The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-06
He SUGGESTS A STATE
FARM IN EACH COUNTY
Governor GoIdsborough Advocates Ex-
tensiYe Experiental Work.

Governor Goldsborough IN address
delivered before an audience of about
six hundred representative citizens of
Frederick county in the opera ghouse in
Frederick City last Friday afternoon,
came out strongly on the "back to the
farm" movement. The meeting was
held in connection with! farmers in
stitute.
In the course of his'address theI Gov
ernor suggested the organization of
farmers associations in every county
of the State, with branches in every dis
trict. and said he favored thesestablish-
ment of an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
farm in each county.
''MY plan would be-, he said, "to let
the cost of conducting such a farm rest
with the State. In this way specialists
could be secured to do the work. The
State could rent a farm and let the
owner live upon it, but have it conduct
ed by the specialist, and.apply..the sur
plus, after deducting the cost:of main
tenance. to the State"
! The Governor urged the farmers to
look after their interests in the Legis-
lature.
DO not leave to politics and politicians
what you are concerned about, " he said
1T is time for an awakening--aIong this
line. 1t is up to the farmers to send to
the legislature men who will get an ap-
preparation for the establishment of an
experimental farm in this county and
look after other needs of the community.
Politicians generally loo6 out for them
take the hint and look to his interests. "
He said he regretted the failure of the
Legislature to make an appropriation to
cover the cost of an inquiry into rural
conditions by the Country Life Commits
sion, which he recently appointed.
THE time has come" he said, when
every farmer should have house with
all the improvements enJoYed by his
city brothers. He should have an auto
mobile for the pleasure of himself and
family and good roads to travel over. "
Touching upon the high cost of living,
he said its solution was with the farmer
and could be brought about when agri-
culturists made their land yield twice as
much as it does now,
Frederick county farmers should
grow four blades OF grass where one is
grown at the present time, ," he declar-
ed
He told how the farmers of Dorchester
county had cleared $500, 900 on their to-
mato crop last year, and asked: Can
Frederick county. with its magnificent
soil and rich natural resources, boast of a
single crop that turned IN this amount"
The Governor said he found that the
city people are becoming more interest
ed in the increased production of the
farm than the farmer himself.
This" he said, lis because they re-
alize that an increase of farm products
will lower the cost of living If you can
raise greater amount Of produce on
the same space of ground, it is reason
able that your receipts will be larger.
If the great centres of population are
becoming interested in agricultural ques-
tons, it is time that farmers should be
showing interest in new methods of
agriculture that have been worked out on
scientific principles. The main trouble
is that farmers are unwilling to change
from the old methods that come down
from generation to generation"
Governor Goldsborough came to Fred
erick in an automobile, accompanied by
Adjt. Gen. Charles F. Macklin and DR..
Dawson. After the meeting he left
! for Baltimore.