Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1920 — FEDERATION OF FARMERS' ASSOCIATION [ARTICLE]

FEDERATION OF FARMERS' ASSOCIATION

Indianapolis, Ind., March 22.— (Special).—AU the plans have been completed' for a co-operativevlive stock reporting, aeryice, by the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations working in with the United States Department of Agriculture, which, if successful, Wiß be a great aid in the marketing of live stock in this state and tend to steady the market along with a more even supply from (day: to day. The project calls for a, Mating of all cattle, swine and sheep., from each township in the. state , along with data showing the number being used for brood purposes, the approximate date the stock will be ready .for the market and ether infarmation calculated to give-the..re-porting service an exact' line on the available supply. , In .addition to tables which will be, sent to the variQUS. cpunty units of the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations and turned, oyer to the township units ever three months to be filled out, a ten day service is to be tabulated a* the headquarters of the farmers in this city. Lewis Taylor, general secretary, said . that . z the quarterly- . reports will show when the stock will be ready for the slaughter houses and that the farmers will be advised from time to time concerning conditions so that they can keep an even flow of live stock on the market and thereby do much in ithe way of obtaining steady prices. ‘‘A meeting in every township of the state has been called for March 31,” said Ml Taylor, “and at that time «tne farmers will be caUed upon to fill out the blanks we have prepared. The working program of the plan will be explained and we have high hopes that the -system will prove of immense benefit to the producers. Under present conditions we find the market glutted one week and the following week a scarcity. If . we tabulate this supply we will be in a position to , advise the. producers so that a more. steady now will come to the yards. Officers of the federation are optimistic .of the success »of the venture. Many other states will watch the movement in Indiana, the first in । the country to try out the- plan.” The reporting blanks have . three divisions, one .for cattle. one for swine.and one for sheep to be.,made out, quarterly, based on the following number on farm, birth during quarter, bought on farm during quarter, sold off farm during quarter, slaughtered, died, females on hand for breeding, stock being prepared for. rwket,. number on feed at, end of quarter, AUinber tihat will be finished . during .next , ninety days, approximate ...date of (finishing, and approximate average weight per head at time of finishing. Word has been received by Secretary Taylor-from .several'members rot the executive committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation, to which the Indiana organization is getting -well under r w»y. J. Howard, of lews, national „ dent, with a coterie of able MW®®anta will soon start an active campaign in many lines to promote the general welfare of the Vgricultunsts of the nation.