The Snowflake herald., 1922-05-05

arnronr,st,on is necessarily large There Is al
ways a flood of grafton pro and con. Here are
some items of general interest that were set forth
In the debate over the appropriation for the fiscal
gear ending June go 1923 (six months of 1922
calendar year and six months of 1929. First IS
a statement regarding farms and farmers by Rep
resentatiye Philip H. Stoll of South Carolina, In
effect follows:
From the census of 1920 we find that there are
.44S343 farms in the United States. OF these
farms 3,925,09O operated by owners 2,454.SO4
by tenants and 6S449 by managers
The total acreage in farms in 1920 was 955 $685.
716 acres and of this 503073007 acres were classi
Aed as improved land. The average acreage per
farm 1882 acres. The value per farm is fixed
at $12,0S4 1t is interesting to note that of the
total number of farms 796,535 have an average
OF less than 20 each, that there are 15O3732
farms with an acreage between 20 and 40 acres,
and that of farms with acreage of 90 to % acres
there are 1,474,745 In other words, more than
one-third of the farmers of the United States are
small farmers, and tend less than so acres of land
It Is also worthy of note that there are 26l7l9
farms that are operated by females and that 1863
per cent were operated by native white farmers,
Q per cent by foreign-born white farmers, and 14.7
per cent by colored farmers.
There are nearly 6,500O00 Individual farmers in
the United States and there are more than H.
100000 men engaged in this work; the permanent
investment of these farmers in land and equipment
amounts to approximately $8O,OO0 100000, and the
OUTPUT of these farms is worth $4,000 100000 an
nualy.
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 $38,6SS059. The
amount recommended in the bill now pending Is
S34978O33. This sum, compared with the present
appropriations is S3,71O,O26 less than the appro-
pratons for the current year and 1854 35 less
elan the estimates submitted by the Director OF
the Budget through the President. 1t should be
remembered however, that the current law
rtes an appropriation of $1,000000 for the pur-
chase of forest lands in the Appalachian Mountain
Range and also carries appropriation of ST.
100000, to be loaned to farmers in the Great
Plains area of the country for the purchase Of
sced so that the bill in fact eliminating items
which have been added, is approximately 100000
less than the regular items carried in the current
appropriation bill 1t should also be considered
that the pending bill carries three or four new
items one for the operation of the Center Market,
carrying about $165OO0; an item for the enforce
Knent of the packers and stockyards act carrying
s41O,5O0: and item for the enforcement of
the futures trading act which carries, 1 think
8,6O0 making the total carried In this bill,
which is not carried In the prior bills, approx.
imately 100000.
Of Agriculture, speaking roughly and generally,
s16000O00 is spent for the conduct Of regulatory
services, many of which are as directly Of inter-