The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-09

child OF the city II IS our ch.l..
who form our greatest national A.
and | believe il will pay the
II take care of all Of them lrr-Sne~
Of the fac: whether they rv~ II
| citv or country"
By and by the talk drifted e
the schools To the crops ant
the crops To the best means af
ting money out Of them. H. taI2a,
OF cooperation and organlza8or
up the department of markets
which Congress has just ~approo~.et~i
$40 Oeo and for which more rt.r-,
will be advanced as needed
The secretary believes in co-ay.-a
uan among the He S.S th4t
the farmer has the biggest bqs,n.u
on earth in the amount Of the produce
that he gives TO the world. and thar
in comparison with other big bus
nesses he gets the least out OF II He
thinks this is largely due 10 the lack
OF organization. The farmer does not
know how TO buy nor how To Sell IA.
in small quantities under
an expensive and oblectlonab BILE credit
system. and everything he buys
from organized capital. which is Otter
operated as a monopoly. AlmaSt
everything he sells Is to Organic,
CAPITAL or it goes to middlemen ~
SPECTATORS or to commission me-
chants whose operations as sem.
public agents are almost n~nres ulates
The department OF pubic market,
will look into these matters II viii
be directed by experts who viii "a
veStiga1e the conditions under winch
the various products are sold and VII
give formati to each locality II
VIII deal with grading and packing
and with the position OF the middle
men. In such matters, the secretary
sd VS., the government can only sug-
gest and show the farmers how -
go to work. 1t cannot act as a mar
keter nor VIII il buy the produce OF
the farmers. It viii only show HIM
how to make the most money out N
his goods.
AS it is now, the Secretary believes
that our farmers are raising enough
TO make their business pay well our
Agricultural Department and the az
rienltural colleges n experiment.
stations have Tor years been doing
what they could to increase the crop
THE mission OF tie department for
the ext administration will be not
only to continue this hut also TO show
them how to get the most money out
Of their crops, and low TO get ths
best results from their labers. Hs
wants in the first place to make coun-
try life more Hvahle, and at the IA ma
: time to make it more profitable.
, Speaking Of the crops. ] asked tho
l Secretary as to our food supply Of tha
future, saying hat many peopt-
thought the nation was in danger OF
! starving. He laughed as he replied
. There is but little danger OF that.
, We are on the edge Of our beginning.
IN p~rod uctive agriculture. We have
enough Land and enough good soil L,
produce more than we shall need for
, many years TO come. 1t is ridiculous
): to talk of a continent like this or a
hemisphere like tAis reaching the limit
! OF It's production. As yet we have
;, only scratched the surface, and by or
g~anization and intensive agriculture
8 we can multiply our present output
!. many fold What we want is organ
ration and intelligent Cooperation
S and that on the part Of the govern
I ment OF the nation and the State. 81
wei as OF our Individual farmers Ii
t more settled States would take the
E matter in hand they could stimulate
a their people into producing enough
live stock as a by-product to furnish
a considerable part OF our supply. II
e n farmers would Cooperate they
y cou1d do the same az to wheat and
. every other article Of food abort
o which the consumer Is worrying
8 "Bnt how about the prices. Mr..
Secretary"
4 do not want to discuss the prices
or cost Of living. l believe there VIII
4 Always be enough and to spare. A
10 he prices, they are regulated by
4 many things outside h farm ami the
a FARMER. The supply Of gold is one
tnins. II we have a mperabundance
!. OF gold, prices have to go up. And
men there are other elements in the
calculation. l do not want TO discuss
that
le how about transportation and tbs
farmer? ?"
Inc department. is already doing a
= sIeaA Zeal as to public roads and il
. vi! continue to do all that il can tn
a. IAca1itate transportation by railroad
3 mo "a other why's. We want to faca!