The Dolores star., 1924-02-08
Business Service
Aid for Farmers
10 Meet Changed Condi-
tions New Forms Have
Been Devised,

1 tPrspared by the United State. Dep,,,,,.,,
OF Agriculture)
10 assist American farmers In or
gahlzing their business to meet the
changed economic conditions of pres.
eht-day agriculture, new forms of ac-
ficuitural Information have been devel-
oped. and fundamental studies in farm
organization, marketing and crop es-
inmates have been expended by the
bureau OF agricultural economics dur
ing the past year. according to the an
nual report Of the bureau.
In the period of agricultural re-
adjustment experienced during the
past year, 1t was important for farm
ers to secure the facts bearing upon
current problems that would give them
the greatest aid In making accurate
decisions In planning farm operations
and In marketing their products" says
the report. "The first attention of the
bureau staff has been directed con
stantly toward these problems in re-
sponse to the greatly Increased de-
mands upon the bureau for informa
tion on the general conditions of supply
and demand, price trends, the effect of
various domestic and foreign factors
upon the farmers returns. and for in
formation bearing upon problems Of
crop readjustment."
Live Stock Surveys Help.
Special effort was made to strength
en- present crop and live stock report
ing methods, and to supplement these
methods by surveys designed to give
more accurate knowledge of future
supplies. The semi-nnnual pig surveys
which give an indication of Intentions
Of farmers regarding the production of
hogs, and the reports of farmers in
tentions to plant various crops are out
lined as Indicating the bureaus activi-
ties along this line. Numerous me
chanical and other methods have also
been developed to obtain maximum ac-
curacy In acreage and production estl-
mates.
A worldwide crop and market report
ing service was developed by the bu-
reau, to obtain the essential facts CON
cerning probable foreign competition
and demand for American farm prod
ucts. Agricultural commissioners in
England and Europe, and the Interna-
tional Institute of Agriculture at
Rome keep the bureau constantly in
formed. regarding the current foreign
agricultural situation. This news Is
broadcast by the bureau to farmers by
radio and the press.
A study OF the factors that influence
the market demand in domestic mar
kets, as expressed In the prices and
movement Of crops and in consumers
requirements was made. Results of
several years of farm management
surveys were reviewed to secure facts
OF value In the present agricultural re-
adjustment, the objective being shift
ed somewhat from studies with the his
torical point of view to the current re-
adjustment point of view.
| A steady growth in the bureaus
l work in warehOusing, improved farm
I finance and in the study Of agricultural
4 cooperation 9is required. The CORE
{ lation of various research projects con
: Quoted by state and federal institu
tlDnS SUCH MS Ill tHt "
r the New England research council OF
( marketing and food supply Is also re
!. garded as forward step. A similar
O council has been planned for the Mid
g die West.
Market News Service.
o The market activities of the bureau
3, have been extended along the lines o
% research, Standardization, marke
d news, and food products inspection n
II shipping points and terminal markets
Grades were prepared for hay. wool
y tobacco, rice, rye, peanuts, dressed
o meats, and number Of fruits am
y vegetables.
Farm management studies were eS
handed during the year to includ
studies OF farm income on Variou
- types of farms, farm production In lo
calit,es adjacent to cities, the organ
70 zatIon of cane sugar farms. specia
Z suryey of cotton farms In boil weev'
oi districts. studies of the earlier fari
n management records, surveys or re
te ciops on which studies have pee
OF made in previous years to discover III
80 portapt changes in management toS
c of production work was expahde"
Ill include wheat, cotton, tobacco irui''
sugar beets, sugar cane, ana cattle'
lie This extended service to farmer
e- was made possible largely by the COZ
iy solidation of three former bureaus I'M
rs what is now the bureau OF agricui'ui'
ts economics. In the new Dure"u " -,
er identity and the organization OF u, ~
various lines Of work formerly h"nu'e
10 in the three bureaus ias beeh pr
served In the associated divisions vi
der the three groups OF produc'lo
is- marketing, and problems dealing VIII
re the economic phases of both prouu
To- tion and marketing.
po+tod Manure Excellent