MURE

HI

Bureau of Agricultural Eooj

QF 7 •«.

•oh( 1941.

TD RE^ERT^CES WJ TO THE IK PACT

PEC Y.AM

Un< luary 8, l^J-l the Seoretary of Agriculture

:z of an Int u Coordinating Ccrrmittce suggesting

devel. of a • 1 statr agricultural program to ir.oet

irpaota of 1 the several agencies of the Department,

ked the Federal Director of Exten fork to transmit this

bhe several land use planning committees in the field.
at asked that each State land use planning oom-
Tee enc to Btcrt work en questions relating to the effects

r upon agriculture, rjad the revisions, changes, and exten--
siens needer -1 cultural program to meet the impacts of the

war and cur own defense prograr .

order to males available to members of State lend use plan-
; others concerned with this work, some *f the dis-
cus; ring on this problem as it re-

bo agriculture Q lr>vel , a series of excerpts from

t
spe: *e here brought together. These include:

1, eddrese by Claude R. Wickard,
-retary "Ic ~ '. University, Lafayette, Indiana,

1.

2. : latj -.-■-. -urj to the c '. [ : 'nse Program;
I by .— ■ "" : . , . --- ' ■ IT— :• o ; - - ; • ■ .: r

, before th< Illinris Agricultural

on, St. Lou: . ri, January 31, 1 9 ' : 1 , -s carried in

of the National Defense Advisory Commission,
~ "" ~ ■ ., .1, Vol. 2, I!o. 5.

3. Farm Pr grams i An address by R. I/. Evans, Ad-

is tr".tor"~of~~tn~7TgrTr r^cTjustment Administration, at the

ireau Federation Annual* Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland,
jember , I 1*0.

U. probl'-r.s Ahead for American Farmers: An address by
R. I . :,s, Administrator of ■. A ricultural Adjustment Adminis-

nnnual meeting of 's Grain Dealers Association of

Iowa, Pes Moines, Iowa, January 29, 19l|l.

5. The Impact of 7rar and the Defense Program on Amerioo*
Culture ; j; ?Tr^Ts by ~r7 T. ~Chr is ty~ ~As s i s t ant "LTrector, Office

of ■ Agricultural Relations, at Purdue University Agricultural

Confer' ncc, Lafayette, Indiana, January 15, 191:1.

6. Prota ad Possibilities Under Market! moment Pro-
rrrT..s : in address by Lr. E. A'. Gaumnit z , Ass i r> t ant A dm ir. . Er ':or~,

-rketing Administration, at State College Farm and Home Week,
Ithi . v York, February 12, 19I4I.

7. Weak: ana Strong Features of our Farm Policies : An address
by Claude R. V'ickard, Secretary of Agric-atturj , at A--.-- :.al Farm In-

• meting, Des -, I ova, February 22, 19i-P- .

In addition to this mi t rial, I fc1 ation is called to a paper
■-'. l.'r. H. R. Tolley, Chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
■ d for of tho American Economic Associati'. • :.ew

Orleans, Dec anbor 26, lr'l40, entitled "Agriculture in the American

nomy: An Appraisal of the National Interest in the Agricultural
Situation." Tais is an excellent background statement of our agri-
turi 1 ] roblcm and some of t . ;tors that must be considered in
ping continuing agricultural pr ;r

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SS: Extracts from on address by Claude R.
Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture, at
Farn and Home Week, Purdue University,
Lafayette, Indiana, January 15, l?Ul

"... I ask you to think hard end straight with mo on certain
:s of cur farm problem here this afternoon and I hope our dis-
be with an open mind.
"I believe that if I were to ask a group of farmers or agri-
rural leaders or economists (including the Government variety),
t is th r Bon we arc exporting so little wheat or corn or
cotton or Lard this year?1, I would receive a reply in unison: 'The

rl». . . . Eut it would be in error if we say that Torld :*ar No. 2
is the- sole cause for cur almost complete loss of exports and that
r ends we- will have what we think of as 'normal' ex-
's. . . .

