The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-02-11

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the rniisd states csn faii % rrroeniD
the Necessity for buiidlng up The NE
Of the farm ufon IT, social ~ well A.
nnen ~ productive side
n 4 true that country NE has Ian
proved greatly 10 a,iraeiiseness health
and comfort and that the farmer >
earnings are higher than they we're
Bui city life IL advancing even more
rap.ely because ~ the greater slt.n.
ton which Is being given b. the eli.
rens Of the towns 10 their own BETTER
ment Fer Just this reason the intro
ductlon ~ effective agricultural GO
operation throughout the uniied States
Is ~ the first importance. Where
fnrmers ARE organized comparatively
ther not only avail themselves much
more readily Of business opportunities
aud improved methods. but Il is found
that the organizations which bring
them together IN the work 81 their
lives are used also for social and In.
ieliec,nAl advancement
The cooperative plan Is the best
plan u organization wherever men
have the right spirit 10 carry Il ont
Under this plan any business under.
taking is managed by committee
Every man has one vote and only one
vote. and every one gets profits nc
cordlng to what be sells or buys OF
supplies. II develops individual r.
sponsibility and has q moral as well
ms financial value over any other
plan.
Farmers Problems the Whole country's
desire only TO take counsel with
the farmers as fellow citizens II Is
not the problem OF the farmers alone
that | am discussing with them. but
a problem which affects every city as
wen as every farm IN the country. II
is a problem which the working farm.
ers will have TO solve for themselves,
but II is a problem which also affects
IN only less degree all the rest OF us,
and therefore II we can render any
help toward ifs solution II Is not only
our duty but our interest to do so.
The foregoing VIII. hope, make II
clear why appointed commission to
consider problems Of farm life which
have hitherto had far too little atten
tlon and the neglect OF which has not
only held back life In the country, but
also lowered the efficiency OF the whole
nation. The welfare OF the farmer is
OF vital consequence 10 the welfare OF
the whole community The strength
ening Of country life. therefore. is The
Of the whole nation
The commission has tried TO help the
farmers 10 see clearly their own prob.
lem and TO see IL as n whole. 10 distln
Euish clearly between what the gov
eminent can do and what the farmers
must do for themselves. and Il wishes
10 bring not only the farmers. but the
nation us a whole, to realize that the
growing OF CROPS. though an essential
part is only part OF country life.
Crop growing Is the essential founda-
lion. but Il IL no less essential that the |
farmer shall get an adequate return |
for what he grows. and II Is no less |
essential Indeed. II " literally Vital
hat be and his wife and his children
shall lead the right kind ofiife.
For this reason Il Is OF the first i'm
,ortance that the United States depart |
nent Of agriculture through which as
prime agent the ideas the commission
ltands for must reach the people \
ihould become without delay In fact
department. of country life, fitted to
leal not only with crops. but also with
II the larger aspects Of life in the open
'ountry
Three Needs Of Country Life.
From all thai has been done and
earned three great general and imme
late needs Of country life stand out.
First Effective cooperation among
armers 10 put them on level with
he organized interests with which
hey do business.
Second "A new kind Of schools In
he country, which shall teach the
hIldren ~ much outdoors as indoors
nd perhaps more so that they VIII