Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-27
FARMERS, SINEWS OF
THE WAR OF FRANCE
Many in the Field Fighting,
While Women Remain
at Home.
AFTER THE WAR Is OVER
Copyright. 1919,
International News Service

AFTER THE WAR Is OVER
Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 20.-"The farmers OF
France have done we'll for the coun-
try and their efforts in the wheat, as
well as on the battle fields, must be
recognized" said Ch. Brillaud de Lau'
jardiere, head Of the National Agri-
culturists' society of France, to a cor
respondent OF The Associated Press
Farm hands alone furnished more
than a third of our fighting strength
more than the men of any other oc-
cupation, and their exploits have fur
nished pages of citations in the jour
nal Oficiel. The peasants at home
particularly the women, have, in their
way done quite as we'll. They have
really been the staff of life to France
during these trying two years, since
they have provided the bread, but un'
til lately they got only praise while
those at the front got decorations
Every peasant woman or farmers
wife or daughter who has replaced a
man called to arms shall have sort
az decoration. too. in the form of a
diploma that will tell what she has
done for her country. lust as a gen.
erals citation makes known an act Of
heroism on the battle field"
- Y,.s ~. s;,rs+;or
o"' 's ,.e .,
M, Lau)ara'ere IS quaiiiiea 70 spear
ior the rural population; ne ieels tne
pulse OF french agrieultufe eyer. M
morning when ne opens ine lhol
SANDS Oh ietlers t,,at eoii,e ", ma ".
nee from farms al over the county
ne presiaes over tne oynuleale y I'll I'll,
tral des Agriculleurs ae rianee, 1m'' !h'
Is nor qulte the sane ,ts tnins 60 e. .n'
Natiohal orange III !he onl'ea o.a.es M
Dut IN many ways IL pears the sa'li'
reiatioh 10 us iheh,oeis' as ,,ienipe' @
snip comprises ii3ie .ian - ono a. :''I:
iocai synalca1es Desiues iIVoy l''u'
vloual members among 'he eh'e y
VI" sTb. Frs,cS farmer ~ w.s former,,
essentially an individua1ist, said NJ
! Lauiardiere, "but he has learned til,
value of association and nearly ever,
farming community is organized
, There are 6,l7S agricultural syndi
Gates in France with a membership
before the war of l,250O00, assembled
in eighty-five different unions Of syn
dicates.
| "A single one of these syndicates il
the department of Loir and Che,
bought for its $4,000 members to tn,
equivalent of 81, 100000 annually be
fore the war.
/, "Our syndicates are not merely III,
sales and buying agents of the ndi
syidual farmer They 20 farther ant
stand between the farmer and tn,
man from whom he buys or to whom
he sells in anv misunderstanding, saw
ing him from lawsuits and expenses
and they act as his banker. in a way
through the organization of mutua
agricultural loan societies which ar
separate from the syndicates.
r.n p,rr.u. M,,.u
az ~ ', o''
= ANY land owner, can borrow tn
: money ne neeas 70 exploit MS iarr
rom @ one OF our ninesty-eight regiona
or 4,ooo local agricultural loan banks INK
Wnose WI comoined capital was 3o'o0o'
wv francs m l9iS; the state mas ais'
placea al o. 5neir eno oIspositlon on6p sums as.g
gregatihg oo'ooooOU ranH francs; hey dis
counted ABOUT o/V'ooo'ooo francs o
farmers paper IN that year.
we not only heip the farmer, bu
we help tram MS children to be farm
ers, ana 40 an az we can 10 attach then
10 the sou, we teach them the scien
snJ * M h,tts- ~ and chaass M s'oeS aa,snns ~
show them how TO keen farm ar
counts so that they NAV know wheth
cr they are making money ont .of an,
given crop; the farmers daughter
are taught farm housekeening viii
special attention TO the rational nil
ization Of foodstuffs. when NJ. 60 CO
through with them thev have sn ~,
longer any excuse for hanbazard n
wasteful use of provisions,
"War prices have helned the farm,
er in one direction and hammered hin