The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-06-08
|DD|NGS SPOKE At
ANNUAL FARM PICNIC
DEAN OF AGRICULTURE AT UNI
VERSITY OF IDAHO DELIVER
ED GOOD ADDRESS.

4 STANDPOINT Idaho-Speaking or
Economic Problems of Today" Dean
E. j. Iddings Of the college of agri-
culture of the state university yester-
day afternoon addressed more thar
200 persons at the farm bureaus an
nual picnic, held at the state fish
hatchery on Murphy's bay.
/ Bonner county has its farm prob
lems," said Dean Iddings, Just as
any other section of the country. But
find that the Bonner county farmers
are in better shape financially and in
better spirits than in almost any
other section. Other parts of the
country, including southern Idaho,
have undergone a sustained land
boom during the period of extreme
initiation, and in many places agricul-
tural lands have been increased more
than 250 per cent in price.
No False Values
"Your lands here are not high
priced The people who come here
expect to make their homes here, to
grow with the country, and the fact
that their lands were bought reason
ably is the basis Of their compare
lively better condition. High priced
land means more interest, more taxes
and less net income, and this county,
with other places where land values
are within reason, is for that reason
more hopeful and prosperous in this
time of readjustment."
Dean Iddings stated that efficiency
in management is also large part of
successful farming and urged the
farmer to adopt the doctrine of
making his investment and labor cost
conform to his marketing opportuni-
ties. He defined Bonner county's
best bets in agricultural enterprise as
dairying, poultry raising and bee
keeping, with sheep and hog raising
as secondary considerations.
He stated that the federal bureau
of public roads had informed him the
cartridging of picric acid for land
clearing would soon be started and
that Idaho should get it's quota by
late summer or early fall, mentioning
that Bonner county's requisition for
125,000 pounds would be included in
this.
s'This period of readjustment-sre
turn to normalcy,' President Harding
calls its as natural as that night
follows day The peak has been
reached. Prices could go no higher
and the downward trend was the nat
ural course. When this time of un-
usual values is entirely gone and pre-
war conditions have returned, conf
dence and prosperity will come
again"
Chamber Support Pledged
President j. B. Gardner of the
chamber of commerce also spoke
briefly, pledging chamber support to
farm interests and inviting the farm
ers to bring their problems to the ;,
chamber for aid and cooperation.
T. D. Hussey of Clarksfork urged |
The farmers to improve roads by !
dragging on their own time at their !
own expense and stated he was keep
ng four miles of highway fit near
lis place at Clarksford. R. C Coons,
president of the Red Cross chapter,
;poke on health work and introduced
Mrs. Frances Wann, county health
lurse, who discussed public health
md her plan of organization.
Heavy rains this morning and
heatening weather during the day
leld many back at this years event
The crowd began gathering at 10
'clock this morning and picnicked at
he fish hatchery grove, taking lunch
t noon. The Pend O'Reille creamery
ave away 30 gallons of ice cream
n cones and the Economy grocery
onated the coffee, which was pre-
ared by the farm bureau members.