El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-14

z y every community sumo form OF al
association Of farmers should be
organized for education in better
methods OF production and marketing.
This does not mean that farmers in
each community need incorporate their
organization. for much good can be &C
comphshed by working together in
voluntary associations. Practice and
thinking together will bring about a
condition OF affairs that will be OF
mutual interest and will result in
solving mutual problems. No individ-
ual could be expected to succeed in q
business Tor which he had not prepared
himself by long apprenticeship.
The farmers Of the community must
feel the necessity OF working together,
before any movement for their organi-
zatton can be expected to succeed. In
trayenng over the country I have
talked with a number of individual
farmers regarding the needs of an or
ganizauon, and I wish to point out in
this article few OF the things that
can be accomplished by getting to
gether and discussing problems Of mu-
tua1 interest. I would like to see all
the farmers OF this county get inter-
ested in this vital matter and then I
an certain We can accomplish a great
deal Of good
Needs Of the Farmers.
I might enumerate some OF the needs
OF the farmers in this valley. and see
how an association can help to solve
them
First-Better farm production.
SecOnd-Better marketing facilities.
Third-Better credit facilities.
Fourth-Better means Of communi-
cation
OF the farmers Of this valley and none
Of these things can be secured by indi-
Tiduals working alone. Some form OF
what We might call team work is nee
great many farmers organizations /
throughout the country have done a l
great deal towards improving the /
needs OF their respective communities,
and see what can be done TO improve !
our condition
Better Farm Production.
Let US see how an organization will 1
be helpful in securing better farm
production The greater part Of the
actual work Of production can be car
ried on more economically on a farm
that is Of size which can be cult
waited mainly by the labor OF one fam
ily- The study OF the problems Of
production can be carried on more eff
fectively by cooperation.
Where there are q number Of farm
ers growing the same crops, and each
studying these crops alone and he does
each man profits only by his own
study; but If they meet frequently to
discuss their problems and exchange
ideas each man not only profits by
his own study but that Of his neighbor
To get the whole community to grow [
= uniform product, such as the con-
sumer demands, requires an Organiza-
ton Of the community to standardize /
the production. Cooperation is not n
means Of selling poor products. or
products that do not please the con- I
sumer. The products in order TO be : ;
marketed in the most economical man !
ner viii have TO be graded and stand
ardized. =
Grading AID Packing. i
The products Of a large number Of :
small farmers can be graded when :
packed by an organization and in no +
other way. Organizations can help the . ,
farmers that are raising crops for live ! !
stock and those that are in the live >
stock business In fact, there IS just
as much need for the growers Of live ( 7
stock to organize as the fruit and n
truck farmers. >
An association can help the individ- E
1al farmer in a great many ways. 7
Better bred animals can be used by the u
farmers who could not afford TO buy =
hem individually. Where an indi-
-idual purchases an expensive animal 4
without the opportunity Of a fair ex- II
shange he must either sell him at
oss or run the risk OF undesirable IN
breeding II
Better Marketing Facilities. Il
I do not believe there is any one / c
hing that interests the farmers Of I c
his valley any more than that OF Sc Il
.uriug better markets for their prod ,
lets An organization can do a great r
Zeal to solve this problem, but there :,
re several things that must be done =
,efore the actual task OF selling the n,
roducts commence r
In the first place, the products 70 A
,e sold must not only be good, but
hey must be graded and packed &C "
ording to the desire Of the ultimate ),
onsumer. If the producer continues ~
o put on the market all classes Of uT- -
standardized products, the consumer a.
in not buy from the producer, but
ill purchase the products after they IA
ave been sorted and graded by the N
liddleman-
Indiv. dual growers cannot do this co
rading as well as il can be done by an co
rganization. ~
Value Of Standard Packs. is
By having the products put UP IN th
-andard packages, the producers can
FL either to the consumer direct or so I =;
sduce the tC3t charged by the middle en-
an that their profits will be larger; /
len again, after standard product = :.
obtained, il should be branded with -
seal that guarantees to the pur-
laser that the product so labeled is a ira
rEt-class article. The next task will Su
: to educate the consumer, so that he
i'll know what the stamp or trade COZ
ark means o.
These Things which I have mentioned
n be done through an organization, -
ID not individually The next step in | {
arke ting the product is to employ an I IS
pert salesman and put him in the I TO
ED to search out the best markets { in
his can only be done through an or cor
nization- The agent should have the -
Iwer to make favorable contracts " u y