The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-10-31

inu supervisor Of agriculture Of
Ada county, has already realized
one III his Ideals In the work inl
this county, il the formation % q
Farmers club al Eagle. and II the
following interview BIZ points ont
The great benefits b be derived
from such i clnb He says last
week few IL tie leading farmers
in the naighboshood III Eagle
met and organized Farnera
club, which has for It's object the
bringing about 81 better farming
better business and better living
IN the community BY devel ping
Nh intelligent pnblic spirit through
the open presentation aud free
discussion Of All questions and
activities which promote the wei,
fare Of that community The pre-.
ambIs Of the constitution adopted
reads as foIlows:
I'VE, the citizens of the com.
mnnity 81 Eagle believe that this
community deserves the best eco
nomic, civic, health, social, moral
and educational conditions that it
10 possible for it's citizens To bring
about; and further believing that
better understanding Of the fun
damental problems Of community
life and q wider acquaintance can
be accomplished BY open and free
discussion of all community ques.
lions, therefore we, the citizens Of
this community, constitute onr-
selves Better Farms club,
This is certainly move in the
right direction, for il there is one
thing that ia needed in rural com.
munities, ii is the development Of
community spirit Of neighborli.
ness, for the people bf d commun-
ity to get together and to work
together along the lines suggested
ia the constitution Of this club,
for better farming, better business
and better living, II is freely
predicted that the club will not
last, that the farmers will not gel
together; but while II may not be
today or tomorrow, tho day il
coming when every rural coumun
ity will have its Farmers' cfnb
which will serve that community
ID much the Same way the Com
marcial clubs serve urban commun
tiles, and surely the two woult
have much in common.
I'm union there is strength, hu
the farmer is the last TO organize
He lives alone too much. secs tot
few people, lacks touch with thu
business side of our present da.
life. New problems, and big one
are arising every day as oiviliza
tion advances and our population
increases. In the city we are abb
"a meet these and advance becausl
Of the splendid organization
established. The people get to
gether. In the country the peopl
are isolated, see little Of one an
other; there is no common mint
on public questions. To be sure
the telephone, the rural free dc
livery. the trolley, have helped i
remedy some Of the evils, but al
too often these turn the eyes an,
minds to the city, rather thai
towards the problems Of ,rura
community life. II is hard to &c
farmers together, but lately man
are listening TO the slogan nov
sounded all over the country
"Get together fsrmersl9 Farm
clubs are springing up and ar
doing splendid work. A new rur
al spirit is developing.
Farmers must get together an,
work together. The farmer ha
been sturdy individual. He ha
fought the problems Of rural lif
and affairs single. handed, alone
But that day is passing. Farmin
is ever growing more complies
New insect pests. new animal an
plant diseases, new soil conditions
new economic conditions, max
farming more difficult, Increa: