El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-28

Increased 10 over 0UU mllllOnS OF dol
/ lars and their produces commanded the
! highest prices in English markets. An
other example is the Hood River region
/ IN oregon, where, in few years they
! have doubled the price of apples, also
/ their acreage, which thing was all
/ brought about by gradE'g their pro-
/ ducts through their associations. We
are told that before they o. ganized,
their orchards were badly tended and
their apples brought only S1.25 per
l busnel; but since they have organized
and established their standards, their
orchards receive perfect care and cuI-
ture and and their choicest fruit brings
from 50 to $40 per bushel. Was it
any benefit to these people 20 ORGAN
ZEE Then we should profit by their
TT IS unnecessary to multiply in
stances They are too familiar TO need
mentioning. These few will suffice TO
teach the lesson that there are many
places in New Mexico where revoIlI-
tons could be worked in the produc-
ton and marketing Of our products
simply by well organized. cooperative
associations Such conditions exist
growers association has been organ-
lied in the Mesilla valley which mar
keted It's crop this year at fair pro-
III, not as large as We would like TO
see nor as large as we deserve. but
we peheYe the increase viii come II
the association sticks long nough to
establish its standards.
An Economic Benefit.
Another benefit of the organized
Farmers institute is an economic one.
II might be termed by some as a poll
teal one, since it has to do with leg
islatlon; but no party politics need en-
ter the question at all. In fact party
politics VIII kill any Farmers institute
II allowed to be brought into it The
eeneIlt is this; we need appropriations
20 get out and help the farmers, organ
lie these institutes. TO carry on some
cooperative farm demonstration work
and TO take agricultural short courses
IKE this right to the farmers own
community It IS not every community
mat VIII feel the need badly enouph
10 ask for such cooperative work tin
theT have become ORGANIZED and
studied the benefits Of such coopera-
ton, Even If they did ask for it. there
are very few places that +he cofleve
could send their men without the
means to send them. If the farmers
over the state were organized and
should ask the legislature for the
needed appropriations for this extern
sion work, that body would feel under
obligations to grant them their re-
quest But as long as we do not ask
II, ana as long as we have no organized
BODY behind the request to give IL
lolee. We can not hope TO get any
tniIg- Inls need IS urgent at this time
and very little can be done till Il has
been supplied. Then organize and ask
this aid; and we viii -reciprocate BY
helping you.
Before closing these remarks I wish
TO mention one other benefit the or
gained Farmers institute may bring
and that IS for home Improvement in
general and the help It brings to farm
women and young people in particular.
should Help the Farmers wife.
The four walls u the home in
= e a Ill
greater part Of her life, is far too
small for the farmers wife. There
needs to be something that will give
added interest in the work Of the home
rms can be done by giving the women
place IN the Farmers institute where
they may study the scientific values
OF the different foods and the best
ways OF preparing them; how to make
nome attractive with little cost both
inside and out. and TO be interested in
something better than the mere COR
mon talk OF the community Few OF
Us stop to consider, even II we realize
II, how great the molding influence of
nome surroundings IS on the lives and
characters Of our children. Uncon-
sciously they inbibe both the good and
the bad-and more easily the bad-and
Il IS our duty as well as our privilege
TO give the best environment to our
S Snli9reh tnat we can possibly produce.
tealrh Is one Of the greatest factors
for happiness, but we can not have the
best Of health without knowing and
pFacflcing sanitation which prevents
disease, and without knowing when
our bodies are properly clothed and
Men may live without money, they
may live without books;
But civilized men can not live with
out cooks
Then organize an institute and do
as we have tried to do in this short
course-give the women a place on the
program and see to IT that they have
an opportunity to carry il out
would say have something for the /
boys and girls-the young people OF
the community. They are at the play
ful age and must have recreation. Plan
and direct their recreations ana amuse-
them physically, mentally. socially and !
morally and not q hindrance. You can
not afford to let your young folks drift !
thinking they viii come out all right !
sometime. That idea is contrary to /
every law OF nature and opposed to all /
good common sense. You had Just as |
well expect your pigs, calves and colts /
10 make prize winning animals without /
care and attention as to hope for your .
children to make model men and WOna- /
en- without proper direction and edu- i
cation into high moral standards and ]
righteous living. These standards can
not be set I'D too eaT1y-even If it be 1
before the child IS born.
Give Boys and Girls a Hand.
Then, too. am an earnest advocate !
to give the boys and girls a hand III /
the work of the farm and home They /
should have some part In the develop /
ment they can call their own, then they I
viii grow up to love It and to stay 4
with it, and not to lOathe it and leave /
it. This is what we are doing in the I
Boys and Girls Industrial Club OF /
New Mexico, which I have the honor OF I
promoting. But this Is another chapter /
which I shall develop later in the pro- /
gram.
Let me say in conclusion that you 4
need an organization here in your own 4
community, be it called a Farmers in
stitute or by some other name. Really |
such an organization should have pre- 7
coded this short course in agriculture, 1
then we should have known your needs /
better and could have fitted e program I
better TO those needs. Surely the time I,
IS ripe for an organization here. Then /
let it come with all of its attendant 1
benefits and you can proceed TO WORK 4
out your problems and to reach defin- (
tie results. You can build q greater /
community and produce a greater pros {
perity with such an organization than I
you can without it"
Arizonan Gets q Patent.