Mower County news (Austin, Minn.) 1920-1947
January 12, 1922 · Page 6 of 8
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«we psmwpH''• t' A. r. 1 f\f 1 Thursday, Jan. 12,1922. MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINN. ,, Page Seven Crops/ Marketing and LIVE AGRICULTURAL NEWS OF INTEREST AND VALUE TO MOWER CO. FARMERS. Raise More And Better ONK 3|2 Farm Bureau Notes. Pure Bred Livestock ants as to the most suitable rental few perfect miles. Roads must be Frankford Farm TAILORED DAYTIME FROCKS contracts for the region. made adequate to the traffic they are Bureau Plans on od&RN flay P1IRA6LBS called upon to bear, but the process Farm Labor. RIVAL THE COSTUME SUIT Program at Meets The farm labor problem is recognized of hard surfacing must be adjusted to as of vital importance to the the actual needs of such improvement. In spite of the severe storm quite most successful development of agriculture* Provision for stabilizing labor a number of interested farmers of The granting of aid to the rural conditions should be made, to theend Frankford unit of the Farm Bureau [The Magic of Chemistry Which Makes a Compound highways by the federal government that the farmer may have sufficient met at the Frankford hall on Wednesdya should be continued, as definite road of Value for One Purpose in War help at all times. The pohilfe afteroon, January 4. programs have been adopted due to and Another in Peace Director Buttolph presided at the such appropriations. employment service should be reorganized so as to function more effectively meeting and it was decided to postpone To protect the farm to market roads and the taxpayers' tremendous investment for the welfare of both farinear election of officers until later in (Told in Eight Sketches) and laborer. the year. County Agent F. L. Leibenstein By JOHN RAYMOND in them, we call for a definite National Legislation was then called on to discuss limitation of tonnage of all loads No. VII the work of the farm bureau and just hauled on all rural highways. In addition to matters calling fosr how it was connected with the state Railroad labor and railroad corporations congressional action, already enumerated, WAR AND PEACE and U. S. Department of Agriculture should both share in price we pledge our support to measures The art of warfare is as old as the let, yellow and already indorsed by the and how the local organization functioned. reductions we therefore call upon AHMSV race itself. Warfare at first consisted green. It is used A general discussion followed. congress, commissions and the railway ican Farm Bureau federation, as follows: of throwing stones at the enemy or in the manufacture labor board to bring us relief as hitting him with a club. of Coumarin, one of The art slowly progressed. The the essentials in It was decided to have another quickly as possible. The enactment of a truth in fabric catapult was used for hurling good- making synthetic law. meeting with a definite program in Taxation. sized rocks and the bow and arrow vanilla and perfume the ear future. This meeting is to We Approve of the following principles In order to prevent filled milk cEE" served its purpose in stand-off com- toilet soaps. It is include families of the community bats. Thus it went for many cen- also used in killing as foundation of our national modified milk products from destroying turies. Warfare consisted of ninety rodents, thus aidper and will probably be held at some taxation policy: the American dairy industry aocl cent hand to hand work and per- ing in preventing injuring the health of the constnoing farm home. A program committee The measure of ability to pay taxes haps ten per cent of shooting from a the spread of budistance. was appointed to arrange for the for the support of the natonal government public, we insist that the manafacture bonic plague. Pho- Along about 1345 an old monk found gene finds another program. is net income, with a graduated and sale of filled dairy products that gunpowder when properly ignited, application in freegave E. W. Harmon suggested that there rate based on ability to pay. be forbidden by law. vent to a pretty good sized noise:- ing certain sands were many subjects of interest to the We favor the increase of inheritance We condemn the Pittsburg Piny England and France were at war and used in the manufacture optical taxes. principle, which adds a fictitious community which could be discussed the new invention was tried out at glass from traces of iron. the battle of Crecy with the result that Benzyl Benzoate was required for at local meetings and gave as an example We disapprove of the repeal of the freight rate to the price of steel aWI the horses became frightened at the weather-proofing and fircproofing aero- excess profits tax, the subject of roads and illustrated other commodities, and we urge tiie noise like thunder. Losses were heavy plane wings in the war. It now finds We are opposed that it might be of value to to any general correction of this abuse. and gunpowder was voted a success. interesting use in making synthetic an discuss removal of weeds from the Warfare didn't advance greatly for perfumes and synthetic drugs. sales tax. \Ve urge congressional action, to the centuries. To be sure many improve- Dinitrophenol was supplied to the roadside and thus improve the road Tariff. end that public resources of all kinds ments in and explosives were Commission as an ex- guns conditions in the winter time by preventing be conserved and reserved, so tbssk French High We favor a tariff program that will maoe but the basic principle remained p|os£ve- jn peace time we find it used the drifting of snow. give protection for all or protection special interests may not exploit then* —the only way to put an enemy out jn dyes, including the Ameriof Secretary J. T. Johnson thot it commission was to hit him with a lphur