That's Exactly What He Means

HELLO FOLKS: Rog, Skophammer enhanced the Pied Pipers column by having his wife write in his place. Her stories about the children reminded us about ours. Brent is three, going on four. About six months ago at breakfast time he asked for a soft egg. His mother obliged with a soft fried egg. He didn't want it.
"I want a soft one."
"Well this is soft."
"No, one like this." and he picked out one that was fried hard.
"That is a hard one," his mother informed him.
"Well it is soft to me." and that was that. To this day when he wants a soft egg he means just the opposite.

He has a mind strictly his own. The only way it can be changed is with a pat on the back; low enough and hard enough to be effective. Of course some things are not important enough to warrant that, such is the case with the egg. In fact, it is quite humorous.

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ONE OF THE interesting observations about farm politics and policies is the change in thinking concerning the programs. For several years we heard a lot of talking about 100 per cent of parity. The parties who did most of the talking about it seemed to think they knew what parity was.

Now that their favorite candidates are in office the idea of full parity has been quietly laid to rest after having been given a fatal dose of 'facing facts'. It and talk about the danger of the family farm losing its place have suddenly become unpopular.

Not that full parity shouldn't be our aim and it could be a realized goal if we would just go after it in the right manner. The problem is in getting enough farmers to agree on the means, and getting the politicians out of the 'pudding'.

We have a clear example of how it can be achieved. All we have to do is look at the products that have no government interference. They are generally the most profitable. The only exceptions are the products where the famers under controls can horn in on the others farmer's markets and run them competition.

The politicians would like to have put a floor of $13 or $14 on hogs about seven years ago. Statesmen refused to go along with the plan and the result is hogs have averaged nearly $4 a hundred more than that since then.

One of the surest ways of assuring the farmers a better income is to put the support price low enough that it does not encourage excessive production. How about zero to 70 per cent, as the secretary suggested.