Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-05
URGE FARMERS TO
sow LESS GRAIN
Willard Tells Bureau There is
Surplus That Holds Wheat
Prices Down
REFLECT ALL OFFICERS
A Decrease Of 10 to IL Per Cent In
States Acreage 10 Urged Upon
Farmers-Traffic Bureau
Recommended.

Fargo.-That the farmers Of this
state should decrease their wheat
acreage from 10 to II per cent in 1929
and substitute other crops in order to
balance the surplus wheat carryover
from the 1921 CROP which Is estimated
at II per cent, Is the official sugges-
tion of the North Dakota Agricultural
college, according to statements made
by Rex E. Willard, farm economist of
the college, ut the second annual con-
reau federation.
statistics show that there is -
per cent surplus of wheat in the world
this year." said Mr.. Willard. "When
manufacturers are faced with con-
dition where they have manufactured
more articles than the market will alb
sOrb, they promptly curtail production
until demand catches up with supply
At Chicago few weeks ago I visited
the international Harvester plant,
where they told me that, due to the
lack of demand, some departments had
been cut to 10 per cent of capacity,
since cost Of production could not be
obtained for machinery as long as the
market was flooded.
Farmers face much the same stu
alton. 1t is for that reason that say,
we, and in saying we 1 am author
lied to speak officially for the North
Dakota Agricultural college, suggest
that the farmers of North Dakot2
should plan to substitute the acreage
planted to wheat next year by, 10 or
II per cent Of other crops, so that the
farmers of this state will be doing
their part In remedying the situation
that has arisen from overproduction of
this crop during the past year. Price
trends following wars in the past show
that period of several years of de-
preston may be anticipated. For that
reason 1t Is suggested that the farm
ers who decrease their wheat acreage
should use the extra land for pasture
crops or other crops from which the
production will not be placed on the
market for two or three years, by
which time the market might be great
,ly improved"
Mr.. Willard's announcement of pol
Icy of the Agricultural college in
recommending substitute crops for
wheat was received with great enthu-
siasm by the fifty-odd farm bureau
delegates and hundred or more visit
ing farmers who filled the Little Coun-
try theater at the N~'th Dakota Agri-
cultural college, where the convention
Is being held.
Reflect Old Officers.
The 1921 officers of the North Da-
kOta Farm Bureau federation were re-
elected for term of one year. fol-
lowing Il banquet held at the Fargo
Commercial club rooms last night.
They are:
Hans Georgeson, Niagara, president
o. M. Hector, Crosby, vice-presi-
dent. ...
Louis Noltimeier, Valley City, treas
urer.
The executive committee includes
the officers and two directors elected
from each of the three congressional
districts in the state, the following
directors being elected:
First district - Walter r. Reed,
Armenia, and Franklin Page, Hamil-
ton.
Second district-A. J. McInnes Da-
zey, and John Straus, Harvey.
Third district-H. l.. Finkle, Ber-
thold, and John Dawson, Mandan.
Recommended Traffic Bureau.
Recommendations of Hans George
son, president of the North Dakota
Farm Bureau federation for the estab-
lishment Of traffic bureau and the
employment of an expert traffic mana
ger, and for the affiliation of COM
modify sales organizations with the
federation, were the outstanding fea-
lures Of the opening session of the
second annual convention of the fed
Grafton.
The sessions were held in the Little
Country theater at the Agricultural
college with Mr.. Georgeson presiding.
Forty-eight official delegates from all
parts Of the state were registered the
first day, but were over 100 farm bu-
reau members in attendance.
1T has come to our notice at the
headquarters of the state federation
here in Fargo, that many farmers
have been defrauded in making ship
ments Of potatoes and other commod-
ities," said Mr.. Georgeson. 1--WE need
an expert traffic man similar to the
traffic expert employed by the Fargo
Commercial club"
Canadian Government Changes. .
Ottawa, OMIT was announced
with startling ahrnntnass TINT Tho. GOV