The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-12-21

'actory basis and to stabilize the
business of farming, not in the inter-
est of the farmers alone, but in the
interest of the nation as a whole.
tWe must see to it." he said, "that
the road between the producer and
the consumer is open and direct, and
hat the farmers have free and
competitive market in which to dis
pose of their products. We must
omit no effort to improve our mar
keting machinery and practices and
% furnish necessary market informa-
sion, so that farmers may take full
! advantage of modern business meth
DDS in the distribution of their COM
modities.
'iWe must adopt every feasible
means to enable the farmer to adjust
himself to changes in economic con-
litions, such as have recently occur
ced. 1t ought to be 4 facS ;;has when
he farmers of the country produce
abundantly the consuming public
will be literally supplied with food
at reasonable prices, the farmer TAX
'ng his profit because of large pro-
duction and the consumer receiving
his increment of benefit from having
available an adequate supply at a
reasonable cost. In general, we
should expect it to be true that the
Farmers condition is improved IN di-
rect proportion to. the number OF
bushels of wheat or corn and the
number of bales of cotton he pro-
duces, 1t frequently happens, how
ever, that when all farmers have ex-
ssrordinary good crops during the
same year low prices leave him worse
off than he has been in other years
with short crops, and high prices. One
thing that would help to remedy this
IS some means, wherever feasible, of
carrying over to periods of low pro
auction the surplus from years OF
high production. More attention to
marketing and the development OF a
latent consumption demand in years
If large supply will also be helpful"
Makes Recommendations.
Important recommendations con-
tanned in the report are:
Studies in the cost Of marketing
20 that the proportion Of the con-
sun,er's price received by tie pro-
ducer and the proportion received by
7arious marketing agencies can be
ascertained.
Extension and development OF, CO.
operating marketing work.
Establishment of world market
reporting service to make promptly
available comprehensive and depend
able information, as to production,
supply, prices of, and demand for
agricultural commodities in different
part sof the world.
The consolidation Of the bureau OF
markets and the bureau of crop estl-
mates for the sake of economy and
greater efficiency.
Material expansion Of the studies
Of the cost of producing farm pro-
ducts.N Z
Thorough going scientific study of
The whole problem of farm labor.
The making Of every feasible eff
| fort to aid the farmer in obtaining
necessary personal credis;
Broader studies Of the methods en-
ployed and results obtained by farm
ers in attempts to improve their
credit through united and coopera-
tive action.
The direction, through thorough
going studies, of national thought
toward solution Of the problem of
farm ownership.
I Increased attention to land settle
ment and colonization, to the end
that the buyer may have full and
complete information for his guild
lance.
An expansion Of the studies of life
on the farm, to the end that the bet
ter things of life may be brought in
increasing measure to the rural COM
munity, so that strong, Intelligent,
wei! seasoned families viii not aba1-
don the farming community for the
city.
Proper encouragement of all feas-
iblevaeans to limit the hazard of ag-
ricultural production.
Expansion of the work already
begun by the department in finding
means for utilizing surplus and waste
farm products.