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Che Baily Bulletin VOL. VIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1924 NO. 65 MARKETING PROBLEM OF FARMERS SOLVED Cotton Marketing Head Outlines Problems of Farming to Seminar. The Texas Farm Bureau Federation has set up the machinery to enable the farmer to work out his problems of marketing and has accomplished much in solving his problem by pool- ing a great lot of cotton according to grades, advancing him enough to enable him to delay sale, warehouse it at minimum cost, and offering it direct to the consumer as the demand is met, which in effect has resulted in ordinary marketing, put the law of supply and demand into effect ard eliminated the speculator. This was the statement of John T. Orr of Dal- las, president of the Texas Farm Bu- reau Cotton Association in an address to the Social Science Seminar of the College Monday evening. Mr. Orr covered the entire field of the farmer’s problem in his address declaring that his problems were of three kinds, those of production, of relation to other enterprises, and of marketing. In the matter of pr due- tion which included such prob'ems as maintenance of soil fertility, diversi- fication, livestock, drainage distribu- tion of labor, improved seed, etec., ne said the farmer must depend mostly upon his own intelligence and dili- gence to succeed, but in his prob- lems of relation with other industrics and marketing he must cooperace with others and have the assisiance of governmental agencies. Little had been done in the matter of cooperation until the establishment of the Texas Farm Bureau Federa- tion, he said, and while it has not entirely solved the problems which it is designed to correct it has made wonderful progress in view of the needs and by its operation has proved the merit of such an agency. The first great difficulty of cooperative or orderly marketing he said was fin- ances and added that the Association’ of which he is head has overcome 1t entirely by procuring all the tunds (Continued on page 4) Mr. Duncan Will Be Host To Aggie Squad And Beaumont Team W. A. Duncan, supervisor of sub- sisterce will be host to the varsity football team, athletic staff, council, vell leaders, and the Beaumont High School football squad in the Mess Hall tomorrow evening at 6:15. The Beaumont team will arrive on the Campus tomorrow at nocen on their way to Waco where they will enter the semifinals in the Inter- scholastic League with the Waco High School. They will take a workout on Kyle field in the afternoon, attend the luncheon with the Aggie varsity team and officials in the evening and join the Beaumont special train to Waco about midnight. This was an- nounced yesterday by D. X. Bible, athletic director. Abundance of Duncan food and Ag- gieland music as accompaniment is the program announced for the meet- ing. : CE SE WIFE OF FORMER A. & M. TEACHER KILLS HERSELF AND CHILDREN IN UTAH News was received here yesterday that Mrs. C. F. Sparkman, whose husband was formerly an associate professor of modern languages in this institution killed her two young children and herself in her home at Salt Lake City Monday night. She administered chloroform to the child- ren, age 4 and 6 and then closing the room and locking herself in open- ed the gas jet and brought death upon herself. All were dead when Professor Sparkman found them. He is now a professor in the University of Utah. “The Silent Accuser” Picture for Tonight The famous police dog Strongheart, is featured in “The Silent Accuser,” the picture which will be shown in the Assembly Hall tonight, beginn- ing at 6:45 o'clock. There will be a good comedy and music by Aggie- land. MANUFACTURING MEN WILL SPEAK TONIGHT Officials of Manufacturers’ Associa- tion Will Speak at Engineering Conference. College people will have the oppor- tunity of hearing two of the lead- ing men in the manufacturing indus- try of Texas speak this evening at the meeting of the Engineering Tea- chers’ Conference which will be held in the annex of the Mess Hall. C. L. Poole, president of the Texas State Manufacturing Association and also president of the Poole Manufacturing Company of Sherman and G. M. Kne- bel, of San Antonio, vice president and general manager of the Associa- tion will address the meeting. Mr. Poole will talk on some phases of scientific management and Mr. Kne- bel is expected to give some results of a census of the manufacturing in- dustry which he has made recently. Preceding the talks of these dis- tinguished visitors will be a short dis- cussion by Dean C. H. Winkler on the subject of teaching pertinent to some problems of the College. Dean F. C. Bolton is anxious that a large group of the College people take this opportunity of making the acquaintance of these members of our Texas industrial citizenship. The dinner will be served in the annex of the Mess Hall at 6:30 this afternoon instead of 7:30 as announ- ced yesterday. Reservations should be phoned to the office of Dean Bol- ton before 9 o’clock this morning, though it may be possible to take some reservations later. Everyone interested is invited to attend. The visitors will speak to the stu- dents this afternoon. ———— i —— AGRONOMY SOCIETY WILL MEET THIS EVENING There will be a meeting of the Ag- ronomy Society in the Agronomy Li- brary at 7:00 o’clock this evening. All students interested in Agronomy the urged to be present. CLUB PRESIDENT.
