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THE HEPPNER HERALD
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSrAraK
S. A. PATTISON, Editor and Publisher
Entered at the Heppner, Oregon, PostoHice aa second-class Matter
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THE FARMER SEES SOMETHING
When the cold snap that ushered in the new year was
at its height there was considerable complaining among
householders because they could not get fresh vegetables.
Stores that had taken pride in supplying a large variety of
produjee suddenly ran out, and shoppers were told that
things had frozen. There was plenty to eat, but it con
sisted mainly of canned stuff and persons who have not
been converted to preparing their ' vegetables with can
ppeners found their menus considerably disturbed.
All this was the result of one little storm, but there are
signs of a bigger storm brewing that will have a more last
ing effect1 upon the food market. The farmer is constantly
being told that he is overproducing, but in the past he has
continued to do so by force of habit and because to curtail
production would not help unless it was generally indulged
in. But something is happening now to the minds of those
hard working men. If scattered instances are any indica
tion of what is coming, the day is not far off when" the
farmer will get what is rightfully his.
T aet wppIc :i farmer brought a load of wood to a valley
town and sold it for a good price. All he had done to that
wood was cut it up and haul it; nature naa taken care oi
the planting and cultivating. He told his friends that it
had brouoght him more than it was wiorth, and he has
plenty more and knows that the demand is good.
The same man lost money on his wheat crtop this year,
lie had worked early and late, plowing,, sowing and
threshing, and when he sold it he found that he would have
hecn better off if he had simply sat in the sun and loafed
instead of producing. He plans to cut more wood and
plant less wheat. (
Of course if every farmer, with a wood lot did this there
rrnlH lint hp mnrli nf n mnrket for wood, but others are
finding other ways out. Some plan ;on growing enough
food to feed themselves this year and working in' mills
within flivvering distance of their homes instead of pro
ducing for the market. Others have decided that they
might as well loaf and break even as' wo!rk and lose money,
while still others are leaving the farms entirely.
This means that many persons will lose their holdings,
and as a matter of fact they have been losing them. One
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Jarge land owner who nal sold numerous eastern ui cuu
THE HEPPNEK HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
,rV,ot forme nn n nart time basis reoorts that the buyers
viivcw-'i'-'v"A
are accepting the loss of their first payments and moving
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oil, and his experience is not unique, n is a biury ui snai
tered hopes and people tired of the struggle, but in it there
is a bit of promise for the future. Overproduction may
soon be a thing of the past. Then the farmers who have
stayed on the soil will have their turn.
The psychology of overproduction is. peculiar It1 is not
the physical so much as the mental effect of the compara
tively small extra amount of food that does the damage.
Everyone feels that someone will be struck badly and all
race to avoid being that one. Consequently all are made
to suffer for their eagerness to sell.
Co-operation and curtailment of production will remedy
all this, and the chances are that the effect will be noticed
before long. Economic conditions are bound to adjust
themselves. People will not go on forever working ai a
loss; it is a physical impossibility for them to do so. The
farmer was well off a few years ago and he will be again,
and the sooner he organizes for concerted action with his
fellows the sooner that day will be. Portland Telegram.
Tuesday, January 29, 1924
AMERICAN RAILWAY
ASSOCIATION OFFERS PRIZES
WHAT A FARMER SHOVLD KNOW
The committee of the American
Railway association on prevention of
highway crossing accidents announc
es a national contest open to all for
the best design for poster and most
suitable slogan for the 1924 cam
paign. Prizes offered for posters are
$500, ?200 and J100 for first, sec
ond and third prizes respectively and
the slogan prize is $100.
The poster design must be 21 in.
by 33in., in not more than four col
ors and must be applicable to cross
ing accident prevention.
The slogan must be applicable to
crossing accident prevention, catchy,
brief, euphonious and practical. .
Should the slogan finally adopted
be submitted by two or more per
th Riieeestion received first
will be declared the winner.
Exclusive title to accepted design
and slogan shall become the proper
ty of the American Railway associa
tion. The right is reserved to reject
any or all designs, suggestions, etc.
Selection of poster and slogan will
be made by a committee composed of
nationally known men, names to be
announced shortly.
All designs and slogans fo be for
warded to H. A. Rowe, Chairman,
Committee on Prevention of High
way Crossing Accidents, 90 West
Street, New York City, so as to reach
his office not later than February 11,
1924.
A lot of folks want to quit city
jobs and be farmers. They have
read and believed the rainbow gush
of the literary back to the landers.
So each mail brings etters to many
leading farmers, asking wnat is re
quired to succeed In the country.
Lee Mehier, an American farmer,
was asked this question by a city
bookkeeper. He too'k a lot of trou
ble to be specific and replied that a
farmer must know about soils, soil
drainage, soil chemistry, soil physics,
the relation of crops to soil and cli
mate, the rotation of crop fertiliza
tion, best way of handling and sell
ing crops, how to feed and care for
livestock, how to handle livestock in
relation to soil and climate, how to
repair broken machinery, how to
handle various gasoline engine ve
hicles and "power plants, how to do
carpenter and plumbing and black-
smithing, must be a good buyer and
seller, a good manager, should
know enough about bookkeeping to
compute costs, must have executive
ability, should have the stamina to
do fourteen or fifteen hours' work a
day, and if frost or hail or drought
or flood or high wind brings the
year's work to naught must have the
courage to take a drink of water and
a cold bath and start over again.
And the above is only an incom
plete list a mere start toward what
the farmer should know. Yes, it Is
a. great life if you don't weaken.
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You know that it is the desire and policy of The
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