least it'll be my own but from all sides the small farmer is oppressed by powerful organized horses big farms big money big business and against these forces the small farmer does not stand much chance alone seem to be no way dream can stop is knocking the cows for the mortgage is no end to payments to the banks and machinery companies cash and security for the family there was a time when a virus could put up a fence and feel safe on his land but changes are taking place in the world outside the shadows of the new problems spill across the railroad dig into the roots of the land then warning he's no longer safe in his isolation there's one special day in the week that the day the family makes a trip to town matter of fact it's a special day for everybody there's the neighbors to meet remember the bad years after the first world war the same signs are popping up again skyrocketing prices and land boom and in spite of all the hard work not enough money to buy the things you want and the things you need it's the old question all over again how can one man stand the lone in the world of inflation and scarcity boom and bust well tell you the truth right now i feel like selling out i just can't find feed anyway it looks like the small farmers are getting a squeak that's just it we think we're safe behind their back but if we want to hear fire pro the question is always the same how can the small farmer get along and sometimes when a man leaves he's got something new to turn over in his mind only raise a fraction want to use right now i can't seem to get the machinery and i suppose after a while when i will be able to i won't be able to pay for well you know farming is a gamble on a place these days gotta watch out for your prices and repairs and you got  gamble with the weather any warrior that's the reason why we want to get the family type farmers together you know you can't count on making a living for the wife and kids if you try to do it all by yourself well and all depends on how you look at the  one in this organization do for well let's put it this way farmers union program is based on a triangle co operatives legislation and education could join a farmer's union cooperative and helps to equalize your cost of production against your income then there's legislation that means fighting for laws to keep the farm for the family and the family for the farm education is to give the children a real chance to stay on the land not only better schools but learning what we're up against and what we have to do does not sound reasonable to you miss taylor now i don't  know sounds a little too polished for me sounds like grief through latino and all but these other part here has something to do with cooperative that's in dollars in a sense maybe i can understand that a little better well you see the farmers union has always organized for operatives it helps the farmer to get the gathers right for security on the land now suppose you belong to a farmer's union co operative this is the way it would work any cooperatives starts with you and your neighbors it may be a purchasing go up to buy things together or a marketing go up to sell your produce or a service go up the same ideas back of it whatever you sell the cooperative way you get the most for your work it means maximum return because handling costs are cut down and the middleman is cut out if you buy through a purchasing call up you get the best possible pric quality because it's your own business yours and your neighbors run for your own good after money has been set aside for operating expenses and education you get a patronage refund in proportion to what you bought or sold that's your dividend and your vote makes an equal partner with an equal share cooperation does mean working together but you still run your own business you and your neighbors decide who runs the feed mill and what's going to v t so you don't have to take what someone else decides is good for you in fact you can cooperate in almost anything the machine you need the plans you make and it all adds up in dollars and cents dollars and cents which you keep and which keep your land  you make it count by getting together deciding what's best for all of you and getting it across to others you take the hand and help of all of you working to convince others of your point of view it takes work action to bring your needs before the government that means going to see your senator about a new hospital your county may need talking to the r e a administrator about bringing power into your community helping your national president and the representatives of your organization in washington fight for your needs it means having to argue your case right before congressional committees and fighting for the things you need like the missouri valley authority and it all stems from your vote your education for farmers is a practical affair new problems come up which need immediate answers education doesn't come off the blackboard alone a lot of it comes from inside the farm house from neighborly discussion em's of neighborly problems it means giving time to help others understand how to get things like cheaper electricity and better medical care what happens outside the farm will affect the farmer to education meaning young and old learning to think and work together for security on the land it means preparing the young people for the responsibilities ahead of them at summer camp so the young people learn through economics and other studies how life is changing and how they can influence those changes education is the basis of understanding which is built against the prairie sky is a system of grain elevators owned and operated by farmer producers this is the idea which is created creameries oil refineries credit union insurance companies a cooperative hospital and the operation legislation and education seems to make sense to  me meeting is the means to action the grass roots from which the whole program grows the meeting is like a piece of farm equipment keep it in good repair and it works well for you and the small farmer knows that but he also knows that the time he takes to think and plan and play his part in his local organization is the best