Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-02
Suggestions to Cities and
Towns.


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just as human eiiieiencv IS che
basis 81 national strength g the
earning power % our farmers il the
basis Of their prosperity, and that
means the prosperity 81 every per-
son and every business Tile tank
Of augmentine that earning power
making possible The building Up Of
The farmers efficiency Is the su-
preme one befor Maryland today
The difference beteen the average
yield Of wheat and corn per acre
and the largest yield in tht State *
abhut fve-fold The average cost
II growing an acre Dc wheat 81 corn
IS double is most economical cost.
We have, therefore. between The
average aud the best IN farming ~
the State. an attainable one thons-
and rer cent. This difference Of
one thousand per cent against the
average farmer is due wholly to
conditions which he can easily con
troll with the necessary knowledge.
The County Agent, the Deprat-
ment Of Agriculture in Washington,
the State Experiment station. the
Agricultural College and tie Agri-
cultural High schools are giviifT
the farmers Of this state much va
Iuable information We are sup
porting these institutions
through our taxes, directly o. n-
directly They are doing nebIe
work. but We should All assist them
in accomplishing their purpose by
becoming more interested 10 the
business Of the FARMERS
In almost every otis and town b.
The State. the business men. bank
err, merchants. editors. laNyels
and rlsramen belong 80 Commercial
Clubs The duty q thcsc elni,s Is
10 encourage mere business 10 thsir
cities and towns They are willing
20 give bonus n manufacturing
plants 10 come 10 The ci,y This
policy is AL right. and sboald b,
encouraged, bat The same CONNER
eial Club nsualls oycriooks tie fact
that the farmers IL is irDie territory
arr not obtaining the resaiis they
should The producing bower "
the FARMERS can be greatly inereas
Cd bs the Commercial CInb wcoms
active IN the work of organizing
Farmer Clubs These ollils
could take lead n employing an
able, scientific and practical farmer
20 give advice relating 20 soil a.r,
Utility liberalization u crops. lie
stock, the marketing II crops. aud
50 on The' could cooperate aith
aiher forer and organizations in
bringing ibc FARMERS lorsfkrrs al
fais, farmers Institutes, farmers
short courses aud piemsc The
business nep can assist the fsfnler
~ bay pure bread malss. bas het-
ttr farm Implements sniid 4slttcr
barns. aud % Obtain be,ler prices
FOR their farm prodaeets
Every city and town has az az
"a which, Il property developed,
would pour many tboa,and II dol
lars annually into b, iudrasial
channels u X eassiiy conceivable
that one million dollars could lie "a
ded to the production Of the coup-
try surrounding q town Of fiye thou.
sand people, Il every farmer il The
contribution territory were induced
20 adopt scien,iiid methods Of FAR.
ming Sneb an addition could moi
be made without touching every
banker, every manufacturer. evers
storekeeper. every doctor, every
newspaper owner. and il fact.
every p,=sgn III town Increase
the income Of the farmers. and the
means will be a. iisa,i,;; i, provide the
heitermenis which this pro- fessiyc
civilization demands.
There are some places where this
problems among Others. IS being
worked out Bat on the whole. our
people IRE more or lest Indifferent
to the Importance 81 tie. work If
the development Of our agriculture
means the greatest wealth creation
within the state, and if education
the farmers g the key 10 the sisBat.
ion. WIS DO not our people Manu-
faciurera, bankers professional men,
business men and Intelligent far.
mers arise u q mass and help the
farmer 70 larger production and 10
larger lite and thereby contribute
e the prosperity md nplift q The
whole peoples