| Show MIDDLEMAN GETS TOO MUCH Of O. WHAT IS PAW PAID FOR fOil fOOD i Secretary Says the Farmer Gets Less Les Than Half of It V W. Dec Dee 7 7 The The consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer pays a dollar for f food odthe the farmer gets le less s than fifty cents of it Who gets the rest That is a a question which S cr Secretary tary Wilson of the thede department of agriculture asked today In his annual The secretary does not attempt to answer answer ItHe It He Ue does explain In some detail the re results results re- re suits of an investigation his department has just concluded Into the effect of cold storage on the wholesomeness and cost of If food His investigation lea leads s to to recommend publicity tor the amount of food in cold storage just as the department department depart depart- ment now gives publicity to the condition condition condi condl- tion of crops from month to month Instead of ot food remaining in In storage tor for longer than a year or two years as asa asa a rule the secretary declares that his investigation showed that receipts into cold storage are entirely or very nearly 1 iJ osre j exhausted a 1 bv by the deliveries rl out of cold storage within ten months I Long ong storage is the exception the sec see secretary secretary asserts explained to the department that excessively long storage was d due e to lawsuits and other circumstances of an nature na na- na- na ture The cost of storage Including storage charge Interest and Insurance is considered as a barrier to very long storage Raises Cost of Living Cold storage the tle l secretary e I reports hat has raf raKed t the cost of living l r by increasing n i g the annual price level for butter and eggs The secretary says sas that an examination examination examina examina- tion of the record of prices gives a suspicion suspicion sus that there has been much speculation speculation lation in some sonic years by the men who keep c commodities in cold storage He refers to an apparent mistake of or orthe the storage then men In overestimating the consumption of eggs by bv the public at I exorbitant prices last winter with the result that l in t the s spring the lab storage rif i men had to sell I eggs gS at remarkably low prices and send abroad tile the largest amount o of eggs egg ever eyer exported in order to get et rid of the supply The secretary declares that the warehousemen ought to be requited required to fo send to Washington each month the amount of commodities placed in stora storage e. e so that the nubile public may be able to judge judg of ot the future trend of at prices Potash in United States I IA I A great variety of subjects are dealt with by the secretary in the report He says that the day is not far distant when the United States will ce cease ase to Import potash Florida Kentucky Kentuck- Tennessee and Idaho are mentioned as depositories Recommendation is made that all government government government gov gov- agencies that conserve public health should be grouped together In one bureau The success of ot the department in the southern states through object lessons in the fields is pronounced to have been such as to Ju justify the extension of Qt the work to all an states The department nt announces that the corn com crop Is moving northward by seed selection The American systems of renting n li land S are declared e to be faulty and ies In soil robbing It is suggested that domestic domestic domes domes- tic animals be kept on farms even if it the land band owner must furnish them and that there be a rotation of or crops Egyptian Cotton After vears yearl of experimentation the the thede de def department de- de f sas that cotton can canha ff lac be ha grown Aa in Jn southern u California and bulbs in the st state te of Washington The crayfish Is pronounced to be a a. serious seri seri- serious ous pest in the south Carbon is said to be a sure remedy The finest dates from the Sahara desert desert desert des des- ert succeed In the southwestern states Poultry products 0 for the pa past t year s tu estimated c r to have been worth 5 o The rhe foresters of the forestry bureau are learning by b experiment nt hoW liow to reforest acres in a Year The secretary says lays that ten times this must be planted annually to cover all the bare acres In a generation We are sending explorers explore to the ends of the earth for new plants and getting them them says Secretary Wilson The rhe warns the Irrigation farmers that they must conserve on serve their soil that irrigation will bring maximum crops while the land is Ie new and full of ot plant food But where the crops are sold year by year vear irrigation of itself will not assure good results I |