'The facts arc that the trend of /jnerinon farm exports has
beor. • — am rd since the turn of the century. Now I don't mean to
say - the derline hoc been constant. You know better than that.
It : - ■ - by fits and starts. Exports shot up during the 7/orld

tat they hi d been declining before that for 15 years. Ex-
ports fell off li a stone dropped from a tower after the Smoot
ley " -- " .rt of 1930.

b r _r the - - ng to remember: the long-time

trend Ls jot - — is xlowi . . . , tct of the.jnatrter is that

st 20 yo rs our only notion that offered n, real solution to

rts f c . a product the Reciprocal

....;-:- before ' ■ ' r No. 2 broke out,
sor^ cov,: • thod of - r Inter-

national '■■-.... .2 olimaxed tho trend in our export

trrdo that hi on for four deoades. Likewise it brought

out ir.to Bhnrp r " : ft' situation that American farm products face
in the world export - 'kets tod

"If it is i?.; robrblc bhat c orts v. ill return to what we

think of ".s •normal1 volu- , .. isn't it in. the interest of fi r-
mera, the nation, to lay futur .s r coordiiigly? In view of

our present largo r serves i r ability to. step up production

idly if export outlets shov.ld develop, I can't believe that any-
thing is lost by ■ " d for a diminished export outlet* In
fr.ct, fron 4 point of ! ' 1 strongth • t. 1 economic well being,
there is much .to for such o siturticn.

"Of ooun , ' stupid as to olose our eyes to any

export possibility s w3 ioh r y o; n up. In fact, we* 11 keep a sharp
lookout for then end do Lg possible to old market a

.... Ho? ', it, to bo u

eaaity of being prepared to export in smalL r volume In the futur .

still more difficult question: fV?hat
the I parod?' In P to that question, some

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of us will simply r , 'F.oduce product ion' . Again, I wish it were

as simple to - I -t as it is to say it.

the case of at least onu commodity — cotton — -it soor.s
■ turn to the action described by our term 'agricul-
tural ad. ' — not r.orcly to tho idea of reduction. I know a
lot of you p •" who have been in county planning work have come to

conclusion that I have reached and which I have stated to Con-
gressional Committees: 'It is not difficult to see what wo should do

our land to preserve its fertility, stop erosion, and create
tetter sized and better organized faming units, economically speak-
ing. The trouble ccr.os when we try to place the people who would bo
driven eff the land by such changes in land utilization.'

"::e first thing we must roalise is that we can't reduce the

•t-.o live on cotton farms, or wheat fans, or tobacco
f arms , in the sane proportion that we reduce the acreages of these

The fact of the matter is that agricultural population
-use our surplus fam people wouldn't find a
pi- Industries. It is my hope that there can be greatly in-

stria] :n in areas where we have the problem of too

and too low inco:res because of lost markets. . . .

a citizens, I ar sponsibility to help

the underprivileged in agriculture. Requiring than to ruise less cotton

- -

or otb - • ort crops isn't sclvi 'problem. must be en-

couraged and be ana first of all to r I things t)

can't afford to let people no with' fa
be die+ . hat is on n why I si need agricultural ad-

nt and not just reduction.

, I know bhia adjuaiment is r- on increa8ed pro-

duction cf milk, perk and vegetables. I.'ost of this increase will and
should be consumed by the family on the farm or in the immediate

-hborhooci produced. But, no one can guarantee that a small

portion of such hom.o production might not get into the so-called ccc-

^rkot sone ti , omo place, temporarily. Even ec , you and
I must always keep in mind th so people who neod bettor living

on the farms are victims of circumstancos beyond th q ir control, and
in a way, of our cwn short-sights dnoss. "'e cc.n't afford to shrug and
say th- be undernourish jd and poorly clad.

"I he. vo had onou<~ -ulturc on th tt nd

off th to know that it is rrei: dous effort

cultur ■ dcrs i sail-

ing 'agricult-jr 1 adjustment' to noot the loss of exports and to help
^d, under-pr . cbli-

~ts so that * .t must be

don' to do it. nt Col. , rtioular]

. in this • . Farm

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ust join i:. the rt. The A. ... ... ,

11 ot!. ■ a nust do

problems before all farm people

r.s I I eon discussing present great diffi-
culties, bremely ecr.plcx and their sooial inplioati

r, th< r is one phase of the agricul-
tural adjust] to which too little attention has been paid
and it is q phase that offers real possibilities, in ny opinion. Ccr-
- s a challenge .
". • ■ ficlr of the underfed and poorly clothed

■ ad en farms. There is an opportunity in cur own
can, unh) per erld relationships and completely
r if you please, find an cutlet fcr many of our
Hod surpluses. In his recent message before Congress, the
P**- ; four kinds of froedon. Cue of those was freedom

. ith 20 million people living en on average of 5 cents

that th rican people are free from
bridging the gap be-
■ Lghly efficient prcduc-

t ...."

