The Princeton union., 1922-08-24
Radical Departure Made in Interest of
Small Farmer; Poultry Show
is Now Planned.
CREDIT SYSTEM WILL
NOT COST A CENT
Grain Growers Affairs Snarled; New
President Asks Members
To Be Patient.
(Farm Bureau News Service.)

Freight rate concessions that will
mean material savings to shippers Of
butter, wool, potatoes and other farm
products, where producers at several
shipping points combine to obtain car.
lot rates, have been announced by A
j. Mcclure, general manager of the
Minnesota Cooperative Creameries
association. What is known as "stop'
charges have been lowered 65 per cent
The reduction was ordered at a
hearing in Chicago last week, which
was attended by Mr.. Mcclure. When
the Creameries association began COM
bining part-car shipments for move
ment east, the rate for stopping at
a station, without taking the car from
the train was 81. A request for a
reduction cut the "stop" charge to
$3.50, effective July 1. The associa-
tion considered even this rate too high
and renewal Of the protest lowered
the charge to $3.50. The new rate,
which applies to all concentration
shipments, becomes effective October
1, 1922.
Voted County Agent Funds.
In 81 out of 76 counties where coun-
ty agents were working last year,
commissioners already this year have
voted appropriations to continue the
work. In three counties, favorable &C.
tion will be taken this week. Only five
counties failed to back up the county
agent and farm bureau work with
funds. While failure to appropriate
in these instances has been handicap
in most cases farmers are so de-
termined that farm bureau work shall
be continued that arrangements have
been made to cover the cost by in
creasing the membership and increas-
ing the bureaus income.
Grade Cows at Dairy Exhibit.
A grade cow exhibit will be an
outstanding feature Of the National
Dairy Show, to be held on the Mime.
sofa State Fair grounds, October 7 tc
IA. The decision to admit to entry ar
animal just outside the aristocratie
circle breaks a precedent as old as the
dairy show business in this country
Heretofore, blue blood lines always
have been first requirement for en-.
try.
"We are going to admit grades
says w. E. Skinner, in charge of the
arrangements for the show, "because
we realize that good grades play al
important part in inducing farmers tt
keep better cows. That being true
there is no reason why grades shoult
not be a part of our Dairy show, fol
the first object of the undertaking is
to carry on the fight to eliminate thu
scrub-animals that can not pay fo1
their salt"
1t is announced that straight So
cent adult admission will be main
tanned and that all railroads have
granted a round-trip rate of fare ant
third from all points in the north
west.
Initial steps for an internationa
poultry show, to include egg ane
dressed bird exhibits, were taken at {
representative meeting of poultr,
men. If the plan natures, the objec
tive will be to hold one of the larges
poultry shows ever undertaken.
Credits System Self-supporting.
State farm loan machinery to be
authorized by the legislature afte1
Amendment No. 1 (rural credits) is
adopted on November 7, will be oper.
ated without a cent expense to tax
payers, according to J. F. Reed, chair.
man of the farmers committee thai
is urging favorable action on the
amendment.
while it would be presumptive, as
we'll as unwise, to contemplate the do.
tails of legislative action, there are
certain fundamental features that arc
sure to be included," says Mr.. Reed
'One Of the most important of these
IS that taxpayers shall not pay a cent
OF expense incident to operating the
system. In loaning money to farmers
the interest rate charged will be lust