The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-17
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

summer drought or heavy grazing. it
VIII AID IN reducing the flavor.
While the above methods NAV not
| eliminate the garlic and onion flavor
entirely in every case, they will reduce
! the flavor to minimum and are about
the only methods practicable for the
dairy farmer
To Tan Farmers Hides
Perhaps you Mr.. Farmer have never
heard OF Louisa Va. Frankly, we have
Deen entirely in the dark about that
town in the Old Dominion, but are now
Det1er informed. Back in 1910 Louisa
was accredited with a population of
! 49, ana 1t may have grown a trife
since that date. At all events it now
boasts tannery, owned by man who
proposes to tan hides for farmers. He
proposes to do. that work for the coun-
/ " farm bureaus; in fact, has already
turned out some leather
But the making of leather and the
sale of the same are two distinct and
separate propositions, particularly
when this relates to shoe leather.
Shoe manufacturers are given to buy
ing where there is not only a large
variety OF leather but also a supply of
/ the tanning business to be built up at
Louisa. True, some country harness
makers and few repair men may be-
come customers, but considered as an
outlet for farm bureau owned hides
Tor an entire state, the little plant at
Louisa lacks both location and capac-
i 1ty. On second thought the hide pro-
duction of Virginia is very limited
compared even with some corn belt
counties. But at that this tannery
may have its place in a narrow local
district and may point the way to
larger enterprise in a similar line
where the chances of doing something
are better. But as we all know it is
, seldom that the farmer kills a beef
animal. He sells his hides alive anC
on foot. This means that the field fol
, farm bureau or cooperative tanneries
is migty limited. The farmer will de
well to let somebody else do the tan
ming, as well as make the shoes.
Rivaling the Farm Bureau
The cooperative idea has been O
, vigorous growth in Missouri and the
state points with pride to a record
, made before the American farm bu
reau came to help this great work
along. Speaking along this line Wal
llace's Farmer of May 5, says:
Sometimes it seems as if a little
opposition were a good thing for g
farm organization Down in Missouri
the state farm bureau is getting ex
: tremely vigorous opposition from the
farm clubs. The farm clubs have
: made quite a record with cooperative
: live stock shipping associations, pro
duce companies and grain elevators
Pm presenting arguments on behalf Of
their association, the organizers have
some definite and decidedly creditablt
: accomplishments to which to point.
: THE indications are that this kind
3 of competition has proved to be a very
: good thing for the Missouri farm bu
: reau. 1t has made them trim expenses
: in the operation of the organization
1 1t has discouraged the sort of leader
5 ship that believes in sitting still ant
S waiting for something to happen, ant
g impressed the officers of the state fed
S Grafton with the necessity of getting
t in some effective work on a definite
r program.
D Just recently the executive com
5 mittee of the Missouri farm bureau
. outlined the problems which affect thu
prosperity of the farms of the state
: and laid down a very definite plan o
organization for dealing with these
problems. One of the most encourag
ing things about the program was the
fact that undue attention was not Civ
8 en- to the organization department
: More Importance was given to depart
ments like those of marketing and leg
, islation."