Newark post., 1915-12-08
FARMERS AND THEIR
FINANCIAL NEEDS
DEAN HAYWARD BRINGS REPORT FROM CHICAGO
CONVENTION

bedl Harry nay WdTu Ol Inc dS
ricultural department of Delawar,
College returned Friday from Chi
cago where he attended as a dele
gate from this State, the third an
nual conference on Marketing
and Farm Credits which was helt
in connection with the Nationa
Council of Farmers COOPERATIVE
Associations.
The fact that Delaware was rep
resented at this conference by
Professor Hayward was fortunate
just at this time as it was only last
week that the Board of Trustees
of the College decided to investi.
gate the matter of marketing pro
duce, to ascertain if the Delaware
farmer could not be materially as
sisted in this way. The board ap-
pointed a special committee to
take up this work of which Dean
Hayward was made a member.
Other members of the committee
which will meet in a short time
and start the work were Daniel
Corbit, chairman, former Con-
gresham William H. Heald, Frank
C. Bancroft and DR.. E. V. Vaughn,
professor in economics.
Dean Hayward, made the follow
ing statement of the work taken
up by the conference which will be
of interest to every farmer in the
State.
"The purpose of the conference
was to crystalize sentiment in re-
gard to what is needed to relieve
the financial situation among the
farmers of the country both for
the purpose of buying and equip
ping farms and for marketing
farm produce. There were dele
gates from thirty-four states.
These delegates for the most part
were representatives of co-opera-
tive Farmers Association that
have been in existence and have
had a successful history for per-
iod of years. The slogan of the
conference was better business,
better farming and better living.
There were many prominent
speakers, among them being the
Hon. Sir Horace Plunkett, the
founder and president of the Irish
Agricultural Organization Socie-
ty, who presented a paper on "The
Next Step in the Organization of
Agriculture" Ano t h er paper
that attracted much attention
was by Charles J. Brand, chief of
the Bureau of Markets, United
States Department of Agriculture
the subject being, Market Grade
and Standards for Farm Pro,
ducts" This paper dealt exten'
sively with the Importance OF
grading cotton, the great staple OF
the south and it applied with
equal force to the grading of wool
before marketing.
Department of Farm Markets.
Professor Hayward stated that
a paper by w. G. Scholtz, of Idaho
on "Why a State Department of
Farm Markets." which was freely
discussed at the conference was of
especial interest to the farmers of
Delaware just at this time as it is
along the line of work that the
Board of Trustees of Delaware Col,
lege recently appointed a special
committee to investigate. Continu-
ing Professor Hayward said: SIT is
not generally known that number
of states have a State Department
of Farm Markets. The purpose OF
this department is to keep a close
watch on the markets of the coun-
try; to be familiar with freight
rates to various sections; advise
shippers where not to ship as well
as where to ship; give instructions
as to grading, packages and the i'm
portance of uniformquality; tt
make special markets for specia
products, ect. Mr.. Scholtz, showed
in his address how buyers ant
spectators were using the crop re
ports of the Federal government tt
filch farmers of millions of dol
lars. A bureau of farm markets, il
able to correct these misstatements
in a very large measure and to cor