The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-21
TO FORM
COMMERCIAL CLUB
County Agent Issues Call for
Meeting At Court House
Next Saturday to Discuss
Matter.
CHRISTIE MAY COME

The climax of farmers organization
in Wayne county will occur next Sat.
urday when farmers will be called by
County Agent Cobb to form a Better
Farming association or a Formers
Commercial club" Not only the bet
terment of present conditions, co-oper-
atave selling and buying for farmers.
but better legislation is the scope of
the proposed organization.
Many other counties in Indiana and
other states as well, have county or
ganizations. The ultimate result, Mr..
Cobb said. will be a statewide farm
ers association and eventually national
organization.
There is at hand tremendous
amount of exact, scientific knowledge,
which, il put to work scientifically,
would give the whole field of agricul-
tural development an impetus hardly
dreamed of even at the present." Mr.
Cobb said. THE work of the farmer
has heretofore been individualistic in
the extreme and the information col
lected at an enormous cost, has been
sadly lacking in even local applica-
ton
Mr.. Cobb's work in organizing farm
ers Of community during the ten
months he has been stationed here,
has been towards the one purpose
which he will carry out next Satur-
day. he said This is exactly contrary
to the usual methods, ordinarily the
county organization taking place first
and the community organizations
later. However. this method has not
always been successful.
Announcements have been sent to
many farmers and the plan has been
we'll advertised at community organi-
cation meetings. All organizations
have named representative to partic-
1pate in the organization.
Part of the plan is the election Of
an executive board to act as an ad-
visory board for the county agent
Such a board necessarily would be
composed of farmers representing ev-
cry part Of the county and familiar
with the exact conditions in their
community.
There will be several speakers at
the meeting, either Charles Jordan or
George Seidel representing the Rich
mond Commercial club. G. I. Christie,
who has taken much interest in the
Wayne county work, has written from
Purdue that he will speak here if he
can obtain a release from another en-
gaSement on the same day.
Mr.. Cobbs announcement of the Bet
ter Farming association or County
Farm Bureau, follows:
This organiza ton Will bear much
the same relation to the farmers Of
the county, that the Commercial club
bears to the business men of Rich
mond. 1t will mean the banding to-
gether of thinking, progressive farm
ers for the purpose of furthering their
business interests, assisting in the
work of introducing the NEST methods
of farming, and in broadening the So
cial scope of farm life.
From such an organization can de-
velop the organized buying and sell
ing of farm products. Market condi-
tiOns can be better studied, resulting
in greater returns to the farmers
A county farm bureau can be of
great assistance in cooperating with
the work of the county agricultural
agent. rendering his work more eff
cient by placing him more directly in
touch with local conditions.
All local farmers clubs and organi-
cations will cooperate in this move
ment for Farmers Commercial
club"
AS an up-to-date progressive farmer
of your community, | ask especially
that you be present at this meeting,
with one or more of your neighbors.
Come prepared to be booster" for
Wayne county.
A representative of the Richmond
Commercial club will tell why the
business men of the city expect good
results from the farmers organization
An interesting afternoon is assured
you.