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.1 Po-
ls
burr.] , . jtis, •'. ,

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: •' : Lon,

] . 2, ro. 5

let ' ] _ '. ] I r . f : r.n' s

'3 in thit r bo r tcrod \u

". . for :•■ . r 1'- . . r in a i Into

systons oi r each pur J:c it~

9 CJXd r' 1: r • 'ps

■•.•:.. I; : ] • 111 ' -:-icd

.: r clcs c ntrcl oor.tr 1 , ', i:. turn, t stio

bus; ■ • r -1 r -

ttl . '

r. a

will less . . , in pert,
lturr.1 r.r.r .Sue . , would

:

' '. - scn-

sur • at hone, particular

-

pge if nocessar

: end f ib< ■

Lpr.ents • ;inS F" _

full iinpac al st 'rom

price Parmer,

• • . >uld not 1

us in -Id at p ■ >e.

' -ovisian should 1 , either as a part of the pend-

•eby the

■ i the i • ■ ■ . ortion

jric ral conmodities e must ir r . England lias

is is ui able Ln view of the pressure

le as m< ins of paynent in this countr .
reliev I would like

food the
goods. And I
■ • . ■ , under the

it that i buy froi

•e this i ' d.

through a ' hie

• . [t is i starv-

•ies for

by si the
.

- it -

le f

: t will

ate to a bettor

od.

.it

• - Inter

. . . " ' ens

r xports • bed States ia

• . . . for us rs a

■ • rp

b. I repeal

that would

fc-

bhey would

lo5 > exports wor r ■

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• • - now i:: not

it.

• is Nation sh ut the principle that nc

bo located j the hoarry in-

*ies esse: c nccntratcd when there was ai

That is the only way in which
d labor and resources can be topped vi th-
eir Llies and sh U isands of nilos into

-- . - r: : it effert will loave then stranded,

;. s rior to the or ■ - For naxi-

v.or net bas - rinciplo. In carrying out

-- -ado 8one progress tovard dcccntrrli zaticn but I
•

•or. I nust frankly
rturitios . I h^d hoped that wo
■ • • ■• stivoly anplc

-- vcid moving thoso

• to supplement the lebor supply i • , in so:
•go ur ■ , 'oady running short.

"Ir. . need the def I 11

[1 I of depr Loi — t a

ad when r.any

- : -

:' the • ordora bol up

.

Lao c- cl- b

• Lndu stry . i

paeity < The c -

Per : industry

rust bo ■ -d end

• . until tW production, 'tagos nay

r .

, ■ shell 8 OO SO]
• r .

, , yself

- • Lng • r • pi - . I sec industrial nonage Lng

'. — dovic • • the lrsccs cf t 1

• . : margins of profit

5 it tO Sot .... ,,d>

I - labor, • sa .'.. r liv ; ts, jrcing \ I lo r ?aa

i« I a p • gr the sudden in-

Lal skills or tr . I -

tho .--:.• , ,

■ - . cod in
the

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"I hope that it nr.y novor ocne b I thJ • a only

:. - , ■ , 11 fort if iod by action.

Profits a ust bo kjpt tc fair and nc propor-

- . . Loh appear r.uct be recaptured 1 - ough-

going exc taxation* is pr: id tc got rio

r it effort.

r.ust nako every effert to expand industrial capacity by
the bis it is needed sc as to keep short ago s tc a ninicun, €cr ct

-j is a tenptaticn tc hi rhor . Labor r.ust net take undue

:agc c: .-case ir. its bargaining position. All unjusti-

fiable price and rag' oust b. vigorously curbed."

3: Extracts frcn an address by R. V., Evans,
Ada ini strut or of tho Agricultural Ad-
justment Adninistrati n, t the African
Farn Bur ' ticn Annual Hooting,

Baltinor , . ryl nd, Doc r 9, 19l*0

"It is difficult tc realize fully -•hat tho far-, prcgroc has

r becauj it has done such a good job in cushicn-
gri culture. Foreign
products have been shottorcd. Without ocr ago adjustments to pr
a r loans to

-port ■ rid levels, t i Id c rtainly have

•oturnc 'f 1932 — or . -.culd have

30- - , - ....

