Show I 1 I 1 I 1 i s I 1 0 ta 01 k i ia by W R I 1 G H T A 1 P A T T E R S 0 N Hela seo weste I 1 rn newspaper union I 1 A FARM PLAN TO PAY PAT FOR FOB GROWN GROW N I 1 I 1 DURING THE PROGRESS of the presidential cam campaign p afifi wheeler me 9 millen editor to in chief of farm journal sent to all candidates for congress an outline of a new farm plan which he calls the incentive payment plan plin 11 american agricultural imports a amount moun t to about one and one half b illion billion dollars i a year practically a all 11 of that could be raised in this C country it if the farmers were encouraged to do so mr Mc Millens idea is to pay farmers tor for raising the things we now import instead of paying them for not dot raising products of which we have a surplus for example we import large quantities of castor beans and castor c a tor bean oil castor beans beani can be raised in practically all sections of the united states mr Al mcmillen eMillen would offer farmers an incentive by paying them tor for each I 1 acre of castor beans they plant and assure them the american market for their product he knows such a positive program would appeal to farmers more than the present negative on one a of paying for not doing things our agricultural imports cover a wide range including such items as vegetable oils flax hemp bemp coarse wools wood pulp sugar etc with the incentive payments mr mcmillen mei mci mil I 1 en also proposes to pay farmers tor for farm and soil improvements such incentive payments while greatly reducing the cost to the government ern ment would add materially to the present farm income and would appeal to farmers it would remove all semblance ot of farm regimentation wheeler mcmillen knows farming dirt farming he has spread manure and guided the plow over his bis own acres in indiana ohio and new jersey he knows farm people he knew them as the editor 11 of an indiana country weekly newspaper and as editor of farm journal numbers his farmer friends by the thousands As organizer and president of the american chemurgic conference he knows the application of farm products to industry it would be well tor for any political party to listen to this man when he talks of farms and farming he can give them pointers on c castor astor beans and other possible farm crops and on what the farmer thinks about |