New Britain herald., 1928-05-01

present has been a.s follows:
 1923 .......... 1No U. S. reporD l'24 .......,....... 6ta,"ep 1925 ................. a34,o'o 1926 ............... 1,02o, GOO i5- ........ .,....... opf,p"p
 The net movement in 1927, there fore. wa. lower than for any year since 1922, assuming that 1923. for which no report is available. at least was as high as during 1924.
 Tn the cities, where manufactur- ing and commerce busios the popu- lation, the tendency has been toward greater production per man, or the mploymcnt Of fewer mon for the maintenance of production. Al the same time many plants have been working on part time. Labor-saEing machinery is everywhere in greater evidence. It is logical. therefore, that the lure of city jobs has losscncd.
 In spite of the decreased num- ber of farm workers during these years the volume Of agricultural Iroducts has been maintaincd--in- deed. crop production has been slightly increased in the face of a declining number of farm workers. Yet on the farms, too, labor saving machinery is being employed on an ever increasing scale.
 The country's consuming popula- ton has been steadily increasing. however, and the production Of farm products, despite the decrease, has not kept pace with the population.
 Using "indcy" figures as q con- venient and easily understandable method of arriving at comparisons, the index dnnoting production in 1920 was 117, or l14 per capita of farm production. In 1927 the pro- duction total index was 1l3, and g for per capita of farm population.
 This denotes an amazing increase in the efficiency Of agricultural pro- duction. One reason therefore is the widespread adoption Of new ma chincrv and methods, including the combine" harvester system.
 The "combinc" method Of harycs- ting in the wheat belt has swept over the entire western region. More than 12,t0G combines will enter the Kansas wheat fields this summer. Tn Montana more than 1500 com pines are already on the farms. The U. s. Department Of Agriculture, making q study of combine efficicn- cy, has reported that inc cost of harp esting and thrnshing with the combine is s1.5o an acre, compared wth s4.22 an acre where the bladcr is used. and s3.3s where the head CT is used on large farms. This is the story Of agriculture within re- cent years in nutshell
 4 combine working with only three men makes inc rounds Of 4 wheat field, turns out thrcsh"d cleaned and s9cked grain, and vast i ly olt.strides older methods. other | products Of the farms are affected the same pay. The cotton sled iu 1 inc South, the corn husker, fhf ducf'oot cIIiti ator Of inc srtnl-arid country. the dus' spray rig in inc orchard. Itnpro,cd milking 1na- ! chimes, modern equipment for hay
 mich sua blcs handling this heavy crop by putting f in the l'arns "ith- { out being touched by hand, modern strains of liErafock and cfops-al
 present picture Of q nc~ efficiency on the farms quite rqualiing th" ont- ploynent Of more efficient method; | of he cities.
 ! There is q large population thai 1 is not Of th" cities nor Of the farms i They live in the su,all towns o' which there are thousauds in th' nation. Thcsr. stafistics show. havf not stood still m inc last decade l though lIi'Ic is heard nf tbrtn. Therf i i,a higher rolatI:e and per capIts i degree of prosperity. lovGl-hraded l rese common sr'se and American | ism m the small ton ns Of 'ho ua'fof | than most people realize. r ls these [ rather than thr larger cities. tha have attracted the dagruntled farm