The Idaho recorder., 1922-05-05


appropriation IL necessarily large There Is al
ways flood OF Grafton pro and con. Here are
some items of general Interest that set forth
In the debate over tho appropriation for the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1928 tsix months OF 1922
calendar year and six months OF to23). First Is
a statement regarding farms and farmers by Rep
resentative Philip II. sto of South Carolina. In
effect ms follows
From the census of 1870 we find that there are
8s4s,sss farms In the United States. OF these
farms $685. .0o0 are operated by owners 2.46i,sot
by tenants. and 8s.4s9 By managers
The total acreage In farms In 1920 was a55,ss3,-
yi5 acres. and OF this 5030730OT classl.
fed improved land. The average acreage per
farm wns ias2 acres The value per farm Is fixed
at $i20s4. II is interesting To note that of the
total number OF farms TOa,h3o have nm average
OF less than 20 each that there are t0oS,TS2
farms with acreage between - and 10 acres,
and that of farms with acreage OF 80 to 90 acres
there are i.tTi.7la. In other words, more than
onethird of the farmers Of the United States are
small farmers and tend less than 30 acres OF land.
II Is also worthy OF note that there are 28i,Tia
farms that operated by females and that I63
per cent were operated by native white farmers.
o per cent by foreign-born white farmers, and i4T
per cent by colored farmers,
There are nearly d.5OoOoO individual farmers In
the United States aud there more than L..
0oO.ooO men engaged Ia this work the permanent
Investment OF these farmers In land and equipment
amounts TO approximately SSo0uo.oooooo. and the
output Of these farms Is worth s2o.ooooCo.ooo an
nually.
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 Department of Agriculture during
the present year amount TO sSS.6SS,o6a, The
amount recommended In the bill now pending IL
S34DTS033. This sum. compared with the present
appropriations. Is saTl0o26 less than the appro-
prlatons for the current year and Si.aSt.S3o less
than the estimates submitted by the Director OF
the budget through the President. II should be
remembered however that the current law
rles an appropriation Of Si.ouo.ooo for the pur-
chase Of forest lands In the Appalachian Mountain
Range and also carries an appropriation OF 81
Plains area of the country for the purchase ot
seed that the bin in fact, eliminating new items
which have been added. is approximately 100000
less than the regular items carried In the current
appropriation bin II should also be considered
that the pending hill carries three or four new
items for the operation Of the Center Market.
carrying about $4,000: an item fcr the enforce
ment OF the packers aud stocksnrds act carrying
s4l0.5o0: and item for the enforcement Of
the futures trading act which carries, I think,
$4,000. making the total carried In this bin.
which Is not carried In the prior bills. approx
imateiy 100000.
OF the total appropriations for the Department
OF Agriculture speaking roughly and generally
sis.0ooOo0 is spent for the conduct of regulatory
services. many OF which are as directly OF inter