The evening world., 1920-06-03
-ool,s like a coming paying PROPOSE

looks like a coming paying PROPOSE
ton.
His two brothers and a couple Of
helpers who, by the way, came from
the city have succeeded In leaving
very little OF Mr.. Decker'g 400 acres
idle.
He has 4s cows and has installed
the latest and best methods for the
elimination Of labor.
Like Mr.. New, Mr.. Decker realized
that machinery could milk his cows,
carry his water and save endless toll.
He Installed these together with the
chutes TO the granaries, machinery
for the transferring OF hay from one
place to another. to say nothing Of
such labor saving devices as gas
engine drum which does away with
an extra unhitching horse and q man.
His three double engines milk six
cows at once,
His modern tractor tools, threshing
machines, ensllage cutter, grinding
machine, corn husker and a motor
farm truck perform the work of
many hands. With these up-to- date
contrlvances waste Is practically
eliminated and labor reduced to a
minimum.
while Mr.. Decker has invested
heavily in purchasing additional
firms, he expects to realize consid-
cradle, as his work now will go
along as on creased wheels.
He does no work on the farm him
self, but he Is the machine behind
the machines that run the farm. He
Is what might well be termed the
new investing farmer, who will go
into the business of food producing
on an efficiency basis just like any
other business or industry.
Mr.. Decker also has views on what
must come II farming Is to be made
| profitable and production ENCOURAGED.
In the first place, there will have
| to be young blood transfused into
the farming proposition" said Mr.
Decker, but It will have to be made
attractive in the way OF lucrative re-
turn.
"The unnecessary middlsman
must 90 and 90 quickly, There
is no reason at all why a man
engaged in the commission busi-
ness, sitting at his desk, should
be allowed 20 make considerable
profit and get, in few days, more
than the farmer makes for the
years work in producing the
same.
I'm February l tried for days tc
sell a carload OF cabbage and a car
load OF potatoes. The buyers claimed
the market was dropping so fast they
could not keep track OF II; from S9l
to S65 IN three days. UnquestionaOlN
found It was result OF combina.
ton among the middlemen.
THE recognition OF the right of the
farmer to bargain collectively is a blJ
step forward. At present, in days o.
a tendency to eNpertness, the farmer
Is expected to make a profit to coye
more phases OF the business than ne :,
able.''
Some suggestions made by Nj
Decker to better conditions are a
follows:
Banks should reeoanIzs the
equity in farm equipment and
farm produce as having loan
value. The farmer would then De
enabled to buy labor saving
machinery.
The farmer should be treated az
any other business man and al
lowed for the Investment over and
above cost OF operation, including
fair and reasonable compensation
for management, 80 that the re-
suite Of weather conditions may
be discounted.
The newspapers Of the country
arc doing great work with In
eAiuilablO results, looking at the
farm az a business and putting 4
upon a business basis. Vet the
work has just begun.
The establishment Of convent
emit railroad BtopS and farm
switches would shorten the haul
and encourage the buying Of lime,
feed and. plaster and the selling OF
farm products In carload lots.
So much difficulty would not be
awnarlencad in the installation Of
tOlOphone and electric power, both
OF which effect large savings and
make the farm ! more desirable
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