The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-13
FARMERS LEAGUE
ORGANIZED HERE
THIS AFTERNOON
Nearly Every Town In the County
Represented at Meeting
HELD IN Y. M. C. A. BUILDING
Farmers to Cooperate on Business
Propositon-Every Farmer ELI
ible to Membership.

Representatives from nearly every
town in the county came here today
to meet in the Y. NJ c. A. building
for the purpose of organizing what is
to be known as the Bennington Coun
ty Farmers League. Every farmer
in the county is eligible to member
ship and the league is to be form
ed on a business basis in the inter-
est of the farmer.
The greater part of the morning
session was taken up with an inform
al discussion of the objects OF the
league and the appointment of tenn
porary chairman and clerk and
committee, to draft constitution
and bylaws, which was presented at
the afternoon session. G. h. Knapp
of North Bennington was appointed
temporary chairman, John l.. Sher-
man, county agent temporary clerk,
and the committee was composed OF
the chairman, L. NJ Loomis OF Shafts
bury and w. c. Peck of Sandgate.
j. \. Scheuerle, secretary OF he
Bennington County Improvement AS
ISOLATION, who was present, made
some preliminary remarks and sug-
gestions. stating the purposes OF the
organization, which are to enable the
farmers to obtain greater
and better returns through
better business and farm
management, to enable them to get
improved implements at wholesale
prices, to make it possible for them
to market their produce to the best
advantage and to sell direct TO the
consumer, to get better freight ana
express rates and to make the bust
ness of farming, generally, more
profitable and attractive.
Mr.. Scheuerle emphasized the
point. that the league is absolutely
independent of the Bennington Coun-
~ Improvement Association, but that
the Association is willing TO stand
back of the league and aid in any
way they can to make the league
successful 1t is up to the farmers,
themselves, however, to get together
and work TO make 1t practicable
help to every farmer in the county.
Such an association has been recent
~ organized in Windsor county and
they have secured the service of an
agricultural agent, who has just be-
gun work there. 1t is probable that
other counties will follow the ex-
ample of Bennington and form as
sociations modelled after the one or
ganized here today
The men who were at the meeting
were appointed at mass meetings,
which the Remington County I'M
provement Association, have been
holding for this purpose in the diff
ferent towns in the county and with
a lew exceptions, every town was
represented. Those present were
A. w. Varney of Bennington, c.
+. Knapp of North Bennington, J. e.
Thomson of Landgroye. l.. NJ Loom
is of SALISBURY, J. NJ Beebee and A.
J Gormley of East Dorset, w. c. Peck
of Sandgate, r. b. Roberts of Rupert,
G. A. peckham of Pownal. and 5 A.
Hay of West Rupert. l.. G.. Dodge,
Farm Expert for New England was
also present and made some helpful
suggestions.
The county organization is made
up of the several town leagues, all
of which have their local officers ana
the league has the services Of John
l.. Sherman county agent free. as an
adviser. fer the next two years, his
expenses having been already paid
by the Bennington County Improve
ment Association.
One of the first steps of the Lea
que will be TO encourage co-opera-
tive buying among the farmers. In
this way. they can get reduced prices
on fertilizer, seed, etc, by buying in
large quantities from wholesalers.
Several OF the farmers in Pownal,
Mr.. Peckham stated, had tried this
plan and found IL worked out sue
cessfully. The afternoon session was
devoted to the election of officers,
the adoption of a constitution and
other business of organization.