- -

nS began

n tried tc - jfficiont

• • ■ - ,

unfrvorablo fcr cur oxport tri fcrr. oomodi-

1 1 not to buy f ■

.

"It sc:n.s tc r.c that the pr ^xport crops in this

try r.ru going I - - - -

ts. C , • ill Vu.vc tc be rcls in our

I ocm toll * tlook o :os

I fcr • - en whuat and acrn, L aa

on - • 500 • Our roccni ith tcbacco suggorts

-yoc.r . Ycu r.ay wish

th( d boo it simplifies Istra-

3 CCS- .

b tho ox: I los cf scco cf th oth r ooui bri s in the

• . r to v.-ork
-id ui. ::y

':', I h ' -

by B .

* s the pros poet

■ •

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..... ... • -• •

. th •

•qur.l right t poot s

Lis, .1 of parity pricos

ill bo r • " r »h in tl aoar futu ■ .

cvo tc faoo is that rrcord-
pondituros fcr no god i it inoroasingly

Pen pr • edequato] h funds fr

■ xsury.

"• • •• Lly, iir Lati as wi] ry fcr certain

••■ ; r vi Is tc oenscrvo

scil, sr xa food 3 rsur.pticn occng low-inccno f&rilios, tc

■ ;n cf 1 - rcducts, tc pronot ■ ■ , en

r • " .- ~.r.c ti b pure ro grans, and to finance

sortaj s cf r gr: turc.

ices and parity I -
• siont apprcpr: . fcr full par it; .

Lticnal 1-^- billion dol] required

• 1 by the
first 'Vorld War.
• •' for 20 years. jring

•

of othor a.

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■ 1 ..d-

. . . . '

-
-

....

us * he

■ . --"^

■', offl-

• . -"

■

-

L ] be pr

■ ■

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If til t: - - ;a aro .1 tcliovo there is a

- - .tivo. h loan progran, by comparison, would

c flc< ' thcut | coiling over then. ...

othors, I an going to discuss tho possi-
bility oi bhor than price fixing.

r.s can bo rr.isod tc ntago of parity

In effect, the lorn guarantees the partioi-
. rice. At • sttine ho can obtain, in cash,
i • f his acreage allotri3nt. ;.ioroovor,
sine itl - crop, tho farmor can roalizo an addi-

i j by selling uis product if tho market price rises above
leer. rate.

"Achicr 3 paril ■ ;ugh a high loan policy has a number of

■ s.

.'ct, p ■ urns could bo obtained without apprepria-

funds specifically for parity payr/ic-nts.
, 11 I dtiro far r .uld be rc-

, -• . ry could bo used tc carry, cut the new

•

" , it •:; possible to bring"] in tho pro-

100 per • .- ting quotas wore put

t ■ - bir.e. subject to nar-

' , ' ' Loans,

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' -• ■ • , • • • ■ . • LI

- .

B 1

Lionoo ■ - i--*l

-
. . . ... .....'_.

If
..... ^ ponser

b prcgrona t/ould coase to 1 . ild

I s c f I

•would
r ' - It trj

brol,

•
■ fr full benefit .- ■

er "cgroc. In order to f parti ci-

. ...

; r • • •. .....

........ - s and

... . .

prob] :

- • -

at
-- • *ld price. Unless we ere

-- : I dc lieyo

ric th t -- Li will he subsidy pay-

s long as ci keep t' "ice above the

• • nestle prion, th will

i intc foreign markets . c

a poll •;• would neon higher expert subsidies.

i lorn progra . 'amor received a fully

ad- ■ - • , not require all of the

By that I r.oan he would net
nee i I present 8- - - 10I on his norm 1 yield cf wheat, or

; for .cor bton, because ho would be getting his

Funds t - ado for planting with-

cllcv pieced in a pool to be used tc pay rtorage

'• fir that aid net novo into

•iCstic • . In th. caso cf soj ios, especially livo-

, ■ funds be used to increr.se dories -

bhis progr uld also bo

•soil- practi ^ B

cs had boon dod- -

could - - Lng

. arposc be to

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• en the
.... coca :ros

ho isc-

- ■■•■-■• °

r tho

Led certificates to i
■ • • v Ivii K pool 1

• : • • : turcr s .

