The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-01
Secretary 0udderar OF Board
OF Trade Emphasizes Its
Great Importance.
START is AUsPlcloUs
List OF Names Of Those Who
Are Already Members OF the
Bureau is Given.
NY q. ". nuddcrar. sccNtary.)

By q. ". Duddcrar. SccrCtary.)
The Harrison County Farm Bureau
was organized early In 1915 after Q
weeks campaign conducted by State
Agent Nat I. Frame aud q. W. bud.
derar. secretary OF the board OF
trade. W. d. linn. our able county
agent. was employed and begun hia
work May l. 1915. and We are lust
now starting Into tts second years
work OF the bureau. shortly after
MIR Zinn'a employment, Miss Minnie
Martin. working under the direction
of the state agent. Miss Sadie Guse-
man, was employed to instruct along
ilheS or domestic economy in the
homeE and public schools of our conn
~ II Ia hardly worth while here to
undertake 10 outline the Importance
OF Mr.. Zinn's work. We might sin-
ply indicate that u great interest has
been aroused in agricultural develop
ment To meet the needs OF sour land
ana avoid heavy expense of fraiRht
hnd hRulage charges for Commercial +.
hm". Nine limestone pulvcrs have
been located In tho county and hum
drcds OF tons OF crushed Limestone
VIII be applied to our soil this year.
During III" frSt eight months OF Mr..
Hinn'S work up to tho close OF NIX
rNty-'wo Hllos have been built: thir-
y-two demonstration piots OF corn.
aliaita. potatoes and SOY beans have
neen planted: scientific methods
adopted for the Improvement OF a
number OF meadows and pastures
ana Information along many lines OF
agriculture given out through the mo-
dun OF nearly hundred public
meetings: visitation to over three
hundred farms and the mailing out
OF one thousand letters and nearly
500 circulars.
To make this work possible. lead
erS among the business men Of
ClarksburE and the farmers OF Har.
rison county have united their efforts
and have become members OF this
bureau. list OF whose names appear
herewith. A spirit OF hearty coon
Grafton between the business men OF
the county and the buRIneas men Of
thc city has grown up ana mora than
ever before have we como 10 realize
our neutrality-suspicious.. one upon tho
1tner. and our people are beginning
TO see that the opportunity Of the
city lies largely In the development
OF the country. that the DEVELOPMENT
ana growth OF both are Essential for
permanent prosperity and that NO city
has ever been permanently prosper
GUS where Its surrounding land r.
mains poor and unproductive. Cities
are largely built on farm profit. ON
what farmers produce In excess Of
their home needs. There 10 but one
road to permanent city building and,
that road leads to the farm. Bual-
ness Is so sympathetic. so sensitive IN.
crop production that u forecast Of
poor wheat or corn crops fmmediate-
~ affect the worlds markets and the
city's business. but when the harvest
neias smile towns wax fat and fac
tories Increase their payroils. Corn,
Wheh and hay. beef. pork and pouJ-
ny. vegetables and fruits. these are
the home builders and the BUILDERS
Of great cities.
The old fashioned boards Of trade
with their cash bonuses and free sites
working exclusively for factory loca-
lions are rapidly passing away. These
organization are now looking 70. the.
development OF the country, reaIix-,
InE that here lies that greatest OBJ
portunity. Successful Agricultural,
brings factories, hay
and feed means beef and pork and
these beckon the packing house and
The storage plant. Creameries and
Ice cream plants follow the dairy.
truck patches and orchards call for.
canning and preserving factories and
al these make for more abundant
and cheaper food and lower living
which attract the steel.
and glass plants. Our aim
g growing to be to create wealth
rom the opportunities at home ana
not subtract from other communities.
II the address IL lacking or ineorz
'ect In me list given below, we