net Increase OF 400
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