Putnam patriot., 1915-02-05
Vote To Organize
Windham County Farmers Association To
 Become A Reality


farmers of Nindham county held in Odd Fellows hall Monday afternoon it was voted to organize Windham County Farmers Association and thirty-one applications for member, ship were received al once. The asso- ciation is to be incorporated and for that purpose the following temporary association was formed:
 Ernest C. Morse, president.
 Rev. F. V. Harrison, secretary.
 k. NJ. Wheaton, L. H. Healey and Stanton D. Wieks, directors.
 Another meeting will be held the 9th when a report will be made and the committee of nine will report on nominations for permanent organi- zntion to be incorporated under the laws of the state
 The possible benefits which may fe- suIt from this initial step ln the future are beyond conjecture. The field for progress and development is almost unlimited along the lines mapped out. It is believed te bs the forerunaer of an era of prosperity such as Mindham county has not experienced m it's hist ery, providing support and eoopera- ton are forthcoming. Statistics show that the agriculture of the state has decreased in the past 50 years some 80 per cent and at no time has It ever reached 100 per cent in efficiency and production. This alone demonstrates the great possibilities for progress and advancement.
 The purpose of the association is to make more acres crop producing, and to make the crops per acre produce more and better products. To put the farms on n business basis and to make farming a money. making business one which will attract the children grow ing up on the farms and keep them there and also to attract young men from the cities to a business where they can make more money in q healthier atmosphere and surrounded by better environments. II the farm is run on business principles with methods that have been evolved from careful study and experiment il can be made to yield good profits. Give an intelligent farmer using scientific methods a poor farm and in few years he will have it money making proposition, while put poor or unin- telligent farmer on the best farm In the county and the farm will soon be showing deficit at the end of the year. This proposition is true in all lines of business and applies to the farm as well as to the manufacturing or mercantile industries. The old hand loom and the intricate machines used for weaving in our large factories are in the same relations as past and present methods of agriculture. Those who have stood still are the failures while those who have kept abreast of the times are the successful money makers. What is desired is to have every available acre in this county not only productive but productive to its uttermost capacity in the light of present day knowledge. Large and uniform crops that the buyers can de- pend upon year in and year out will bring them to the farmer instead of the farmer seeking the buyer.
 This movement which is being urg- ed county. wise, state-wise and ltion- ally is not wholly along newly dis covered lines. The foresight of the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher point ing out this same line of thought is ap- parent in the following which appear ed in the Western Farmer and Gard ener in 1859 of which he was editor;