The Holly chieftain., 1922-04-27

approprlatfon is necessarily large There Is al
ways flood Of Grafton pro and con. Here are
some iteus of general interest that were set forth
in the debate over the appropriation for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1923 (six months of 1922
calendar year and six months of 1929 First Is
q statement regarding farms and farmers by Rep
resentatVe Philip II. StOll of South Carolina, IN
effect follows
From the census of 1920 we find that there are
s,44ss43 farms in the United States. OF these
farms 3,925.090 operated by owners, 2454.so4
by tenants, and 6S449 by managers.
The total acreage in farms in 1920 was 955,SS3,
715 acres, and of this 5o3073OO7 acres were class
fed improved land. The average acreage per
farm was 1882 acres. The value per farm is fixed
at $120S4. 1t is interesting to note that of the
total number of farms 706535 have an average
of less than 20 each that there are l5O3,7o2
farms with acreage between 20 and 40 acres,
and that of farms with acreage of SO to 80 acres
there are 1.474,745. In other words, more thnn
one-third of the farmers of the United States are
small farmers, and tend less than so acres of land
1t is also worthy of note that there are 26l,7l9
farms that are operated by females, and that 1858
per cent were operated by native white farmers,
per cent by foreign-born white farmers and l4I
per cent by coored farmers.
There are nearly 6,5OOOOO Individual farmers In
the United States and there more than 12,-
100000 men engaged in this work the permanent
investment of these farmers In land and equipment
amounts to approximately SSO,000,000OO0, and the
output of these farms is worth $4,000 100000 an
nually.
Here nre 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 Department of Agriculture during
the present year amount to $3S,6SS059. The
amount recommended In the bill now pending Is
S.033. This sum. compared with the present
appropriations, is S3,710026 less than the apprO-
priations for the current year and $1554,S35 less
than the estimates submitted by the Director OF
remembered, however, that the current law
ries appropriation of S10O0,000 for the pur-
chase of forest lands In the Appalachian Mountain
Range and also carries al appropriation of ST.
100000. to be loaned to farmers In the Great
Plains area of the country for the purchase of
seed, 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 1t should also be considered
that the pending bill carries three four new
items, for the operation of the Center Market
carrying about S165O00; an item for the enforce
ment of the packers and stockyards act carrying
S4l0500 and item for the enforcement of
the futures trading net which carries. l think
S103,6O0. making the total carried in this bill
which is not carried In the prior bills approx.
imntely 100000.
OF the total appropriations for the Department
of Agriculture, speaking roughly and generally.
$1S.0O0O00 is spent for the conduct of regulatory
services, many OF which directly Of inter-