| Show FARM PRICES SUBJECT TO EOON 1 LAWS what is the matter with farm prices arsee this question seems to be an almost universal one the united states today attempts are being made on every hand to find some borne way out of the slump into which farming has fallen alien since the riotous years during and immediately after the war at this writing a measure ts Is pending before congress aiming to raise the price that the farmer gets for or his goods to a level where it will compare more favorably lavor ably with the ratio that it bore acl tc general prices before the war in the opinion of 0 experts at the utah agricultural college who are supported in their views by the leading agricultural economists ot of the country all such measures are makeshifts and cannot possible bring more than a temporary relief to the farmer fanner hard economic facts acts and not legislation are the determining factors in tana farm prices as in every other kind of prices the tha reason the farmer ix is getting low prices for certain of hla hir commodities la is that he producing far more ot of them than the rest of the people are willing to buy hence buyers pay him small prices be begaii his need to sell his products Is grea g r er than their need to buy t thema em today the profitable lines ot of ag r culture seem to be dairying and POO poi try they are profitable accord ac cordin ln to professor warren ot of cornell U bt I 1 cause of two factors actors first the cou COB generally produces less of thes products than the consumers cona umers are will ing to use and second the prices 0 oi feeds are so low that the profits arf an comparatively great wheat beat on th thi other hand is low in price chlell because of the referee of these two conditions there is a tremendous overproduction over production of wheat in the ted led states and due to the exhaustion ot of much of the good wheat land the cost coat ot of production Is high making the net profits low what then shall the farmer plant to secure good profits no mb one can predict po vely jus which crops are going to be good tor for the coming year but experts have hav investigated the signs and are willing to suggest probabilities at least A series of short articles in ing issues of this publication will give a condensed summary of some of these opinions |
