Smyrna times., 1927-07-20
WEEKLY FARM NEWS CLEANED
FROM DEL-MAR-VA PENINSULA
NUGGETS OF FACTS OF GENERAL
INTEREST TO THE FARMERS
Gathered and Compiled by the Del.
Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association
at Salisbury, Maryland

At the American Institute of CO.
operation held recently in Chicago,
Chas. w. Holman, Secretary of the
National Cooperative Milk Producers
Association, declared that American
dairy farmers came thru the postwar
agricultural depression in better
shape than any others in the large
producing groups. They were able to
do this because of self-help in the
marketing of their products, and by
national organization to protect their
interests in the same manner that big
industrial groups have been able to
maintain prosperity. He further as
of this country are committed to pol
icy Of tariff protection on their pro-
ducts and on competing fats, and that
the greatest menace to the continued
welfare of the industry lies in the
possibility of greatly enlarged imports
of vegetable oils from the Orient and
| Africa"
According to an editorial in the
Washington Post, a study made by
the Chain Store Economic and Finan-
cial Research Bureau shows that 34ft
of the business done, comprised sales
of commodit from which retail outlets
derived no profits whatsoever. $272,-
100000 worth of merchandise was sold
| at an actual loss and S884,000,000
worth of merchandise was disposed of
at cost plus overhead expenses. This
appears to be bad economies; yet, the
| Chain Store has prospered exceeding
| ly, and the management thereof has
| proved that it knows what it is doing
Only four states surpassed Mary
land in the average wheat yield pei
acre in 1926. The average yield pei
acre for Maryland was % bushels. 1t
was a record crop and was the most
valuable crop produced in the state
exceeding in value by nearly one mil
lion and a half dollars the aggregate
value of the corn crop. For the State
the yield was the best east of the
Mississippi River.
The Marketing Bureau of the Del
Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association in
cooperation with and assisted by the
Maryland Department of Markets and
the Bureu of Agricultural Economics
is maintaining the Marketing News
Office at Pocomoke City, Md. The
service covers the entire movement
Of potatoes, sweet potatoes, cucumbers
and cantaloupes from the Del-Mar-Va
| Peninsula.
The Bureau of Markets of Maryland
has just issued a booklet containing
Recommended Standards for Grading
Packing and Inspection of Maryland
Fruits, Vegetables and Eggs" The
specification and definitions included
in the book are recommended by the
u. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics.
A conference of growers, shippers
storage men, extension agents anC
specialists, bankers, railroad men anC
others interested in the sweet potato
industry of the Del-Mar-Va Peninsul;
will be held on Tuesday, August 9tl
at Pocomoke. Maryland. Many sucl
conferences are being held under ant
in cooperation with the Marketing Blu
reau of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shor,
Association.
| Confronted with disorganized mar
keting, accompanied by great waste
and improbable returns, the Vine
yardists Association of California, re
presenting 949s of American crap
production, has asked the cooperation
of Senator Edwards in the organiza
tion programme of rehabilitation il
the interest of 10000 grape producer
Of California. His reply stated tha
he would aid the Association as ia
| as possible.
| 1t is estimated that the Del-Mar-V
strawberry deal of 1926 amounted t
more than $10,000,000, and that tn
white potato crop returned more thai
$20,000,000.