The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-24

The law to create a state marketing
bureaus will become effective July
1, and plans are under way to put
it into operation To enact a law
is one thing, but to fully carry it
out its intent is another. That there
is need of a public system of mar
keting there is no shadow of doubt.
To make it a success will require most
consistent and earnest cooperation
of all interests.
Without cooperation how can the
farmer-acting Observation-Disclosures
his profits and save for his own
part of the present wasteful cost Of
distributing the products of his farm
Can he alone by improving the quail
ity and appearance of his product
obtain a price ample to pay him for
the increased cost?
An illustration as to the point is
seen in an investigation undertaken
some time ago by the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture in reference to
the egg industry. 1t was estimated
from the findings that the country
produced $300,000,000 worth of eggs
annually, but at least Is per cent or
S45 100000 was lost through improper
or careless methods of handling be-
fore the eggs left the farm. Eggs laid
in dirty nests, on the ground, in any
old place, will not keep as we'll as
those laid in clean dry nests. Eggs
left to stand in the sun begin at
once to deteriorate in quality if they
do not actually spoil Dirty and IN
der-sized eggs are poor sellers. The
food supply of the country and the
profits of the farmer must naturally
suffer by such methods. To avoid
these conditions requires the utmost
care on the part of the producer.
Now to the point. To get results
and show the benefit and need of CO.
operation the department concentrat-
ed its efforts in one state-Kansas.
A campaign of education was inaug-
urated, various cooperative assoCia-
tons were organized, producers and
/ buyers worked in harmony, care was
/ given to the production, eggs were
/ graded and shipments are now being
made by train loads. What is being
done in Florida with eggs as well as
/ other products of the farm.
/ Florida is an agricultural state
! Large results are possible here on
, limited areas as obtain in few other
T states. Farming can be made prof
( table, but it is not possible unless
/ there is a successful and contented
rural population with farm-raised
boys and girls retained OF home. The
/ Young folks can be kept there if
! they are given recognition and made
/ to feel their responsibility and given
a share in the proceeds. The boys
and girls are needed on the farm to
keep the minds of parents young and
! their spirits sweet. They are needed
there to combine and make better
/ from experience the greatest and
most important business on earth. By
all means let the farmer be led to
! properly estimate his high and hon.
orable place in the community. Our
/ own Washington was more enamoreC
| of the farm than the tented field, and
/ pronounced agriculture "the most
! healthy, the most useful and the most
noble employment of man" A sterling
and virile rural population cannot ex-
! ist unless the farms are owned BY
those who operate them, and the op-
orators will not own farms unless
farming pays.
a problem confronting America is
the coming of millions from alier
lands, a problem to be intensified
when the war closes, coming from
countries where energy is now carry.
ing forward many forms of industry
sH5 ~VuctiOn st a high pitch, but