Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-10-19
DAIRY FARMING
WILL. TAKE LEAD
Cooperative Marketing Means Right
Prices and Steady Income For
the Farmers

$aSsASt Paul. Oct. i6.--Within the mex
: ten wears dairy farming will supplan
grain producing as the major agricul
tural industry of the northwest ant
replace the farmers present functuat
ing income with steady, continuou;
revenue, James Il. Howard, presidcn
of the American Farm Bureau fedora
tiOn, predicted in al address at thu
National Dairy SHOW last week.
At the same tiale. he said co-opera
tive marketing WIN add untold thous
ands'' to the income from the milk
pals of Minnesota. 1.-THE Dakotas anG
Montana' Z
'"The farmers Of this group of foul
northwest states got 81 percent of theil
total annual income in less than -four
MONTHS Mr.. Howard said. "while Wis
consin. through it's dairy industry, gives
its farmers very nearly a constant level
of income throughout the year. with
only a slight reduction during two of
the hot summer months
1.-THE use of milk as food is increas-
ing rapidly. In these days. of high
freight rates, economy in transporta-
tiOn must be carefully studied. The
more highly concentrated the product
the lower the cost. Hence butter and
cheese have an advantage over the
grains, or even livestock
Through industrial evolution the
farmer has seen the privilege of asking
his own price on his own products
gradually slip frosn him and pass into
the hands of capitalistic agencies" he
said. The farmer feels that he has 4
right to follow that which he produces
through the various trade channels I'M
ill it reaches at least the professor and
perhaps even the ultimate consumer. He
cannot do this individually; he must
do it collectively, he must co-Operate.'
Mr. Howard declared that co-opera-
ton among producers of agricultural
products has become Il worldwide force.
Farmers of Spain and Portugal
have marketed their fruits and wine CO.
operatively for several decades" he
said. "The most powerful farmers CO.
operative organization in the world has
formed the basis for Denmark'S deyOl-
opment from a comparatively feeble ma
tion to one of great wealth and intlu-
ence. Underlying the struggle for Irish
independence is an insiStent demand by
pastoral people for the right to cooper
ate and become their own capitaliStic
agencies.
1.-The 5000 cooperative elevators in
the grain states Of America have added
several cents 3ushel to the price re-
teived by farmers for their grain, and
according to the Federal Trade commits
sion are the best managed country
elevators in the United States.
1.-THE distress of this country at the
present tiWe, with its millions of unem-
ployed, is due more to the unbalanced
condition as between agriculture and
industry, than anything else" he said.
*'Restore the purchasing power of the
farmer and i'll 80 days the mills will be
cumming and business will boom. Tn
til that purchasing power is restored,
nntil there is a reasonable balance as
between the different elements of our
national life, conditions are not going
to- improve Cooperation will help re-
store that balance. More than that, it
will help maintain that balance after
1t is restored"