The Glenwood post., 1915-02-06

| Veftfsang 0oeSo pay! Onee n eWnaeo
you hear some man talk that way, bss
It Is snly proof either Of ig>oranee Of
tAs dynamic fierce of modern business,
or Of prejadiee shutting his eyes to the
possibilities Of trade in his field.-Gun.
nison News-Champion.
FARl(E1 GETS LITTLE
llo0B THAN WAGES
A recent dispatch from Washington
say: Extensive investigations i.to
the profits of farming have indicated
that the amount of money which the
average farmer makes is little more
than that whech he would be paid if he
hired himself out as . farm hand to
one of his neighbors. In other words,
though the farmer is in business for
himself, the average farmer gets little
or no money reward for the intelligence
and skill with which he has managed
his affairs or the risk and responsible
ity he has assumed. But he must get
something in return or NO one wsuld
trouble to farm for himself. A recent
study conducted by experts in The
United States department of agricsl-
ture shows that in many cases this
reward may best be found in the pro-
ducts with which his farm furnishes
him directly. When . farm is nearly,
if not quite, self -sustaining, say aSri-
cultural experts, when it supplies the
family that lives upon it with most sf
the necessities Of life, large money
incone 10 not necessary to prosperity.
A greater sum derived from . farm
which yields nothing for home con.
sumption nay leave the occupants
much worse Of. .... ''''
Under the title Of Farmers' Bulletin
635, "What the Farm Contributes Dl-
rectly to the Farmers Living" the
department Of agriculture is about to
publish the results Of . survey sf eoa.
ditions on . large lunber Of fsrns in
the ten states Of North Carolina, Geor.
giA Texas, Kansss, Iowa, Wiseonsin,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York aad
Vermont. The farms selected for
study, though possibly . little more
prosperous than the average, were fair.
ly representative Of their sections
which, it will be noted, included three
corn and cotton areas, two states in
the corn and wheat belt, two regions
where general farming was carried on.
and three different dairy districts. The
average value of the chief necessities
of life-food, fuel, oil and shelter
used each year by the farm family
the investigators found to be 4595.0s
OF these necessities, estimated in mon
ey. the portion contributed directly by
the farm was $421.17, leaving &17s.sl
to be purchased with the cash obtained
from the sale Of products. In consider
ing these figures it must be remember
Cd that il the farmer had been com.
pelled to pay city prices for his Asne
grown necessities, this $421.17 would
have represented much less comfort.
OF the feod eoasunsd 63 Per esAt
was furnished BY the fara. Thie pro.
portion varied greatly in tie diRsreai
sections, but was greatest in the locali'
ty studied i.North Carolina, where thu
farus s.pplied SIS per cent ee II
feed cossuasd while tie average In tn
New York locality Vas only so.04. Il
view of khe present eesasnie erisis IL
tks Sssth tAis fast b seeardsA - Of
paftssslar signifisases tinds h Aspeas
setAtss the sxssAt 4e-vhisA NiAA a. .Pesp,
q system II assi.sltsfs 1ssthsrn easa1
sAss b. dasls1 ssafGssAaiais8r Gseesa.
tratio. spea - sasA ersp rssesa ~
pssvsd disastrsas Asd'sas.seslssral -.
tasassss ~ ss,sstsysie - isSsry 10y
~ HaasS ~ 'rsssAt - 49, aasys>s.
WAiSk wm 'ls6la ~ essaitisas sini1ss
= tkSss nv tsSvafliSx iG this passss'
uiaf sses ~ NsseA- Cieli.aJfh .sldiH
I. this eoa.sse3s4 ~ tavsstiOatisa
revealed ssos iatsfsseiag faets in rs.
aAsa y tAs four its.SSf stttsssssts, sai
~ Produces, fruits AID vegetables il
sks avssAss farn fanily's fosA btR
| Of ~ vSlas q tAs Nd es6ssussa
groceries Soastitatsd practically ~.
quartss, A<inal pFodsets nose tha.
s.s-AAlf, vssstasses ll.e per cent sad
fruit e.ly 81. Practically all Of The
groceries were bought; .. The etAe'
haad IL ssa.Gity 4 fruits asd vsss'
tsbass .ssa was h direct proPsstiss
70 IL Slaatity raised sa the farA A.
where this gsiatity vas great tAe gro
cory hin. was eerrsPs.dingiy NV. This
v,s alse fs.s& = s. tfas u sainal
msa~e<s. i,eFuaine ef eoprse not ealy