The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-29
FARM Cash RISES
THIRTY Per CENT
Minneapolis Tribune Farm Editor
Shows Upturn in North
west Buying Power.


cash farm income in the Northwest
continues to soar, greeting golden op-
portunities for advertisers to reap
rich harvests of sales, according to
Charles F. COLLISION, farm editor of
the Minneapolis Tribune, in a radio
broadcast over station WTCN.
"Our farmers have alreary pocketed
$572,75S,000 cash to September L." he
said, "in Minnesota, Wisconsin, the
Dakotas and Montana, as shown by
the report of the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics in Washington. Only
5.28o or $29,S42,0OO came from AAA
benefits.
Crop and livestock sales, however,
roll up a total of $542, 900 for pro-
ducts of our farmers own soil and
toil-a gain of 5000 or $125 ,468,O00
over the first eight months of 1885.
The nations gain in 1870.
Crops alone brought Sos, 597, 900
this year in the Northwest, nearly 35
million more than last year. This
alone helps to revive business.
"But our dairy-livetock poultry cash
is more than four times all this crop
money, or s434,319, OOO-SO9o of all
sales. Thus we see that the back
bone of our Northwest's agriculture
is now our Observation-Disclosures,
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES combina-
ton of good farming with livestock
Wheat and grains, important as
they are, no longer are the index of
our prosperity in this five-state region
between the Great Lakes and Rockies.
Here our farmers received 1884,
$4,000 in August alone this year
20% or S14,32S,000 over August 1885.
AAA payments were only S1,599,000.
Crop sales were s22,SS6,O00, about two
million less than August 1885.
'But the August livestock product
sales brought $60,510,0O0, a gain of
44Go, or $1S,579,000 Minnesota and
Wisconsin each sold $20,000,0G0
worth. They lead all North America
in dairying.
"The whole regions August sales of
both crops and livestock roll up a to-
tai of $50, 1885, 900 in August, gain of
% %, or $16,667, 900 over August 1885.
"Minnesota's sales were $50, 633 900,
or more than one million dollars a
day in August, a gain of IS %, or SILL.
$4,000. Higher butterfat and dairy
prices, with larger marketings of
cattle and hogs, are responsible. The
improved green pastures increased
the milk and butter production.
Minnesota, first butter-making
state of North America, leads the
Northwest with a farm income of
S217,147,000 to September this year.
AAA payments are only s7,107 900.
Cash sales brought $210,045, 900. OF
this 1870 or $167 ,477,0OO came from
dairy-livestock-poultry. Cash sales
gained $31S% or $5o,7s7, 900 over
1885.
Wisconsin, first in cows, dairy pro-
duction and cheese, sold farm produce
for s190,062 900. OF this $3.50 or
S166, 2S9,000 was for livestock pro-
ducts. AAA payments were only ST.
S6S, 000-Total income $192,430,000.
North Dakota's steady livestock
advance is shown by this years sales
of $2S,276,0 900, or 60.4%o of the cash
sales of $46,7S6, 000-a gain of 500
or s15,6s9,O0O. AAA payments were
9,093,000.
South Dakota's Investigation
gives her a livestock income of SAT-.
S23, 900, or 1870 of her cash sales of
-s59, 961 ,00O. Her gain is 1920 or
s23, 100000 over 1885. The AAA adds
$7,334,O00 more.
Montana livestock gave Treasure
state ranchers S24, 494,000 this year
or $3.50 of their sales, $4,000, 900
gain of 114qo or $3,692,OOO. The
AAA paid them $4,945,000 more.
"a conservative estimate now fore
casts a s9O0,OO0,OGO cash farm income
for 1886 in the Northwest. Sales Of
crops and livestock will be about
1866, 100000, gain over 1883 1885,
0S6,CO0 of about 1850. To this is
to be added the s29,S42,0OO AAA ben
efits received, and the new soil con-
servation' payments to follow"
"This development of good farming
with better livestock has been fos-
tered vigorously by the Minneapolis
Tribune's farmer-publisher F. E.
Murphy ever since 1921. For three
years he had studied farm problems
from grass roots on Red River val
ley grain farm.
Immediately he dedicated the
Tribune, city newspaper, to building
up sound agriculture, as the best
means for reviving business.
among many activities, several
stand out In this movement to wean
grain growers from single crop specu-
lation, and assist livestock farmers
to improve their flocks and herds
Full page illustrated feature stories
in the Sunday Tribune inspired thou
sands of business men to take active
part in All club work, county agent
service, cow testing, college extension,
better breeding and feeding, legume
growing and other factors
"a pure-bred sire selling campaign,
in charge of famous Holstein cattle
Judge, Axel Hansen, placed 10000
pure-bred beef and dairy bulls in A
Minnesota counties, by farm-to-farm
canvas. A similar plan proved sue
cessful In North Dakota, through the
Greater North Dakota association.
"Femco farms, great experimental,
demonstration Holstein breeding es-
adjustment in Wilkin county, distrib-
utes high record Holstein breeding