The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
CROPS TURNING INTO
GOLD FOR j. S. FARMER
WORLD LOOKS TO AMERICA
FOR GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK.
MARKETS ARE ACTIVE.
A BILLION MORE in PROFITS
Agricultural Authorities Declare Till
ers of the Soil Will Put Selves Back
On Their Feet With Income From
Sale of 1924 Products.

ers of the Soil VIII Put Selves Back
On Their Feet With Income From
Sale of 1924 Products.
Farmers of the United States this
year will receive about 81 00,000000
more for their crops than they OBJ
tained for the crops they sold in 1928
Beginning with a slow but amazing
upward trend the produce markets of
the United States, which extended
their influences into all parts of the
world, now have improved to a point
where the American farmer has real
golden prospects in sight.
Wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye-ev-
erything except cotton-have had
share in the now sensational rise in
market prices, rise which, accord
ing to department of agriculture esti-
mates, will bring the American farm
er nearly $6,000,000,000 for his 1924
crops, and which will increase his in
come from sales OF live stock between
10 and Is per cent over last years
receipts.
Opens Many Possibilities.
To the farmer this situation opens
many possibilities. Many poor tenant
farmers who have struggled for years,
and who last year had to apply for
free seed to plant their crops, in 1924
are finding themselves almost wealthy
at least good part OF them.
MANY others -1Ubn had T.,rchocaH
farms with small payments expected
to have mortgages hanging over them
for years, but now find that they will
be able to pay off the mortgages, or
at least a good part them
Still other farmers will be able to
buy more land, erect new buildings,
and avail themselves of the conven-
fences denied them for years
Many factors are eagerly seeking
the credit for the new era in the farm
er's life. There are the Wall street
forces" who boast OF their manpu-
lation of the markets for the farmers
benefit. There are the politicians, who
say the rise will end with the COM
pletion of the political campaigns.
On the opposite side are politicians
who declare that there is no such
thing as a big rise in the farm prod
ucts market They contend that the
farmers are being duped for political
purposes.
Government Disagrees.
The government disagrees with
these however, and quotes statistics
it has compiled after worldwide sur
veys. The upward trend of the mark
ct, the governments department of
agriculture has decided, is due to moth
ing more or less than the functioning
of the law of supply and demand
The United States it is pointed out,
is the only grain-growing country in
the world which has a successful crop
this year Canada, Europe, everywhere
the grain crops are away below nor
NAL and even smaller than the least
optimistic estimates earlier in the sea-
son.
Therefore, the department con-
cludes, it is natural for the world to
turn to the United States for its 1924
grain supply-and that is exactly what
is being done, estimates show. The
result will be, the department asserts,
pot of gold which will empty its
contents directly into the pockers OF
the American farmer-nowhere else.
Cannot Check Rise.
Furthermore, the government takes
the stand that nothing can check the
increase in the prices offered on the
produce markets. The world must
have its grain-and the United States
has grain to sell. That's all there is
to it, government economical experts
point out.
Gamblers on the grain market are
not falsely boosting the prices, it is
declared, for these gamblers have lost
millions because of the rising prices
and have just about decided to keep
their fingers out for the rest of the
season.
1t is a golden season for farmers.
World conditions make it necessary
for many nations to look toward the
United States for much of their food
supply. The farmers, with their l9z4
crops ready, some already harvested
and some yet to be harvested, benelt.
The American farmer, however, has
proved that he is aggressive in this
situation. Reports from all parts OF the
nation show that the agriculturist IS,
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