Show FARM conditions we lve have heard a great deal duding dm ing the past few months about the plight of the middle western farmer fanner and what would avoult happen to him unless this or that plan fo for r farm relief was enacted eni I 1 into law there is no arguing the question that the farmer has been passing through a bad period due to deflation of land values and other troubles which beset yim him following and during airing the liquidation of the world war ar but it is good to note that the signs for the future are arc decidedly promising and that present conditions are much improved over those of two or three years ago in most states at leisl least weather conditions this tring spring have on the whole been better in the majority of communities than those of a year ago and there is evidence that the corn con farmer fanner at least can look forward to better crops than a year ago and the farmers are busy too busy to go to conventions and protest meetings as was eiden evidenced ced by abd tbd lack of attendance at the much advertised demonstrations at kansas city and houston F edson white president pies ident of armour and co declared declare in a recent statement that a careful survey of farm conditions indicated to him that the middle western agriculturist is now more prosperous than at any time since the world war period A great deal of the farm agitation he declared was put forth not by the farmer himself out but by the farm politician the average income of the middle western farmer mr white declares aver averages a on the whole higher than the income of far lanneis ineis in other sections of the count country nr the average income in nebraska is he be said in ill south dakota in iowa and in kansas while the national farmer income average is 2350 reports of the federal reserve bank mr white said indicate that middle western farmers have been able to save money thereby showing they are making money on farming the number of bank accounts and the amounts of deposits have increased in the last two years while bank failures failure s have decreased appreciably better farming fanning methods and cooperative marketing directed to regulate the supply and demand thereby stabilizing I 1 prices year in and year out were nere some of the remedies proposed by mr jr white for the situation certain it is that the farmer has suffered and that he is still suffering in many rn ny instances and it is just and proper that he be given the benefit of sane constructive legislation which will vill help him in solving Ms his agricultural problems this he has a right to demand and there is little doubt that he will get it in the meantime little can be gained by so called calamity howling is as it has been practiced by certain professional farm leaders the blest best way to ruin a business is to tell everyone it is no good and ought not to be followed everyone loses confidence in it and depression naturally results better and more careful farming fanning together with sound marketing machinery will pull the farmer fanner out of the hole and it is enciu caging to know that his situation is seedily steadily growing better r |