The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-04
What Farmers Must Study.


Rotation of crops, fertilizing, more
careful and intelligent methods. closer
economy, cooperation in buying and
selling, are among the things that
American farmers must study. All Of
these subjects are treated in the con-
servation congress. One entire ses.
sion is devoted to soil conservation,
1t will be presided over by r. D. Co.
burn, secretary of the Kansas state
board Of agriculture, and among the
speakers will be Ex-Governor w. D..
Hoard of Wisconsin, editor of Hoard's
Dairyman; DR.. F. D. Mumford, dean
of the school of agriculture, Univer-
sity of Missouri; Professor E. NJ Ten
Eyck of Kansas and Professor Cyril
G. Hopkins Of the University of I'LL
nois
Among other subjects that should
interest farmers are "The Trend of the
Conservation Movement" by DR.. w.
J. McGee Of the bureau of soils;
Washington; "The Social Life on the
Farm" by Professor T. G. Atkinson
of West Virginia, overseer of the ma
tional grange; 'The Country Church."
by DR.. Warren II. Wilson, superin-
tendent of the board of home mis-
sions Of the Presbyterian church; "The
= Country Life Movement" by Walter
FL. Page, editor of the Worlds Work
and member Of President Roosevelts
= country life commission; "Oo-operation
Among Farmers" by w. A. Beard of
the same commission and "Cutting Out
the Middleman," by Charles s. Barrett,
president of the Farmers Educational
and Cooperative Union of America.
Mr.. Barrett's Address.
. The title of Mr.. Barretts address is
Especially significant in view of the
fact that the state oranges of New
York and Pennsylvania have already
started movement in New York city
to eliminate the middleman by bring
ing the farmer and retailer together,
hoping thus to increase prices to the
farmer and reduce those to the con.
sumer. If this movement succeeds in
New York it is the design Of the
grange to extend IL to every city of
he country. If the Farmers union
also takes up similar work it will
enlist most of the organized farmers
3pf the land, for it is altogether the
Qargest association of its kind in
America, containing millions Of mem
bers, mostly in the south, while the
grange Is strong in the north. Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Wilson has also
been talking along this line, advocat-
ing that the consumers organize in the
same way that the farmers are or
ganized.
The address OF Mr.. Beard on "Co-
operation Among Farmers" follows
he same general direction. This be-
gins to look like business. If the
american people learn to cooperate
4 pm the Rochdale plan or on any other
honest, sensible plan the high prices
question will be in the way of solu-
ion. This is a great country, they
0 tell us the greatest in the world, with
he best government. Granted. Yet
no country was ever so great that II
fould not learn. Now and then the
i best Of nations reach the point where
they simply have to readjust them
. selves to new conditions. Have we
+ pot reached that point nowP With
he constant boosting of prices to con-
Bumers without any corresponding in
crease in the prices paid to farmers
T. hre we not compelled In the very ma
4 lure of things to protect ourselvesT
The producers and consumers consti.