Show THREE fundamental FACTORS IN improvement OF FARM BUSINESS h I 1 1 F survey shows show increase Ine reato of wt 14 va percent Pep Cent in the 1022 pig crop production n prepared Pr pre by the th united states department ot Acri agriculture culture i help the farmer fanner to help himself wn was the keynote of an address by dr it II 0 taylor chief of the newly created bure bureau ou of agricultural economics nt ft a recent meeting ot of new england extension workers nt at Amli crat mass three fundamental factors in improving tle the farm business were outlined adjustment of production to marketing conditions operation cooperation co and utilizing the services of government Igen cles 1 I believe that when farmers liae have at well balanced view of tho the relative ira im of these three lines of ftc ae aton they wll will look vloro to individual effort in ail solving ving the marketing lem doctor taylor said in adjusting production to marketing conditions knowledge of the statistics of production and marketing aud their interpretation in tho the light ot of past exper experience lente are primarily essential it t is the job of public agencies to collect these data but it for the former farmer himself to act upon thet them 11 discusses Olt custe hog situation the present resent situation regarding prospective prospect lyo supplies of hogs was given by bir doctor taylor ns as a case la in point last lafit november km ember and december prices of hogs were tow low so no adequate de quate stu were available with regard to the of hogs coming to market and the packers overestimated the supply yet to come from the country ati am it result prices were lower than won wits Ju stilled by the conditions of supply and demand and nt at the end of the winter pitr uni the alio storage houses had find low of pork tito tho department of agriculture made a of pig production so us as to have it a fair estimate of the tha supply of gioga for market this full fall tho figures show an increase ut of 14 per ier cent in tho the 1022 prang spring pig crop over tint lint for 1021 and an increase of 49 40 per cent in the number of brood BOWS being kept for tall fall litters tills this information lins has been widely disseminated among producers of hogs through the press and orally by extension workers eby enabling producers to decide whether they should sell fl ct at once some of tho bows sows they had intended to keep for tall fall litters in tho light of these figures it Is probable ahat american fonicia would iho better off and tho the american consumers ruffer no it a third or of I 1 K U tat of at operative cooperative co association DrI bringing nging their produce to shipping point the Is succeed ling ing because it la organized on bound business lines line tho the brood edwa BOWS held for or fall litters yere were maik marketed eted at tills this time doctor balor Tn lor said all AH we can do however Is to provide the abd the former fanner to draw hlf own con buslon another illustration cited Ss is the aal tattoo in the spring wheat regions for canges in the federal grain iraln grades doctori taylor saida woeful study of the whole situ altu fd adion eliat this problem would still remain n its present forn form if the grades were vero changed and that the solution I 1 lies lica not tit in legislation but bub in education and nd more intelligent action an monttie ont ti tie part inart ot of the tar dinners mers themselves know your wheat campaign As aa tt a result an educational eam cam aalga will ft be organized in the spring blicht stat with a view to seeming more adequate information r regarding lic itlie barket values of the different trades ot ni 1 wheat and the within the different grades rills will be mode made avail ble to farmers and local buyers hud fand fill others interested in more d regarding tho the milli millisia sig abue of wheat k lirt must know the quality of flient aliey poss and a know now your wheat Vh eat campaign has been organized by rw ing training schools here competent teachers will train county agents to grade grain grain testing labora laboratories in the office of the county agent where farmers may bring samples of their heir grain to be tested find where they themselves mity inny learn liow how to test their own wheat and training 13 schools for county grain buyers so that they may introduce more accurate ineth methods in grading grain delivered to them in discussing operative cooperative co marketing doctor taylor said bald that successful operation cooperation co must be based upon efficient service to the other fellow nt fit a fair price even though its prime objective be the welfare of the cooperators 0 pera tors agriculture includes too large a proportion of the lie total population to prosper without the prosperity of the nation as a whole I 1 am thoroughly convinced that just to the extent that A 4 A al 1 i q 4 in wl Z d ta ai 1 1 4 7 K this farmer knows the quality of his hl wheat the motive of fixing prices as an objective in the organization of co opera tivo tive marketing la is kept in the foreground find and the hope of a monopoly price for farm products Is the dominant motive on the part of farmers in entering operative cooperative co organizations llie movement Is doomed to fall agria cultural operation cooperation co promoted and organized in the spirit of extortion in a spirit of price using king onn on a monopoly basis or in any way in the spirit of doing the ther other 0 fellow cannot succeed doctor taylor also believes that the sitt salient lent factor in solving the problem of fair charges for middleman services in central markets Is the study of the whole question from the standpoint of their effect upon both producer and consumer lie he stated that the federal gover government working in close co opera tion lion v with ath the state governments which ore are theinE themselves elves operative cooperative co Ins titu long Is the logical agency to do this the fruit and vegetable inspection cervice was wag given as na an illustration of tills this point A carload of spinach Is shipped from froin austin tex upon arrival in yv york city there way may be more 1 spinach on the market than Is needed ne edcil in olden days the dealer clealer who had contracted tor for the spinach might report that the car arrived in bad coni con and refuse to accept it tit ehfe former farmer nt at awitin could not offord d to go to new york to look into tho the tant t ter and without some system of government inspection he was at a disadvantage under the present system of inspection he con can call for government inspection upon the car and it the spinach Is in good condition lie Is in in position to enforce the die original contract it if it Is in bad condition he be lias has the basis of a claim upon the railway company it the spinach was in good condition when ihen received by the carrier introduction of standard grades and their administration in business transactions is h also regarded liy by doctor taylor ns no of great importance if lu aiding to secure a square deal for tho the farmer |