The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-11

or the old one refinanced for a larger
amount.
This was a simple procedure at a
time when land values were steadily
and the increased indebted !
ness against the land did not raise
the ratio of mortgage debt to value"
he continued. In the states of the
there was a rapid growth
OF mortgage debt on farms up until
1920. but since that time it has either
remained constant or has shown a de-
crease, although farm improvements
have been going OH constantly
Mr.. Haw laid emphasis on the fact
that farmers have injected into their
farm management scheme new in
come-producing activities.
Increases In Products
"Of note in this connection" he
said. throughout the Northwest r
increases in output OF dairy products
and swine. poultry, including turkeys.
sheep. bees. sugar beets. potatoes and
a miscellaneous assortment Of seed
crops. AS an illustration. North Da-
kota farmers have IN eight years in
creased income from poultry from
$4,000. 900 to $50. OOO. 900; income from
sheep from 81. 900 to 5 $1,000. 900:
and from dairy products from So
100000 to $49. 0O0. 900. A significant
fact is that during this identical pc
Rod in that state the great staple
cash crops-Wheat and flaX-havc
shown no decrease in acreage. rather
q substantial increase. The process
Of gearing up these supplementary en-
terpries to the main farm production
program without abatement of the
latter is an outstanding accomplish
ment Of our farm people in the
Northwest.
Multiply Buying Of Machines
Sensing the necessity for lowering
costs Of production and q greater out
put OF farm commodities per farm
and per farmer. they have mechan-
lied their individual effort with adj
vanced types of farm machinery.
They have pledged their unincumber-
ed resources for the purchase of trac-
tors. combines. trucks. large scale till
age implements. milking machines and
the like In al attempt to reduce the
unit cost of producing farm products.
In Montana sales Of combine
threshers have increased from APP
proximately 100 sales III 1925 to 1862
In 1925. It Is roughly estimated that
1000 tractors were sold In 1925. Last
year the recorded sales amounted to
5,25l. The imports Of farm imple-
ments into this state amounted to 196
cars in 1925: 27l cars in 1926: 328 cars
In 1927: and AS cars In 1928. In
North Dakota a similar increase In
farm machinery sales has taken
place. There were but three combine
threshers sold in that state In 1925
y in 1926: 249 in 1927; and l,l72 in
1923.
Not only have the northwest farm
crs kept abreast with the time with
machinery, but they have eagerly
sought information from agricultural
research institutions and put recon-.
mended methods into practice II
growing their crops and In the man
agement and feeding Of their live
stock. As . typical instance. the av.
erage annual butter fat production
per COW has been steadily mounting
year BY year In al the states Of tn
northwest.
lleeting Cemsumesg' Tasks
Realizing that the producer O
farm products today must keep ~
eye> on the average American con
sumer's diet. Northwest farmers hav,
made many important adjustments \
both the kind and quality q product
marketed. They are managing thet
livestock enterprises to make read!
Tar market : young. iinished bee
animal. . lighter, leaner hog and
fat lamb. They have made imp0rtan
progress towards wheat higher In It
average protein content and flax rtcl
In oil.
"our Northwest farmers have mad
progress toward curtailment Of tn
ravages o. both plant and anima
diseases which annually make i'm
pcgtant inroads into their net returns
IN - similar period o. yeaIS hay
farmers = fully given their active 60
.t0pesatton t. the organised Gduca
ltt00ol lofccs which Ase making ~
lon ANIMAL t~nbercul06ts. hog cbolesa