Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-12-10

b plenlifully supplied with food.
| then, if within reasonable time
she fails to produce at Il profit. she
may justly be considered board
err.
With the prices of several Of the
different grains now going lower
it will be we'll worth while, for the
farmer who can arrange to do SO,
to mix his own dairy ration. AS
Stunning that the COWS are receiving
silagc, that half oi their additional
! roughage is leguminous. that they
are producing four per cent milk
| Ga fair average> at the rate of %
80 pounds daily. and that the feed
or will supply them with one pound
of the grain mixture for every four
pounds OF milk produced, the fol-
lowing ration is SllgScsicd:
| $40 lbs. Cottonsccd meal.
800 lbs. Corn meal.
100 lbs. Ground wheat.
100 lbs. Ground oats.
200 lbs. Wheat bran.
| If there is no Silo on the farm.
all Of the rOuShaSc fed being dry.
then We would substitute Old Pro-
cess LinSccd meal for the Coiton-
seed, and suggest The following:
400 o. y linScrd meal.
200 Wheat bran,
30n Corn meal,
100 Corn and Cob meal.
| The disposal of wool again de
mands attention. On The eleventh
OF November there was brought to
the Farmers Supply Co., 2,33T lbs.
of wool for pooling. Ii WAS ship
|pcd the following Monday. No re-
turns Vet. Since that time there
have been Il number Of Inquiries
from men having wool OH hand,
but there were no sacks fuI their
use. a new supply Of sacks have
now arrived and are available up
OH application 1t is not the desire
Of the Farm. Bureau 10 slight any
one; for tina, reason this second
and last cal! is issued.
| The FOrti"th Annual session OF
the Farmers National Congress met
In Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 16--19th
inclusive. 1t was the privilege of
your County Agent to attend. Over
300 farmers and farm women were
III attendance, from II States. The
Congress Is composed of farmers
who arc actively interested in bet
tcrinG agricultural conditions, who
gather at some designated place at
their OWN expense to discuss their
problcmS. and if possible. to sug-
gcSt remedy,
Some OF the important problems
considered: Organization. Coop
Grafton. Marketing, Legislation,
Good Roads and their Maintenance
Keeping the Boy on the Farm. and
Education.
MIR. a. +. Lever, Federal Farm
Loan commissioner, said: "Thc
problem Of the farmer used to be
to make two blades of grass 10
grow where but one grew before:
now he has attained that. but he
lcannot sell even one" The Pres
ident ohio Farm Bureau Fedora
ton said, in substance "Thc prob.
lem of the hog growers of Ohio is
Il marketing one. SO long as the
farmers are not organized, every
I'S""" 'oi hihlScll, ana Wnpn Inc
buyers come you Cul the price q
cent far fear they will 20 I'D the
road and buy of your ncighbor,
you'll never get very far. In nv
opinion the solution TO this prob.
lem is to sell all the hogs Of Ohio
over one desk" The same princi.
pie was held to apply in securin,
favorable legislation. On speak.
or said. "A politician can see one
thing-hc can see crowd. Gel
together, organize, and speak up.'
Another took some satisfaction in
bcratlng Samuel Gompers. but The
following speaker said this. 81 ad.
mirc Samuel Gompcrs! lie ba,
shown us The way. When he speaks
1t is the voice Of organized labor
and when he whispers Congress,
passes laws" Mr.. Silver said ir
substance. I'VE now have the Farm
bureau Federation, the Farmer,
Union the Grange, and numbers o,
other organized bodies represent
ing the farmer. There are now Il
diifcrcnt representatives in Wash
InSton. but each one is seeking 70,
something just a little difrercn,
iron the rest; and when lcgisla