The Belding banner-news., 1922-02-08
WALLACE AND
FRIDAY THINK
WORST IS OVER
IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE
PREDICTED TO WORK FOR
FARMERS BENEFIT

That agriculture has passed the
worst stage of its depression and
that gradual improvement will be
noted during the coming season was
the prediction made by two of
Americas leading authorities on ag-
ricultural economics in messages ee-
livered last week before the guests
lege Farmers Week Convention, held
at Lansing last week.
"ln common with other farmers,
you in Michigan have suffered Sc
verely because of the relatively low
prices of your crops and LIN Nestock
during the past year., said IL. G..
Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture.
"We cannot reasonably expect the
immediate return of highly prosper
Gus conditions, but | believe that the
worst is over and that from now on
there will be gradual Improvement.
Nineteen twenty-five should be a
better year for farmers than was
nineteen twenty-one."
David Friday, President-elcct of
M. A. c., said, Agriculture has
passed the worst of this yepression.
Next seasons prices of farm pro-
ducts and prices of things the far
mer buys will be more nearly bal
anced."
Bo,h Friday and Wallace were
prevented by important business at
Washington from being present at
the conference, but both wired mes,
sages to be read before the assembl-
ed farmers.
Attendance figures for the week
again ran well above 5000, practi-
cally equaling the recory-breaking to-
tai of 1921. Stormy weather on
Thursday and Friday kept many
away from East Lansing late in the
week, but the crowd came in early
and grew to unexpected proportions.
Attendance at the association
meetings ran ahead of former years.
The Michigan Crop Improvement
Association, for instance, had be-
tween 800 and 400 delegates, nearly
twice the number who gathered in
1921. The Beef Producers also show
ed marked gain, as did all other
groups.
Officers elected included: Michigan
Crop Improvement Association-L.
Whitney Watkins, Manchester, pres
ident; A. b. Cook, 0wosso, vice-pres-
ident; II. G. Rather, NJ. A. c., secre-
.ary; X. w. Putnam, Of Nj. A. c.,
supervisor of intriductions and in
spections. S. S. Cornair, Chesaning;
Ralph Arbogast, Union City; George
S arr, Grass Lake; Verold Gormley,
Newberry; Earl McCarty, Bad Axe;
J. w. Nicolson, State Farm Bureau;
and j. F. Cox and H. c. Rather, NJ.
A c., directors.
Michigan Potato Producers Asso-
ciation-Thomas Buell., of Elmira,
PRESIDENT; A. B. Large, Cadillac,
vice-president; H. G. Moore, NJ. A.
c., secretary treasurer; J. c. Redpath
Kalamazoo and o. S. Woods, Barry
ton, members Of executive committee
Michigan Muck Farmers Associa-
tion-Ezra Levin, State Dept. of
Agriculture, president; DR.. Paul
Harmer, NJ. A. c., secretary.
Michigan Beef Producers Associ-
ation-George b. Smith, Addison,
presi ent; and James Hulett, Lam
sing, secretary.
Michigan County Agricultural
Agents-R. /. Olds, Kalamazoo Co.,
president; A. J. Hutchins, st. Joseph
CO., vice-president; Roy Decker,
Jackson Co., secretary; and Alfred
Bentall, Allegan Co, treasurer.
Michigan State Farm Bureau
James Nicol, South Haven, president
M. l.. Noon, Jackson, vice-president;
Fred Van Norsdall, Three Rivers,
treasurer; Clark L. Brody, Lansing,
secretary Members of the
Board of Directors include: James
Nicol, South Haven; L. Whitney
Watkins, Manchester; Geo. Friday
Coloma; E. c. MacCarty, Bad Axe;
Melvin B. Mcpherson, Lowell; w.
III. Phillips, Decatur michigan Ell
evator Exchange); Fred Smith, Elk
E. A. Beamer, Union City, livestock
Exchange); M. L. Noon, Jackson,
milk Producers Association); and
Mrs. Edith Magyar, Carlton; and A.
I. LePue, Menominee County, mem
bers at large.