| Show PROSPECTS FOR agriculture IN 1923 secretary of Agn culture wallace twelve months ago most of the six million farmers of the united states were starting on the long hird hard climb out of the valley 1 ley of econ orme depression they have not yet attained thoughts alach are am t joithe di ff grateful sunshine of prosperity so bome me indeed has hae falten fallen falso by the way others are still in the valley nevertheless sit as we a top stop a bit and look backward we can see a th that t very considerable ground has be been en gained by the great major it and we can enter the new year with ith renewed hope and with that courage v lach comes from the rest reil that wv wd are really ra making taking protas proT cs y ear car asro Z when hen speaking along of III the c P pi aspects for firpi meni 1 1 I sud it thil while jhc thc there was re on to t s lie hect a be boom times for til OIL ermi in the near future theae was i letter tim times caboth both for the farmei barann and ani tor for these those hose business is large ly d pendent dependent e upon him the year has brought fulfillment of that prom pram is ise S speaking generally times are am barren much it better than a year ago both bior for agriculture agriculture and for indus index try crops haie apen r good on the whole prices of the maor major maps crops ari are mostly considerably higher while there has been a correspond agad ing advance rance in the prices of the thin things ga the farmer must buy the total sum which furmenk farmers mild will receive for or the crops of I 1 this thin year is in greater by a billion and a half dollars or more mom than that which they received for the trips crops of last ear ar this will certainly mean better bette times on the far farm and far farm folks will be able to ease up a little hule on the be grinding econ omy they forced 16 Pr actie i the preceding year the be labor cost of producing the crops of 1922 was still further re deuced there them were esome some 1 bial I reductions d chions in freight rates much 7 helpful legislation has been enacted and we more will it be t this a winter in terest rates are lower and the credit strata has been eased th this has made it possible e for many farmer who were v cre rather heavily II invoked cd to refund obligations bag and 11 get them wm selves icax to in a c condition 0 c to win through there them ar are e still some mine dark spots in w some sections weather conditions were unfavorable ble and ad crops we were short so and it farmers in these a sections are am h having 1 I nga a very hard bard time of it freight rates are still too high es specially ally for those who must pay for a haul to market taxes are am high but this is 1 largely gol due to the increase in local taxes ivr which farmers themselves must ex excer cerease cise control etere 1 here has been gratify gratifying ing growth in famie ts on operative cooperative marketing associations association h and re more of them cut ahung are organized on a sound annum business alt 1 I 1 aside from ah lit in ip which has bm been given by fisl and at b ad ministration art activities ittzes strong eco forces are am at a work to restore a more normil rotation relation between agn culture and other industries the petit peril in the agricultural de preaston ion us is more mom keenly reali realized tut by 05 her groups group than ev eva r before and on a every ha hand it a sincere desire IS being evidenced to do what can an be dine safely to help the farmes bettt t r his bis condition evereth everything mg consul considered ered we haw have good gd masin to expect ewt still better things fur agriculture in the year 1923 |