■ :

' lt

in corl

r -

• r -Id prices,

■

■

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• ■ - ponal-

br 1:v.-i • .

■ . - - '

■: j ut thorn. Under

if . . r on q voluntary basis, tho value of

- f rc-.t enough to i lo for a

r -o.
oor ; crops the - r Li icato plan hat i cf the advan-

Licy. It t -uld olininate the noed for specific
rity j ■- nts. It would - J ' ining oon-

. rkoting quotas, cemedity loans, and
all - r] ".sc3 c: ~ fam pr 7 . It -would strengthen

- r ticn i. --- Tr -'

high loan : ' > T

believe tho pregr - Ld roquir r.cre cor.tr n at pr

_ : - pond, to a largo c: ■■ , upon strict

Bontr • Bortificato plan there would

t for voluxrt - , but * "f " Ld b0 a hoavy

80l-

.... - Los th

La - such crops,
ton, it be lew

:ly

fcor '*

... • - ■ ' - '

that 1

■

. - ■ -

•-...- ■ ' • ™rattor

to

°8t

-.1 sum r toe. ir. « • it i» .

cut personal disagreements and
tc bicn.

tracts fr

brrtcr "ioultur

--■■■■• '

-

tiro, r .

La tid< tec r.i

- . ' todcy ray roqu ■ -scicl

i for tororrc ■
• : • - - , 11 th rs in

o :• • int unrJ.sta.kc.Dly I certain conclusicn.

••• . •■ ue >risis, •■•'. r.ust held devm our i n sr -

soly this soason, mal

we fcr d r f r ndura on lg quotas for corn this

tell --. u fran I " tivo is.

i bight ccntrcl c rn ccrcago and failure to

i j qactas would c cclardty >vory "bit as serious as

..A ccrn 1 possible, and th ; pri-

• - r bably r [ t " " ;": 3 nts :* bushel. Considering

-, livestock uction would tone tc in-

ert - . cr Id

ruin 'i •
It.

of ccr • nil.

jer confined i 's of food gr bock.

-

in the
• ■ . In

-

-

. F. Christy,

"--
. .t Pur

ry 15,

It -."• s

■ • - • nr : >tri f nearly r.go.

• ". •

- ' 'on gain-

's, for

tr< 1 • .

tries ,

-

• ; . . _

• • • Itural
neric . , that wo shell

• silian ootton rmc!
. I en
mch pr ■- • ■ liblo

>ial of the Federal adrinistr

r all, the our 'plus problon is largely

"- ' • It will, in all likoli ■ , : . portanoo after
the war, r. ;lfi a ] _ ■ prcgrrn

we should ttcr.pt tc bring - :-. the leading t -

such r. wry 1 t they will not h: -
their - i:: c. buyers' r-.rkct. Thir i i

' -. :• the ir.pertir. - : i
"'• '-" i that in th v rting oountri - i Lntain

• - ir cuy; - licy, tho expert-
•; 3 ■ . • 1 ist, will pr - at a u Trent

" • ho huycr

" - brinont cf all.

I ■ -.rso increase Beni-
r -acts of which b

• , . r of

-

an-

• • • •
Latin Miierio*

... . ■ ■ M

. ■ Off < ■

,st of

. ...

• Mrt*

. ... T- "°

■

ulting
r

front! '

aso

■ ■

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fror. Lat 1 ably c rt

iota. If, Tor , wo

att all t:

we would have to d of cattle that produood two hi

than en , or o] lus of b<

£ that will inor cur pur-

' ■ . it is fortunate thi I
1 source of even greater supplies
petitivo tropical product8. ' of these

products •• . rbtai the Par East. By buying then fror.? Latin

voulc net onl :--.ast; our trade vita that area but the

-ft to a n r r source of supply v.-ould be an inportant el( jf

ional a ric defense.

"By • >8t important cf these c bary products is

rubber, cf which - United States is the vorlu'r 'goat cor.sur- -.
' ' '- ctically all our rubber fron t

Les Briti

v l£0, 000, 000. t wc propose to do is to encourage production of

rubtar in , , is th native habi-

fr ich t- r East

.

