The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-22
FARaaER.s MEETING

The Colorado Farmers Produce
and Supply Association held the
annual meeting in the cOurthouse
On Saturday afternoon The
meeting vas called to order by
DR.. 4. ". Rook, president
This WAS a very important
meeting for the organization. and
. great many questions came up
for consideration and were dis
cussed at some length. The ben
efitsofthis organization in the past
were thoroughly gone over, and
the prospective advantages were
pointed out What the organiza-
ton needs mostly at the present
time is centralization, and the
corporation of all the farmers
who expect to be benefited by
this union. There is no doubt
that the association will assist its
members in many ways. 1t will
create a market for the farmer
and will insure him the highest
price for everything shipped
with the stamp and approval of
the organization. In the first
place the directors will not ship
anything which is not up to the
standard required. BY this
means the association can be
relied upon to furnish the goods
and give to the commission men
and buyers the highest class
produce, thus increasing the
demand for local produce.
One of the strongest features
of this organization is the en-
co1ragement of the holding of
farmers Institutes at frequent
intervals, to inform the farmer
in the various departments of
agriculture, and teach him some
of the valuable things learned
only by years of experience in
the agricultural schools, and by
experiments tried and proved at
the many government expert
ment stations.
The farmers of Sedgwick
county must all put their should.
er to the wheel, and give their
hearty support to the furtherance
of the plans of the association,
for there are great possibilities
ahead, and the upbuilding of this
institution means a step farther
in the progress which this coun-
try is making.
1t was decided to call a special
meeting in the near future and
invite all the farmers who are in.
terested in finding good markets
for their produce, and try and
perfect a stronger and more
united organization.
The board of directors elected
for the ensuing year are as fol-
lows:
E. j. Frederick, Dr.C W. Rock,
John Holmes, 0. B. VanHorn,
B. D. Parker Jr., G. V. Parker,
L. G. Burrows, L. W. Eversman,
E. +. Clayton.
President Rook delivered the
following report and address:
GENTLEMEN Today we complete
the first fiscal year of the corporate
existence of this, The Colorado Farm
ers Produce and supply Association.
Early in March, 1905, certain prelimi-
nary meetings we're he'd, at which the
benefits to be derived by cooperative
effort were made so apparent that on
March IA, 1903, this Association was
organized. At this organization meet
ing Messrs. Campbell, Clayton, Evers-
man, Holmes, Linebarger, LOveland
McCrery, Saunders and myself were
chosen directors, and at later meet
ing the board of directors met and in
effecting their organization honored
me by electing me president OF the
board and Of your Association. l
have, therefore, been in position to
know the conduct of the business of
this organization during the past year.
The first service this Association was
enabled 70 render its members and
friends was the purchase at wholesale
prices of lib, $50 potato sacks in
which to move the crop OF 1908. These