Show farm board comm comment e nt the fight against the federal farm board has died out somewhat with the adjournment of congress but tone one have to leave home to hear now and then unfavorable comment regarding r it some of this opposition is grounded in self interest this added to the opposition of others who regard the plan as a failure makes the opposition of considerable strength strath and andi force it has not been denied even by the board itself that it did not accod accomplish illish what it lad had hoped to do unexpected circumstances and abnormal conditions coniti ons brought about its partial defeat the entry of russia as a great exporter of cereals and increased production both at home and in other countries made it impossible to give the american farmer a good I 1 trice price for his wheat so the board will hereafter center its efforts on condition and orderly marketing it proposes to try to help hell the farmer to help himself not by means of subsidies directly or indirectly but by enco encouraging and helping him to produce and market with an eye to the future the rest will be up p to the farmer himself |