The state herald., 1905-01-06
FARM ERS ORGANIZE

Pursuant to call publish.d d in the
HERALD, a number Of Phillips county
farmers mat at the court house in Hol-
yoke last Saturday aud formed an orRa.
nizs'iou Tor the purpose OF holding 4
farmers institute. The stt-ndauce was
not as large as IL should have been but
what the meeting licked IN numbers
was made Up 10 enthusiasm. NJ. I'd
land Was elected pre~dsht Of the associa.
zion and Knox Akin secretary. These
gentlemen are both enthusiastic Delivers
in the beulflts to be derived from farmers
Institutes. A committee consisting OF
NJ 0diand, huoI Akin. +. E 7. Hazep.
5. ). Wo-ley and q. E, Olmstsad were
named TO make nil arrangements for hold
ing . farmers institute al Holy0ke at
some date in the near future. The
members OF this committee are public
spirited enough 10 put forth their test
efforts TO make the proposed institute =
succsess but, IN order to bring shout
euccsss, they must have the hearty CO.
operation Of tho farmers OF the county.
Talk this matter mp with your neighbor
and, II you have any suggestions to
make IL regard TO the quertions that
should he considered by the institute,
do not be bsck nbout letting mem.
bers Of this committee know oi 1t. Now
do not say when YOU read this tha, far
m.rs institutes arc all right for old set
tled farming communities but cannot be
made success In . thinly settled county
lise ours. The fuc, OF the matter is thR,
such n,ea,ings OF tho farmers ara more
bsdl. needed and result IN more perma.
nent good In = new county like this than
~ the old farming community. Many
OF the farmers OF this county came TO
Colorado with ths idea tha, they could
successfully follow the came methods
Of farming here ihst they had been used
10 in loSa and Illinois. IL did not take
long for the early settlers to disabuss
'ne't mind. OF such mistaken ideas.
They found that they were confronted
With new conditions that required meth
DDS al'osstber now Ia them. The re-.
sult 10 that farming in tbis county Is Ia
it~ infancy snd tho farmers ns-d every
ard shat II 10 ps.sibls s,r them to secure
to uiaks thsir efforts more succcs.ful
and profitable from ,..r to year. OF
course Ne have f-~ men In the county
who do not want to farm and they do not
care 10 geo farnIng a succcss In the
county. They a.. very short sighted
but they hgv come to this conclusion
that " requires less work to RAISE stock
than TO raiss grain and f.nr that, a.
farming oe>ones more profitable, they
may b" crowded for pasture TOR their
stock. They toll yon that ,bis land will
he 'uea-s.fully farm.d acme dav but
that yoa ~ill not liv. TO ~. that day.
They insist that this day will not come
al pA,ur. brings u abou, by climatic
changes or laoJ and farm produce he.
come 20 high ~ pro" M To justify ,hs
expense ot lrieatinH the laad, II Ia all
fooliahnsss for farmers To listen to ,pch
talk M this. Tbs stockmao VIM indalv
90 In such ps,simistir talk as this on ihs
question OF farming In thin country Is
not working his brain very vigorously
even In behalf Of tho rucc.ss ~ his osu
chosen lips of business. The more suo
's-ssfui fsrs,ps rsn b- made 10 this
county the NOR" succ, sstai IN. stock
businsss vail become.
M wofss mis.sks could lie made by Y
farmer In THE county than 10 content
h'm.~'s v,'h fni'o~,,r along from ,ea,
~ year Ia the pcs-im,rtio tu,s that have
heea fouaed by msn ~bo have ~ iaith
Ia the possibility of increasing the pro
tts OF agriculture ~ tbi. part oi ihs
state, Perfect . permanent farmers vt
saDisatiob. Nice, .. often y. p,asiDie
Confer tosstbaf on tbs sucU.s ~ fail
ufs of any line VI -apsiimsets that bas.
Dese made aud II on. years. experience
dos ao, make you enthusiastic Hdyo
cst.'H ~ tba farmers instltut. Tor Phil.
lie. county, the IIruNtn will keen uuist