The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-01
Secretary Dudderar of Board
Of Trade Emphasizes Its
Great Importance.
ST ART is AUSPlCloUS
List Of Names Of Those Who
Are Already Members Of the
Bureau is Given.
Ny Q. M. DnLderar, srcrrtnr,N

(By q. W. Duddcrrlr, Secretary
Tho Harrison County Farm Bureau
was organized early In 1915 after n
weeks campaign conducted by State
Ngcnt Nat I, Frame and g. W. Dud-
dcrar. EecrOtary OF tho board OF
trade W. II. Hinn. our ahlo county
agent. was employed ana begun hia
work May /, 1916. and We are just
now MnrunE into the second years
work of tho bureau shortly after
Mr. H'nn'a employment. Miss Mimic
Martin, working under the direction
of the state agent. Mlag Sadie Gusc-
man was employed Ia instruct along
linca Of d0mcstlc economy I'm the
homes and public pchouls Of our conn
~ II h hardly worth while here TO
undertake 10 outline the Importance
OF Air. Zlnn'g work. Wc mlpht sim
MY indicate that u great intercSt has
been aroused In agricultural develop
ment to meet the needs OF sour land
and avoid heavy expense OF freight
and hauIaEe charges for commercial
limo. Nine Limestone pulverg have
hoen locnted In tho county and hun
G"eas OK toas O; crushed limestone
VIII be applied to our soil thlR year.
During the first eight months OF MIR.
Ilnn's work up 10 the close OF 1915.
sixty two Elloa have been built: thir-
ty-two demonstration pIots OF corn.
alfalfa potatoes and soy beans hnyo
been planted: scientific methods
adopted for the Improvement OF n
number of mcadowa and pastures
and information along many lines OF
agriculture given out through the me-
dium Of nearly Il 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 mon Of
clarkHburg and the farmers OF Har-
rison county have united their efforts
and have become members OF this
bureau, n list OF whose names appear
herewith. 4 gpirit or hearty coop
GRAFTON between the business mon Of
the county aud tho business men of
the city has grown up ana more than
ever before have we come TO realize
our interdependence. one upon the
other. ard our people arc beginning
TO zoe that the opportunity OF the
city lies largely in tho development
Of the country, that tho development
and growth OF both are essential for
permaennt prosperity and that no city
has ever been permanently prosper
ous where It's surrounding land re-
mains poor and unproductive. Cities
arc 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 tho farm. BusI-
ness is 10 sympathetic. so sensitive to
crop production thai forecast OF
poor wheat or corn crops Immediate
ly affect tho worlds markets and the
city's business. but when the harvest
fields smile towns wax fat and fac
tories Increase their payrolls. Corn.
wheat and hay. beef. pork and poul-
try. vegetables and fruits. those 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-
tions are rapidly passing away. These
organizations ae norw looking to the
development of tho country. reallz-
Ing that here lies that greatest op-
portunity. Successful agricultural
development brings factories, hay
and feed means beef and pork and
these beckon the packing house and
the storage plant Creameries and
ioe croam plants follow the dairy,
truck patches and orchards call for
canning and preserving factories and
nll these make for more abundant
and cheaper food and lower living
conditions, which attract the steel,
machinery and glass plante. Our aim
Is growing to be to create wealth
from the opportunities at homo and
not subtract from other communities.
II the address IL lacking or incor-
rect in the list given below, we
would consider II favor II tho mem
Dor would give the proper informa-