Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-10
BETTER FARM
PRICES IS aim
Meetings Being Held Over
State to Explain Wheat
Allotment.
Desire to Obtain Farm
Prices Prevailing in
Years 19O9-1914.

Community meetings at WHICH
farmers may hear the Governments
new wheat adjustment plan explained
are being held in more than so of
Minnesota's principal wheat-growing
counties this week. In each of these
counties, a temporary wheat campaign
committee, working with the regular
county agent. or with the temporary
emergency agent, is conducting big
educational drive designed to ac-
quaint every wheat grower with the
aims, purposes and provisions of the
new wheat plan.
Opportunity is also being given at
these meetings for farmers to apply
for contracts under which to receive
the allotment payments which the
government offers to wheat growers
who agree to cut down their acreage
of the crop during 1884 and 1885.
Booklets explaining the wheat I'D
justment plan are being distributed
to all farmers attending these meet
ings. Questions asked by the farmers
are being given special attention and
everything possible done to see that
every farmer thoroughly understands
the new plan.
DIR. Boss in Charge.
The educational program for the
state as a whole is being directed
from University Farm, St. Paul,
through the Agricultural Extension
Service. DR.. Andrew Boss, vice di-
rector of the agricultural experiment
station, is in charge. He and his
aides are now making plans for
reaching wheat growers in counties
where acreages may be too small to
warrant the organization of regular
county wheat production control as
sociations.
One possibility being considered
for wheat growers in the counties of
lesser production is that several such
counties may unite in district
wheat production control association.
Another is that wheat growers in
these counties may come into the
plan through an association in an ad-
joining county. At any rate, some
plan will be followed that will make
it possible for every interested wheat
and to sign a contract if he desires.
DR.. Boss is attempting to reach as
many farmers as possible with in
formation delivered personally over
the radio. On Monday, August z, he
delivered the first of series of four
talks on the University Farm Hour
programs broadcast over WCCO, Min
neapolis. Three more such talks are
yet to come, the dates being Friday
August II; Monday, August IA; and
Friday, August Is. The time for these
talks is 1 p. m. Farmers are urged
to red circle these dates on the cal
endar and tune in for DR.. Boss.
His address last Monday was on the
subject, Price Parity, the Objective
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
In part, his talk was as follows:
Raising Prices on Farm Products.
"Since 1921, the farmers of the
United States have not been getting
their rightful share of the national
income. With the exception of brie
period in 1925 and 1926, the purchas.
sell has been much below that o.
commodities they buy. This disparity
of prices has placed farmers at al
economic disadvantage in every trade
they make. To close this gap between
farm prices and commodity prices an(
give farmers economic justice is the
main objective of the Agricultural Ad
justment Act.
AT the present time, an attempt i
being made to raise the price of whea
to a parity with the price prevailing
during 1909 to 1914. To this, con
sumers and the general public have
assented by agreeing to pay pro
cessing tax of 80 cents bushel OF
all wheat used in the United States
for human consumption. Out of thi
80 cents a bushel processing tax, thu
farmers are to receive a benefit pay
ment, on condition that they reduce
wheat production by not more thai
20 per cent. In this way 1t is be
lieved that troublesome SURPRISES o
wheat can be avoided, resulting II
permanently higher price levels TO
the amount of wheat produced.
can attempt is already under wa,
in the South to improve cotton price
in somewhat the same manner. Plan
will be set up, likewise, for so direct
ing hog production and corn produc
ton as to avoid embarrassing sur
pluses in these commodities. 1t
expected that dairy products, tobacco
and rice production will likewise b.
brought under control with provision
for the production of full domesti
need, but planned to avoid trouble
some SURPRISES.
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