Word: farmers
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Cooperatives Only. In the U. S. are some 6,500,000 farmers, of whom 2,000,000 belong to 12,000 different cooperatives large and small. The Board's policy presaged about 1,000 cooperatives composed of all husbandmen. No farmer outside a cooperative will receive any assistance from the Board...
Shortly after his appointment, in the lobby of a Washington hotel, Secretary Hyde met another Missouri lawyer, his political archenemy, onetime Senator James A. Reed. Reed's greeting was: "As one dirt farmer to another, Arthur, howdy! How's crops...
...first official conference, Secretary Hyde said: "Don't try to make me a dirt farmer because I am not. I'm a lawyer. It's supposed to be good politics to claim to be a farmer but farmers don't want to be fooled that...
Secretary Hyde's only practical knowledge of farming has come through his personal management of four farms, totaling 710 acres, belonging to his wife. To many a Missouri farmer his name is still anathema because as Governor he put through a road program which earned him the epithet of "tax-eater...
George S. Parker, of Janesville, Wis.> maker of fountain pens in six colors, offered all farmers in six townships surrounding his home 12½% of the cost of painting their barns, provided they would not use red. Said he: "The average farmer's barn is an eyesore. The red paint is monotonous...