The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-05-20
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DEPARTMENT FOR THE ACRlCULT URSIS

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Taxing System Big Handicap to
Farmer-Present taxing methods are
one Of the biggest handicaps to the
Blue Valley Creamery Institute, In a
statement issued today ON the bur-
dens of the farmer The general
property system of taxation is throw
ing an unequal share of theb urden
| of government on the landowner,
who is now paying out more Of his
| income as taxes than any other eco
nomic group.
'The tax burden, which has been
increasing in the last dozen years
has borne more heavily on the back
| of the farmer than any one else," the
Institute states. "War costs, veter-
ans relief, extensive road building
campaigns, schools, increases in the
prices of materials used by the gov
eminent, gains in government en-
ployee's salaries, and the growth OF
| the welfare work or service which
the government is called upon to per-
form, have enormously increased To-
cal, state and federal tax bills, until
the per capita taxes today are three
times as large as they were twelve
years ago But twhere the percen.
tage of national earnings taken by
the tax gatherers has increased from
"a in 1913 to 11.5 in 1924, the
farmers tax bills in the same period
have jumped from 9.4 per cent to
16 per cent. And not only has the
farmer been obliged to pay greatly
increased taxes out of reduced in
come, but he has carried larger
share of these because rs to 80 per
cent of the revenue collected by
state and local governments are still
gotten from the general property
tax"
The general property tax is the
cause of much of the farmers trou-
bles, according to the Institute. ut
is am heirloom from the early days
when practically al wealth consisted
of land and tools and when the own
ershi of these meant an income. 1t
is general only as applied to farm
ers whose property is plainly visible
and cannot be hidden from the as
SCISSORS. It fails to reach the in
tangibles. Besides, land value in it.
self is questionable basis for as
sessing taxes, since these values are
influenced mode by anticipated fu-
ture income than by current income.
Another way in which the tax burden
is shifted on the farmer is in assess
ing taxes locally for uses that are
more than local in extent. Educa-
ton and roads-both recognized as
general rather than local benefits
should be as good in the country as
in the city, but farm property should
not be obliged to bear a heavier bur-
den of school and road taxes than
other sources of tax revenue"
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| Scrub Brush Big Help In Raising
Pigs-Diligent use of the scrub
brush, a little I've, some soap and hot
water and few precautionary meas
ures of sanitation on young pigs
from the time shortly before they
are narrowed until they are at least
four months of age is a sure way to
more economical pork production, de-
clares the Blue Valley Creamery In
stitute.
A summary of the experiences on
154 Illinois farms where the enc
Lean county system of swine santa
ton" was practiced in 1925 under a
cooperative arrangement between
farmers, county farm bureau and the
Illinois College of Agriculture, show
ed that these farmers were able to
raise the usual number of pigs from
at least one-fourth fewer sows than
were necessary under the old system
of raising higs; that they raised SO
per cent of the pigs saved at farrow-
ing time; that there were almost NO
runts among the sanitation pigs, and
that the pigs raised this way average
% pounds heavier at four months of
age. These pigs were also produced
more cheaply, were more uniform,
and reached market seven weeks earl
lier than pigs raised under common
methods. These results were posi-
BILE because the swine sanitation sys-
tenn protected the young pigs from
worms and infections.
The most economical use of land
was made in these trials where al.
falfa was used as the pasture crop
according to the Institute, which is
helping to organize 10,000-Acre AL.
falfa Clubs in many sections. Where
| dl1dlld VIILlNCo, ~ 10 IlC DCot per
manenh pasture crop for pigs. II
provides abundent excellent forage
from early spring until late summer
and often furnished two or three
hay crops besides. In these Illinois
trials, several alfalfa fields furnished
plenty Of forage for five sows and
their pigs to the acre as contrasted
to three sows and their litters to
the acre on red clover, oats and rape
together, and on blue grass or sweet
clover, two sows and their pigs to
the acre.
Energy Conserved By Correct Pos.
ture-Good posture is an asset to
any one, but particularly to the busy
person who must save his energy fol
impirtant tasks. In good posture the
body is an almost perfect balance
and requires only about per cent
If tho total available enerov RI main.