black. This dye is for none, and we requect of congress for private gain, but that the public can new su would be a good plan to have the pr^ject'ie' ,nic interesting because it finds a wide ap- the, immediate enactment of tariff may receive the full benefit of their A On the morning of APrIJ 1^15, pijcatjon jn dyeing such articles as local people prepare papers on different legislation which will give the farmers development. warfare was revolutionized when a hosjery and was one of the dyes that subjects and emphasized the that measure of protection necessary In preventing abuses in the sale fi°udA,?f^C!ll0nue gaS- -VaS SC.nt rf Germany was confident America the Allied trenches wiping out whole make. It is gratifying to fact that by concentrated thot on the to equalize the difference between substitutes and the use of deceptivecontainers, cou no regiments. This experiment proved jearn from textile manufacturers that ^subject some time much interest costs of production of farm we ask passage of saeh• for i,UjC° im +C Waf' (?pemn£,a® American sulphur black is at least put into of these papers.' products in this country and in competing legislation as will correct these ev3s^ could be one it did, 100 per cent explosive, ended twenty per cent better than any Ger nations. A tariff for agriculture We note with unqualified approval TuCr chemical. suipj,ur black they have ever man These war gases are of particular in- use(j must be a tariff for all the farmers the greatly increased influence of agriculture Agricultural Program terest to the student of chemistry of the United States. in the national and stste because of the va- Chlorine was the first toxic gas riety of uses to used by the Germans. In peace time We deplore the rates in the Fordney governments as shown by the power" Adopted at State Farm which thov are nnt it used 'n the purification of water, ls LL in the blue, unclouded a criterion of the mode in tailored bill as grossly unjust to agriculture. of the agricultural bloc in congress 11 in time* nf nearp the bleaching of paper and cloths and weather" of autumn we shall frocks. The embroidery is simple and and in the increased consideration Phosgene one of t^e manufacture of a great many Agricultural Development. in see such handsome examples used with a refreshing reserve, in a Bureau Convention the most important dycs' perfumes and antiseptics. given to farm problems by both executive The welfare of all citiziens depends of the tailored dress, as that one pictured season that presents many examples of the war gases, Napthalene was used in making our and legislative branches of owe upon the permanence and prosperity here, usurping the place of the of overdecoratiou. Any of the usual has found a wider war-time daylight signal rockets. Now state government. costume suit. When the aft* is keen wool suitings may be used for it, with (Continued from page 1.) use in peace time it is used in making such beautiful of agriculture. In view of the practical a scarf or small wrap, or a mere the revers on the bodice and the than any of the dyes as indigo and orange. benefits to both consumer and choker of fur, will provide that note sleeve facing made of satin or of ribbon others. It finds its From these few examples it will be producer resulting from the efforts of per-Volstead collective bargaining act J. F. FAIRBANKS most direct applica- readily seen why it is so simple a like that in the sash. of warmth that may be needed. the farm bureau to develop this permanence as passed by the house of representatives. tion in the manu- matter to convert a dye plant into a Fashion, having determined upon In considering anew day-time frock, facture of a large war-time production plant and why so and prosperity, we urge the simple lines in day-time dresses, decrees it Is worth while to take note of all line of dyes, includ- many other industries are directly deing. We recommend for the thoughful extension of the various county farm that their decorations shall the important style points that distinguish blue, pink, vio- pendent upon dyes. bureau associations in the state, and consideration of the farmers of Minnesota make them interesting. The most is this season the prominence suggest that this be done on the township made of opportunity for embroidery, collective or co-operative buying, (Released by the Institute of American Business, New York) Dealer In given to new departures in the shapes or other embellishments on them, and and suggest that at our next unit plan. of sleeves, narrow fringes of monkey as authorized in the amendment, to and demand the immediate repeal sashes or girdles have become important fur and silk fringes, new neck lines, We recognize the county agricultural COAL, WOOD, LIME,! annual meetnig action be taken thereon, In the dress pictured the sash the end that producers and consumers of Section 15-A of the Esch-Cumalike girdles of metal, beads and composition. agents' work in Minnesota has as at that time the co-operative CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, is of very wide, brocaded ribbon, finished may be protected against finan-1 mins act. been of great value to 'our agriculture. marketing organization will be fully with a deep fringe, and the embroidery cial crises affecting the production of We believe the Adamson law is BRICK AND WALL established. Such agents are maintained by on the bodice and skirt is food necessities. economically unsound and produces We again wholeheartedly approve federal, state and county funds for ingeniously placed to make a setting PLASTER. That congress revise at once the ex- conditions in the conduct and operaisting such legislation as will restore to the purpose of aiding agricultural improvement for it. credit laws of the United Sta-1 tion of the railroads which work The length of this dress, its sleeve and development. We Minnesota and