The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-07-15
TOPICS OF THE FARM
. Department Devoted Exclusively to Farm
Affairs in Hand County


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caused the great drop in wool prices
and made ii practically impossible to
market the 1929 clip. On the other
hand. the Bureau states that the
worlds needs and demands for virgin
wool are greater than ever before, and
that less than one-third enough virgin
wool is produced to meet these de-
mands. The United States requires
IL pounds of secured virgin wool per
%inhabitant annually, whereas last year
the United States used only approx
mately three pounds Of secured wool
allowing shoddy to be used unidenti-
fed and TO pass as virgin wool. The
shoddy was used and the virgin wool
was left manufactured in. the
worlds storehouses. The Bureau be-
lieves that the French apper Truth
in-Fabric bill now before Congress
would not only remove the present
crisis but would eliminate the cause
OF the crisis and prevent any re-oc-
curence of such condition. This bill
makes it compulsory to identify shod-
Gv.
The American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton has issued a call for a confer
ence of livestock. This conference
will be held at the LaSalle Hotel, Chi
Gao, July 23rd and Gath The purpose
II the conference is to see what steps
can be taken that will help in the
sterilization of prices. The call has
been sent to a state cooperative grain
associations, cooperative livestock
shipping associations, farmers un-
ions, societies of equity, farm bureau
declarations, state oranges and many
other organizations interested in CO.
operative marketing. The Bureau OF
Markets of the U. s. Department OF
Agriculture and market divisions OF
various states, the agricultural colleges
and agricultural press are also invited
The S. ID. Farm Bureau Federation
will be represented at the conference
by Sec. Crandall The S. ID. Fedora
ton is calling the South Dakota grain
and livestock marketing organizations
together at Chicago just prior to the
CT inference, for the purpose of consid-
ering South Dakota's problems In par
ticular so that they may be better pre-
scented at the general conference.
Il. l.. Patty, Agricultural Engineer
from the State College at Brookings
was III the county one day last week,
investigating a drainage possibility a
few miles north of town.
cooperative Live Stock Shipping
A meeting of farmers Of Hand
County mas been called by the direc-
tois of the Hand County Farm Bur-
eau for the purpose of effecting a o
operative Livestock Shipping Associ-
alton. This meeting will be held In
the Opera House, July 23rd at 2 p. m.
Wool Meeting
A meeting of the wool growers was
held at Rec Heights, Friday, July 9th.
FOR the purpose of determining what,
IL any, action should be taken regard
ing the marketing Of wool. General
market conditions being SO bad no
sentiment for immediate marketing
was indicated.
The ~concensus Of opinion was that
each grower should store and hold his
own wool until such change in the
market occurred as would justify
making arrangements to sell 1t.
A sale committee Of three including
E. d. Miller, John Gibson, and W. III.
Shearer was appointed to make such
plans as is thought best to market the
| wool placed in the pool. The County
Agent will cooperate with this COM
nittee in locating buyers to sell the
wool locally or assist the committee
TO market through the National Wool
Warehouse Association II this is found
10 be the most advantageous.
e. II. Aicher,
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