The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-06-27
j. S. TO ORGANIZE
AGR|CULTURISTS
Government to Study Credit
Needs Of Farmers.
TO TEACH COOPERATION.
Department Of Agriculture Begins
Movement Financed by Education
Board, Rockefeller Philanthropy-lt
10 Expected That Campaign a. Plan
ned Will Reduce Cost Of Living.

Board, Rockefeller Philanthropy-It
10 Expected That Campaign a. Plan
ned Will Reduce Cost Of Living.
The broadest investigation yet un-
dertaken by Uncle Sans department
Of agriculture, designed ultimately to
solve some Of the great problems Of
farm life. is being planned for the
rural organization service, which has
Just been established by Secretary
Houston. The secretary and DR.. T. N.
Carver Of Harvard, who Is at the head
Of the new work. are confident Of
splendid results.
The rural organization service will
work In closest cooperation with the
newly created division Of markets,
which will devote its energies pri-
marily to problems connected with the
marketing of farm products at profit.
In many instances 1t Is not the lack
Of market that prevents the farmer
from turning over profit, but inabil-
ity to utilize the means for reaching
the market.
Secretary Houston. DR.. Carver and
students Of farm economics In general
long have felt that the weakness Of
agriculture was disorganization. This
disorganization is the natural and Of
ten necessary result Of the vast num-
Der Of farm units, each one a separate
business enterprise. Also 1t is the
result Of the isolation Of farm life and
the fact that the farmer has learned
| to cooperate with nature better than
with men. ...... .-.... ...N.. .....
/ Intelligent Organization.
"The first great problem" said DR..
Carver. "is intelligent organization.
There are enormous difficulties In the
way of effective organization. Mere
organization for organizations sake
amounts to nothing. On the other
hand, intelligent organization has done
wonders In many industries. The
citrus fruit industry Of the Pacific
| coast furnishes wonderful example.
Unorganized. the orange growers Of
California could not market their crops
at a profit. With their present effec-
| tive organization the difficulties In the
| way Of reaching the right markets are
reduced to a minimum.
"Take another illustration. The beet
sugar manufacturers are organized. As
a result they pay the farmers who
raise sugar beets only enough to keep
them at the work. If the farmers were
| organized and the sugar manufactur-
ers unorganized the farmers would
make the manufacturers pay at least
a fair profit. Unorganized. they can
| only accept what the manufacturer Is
willing to pay"
Plenty Of Funds.
The rural organization service Will
be financed by the general education
board, one. . Of the philanthropies Of
John d. Rockefeller. While backed by
practically unlimited funds, however,
| the work will not be done on an ex-
l travagant scale. The general educa-
| ton board so far has appropriated only
l enough money to make beginning
and to effect an organization Of thor
oughly competent men.
The southern education board, q
branch Of the general board, for sew
eral years past has been cooperating
with the department in its farmers
cooperative demonstration work in
the southern states. This work has
met with phenomenal success and has
solved many farm problems for the
| south.
Effective organization in marketing
crops will ultimately bring the farmer
q much larger return for his work and
also reduce the cost Of living to the
consumer by removing the middleman
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