other spring wheat tes by providing for 12 to 24 months and general outlines may be taken as against the interests of the pubilc. We recommend that the salaries of such COTYUOHT »Y VBTtfth NEVSTATtlt UNKM growing states such standards for Office 301 East Bridge St. rediscount loans for agricultural purposes. therefore urge its repeal. county agents be paid from public grains as will not penalize wheat on We demand of congress the adop- funds and that the expense of maintion ductive power shall be considered of with a view of helping each party to techicalities that do not lower its Phone: Main 32 That the control of the Federal Reserve of amendments to the interstate tenance of such agents be paid by local equal importance with the interests understand better the problems of the true milling value. system be no longer vested in a commerce act, as amended by the funds. We further urge that in all of tenant and landlord. other, and of bringing out the experience Marketing Conditions. Austin, Minn. board made up solely of bankers, but Esch-Cummins act, to restore the counties where duly incorporated 'The importance of providing producers of both landlords and ten- That an equitable share lease that basic productive industries, including powers of the state railroad and I farm bureaus are organized with a with reliable and prompt reports should recognize the principle that agriculture, be accorded direct warehouse commission to regulate the membership of not less than 200 farrates of the current market conditions the proceeds of the farm should be divided representation on the board or and practices relating to local mers, the county commissioners be retransportation, both within the state and at all other between landlord and tenant in boards governing the reserve system so that the state com- ired to appropriate money for the market points is fully recognized. imporant proportion to the»sum that each party qu and any other governmental agency Let A News mission may function as before the support of such county agents and To issue intelligently market contributed toward the farm business. involving credit distribution. dependable estimates war- that the state as a unit, and the fed- reports and If is generally recognized that That the War Finance corporation We object to the carrier being government increase their sup- and production of of the acreage era longtime leases favor good farming, Want Ad act as amended by the Kellogg sub- granted a privilege of charging more port for such work. and their supplies thru grain crops but they are not well adapted to rapidly stitute for the Norris bill be further for a short haul than a long haul in the United States and the Fuller use should be made of the state, the changing economic conditions and tfi mended so as to empower the War railroad freight rates. provisions of the Bessette law in grain producing countries important therefore it is suggested that landlords Finance corporation to make new Prohibitive freight rates on coarse of world, as well as the number of northern Minnesota to the end that the and tenants be encouraged to loans up to July 1, 1923, and thereaf- forest products should be reduced to livestock farms and the probable lands already in the hands of actual on make three and five year leases with ter until some other effective agency permit farmer settlers in northern number shipped to the1 markets, farmers may be developed under con- to be Do the WorK the provision that either party may is established to perform the same Minnesota to realize an income from ditions of credit and opportunity and supplies on hand and demand for give notice before August 1, or other functions, instead of ceasing to receive one of their most readily available resources, meat products thruout the world, requires equal to those enjoyed by the pioneer specified early date, that the lease applications for new loans after and furnish the rest of Minnesota that the state make ample provision builders of other industries. will be terminated at the completion July 1, 1922. As this amendment to with such producs at reasonable for obtaining these crop and Education. If you have anything to sell The News Classified of that farming year. the War Finance corporation act was prices. livestock estimates, together with Rural Minnesota is entitled to and Ad. Department will put you in touch with That landlords who do not care to drawn and its passage secured thru Waterways—Realizing the importance market quotations and supplies of should receive the same educational customers. A classified ad. is inexpensive and it purchase grass seed and fencing for the efforts of the National Farm bureau, of free access to the world's both agricultural and industrial products recreational and other advantages as pays big returns. their farms, be encouraged to insert representing all the state farm markets, the cost of reaching the sea, that suitable publicity be given urban centers. To provide this we If there is anything you wish to purchase, a in their leases a clause to the effect bureaus, the Farm Bureau federation and the necessity of relieving the such market reports in order that urge: classified ad. will bring the article to you. Thrui that the landlord will pay the outgoing of the state of Minnesota hereby crowded condition of our terminals any shipper may easily and promptly More state aid for common, graded an ad. in this department you will find some person tenant and charge the incoming urges all its members to co-operate and seaports, we strongly advocate avail himself of such information and and high schools, and that this &id be who has the very thing you want, and who is tenant with the unexhausted value of with their local banks in using the the St. Lawrence waterway project as that reports of transportation facilities, raised on a certain fixed statewide willing to sell