/iculturo
-aged in sua order to - rtoin

-

? h wo
• , - Loh

forth,
_ bl«

, { oo« iaj

p cts

3,000 r • '

Shi' BOf tl 'UrG

.... ill find its

n

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tho pure
fame. Tho C this dov- I ,

■ • - ■ c Progrcr., would accr

lly for tho
tic , Ir to absorb ecrc cf the tho pre-

ach oa . :'.itiG3 is ex: I ■ ;ult f:- ;-hift

r products and intc tho f products for the

?stic r.crket. "

PROBLEMS A SSIKELITIES UNDEH I ING

T FROGRAMSj

• nts frcr ;.n r.dcrcss by Dr. . . -:?nitz,
Assistant Adrinietrator, Surplus ting Ad-

detrati in, c.t SI " cind Hor.o

, 1 • sa, York, ] 12,1

'"...; - • progror. sot up u ■ -.ho

f" 1^37 is ■ -■ ■ part of (tho)

.... :• •■• ...

•icultur Los ir. i ...

■oo. ..-...- nonte and orders leeuod by

• • full

ectivo 9 it is

■ • • ; - - - o-

-

tinge- , cr

t rcgu
p

;ct

■

• : r Bilk Lffcra fror. thai la

.. .

■• . - ;~

-■•••.

Ccprc- "I7

cf th bo

.-■ t:.,_ ru_. - pc rn-

....

"... ict

fcr tl r luott

... It

... •

... ts

MS t

p in fixing prlcos.

B are involv< '« of a reticular milkshed. It

rilkched will tend to increase
La more than is nee ry to ly

t, then the surplus will have to flow over !
■ings into the ji-; ■ rices received

pro [ ' Loh the milk I . 'one cases it

even invr. t prices received hy producers in it ions of

count - had been supply! ; tairy products to those markets.

-.- r -rices are establi^ for the most in-

effioi • • r to stay in busir ss < " fit, t the aver-

ad highly effici rt farr.:rs will show larg r its an to

Lr production. Purtl -more, 'S in other sections

of the country will endeavor to find som< arket.

"... All produoers producing milk sole in, or qualified

Lng area mu it be i-.cluded under t m.

ha- much concern among pr ' inS

a t end have been in the habit of oonsi

as exclufl Irs. rod the r a of r

.... But the Fodoral G

•oducers. as alt

been the

• o a market for

-

-

1 :iot ' b next I • Be it

» If pt other

• -
XI will uri , , the rapidity uid

price Inoi e. Tl r - too

-d or • - en inoro .re ir. prioe i a - : ■ '

ric ■ '■ ■ Bupply den

.

■ pro". b I or flu Ik priooa

""ess ec&plcx I b c£ fircihj correct pric rplua

r.il':. Pr ■- , I '"' r ion to

- . Llk r

total i , " • "

oft a as suoh or rooci-rodly-pro-

• • • • pric

- uco -dealers

» rs

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...... .. -

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surplus : . -in-

p y/rth of cocp ."ho op Lr ovji

• ugh such neans coopt:' boon i t< in-

• ■ -s cf r , at the sar: , ' tucors

arc . ssured that they v.ill receive the full of their

"A sou. • • rive has been found, in our ox] .co,

tirl if producers Q sou. ■ >-

Not ling the surplus milk con these ccoporativ

• - • ices to their producers and to the market, tut they can also
-rrcl ever the allocation cf milk to handlers, so that tho
fullest utilization cf milk can be obtained. . . .

"It is just as essential that a coor to bo efficient in

milk as it is - proprietary handler be efficient. If

a rrices are lev igh to keep inefficient ccor es in

business, arc perf r no effective service

:. ;•. . ; ppesit , ' in effect an expenso to

. rs of sue: Lve do c'os

■loss, thon th to

of the- actuc.l cost t.

.. ■ .

. Of 03-

- 4 -

nus* toting

to oontinuo. ^

• . A price built without pr

support c

; OF OUR 1 OLICIES:

Extracts fr ross by Claude R.

Sec C Agriculture, r.t I in Insti-

tute meeting, b, lev . 22, 19I4I

"... Through the years, v:o hav . loped a rounded fam

that is ser nation 1 ys.

30 pre .like all things fashioned by

•t. They must chango as circumstances 2 . The soccr.

its fur . hat then is *

si- -ricultur

tiers?
"Frier to 1939, ur plana for agrioultur ad

Wor . -upset r oalculations. It aooo]

r ing
up gr- uall; . -ull gr ugh ovemigW ,

rehec - till for ' I

fam pr

question. Certainly

-

trr . (

r ' Li . • ■ -

.

t.

