Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-07-04
VIII Petition County Court

CHA, petitions sxplaInlna ful'yIr
cost and purposes Of 4 Earn"
Advisor be drawn up and sent
every school district in Auer~"
county for the purpose Of securing
slgners to assure
County Court il Is The will Of :
people they secure such an
cIal, for three years, toward sas DC.
termeut Of local farming conditions.
Tho above YVES the sense OF me
Commercial Club meeting sa'nrday
when over 100 eat down TO l~auoheon
AT the Hotel Hoxsey. most OF them
Representative farmers of every sec
NON df The County. There was some
opposition from men who s'a'ed al
firm advisor could not help them but
the majority rused in favor Of the
movement and TO that end tho pou'
tions Will DO seut broadcast
Pref Doane, of the Farm Man
agoment Department Of the Missouri
! College Of Agriculture. was presepl
on the invitation o. tho Ledger,
which paper $ JARED this movement
and explained tho purpose OF
Farm Advisor. HIS remarks will be
found elsewhere n this issae.
There we're many talks during the
luncheon aud af.erwaFd whom the
} diners had lighted their "opiimist'
cigars and wero in . better mood 10
listen, even though tho rerorta from
a Baltimore were against the fayoFfe'
|. Champ Clark.
President worrca. Of the Com
merc'al Club, in reduced Prof. Doane'
}, 'saurg Mexico wanted the Farm
ADVISOR became not only The city
D reedcd him. but the County Thai
such an offscaai would materially ber
eft every resident Of Audrain. His
+. suegesSoa would inc cas- yelds co
J. serve fertility end so've fam prob
s. lens that were now puzzling some o
the best of planters.
That no would establish an ofic'
in this city where buyers OF 500
could come and be directed to thoss
ri who raised purebred animals OF al
$40 kinds; he would test your sol an'
re seed and in a thousand ways prove
X benefit.
1t was impossible TO record all 0
he the short talks made by the man
IS. farmers present at the Commercial
to c,ub luncheon, Saturday, but The 10
On lowing are a few of opinions by tn
in guests:
III U. c. Haskey, of Swore Ddstricl
ee fayors Farm Advisor. People in n
district heBieve such a man will d
no great good for Audrafn.
re-. Mr.. Pryor opposed Said a wis
"a. n neer will copy his ~successf'
sss neighbors' methods.
al Frank Harris, OF Trinity distric
to said he thought the people in his $
en- ton were opposed 10 a Farm Adv
ras or. though the matter had not be'
fully explained to them.
OBJ Mr.. Heaton. Hickory Grove, fayo
Il. Ad,isor and believes he will be Of
ia calcuable benefit.
s.. o. r. Hoffner cou'd mo- unders al
why the farmer should object
D. this movement TO better him. It ]
J minded him al a stubborn mule
lis, cnce had that refused 10 leave
d. barn when in It AVID TO enter whom
,dg. WANTED to feed the animal. He "a
w. orcd new method and made q s'ro
X. talk for the Advisor.
bis, Cooniz, OF vandalia, sad the y
w. RE had laughed when the thing
lob pertinent had been made in the y
end of the County, but now The
was talk Of having a ting fact'
there TO supply farmers who hs
begun to see the good such trt
' mcnt Of our soil results IN. He {
orc, the Advisor and believed M
OF those inl that section did.
Mr.. Wilson sad the people in
district were opposed.
T. w. Crawford sad the PEG
we're opposed in his section and t
IL they had plenty Of money for ia
ing, they could make a success of
Chester Starr, CT Western
dfain, not only favored 1t hims
n but said they had a most enthus'
tic meeting in his section urg
shat the movement be not allowed
die. ole mar sta ed, at this m'
ling, that there must be 1000 far
liz Audrain and Il We could raise
,s money no other way, each M
give so cents.
Mr.. Whitley, Hail Distrist.
the people were N favor of an AID
or and were to hold a meeting s
urday night I'M his district 20 h
a- his report. He wss very eu.husa
about the good such a NAV could
compllsh.
80 ). G.. Wagner Of Centrallal
'u there was a little opposition 10 S
~ D mar in his district. although
0A young men who were present v
Oasn' enthusiastically IN favor of the
~ visor and he cons dered this a Il
%p encouraging indication.
/. Coi- Ma. Nsars uo-d cc,,ddor noe
hD turned from a two weeks visit
w. Columbia.