The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-08

of the men representing the Federal
Dept. of Agriculture who are now
touring Europe will be asked to be pre-
sent to report their findings first
hand. And then there are a lot of
other things which will be inquired in
to which are now in the process of
crystilization. In short, as Mr.. Ball
puts it, they will ''try to find out what
in the Devil is the matter with pile
of things"
Big Binder Irvine Deal
At recent meeting at the Hotel
Baltimore in Kansas City, the direc-
tors of the Missouri Farmers Assn
closed a deal for 100000 lbs. of bin
der Irvine with one of the largest
Irvine manufacturers in the U. S.
This Irvine is for the 1919 wheat crop
and it will be parcelcd out among the
members of the more than 1000
school Farm Clubs which are feder-
ated to gether under the Missouri Far
mers' Assn. 1t is the best quality
of standard Irvine and was pur-
chased at lower figure than would
have been possible at the hands of the
biggest retail Irvine dealer in the
state. During the 1918 season the
Association purchased nearly one mil
lion pounds from this same concern
and at the rate at which the Farm
Club Movement is growing it is not
improbable that the above order will
be duplicated between now and May 1.
During the 1918 hervest season the
Farm Clubs bought their Irvine ap-
proximately 1914 cts, delivered, while
the 1919 price will be some thing like
20 cts delivered. owing to the fact
that the Food Administration has re-
duced the cost Of the raw sisal Sc per
ID. Altogether, it is estimated that
the Farm Clubs saved at least $4,000
on the more than one million pounds
of Irvine which they distributed this
year and that the saving in 1919 will
doubtless be double this amount.
By this the reader should not infer
that the Missouri Farmers Assn is a
"Farmes' Store" movement or that it
is making fight on the Country town.
1t only deals in such commodities as
mill feed, flour, cotton seed meal and
cake, linseed olimeal, coal, takage,
salt and twine-items which can be
handled incarload shipments and
which constitute "sidc lines" in the
average country town The first
years dues in Farm Club are $3.50.
Therefore, if you use only one so ID,
bag of Irvine next year and save sc
per ID. you will have your first years
dues back-and all the other money
you save will be "velvet." 1t is es-
timated that during the last year and
a half the Farm Clubs have saved
over 100000 on the above commod-
tiles. If you and your neighbors
you need to do is to write letter to
the Missouri Farmers Assn, Solum-
bia, Mo-, for Constitution and Bylaws
and other information.
Are You Short on Potatoes?
The farmers who belong to the Mis-
souri, Farmers Assn are shipping in
lot of Northern potatoes for eating
purposes and for seed for next spring
also. At this writing the best quail
ity of eating potatoes can be bought
F. 0. B. Minnesota points for appro-
ximately $1.05 per bu. in bulk and
$1.15 per bu. sacked. This should
make it possible to deliver them,
freight paid, at the average point in
Missouri for from $1.30 to $1.50 per
bu.-and in view of the fact that this
years crop is 100000 bu short, it
will be surprising if they do not go to
So per bushel between now and next
spring. Beyond any question this is
the time to lay in your seed for next
year. Again, no time should be lost
in ordering shipment in order that
delivery may be obtained before freez-
ing weather sets in so they may not
become frost bitten in transit. The
average car contains 800 bushels and
all the farmers of any community
need to do is to organize three of
four school house Farm Clubs-and
this can be done within a weeks time
if farmers will write the Missouri
Farmers Assn, Columbia, Mo-, for
the necessary Constitution and By
Laws. 1t is practically certain that
carload of potatoes bought through
the Assn at this time will save be-
tween 5000 and $500 for the farmers
VINO participate IN 1t.
Cotton Seed Meal and Cake
Cotton seed meal and cake and cake
and linseed Oilmeal are among the
commodities distributed by the Mis-
souri, Farmers Assn at the whole
sale price and cattle feeders who are
in the market should lose no time in
organizing a Farm Club in their
school districts and thus save several
dollars per ton. For further infor-
nation address, the Association at Col
umbia, Mo.
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