The Washington times., 1916-04-16
City Folk May Enjoy
Yearbook for Farmers
Report Just Issued by Department of Agriculture
Will Prove Interesting Reading for Town as
Well as Country People.

Recent Grasshopper Outbreaks" or
the pictures of a ''lubber grasshopper,"
and especially that of "a vertical sec
ton of the atmosphere" which is
neither a cubist painting nor a Goldberg
cartoon. may amuse the city reader
II he desires a succlnct summary OF
just what organization has accom-
Pushed for the farmer. he may turn to
a chapter by G. w. Thompson and there
find a description of the phases OF
this work the department undertakes.
First, It tries. through the Bureau
OF Farm Management. to get farmer
to organize his own farm. That means
the proper placing of buildings, The
proper employment OF labor. the prop
er rotation of crops. and the adaptation
OF machinery, men. and markets TO Ithe
crops raised.
farmers so that they may correlate
their work. and best adapt their prod
ucts to the markets of their vicinity,
guard against oVerprodnction. and he
Informed OF the prospect for changing
prices Of various crops.
Boys and girls clubs Of al sorts from
a factor In farm life of growing i'm
portance. Incidentally. these thrive In
IL being held for speculative purposes,
and which. were II not for the clubs,
would be idle and nonproductive.
Good Crops Introduced.
THE Introduction of a new crop or
agricultural industry in n given locality
IL n step which may call for orGaniza-
| tion and cooperation among the far
mers of that locality" the writer
states.
Through such cooperation the de-
.glza l.. 4s,fv II.
in various sections more highly profit
able crops, There also is another sort OF
| organlzation needed for the develop
ment of an esta ablished industry. Some
| times such an industry. though there Is
great demand for its product. does
not pay. An example Is dairying, and
tho paper shows how farmers have been
! helped to raise dairying from nom
| profitable Industry to the plane OF 2
| paying one. to their own profit and
! likewise to the great benefit OF city
| "Euuslly effective have been efforts to
| organize farmers themselves so that
| they might fight animal diseases, might
| urge Improvement of rural roads. might
improve marketing facilities. might
gain better credit facilities, might de-
vclop mutual insurance and telephone
companies and might organize for the
raEtment of social activities. nc
|
keeping the young on the farm"
Dozen Similar Chapters.
There a dozen chapters like this. al
containing highly interesting informa
ton. Designed to help the farmer, but
incidentally, highly interesting to thu
city dweller. Take just one chapte
for an example.
Did you know that most of the sal
mon and halibut you eat does not com,
from the Atlantic seaboard, but is ship
ped clear across the continent from tn,
l'Pacific?
often folk along the Atlantic coas
think their proximity to the water af
fords them this food, and they pity tn
inlanders who can't get II.
AZ a matter OF fact shipping this foo
20 the Eastern states, across 5000 mile
of land. Is a pertinent problem in foo,
distribution. and T.. ID. Clark. of tn
Bureau os chemistry, tells how tn
Department of Agriculture has hclpe
in insurinS the freshness Of the ship
Il mNntH,