The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-31

LAS CRUCES. n. NJ. July So
For nearly n half century the
United States department OF agricul-
turc has hecn working for increased
productions'' saws Albert $ J. Eylar,
president OF the bona Ann County
Farm bureau. In Organized Farm
ing. More wheat. more corn, more
bacon has been its slogan
But how can VIC get more money
for our wheat and corn and p
the farmer has asked. That's none Of
our business the department has re-
piled.
Turing the nny years organized
labor has been working Tor more
money for it's services and II has got
IL.
The tons Of bulletins distributed
by the agricultural department
among the farmers. showing them
how To raise more wheat and corn
and everything. have not been vast
ed. They have served a useful pur-
pose, and ~ the government all this
time had been distributing bulletins
To the locomotive fircmcn. advising
how to get more steam from coah
and handing bulletins to the brick
layers showing them how to lay more
brick, the world would be better off.
The energies of the hricklayer and
the fireman would not havc been
concentrated 80 continuously on the
Issue Of more money; one would bc
laying more brick and The other get
ting more steam.
And yet if the average farmer in
Tho Mcsilla valley was today making
AS much money from his farm as a
locomotive fireman IL making from
his Job. II would be enough to turn
his head.
Secretary Wallace Is fully alive To
this lopsidcd development He real
iEes that the selling end has been
neglected by the department Of agri-
culture and that this IL where lies
the farmers interests. II Is a safe
prediction that working on this line.
Wallacc's administration Of the do
partment or agriculture will be of
more substantial benefit to the
farmer than that OF u OF HIS pre-
dcccssors.
The foregoing conclusions are Jus
titled by what has happened In the
Ia Mesa community. Two years ago
10 able lectures on poultry produc-
ton were delivered to the members
nf the local of the bona Ana County
Farm bureau by u representative of
the United States department OF ag.
riculture, Tn" lectures were thor
Ough aud comprehensive concerning
the car necessary to make hens lay
more eggs. But for some rcason.
SINCE those lectures, the money com
Ing into the Ia Mesa community from
the sulc ~ eggs " less than IL used
10 be. While hts is not due to tho
lectures, nevertheless. It does dem
onstrate that Information as to how
tp get more egg from the hens IL no
particular stimulus to the poultry
business. What interests the farmers
Is how to get more money from his
hens.
Al the last meeting OF the Ia
Mesa local. w. W. Risscr sales agent
OF the Donh Ana County Farm bu
eau told the farmers what the Las
Cruces Poultry association has done
for It's members He told them that
the association was getting 40 cents "a
dozen Tor rs eggs, while the average
farmer was selling his FOR 20 cents.
Nor was Il an die thcorist talking.
Ihe sales agent had 1000 chickens
OF his own. lie had Just sold some
broil"rs. As baby chicks they cost
him 20 cents. they had eaten ~ cents
worth Of food. and he had Just sold
them for 30 cents apiece. lie spoke
Of the profits others were making on
cggs handled by tho association. Tho
poultry aud egg money that Will
come into the la Mesa community
Will be trcblcd as a result of his talk
Now II ono talk on successful
marketing viii treble the production
90 ggs In a community while ten
talks on production Of eggs get moth
ing, isn't the comparative CONNER
cinl value Of these discussions so to
unCf'
After discussing the Furdney tariff
bill, which with Its other features is
designed to prevent corn, wheat,
wool ana other agricultural products
from being dumped into the United
states markets to compete with what
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