The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-27

appropriation Is necessarily large. There Is at
ways 4 food of oratlon pro ana con. Here are
some items Of general interest that were set forth
IN the deiui over the appropriation for the fiscal
year cnding June 80, 1923 (sIx months Of 1872
calendar year and six months Of l923). First Is
n statement regarding farms and farmers by Rep
rcsrulnlIvs rhiip H. Stoll Of South Carolina In
erect as follows
From ilie census Of 1920 we find that there are
C4iS9i, farms in the United States Of these
farms 3,9250a0 are operated by owners, 2.i5iSo'
by tenants, and GS449 by managers.
The total acreage in firms in 1920 was 9jj,ss3..
7l5 ncrcs, and of this 5030I3007 acres were cassI.
fed ms improved land. The average acreage per
farm WAS 1852 acres The value per farm is fixed
Rt Si2OS,. II is Interesting to note that Of the
toIai n,snber Of farms T0G,53I have 1n average
Of less thnn 20 acres each that there are l5O3I32
farms with an acreage between 20 and ~ acres,
and that OF farms with acreage OF % to ~ acres
there are 1.iTAT45. In other words more than
Onr.thirh Of the farmers Of the United States are
tm1il farmers and tend less than 30 acres Of land.
II Is nlso worthy Of note that there are 2GlTl9
fnrmS that operated by femnles, and that I63
per cent were operated by native white farmers,
& per cent by foreign born white farmers, ana IA
per cent hy colored farmers.
There are nearly G.50oOOo Individual farmers In
Nht Nhltcu STATES anu lltfe ufe HibTe iliHh H.
OC00Oo men engaged In this work; the permanent
Investment Of these farmers in land and equipment
0inounts to approximately $S0OO0,000,OOO, and the
output # these farms Is worth So 0O000O0O an
hnally.a
Here are interesting points In the statement OF
Representative Sidney Anderson OF Minnesota OF
the appropriations committee:
The total appropriations carried for the regu-
lar work of the DpDnrtmpnt of Agriculture during
IL. present year amount to S3s6Ss,059 The
amount recommended In the bill now pending Is
Sai0TS033 This sum, compared with the present
appropriations. Is S37l0026 less than the appro.
priations for the current year and Sl,55IS35 less
than the estimates submitted by the Director OF
the Budget through the President. II should he
remembered however, that the current law car
rcs mn appropriation Of 81 100000 for the pur-
chase Of forest lands In the Appalachian Mountain
Range and also carries appropriation Of So
100000. to be loaned to farmers In the Great
Plains area of the country for the purchase of
seed, so that the bill In fact eliminating new Items
which have been added Is approximately 100000
less than the regular items carried In the current
appropriation bill. It should also be considered
that the pending bill carries three or four new
ilelus one for the operation Of the Center Market.
carrying about s165.O0O; an item for the enforce
ment OF the packers and stockyards net carrying
$4,000: and IN item for the enforcement of
the futures trading act which carries. | think.
gIO3.6OO making the total carried In this bill.
which Ia not carried In the prior bills, approx.
lmately 100000. ff&
: on the total appropriations for the Department
Of Agriculture. speaking roughly and generally.
olR00OO00 b spent for the conduct Of regulatory
services many Of which are as directly Of Inter.