Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-04-04
THE FARMERS
MADE MONEY
Who Attended Agricultural
Club Meeting Saturday
IF THEY WILL FOLLOW
OUT POINTS THEYLEARNED
An Address on breeding" by Pro-
fessor of Agricultural College the
Subject for Next Meeting.
(BY SECRETARY MILLER)

ID L SESRE lAN MI lILER)
"Thc farmers who left their work,
no matter what it was, and attended
this meeting have made money if they
will follow out the points that they
have learned today" was the remark
made by member of the Otcro Agri-
cultural association at the close of the
Injecting of last Saturday and it is be-
lievcd that great majority of the six
| ty or more present felt the same way
for it was one of the most interesting
and instructive meetings ever held by
the association.
The subject for discussion was "The
Scientific Method of Handling Farm
Labor" and the principal speaker was
IS. A. Taylor, superintendent of the
West Ranch of the A. b. s. Co.,
man who has had more experience in
handling farm labor of all kinds than
almost any other man in the valley.
A few of the points made by Mr..
Taylor were: First, that organization
was the first and most important re-
the farmer is about the last one to
adopt this method. The success of
handling men is a study of human ma
turc," said the speaker and his ad-
vice was to be honest with the men
you employ, treat them like men,
don't talk rough to them but interest
them in what they are to do and It
they are the men you want they will
become interested, but the man to
whom you have to talk rough is not
the man you want. If you want the
best results, help educate your men,
gain their respect by treating them
right, always be straightforward with
them and you will find that you have
the key to the situation OF getting the
best OF results from your farm help"
Fred Noble. manager Of the A. p. s.
Co.'S interests in the Arkansas valley.
said that a man to be a successful
handler of men should have been at
some time a man who had worked un-
der others and had not forgotten the
manner in which he. wanted to be
treated at that time. He believed that
nineteen out of every twenty men
want to do right if they are given
chance and are taught in the right
spirit. He said that it was his exper-
icncc that in every body of men there
stronger mind than the rest who was
apt to cause trouble, but that the man
with the poisoned mind should be
weeded out. They are a little too
good to go to the penitentiary and
mot crazy enough to be in the asylum,
but you can't afford to have them
with your men for that is where they
will do the most harm" In speaking
of organization Mr.. Noble referred to
the Forcmcn's Club at the local fac
ltory and stated that before its lorna
ton they we're only able to extract rs
per cent of the sugar in beet while
at the present time thev were getting
% per cent largely on account OF the
added interest being taken by the men
who no ware made to feel that an in
ltercst is taken in them and that they
lare responsible for the good work in
their department. lie said that or
Ioanization and good management by
Mr.. Taylor at the west ranch had
brought that land in few years from
A position where it was losing propo-
sition to the tune of several thousand
Idollars a year to where last season the
company made $4,000 and where this
year they will make $4,000. all from
1.-The organization of the several branch
les of the organization there.
| lanes Admire and c. +. Burke.
lboth successful raisers of registered
lhogs, gave interesting talks on the
subject of hog raising and firmly be-
Ilicved that every farmer should have
a few head of the very best. of this
stock and that nothing for the same
Investment would bring them the
same money as they will use up a
waste product that no other animal
will eat.
Ex-senator ]. C. Crowley spoke in
terestingly regarding the management
of farm help and in closing said that
he was getting struck on the associa-
ltion meetings as he had learned more
at the few he had attended than he
lhad in his 20 years in the Legislature.
j Mayor Coffman put the meeting in
'Ieood humor and the "slings and ar
Rows" which were exchanged between
he and his friends Crowley and Noble
were well worth caring.
| Horace Dye of Manzanola, a mem.
lber OF the association. spoke in behalf
of assisting Mrs. Belle v'D. Harbert.
Iprcsident Of the National Congress of
Farm Women, to attend the meeting
lof the congress which will be held at
lGhent, Belgium, in June, and the as
Isociation voted to invite Mrs. Harbert
to address the meeting to be held
April IL and give them an outline OF
the trip and thep robable expense.
At the meeting of next Saturday
Prof. Gillette OF the state agricultural
college will deliver his address on
i3reeding", which is said to be one
of the most interesting on this subject
lever written in the terms that every
farmer can understand and put into