it at a bargain. these improvements. facilities afforded by the act to their part of a national plan of transportation, of railroad rates and routes be mill tax levy, the funds therefrom to That county farm bureau associations fullest extent, and urges all local and we call upon our people to If you desire to employ a man or woman in any made available to shippers and that be so distributed that rural Minnesota in counties having a large number banks to do their utmost to extend to do all in their power to obtain prompt capacity whatsoever, a classified ad. will find you where possible co-operative action between will receive full share thereof. of rented farms be encouraged to the farmers of this state the full and favorable action by congress. one. An ad. of this kind inserted in four weeks, the state and federal authorities, That the state pay all transportation hold meeting of tenants and landlords benefits of these facilities. weeks, recently, brought the advertiser over thirty .n preparing these crop and livestock Natural resources are the property so that all pupils may obtain a That congress submit to the various applications. of all the people and should be pre- estimates and in reporting high school education while residing states a constitutional amendment served in the interest of all the peo- at home markets be provided. If you have lost anything, advertise for it in AUSTIN MARKETS forbidding the issue of all tax the classified ad. department and it will be returned Finance. pie. We deplore the absence of ade- That state aid for industrial dequate j. free securities. We assert the right of the farmer laws, protecting the rights of partments, heretofore temporary, be to you. Not a week passes but that some Quoted by Peoples Service Store.— The proper authorization for commodity to a credit system adapted to his peculiar the citizens of Minnesota in the im- made permanent, arid that the fundamense article of value is returned to the owner. Dairy Butter 35 financing based upoii warehouse needs as thoroly as present potential waterpower resources mentals of agriculture be taught in Eggs ...( 25 Farmers who have tried the classified ads, find receipts and livestock financing of the state, because up the future de- all common schools. Potatoes, per bu 1.25 credit arrangements are adapted to the department especially useful, and productive based upon a proper pledge. Beans, per lb 5% the needs of other productive industries. velopment of those resources under, Educational system should be so of good results. Stock of all kinds, fancy poultry, Flour—Retail, 49 lb. sack 2.10 That federal land banks be authorized Immediate and practical recognition proper safeguards depends the ex- changed that problems of distribution seed, grain, hay, fodder, etc., finds a ready sale to increase mortgage loans to POULTRY of this right is not only economic tension of the comforts and conven- receive just consideration as compared when advertised in the Classified Ad. Department $25,000, and at the same time the Quoted by Smith-Wright Co.— justice—it is an economic necessity. iences of modern life at reasonable with production, and a special course attention of the investing public be Heavy Hens ...17 cost to thousands of farms. We there- in co-operative marketing and manfore For a small investment a classified ad. brings Light Hens 13 called to the security, stability and We urge the adoption of the rural call for the passage of such leg- agement of co-operative associations Stags 12 better returns than any other investment that can dependability of farm mortgages. credits amendment to the state constitution islation as will guarantee that the be provided at the college of agriculfuture Geese 15 be made. in the next general election. We demand such legislation as may development of all natural re- ture. Spring Chix 17 The rate is 25c for 25 words or less, over 25 Roosters 08 We urge all organizations and be necessary in order to permit the sources shall be carried out for the! Farm Leasing. words one cent a word. Cash must invariably accompany Eggs 30 organization and functioning of a institutions to co-operate in informing benefit of the whole public and not of It is recommended that the county the order, as the amount is too small to HOG MARKET. farmers credit corporation within our every citizen of the exact meaning any special interest. farm bureau associations and their be charged. of the amendment, and of the state. Highways—Improved and perma- township units give earnest thought Medium and Butchers 7:35 Packers 5.25 to 6.^5 great need for its- passage, and we Transportation. nent systems of highways are es- and study to the development of land 2650 Veal, Sheep and Lambs pledge the utmost efforts of this organization Railroads—We denounce the present sential to the broadest development rental contracts that will encourage Fat Lambs 550 to 7.50 unjustly excessive railroad rates in its support. of agriculture. I a more permanent and profitable type Veal .3.50 to 6.50 We further demand: and demand that they be reduced to Minnesota's highway policy must be of agriculture. In developing such Sheep 1.50 to 2.50 the basis. Cattle I Mower County News That after adoption of the rural prewar based on the fundamental principle contracts, the following should be We denounce the principle of guaranteed credits amendment, the state legislature that the construction of an adequate kept in mind Fat Steers" .4.00 to 5.00 Cows and Heifers .3.10 to 4.00 immediately enact a law establishing income upon fixed valuation to mileage of serviceable roads is vastly! That the interest of the public in Eianizranuziaiai^^ Bulls .2.00 to 2.50 an agricultural credit system the railroads of the United States, m^re important than the building of a land and the maintenance of its pro- Canners and Cutters 1.00 to 1.50 ilipiiiiiK Um Mliiiii