The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-07
q, TIOR or
RURAL COMM mi les

g. VA
Department Of Agriculture
Seeks to Promote Neigh
b0rhood Patriotlsl1l
WASHINGTON, Mar. scheme
for the organization of rural COM
imunities FOR both business and social
purposes is worked out in an article
which is to appear In the fort Incoming
yearbook OF the depa rtment of agri-
culture, and which has already been
printed as ii pamphlet for the use Of
the department's Office or markets and
rural organization
The scheme calls for ten commits
III tees, five or which are TO deal Nti it'll
\ business needs, and five with social
needs Every member OF the organ
ization is ID serve on some one of
these committees. In. addition. there
Is To be central or executive com
nittee composed OF the president of
the organization, It's secretary. its
ten other committees. This central
body is TO direct the general policy
OF the organizat ton ], raise all funds
and control their expend itures. The
committees that are TO deal with tho
business interests OF the community
are as follows : 81 VI
The Ten Committees.
Committee on farm production.
Committee on marketing
q Commit ee on securing farm
supplies.
Committee on farm finance and
accounting 5.4
S. Committed on communication
and transportation.
attend to the community's social in
& terests will deal with:
Educatfor
B. Sanitation.
g. Recreation.
4. Identification
Household economies.
The work or most OF these COM
1nittees is Indicated sufficiently clear
ly by their titles, fol. example, the
committee on production can To- much
good by improving the breeds of live
stock in a community through CO.
operative purchases OF pure bred
Z males. III can encourage tie forma-
ton Of corn poultry, pig, cattle, cam
ming and gardening clubs which have
already demonstrated their value in
the sections where they have been es-
tablished;; and it can carry on use
full studies Of the type of agriculture
best fitted to local conditions.
Better Prices.
In the same way, the colnmittee#on
marketing can secure the Standard
ization Of tie community's products
and thus obtain better prices than
are possible when nond escript5 goods
are dumped upon the market. The
committee can also search out the
best markets, make contracts on a
large scale which will be more favor
able than any Individual can secure
for himself. and in many other ways
economic in the selling of the COM
munity's good. Even il cooperative
marketing is not actually resorted 10.
the Information which the committee
collects can hardly fail I'd be of great
i assistance to the individual shippers.
Just ass the committee on market
ing can facilitate selling, the commit
tee OH farm supplies can economic
in buying. Farmers are warned. how
of running store or commercial.
agency, and not to overestimate the.
saving which this can effect. The
cooperative society, Of course, does
away with the necessity OF the stores
making a profit. but somebody must
manage the IS tore and that ebody
must be paid for his time lis salary,
therefore corresponds in way 10 the
ordinary stores profit, and 1t is not
always possible to secure good man
for less than he would be able to
make in business for himself There
are, however, several methods OF pur
chasing farm supplies comparatively,
which will be found to be of advan-
tage. The simplest is the joint or
der. in which a group OF farmers can
buy q given article in large quanti-
ties, thereby effecting considerable
saving in the expense OF handling,
commissions. etc. Sometimes when
this methods is adopted warehouse
ssadded which is owned or rented COZ
operatively, and in the associated
purchasers need. them. t4S5
Store Suggested.
IL these two methods have been
desirable to carry them out to their
logical developm ent and conduct q CO.
Operative store which renders the
same service to its customers that q
private enterprise would This, how
ever, inevitably leads to con1plica-
tons and should only be undertaken
after some experience with simpler
methods OF Incorporation. 81
With the committee on farm finance
and accounting, the first duty is to
ascertain what farm enterprises can
safely he financed This is only pos
sfble when accurate accounts are kept
and carefully analysed After "a this
! has been done. the next step is TO SCI
cure the most favorable terms for
1enil, On.