The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-05-19
therefore present the following

Everybody organizes nowadays, so
why not the farmer.
Teachers organize for mutual
helpfulness. And to the work OF
the Teachers Associations must be
given the credit for much of the
advancement along educational lines
in recent years.
Preachers organize and ] believe
that the mutual liberation fostered
by such organization IS doing much
to harmonic the. creeds and unite
them into a great Christian brother
hood,-"a consummation devoutly
to be wished"
Labor organizes and secures
through united action advantages
which the individual worker could
never attain alone. The superior
condition of the American workmen
over those of other lands is largely
due to the activity of labor organi-
cations.
Capital organizes and not only
the great individua1 fortunes of
today but, in a great measure, the
prosperity of the mass of the people
in America is due to the enormous
scale of business developed by the
great corporations.
In fact everybody who is anybody
organizes and the result is always
to the advantage of the organizer
and seldom to the hurt of anybody
else.
The farmer has been slow to see
the advantages of mutual cooper
alton but he is rapidly getting into
line and believe his every effort
in the right direction should be en-
couraged and sustained. Therefore,
1 joined the Farmers Club.
Secondly believe in scientific
farming. l am not versed in science
out from the experience we have had
my husband and I realize more and
more that the farmer needs knowl-
edge. 1t is no longer thought wise
to send the bright boy off to college
to become doctor or lawyer and
keep the dull boy on the farm. Col
lege preparation is not fad, but the
agricultural college has come to stay
and it's work is sure to improve the
condition of the farmer. All of US
cannot be college trained, but a
company such as the members of this
Club. which gets together to discuss
mutual problems, exchange valuable
experiences, and hear the opinions
of experts in various lines of farm
work, cannot but benefit by the
mutual exchange of ideas. There
fore, because of the intellectual adj
vantage to be gained I Joined the
Club.
Thirdly-I believe in sociability.
Man is a gregarious animal. He
Graves and needs companionship
20, to abide in the desert with thee"
is the sentiment that may appeal
to the lover, but even the most
happily mated pair soon find that
they need the society of other men
and women, the companionship Of
neighbors and friends.
The farm has been and still is
lonely place. It was partly this
loneliness which drove so many
thousands of people from the farms
to the great cities in the eos and
gave setback to the farming indus
try. A reaction is now taking place.
There is a newly awakened interest
in the farm and a new realization of
it's Importance in the industrial
world. To keep up this interest, to
keep the farm lands in the possession
of intelligent, Independent, but we'll
organized small farmers rather than
to let it pass into the hands of cor
porations to be worked by tenants
as has already happened in some
sections of the West and South,
should be the aim of every rural
community. To keep the right kind
of people on the farms there must
be neighborliness and sociability.
To get away from home once
month, to see how my neighbors live
and to profit by the example, to taste
of my neighbours good cheer-that
is, to taste of little strange cook
ing, joy known only to the cook
and to offer in turn the hospitality
of our home, to our neighbors, all
these are pleasures offered by mem-
bership in the Club. Yes, the social
side of the Club proposition appealed
nightly to me, therefore 1 became a
member.
To encourage the movement to-
ward organization, to add some bits
to my small stock of knowledge. to
enjoy the society of my neighbors,
these are the motives which led me
to join the 9th District Farmers
Club Long life and prosperity to
the same.
The Club adjourned to meet with