''. . . Only Brit .is r.s ,

biocl ■ as, is bi:

• • this situ tica, a •:

. If a , I

tc -, but Is
: : • :-:..-:. p cur -t crops

■• : -ill 1

" 's prc.ycr fcr oquclity rit

hclF " • i Lta )ffocte ■ ucts, fruits

' :/. " ■:• . ' f 11 ■

lilc the rri : -f cm pre due ting.

' • . . t t '•

. . .

•hs pr. i::g

que • . -

jus- • lo-

ses, th . up tc

, for . , ist

a is as it si.e ulC I .
t the future, let's aot ovor

. rity is still bo: oe

but 11 Ltc ;oth if it b fcr t]

tho pr

p tc

tied
round,
sc ohoap * .

"Thr - Bciplii ...

. r • pa, ]

Loa i". 81 " solf-i isciplinc. If

illing
, bo

fcr whi.t they do grew.
' uco

od
■ I

-

" ' • mp-

"I be prcud cf the fee ; turo has

- the 1 i ffcrt I sr Lon . .

is, the school lunch program,
Federal .-fit farrier 11 as

• In reality -we san't bon fit en ip without benofiti

r .

■ 1 • t sc as - it certain

will 1 Pit. For the sole purpose cf i: ; far

s cf • .Or • old

to rake certain irticip L: the rogr buy aa r.ueh

food as they did bofcre tho bar : lue color

i- n free, are - a restr list of fam sur-

pluses. Therefore, the ossibl not j so In t

t is bought & ten. Farcer -crcd a

un lerfed are assur
which - --cs their hocH • .

' ' .tic o< -

:

• p

prcgr _ agricul-

• _
- 11 rr

-

-In the "

rr. •

. in
.... - Bia

. . p in our citi

....

-

, nero c •

• . ith

■
cc* . . . .

- ■ -. prcd u • of food a

■ ir d . ^or hc"lt '

loed to dr lot r - ■ ....

. ' Lor fror?. Southern livost(

isn't ^ very mu

iso froi Lit, it '• ■ at to cuch. Wo ooi -

jplc i: ; ons things * isist upc rig

our , " . ''os4: fan i I

- - - br . s r.s vie -. rf1 ■ -. . . .

is ~*- .* ^od th ' will pro-

r, . id oth r

South
-.I::.- food sit-: -

t toe occourag . Briticn hc*vo 1 eir sources of

for • ly on ; . I ill fur

of o'.ir food it

... . I i . . . .

.

....

principles 1 ■ - - • ■

....

... - ...

■ . » tern Loc.803. ill

soil, , icn, -.: Lcn

of the p •

... ..-.

"• • • Alrci '1; -:-.-.-'

trip] far is

.... . lononi

to f- n
• . . . .

. . . .

...... ■ _

: . . -

■

-

The
Lama are found
to be justified, we vdl'. i b I it ions. • duty

to all the fanners and all the taxpayers to do I Bt job we can.

"e are n ra and count:-

ally are - ■ ■ . must operate I far 'ama for i

of all farmers --•--•. rs, tobacco - -

. and so on. for

cial b producer 8, cr r.crr.bcrs of an; I le

•s of tl Lon of th as should keop

• Q<^ I regard 1 ... ru]_

i strati on of natJ rogr - for agric bure, y are

. r - r less of t": re gar sa of 1

on ti\-- Secr^tcr" of " julture . Let me state their,

as r as I c

• 5 out nr.tional farm
pro^r-irs r< s~s wil the Department of Agrioultur . r -pcnsibil I

for ad: ration shoul- r I Lth the Depart I . the r -

it not the cv •

i duplicatio: ,

5 .. .

... nothc

- £ -

• cbility

r.d

but, in

bo do tho job or to

obe

a •

a i

■

, ■ ;. t did

•• •

' • ■ ' ' ' ' " '"

- -

Lnt crest 1 Final gui
, . . . Ftrnor . flucc In i bum i i

dod f> no for of the othur dcnocrccios . Liko

ther produc ;roupa in i bion — Labor and industrial r a -

— r.ll thoy :.sk is ■. f-.ir return for their contribution."

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