The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-03-18
FARM BUREAU NOTES
car clubs

Calf Clubs
The carload Of purebred Holstein
heifers signed up for two weeks ago,
viii be secured the fore part of April.
Mr.. z. j. Alexander, Fieldman for the
Missouri Holstein Association, and
local man from the county, will pur-
chase the heifers, either from Wis
consin or Ohio. As Mr.. Alexander
will buy several carloads for other
counties at the same time, the ex-
pense per head viii be very low.
F. w. Atkeson, Fieldman for the
Southwest Jersey Cattle Breeders
Association, will be in the county soon
to assist in placing some Jersey heif-
ers and calves. Everyone interested
in securing purebred or grade heifer
or calf should notify the County
Agent.
Bull Clubs
The work Of organizing the three
Jersey Bull Clubs in the county pro-
crossed well last week. At present,
the placing of three extra good high
class bulls whose dams have excellent
official records of butter production,
seems good. Enough owners OF cows
to buy one of these sires were secured
in less than one days time, in the
Libertyville community. Although
the work at Bismarck and in indie
pendence and Copenhagen school dis
tricts has not progressed as rapidly,
yet it is practically assured in both
places.
This is a project that should put
dairying on its feet at lower cost
than any other project. This work is
fitting well into the work of the calf
clubs.
The following paragraphs are TAX
en- from Farmers Bulletin 993, issued
by the United States Department OF
Agriculture:
"Ten years ago, a farmer in north
ern Wisconsin, began to breed Guern-
seys in a Holstein district. He now
has a fine herd and wonders why buy
ers never come his way. The reason
is that when buyers want Guernseys,
they naturally go to Guernsey dis
trict As rule, the breeders Of pure
bred cattle already have learned this
lesson. The principle is as true Of
grades as of registered stock, but
many owners Of grade cattle seem to
have overlooked it. All dairy breeds
are sometimes found in the same
neighborhood, and even on the same
farm several dairy breeds and all pos
sible combinations of them are seen.
Perhaps one year Holstein bull IS
used, the next year. Jersey, and oc-
casionaIly a bull of no particular
breed. In a grade herd recently
studied there were Holsteins, Guern-
seys, Jerseys, Shorthorns, and every
possible cross and mixture of these
breeds. The owner admits that his
cattle do not sell to advantage and the
reason is not hard to find.
"The Bull Association encourages
the keeping of only one breed on the
farms of its members and the estab-
lishment of that breed in the COM
munity."
Farm Bureau-HOpe of the Farmers
"The safest, sanest, surest-in fact
the only route to National prosperity
is via agriculture. When the prices
that the farmer receives for his pro-
ducts are stabilized at figure that
will permit him to compete with the
manufacturer for labor and at the
same time leave fair margin of prof
il for his own labor and investment,
our food problem will be solved.
"An increase of the farmers prohts
does not necessarily involve a higher
! consumers price. The consumer
should not necessarily pay more but
it is imperative that the producer re-
ceive more. In most cases, we Will
find the remedy in the direction OF
more efficient distribution methods
stabilized prices, and an elimination
of the excessive profits Of the middle
man Heretofore, the farmer has had
little or no part in determining the
prices at which he either bought OF
sold.
"a manufacturer could not live foi
a day if he permitted the purchaser OF
his products to fix the price at which
he must sell his goods and at the same
time allowed the seller of the raw ma
terial to fix the price at which he
buys. By the very, nature of things
the farmer must buy his supplies anc
equipment at the sellers price, but i
he is to earn the profit to which he Il
entitled, he must certainly have some
thing to say concerning the price al
which he sells.
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