The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-28
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

which has been established at Chica-
go for some time.
Taking it by and large" as they
say in Paris. the cooperative live
stock sales folks, are getting their
share of the business wherever estab-
Hshed The majority of these sales
agencies were in business, long before
the committee of fifteen adopted their
methods and got into the field. This,
however, is not important to the farm
er, the essential point to the latter
being that his live stock is being sold
comparatively, with some chance of
sions charge. ------
About the Grain Growers
The latest news from the U. S.
Grain Growers at Chicago%fs to the
effect that Faribault county, Minneso-
ia, is now the banner Grain Grower
county of the state, with total of $50
members, which is about 100 members
more than are enrolled in Lyon coun-
ty, the former banner county. The
increase for the week was given at
135, bringing the Minnesota total up
to 1904 members.
We are further informed that c. H.
Buckles, of Martinsville, Indiana. has
been appointed assistant treasurer of
the Grain Growers, and will devote
his full time to the duties of his new
office. Charles E. Gunnels, treasurer
of the American farm bureau also has
| been chosen treasurer of the Grain
| Growers. Mr.. Gunnels states that he
will accept no compensation from the
/ Grain Growers. This seems pretty
! liberal. but when we consider that Mr..
! Gunnels receives $4,000 per year and
expenses from the American farm bu-
reau, and that the farm bureau and
| the Grain Growers are, broadly speak
ing two parts of the same organiza-
/ ton, we judge that Mr.. Gunnels is
pretty well cared for. ANY number of
competent farmers and others, would
be glad to make as profitable a deal
as Mr. Gunnels has been able to
make.
We mention this $4,000 salary as
reported being paid to Mr.. Gunnels
for long time, previous to the March
meeting at Chicago. Some pairing OF
! expenses was done at that meeting
and number of employees were let
\
from the Grain Growers staff The
4 big men in the farm bureau organiza-
! ton have all accepted some reduction
in salaries this year, or following the
Atlanta convention last fall.
American Crop Centers
! Although somewhat belated the fol-
lowing compilation as to the distribu-
ton of the principal American crops.
just given out at Washington, will
be found interesting 1t takes time to
get and tabulate such figures, as wit
ness the fact that figures are still al
most constantly leaking out with ref
erence to the 1920 census, which was
actually made in the year 1919. The
report before us says:
THE total value of farm crops pro-
duced in the north central states west
o fthe Mississippi. river in 1921 was
| 81, 421 100000, or 20 per cent of the
! value for the entire country, compared
i with S241S, 100000, or % per cent, in
1920 The STAKES covered are Mime
sofa, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota
Nebraska, Kansas, which also produc-
| ed 80 per cent, or 81, 100000 of the
! total value of the countrys annual
| products in 1921.
! Second in the value of crops pro-
duced last year were the north central
states east of the Mississippi, compris-
! ing Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin, which totaled s1,175-
! 100000, or II per cent. The value for
the eight states included in the south
Atlantic section, ranking third. was
1867, 100000, or II per cent of the to-
/ tai
Texas led the individual states in
the value of her farm products for
1921 with s463. 900. while Iowa was
first in animal products with s475,-
| 100000"