White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28

1915. shea fer fhe fri time Il was
r-sS~sble u efeek - accurately On
wheat. ffe departments estimates
zuse within : PER esat = fhe wheat
r~-oIucfion. = shown - rte guam
fity used for sod and total receipts
Il mills and elsx as reported 81
the grain corporation n fhs fecd adj
miniszratlan-
Suea figures authoritative and un-
biased. ara z prerequisite 10 the nos
fofelljgpnf p-ogrzm either 81 prodac-
sion or q marketing They prevent
fhe ISSUANCE = hisss=1 and misleading
reports b. 9peoaiaters They tend to
stabilize prices by giving adSsnee IL
formation o. oyerpno1acfIou o.
p-oduesiou- The certainty Of supply
resulting from dependable government
reports reduces the carrying rsE OF
buyers and dealers. and enables Inen
10 pay better prizes than would Dc
poSsible otherwise The -oFeinmeA1
reports enable transportation CON-
uanie< TO estimate tonnage and to pro-
vide cars when and where rheJ are
needed Thy give snkerS the In
forna ton necessary N providing FUNDS
for financing farmers in the produc-
ton Of their crops ard. after hsrFet-
for buyerS and distributors Of crops
They enable manufacturers 70 Know.
months il advance. what materials
should be oonfracted for IN order that
farm machinery, equipment and sup
plies IL b. made available without
annoying and expensive delays
There Is Just one class az men IL
jured b THE government crop reports
They are the professional 4ecalstors
who profit b. the Ignorance and IN
cerstnty of othe&
Those facts have long ben realized
as 10 TIE government reports On 1ed
TOD Nox they are 70 beco<ne equal
IL true as to live stock.
To Shc~ @conr.rcizl PrococtIoa"
A number q other things are 20 -
done under Ehe neS program One
viii b. 70 show, not merely total pro-
duction. but commercial production as
well. That is the crop report Vii
shox not only how much Of j given
commodity Is produced on the farms
but bow much leaves the farms and
goes ca the market. The price Of any
thing Is nos determined By the guam
uty Of that ting produced o. the
farm. consumed On the farm. OF wasted
on The farm - much as By the mar
ketzhle Surpius-rhe portion that actu-
ally leaves the farm and becomes 4
factor in supply and demand n the
op~n MARKET
Another important thing that win
be q little longer in coming 10 D
actual taking Of = farm census every
year instead Of using as . basis Of all
figures the last preceding 1oyear cen-
suS This Is TO b. accomplished By
using tar assessors n CATERERS OF
basic farm figures. About % states
have already passed laws requiring
10 do this work. the returns
TO BE- made to the state commissioner
OF agriculture and 70 be checked up
by the state field agent OF the bureau
Of crop estimates. In states where
such laws have been passed they are
for The mos par. neS and are not yet
fully In effective operation The de-
p~artrnent Of agriculture expects how
ever. that similar laws viii be passed
in ali other states and the plan put In
complete effective operation through
out the United States within the next
Eve years
A great deal OF work = being done.
also looking 10 closer cooperation BE-
tween the federal department % agn-
culture and the state departments
Such cooperation results In combining
the facilities 81 the t<o organizations
and using them for the issuance Of q
single monthly crop report for the
state instead Of two. Cooperative
agreements have been entered into in
Wisconsin. Ohio. Illinois. Iowa. Ne
braska. Missouri. Georgia. Alabama
North Carolina. West Virginia. Arkan-
sas Utah aud Idaho. and are under
consideration In many other states.