The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-14
NINTH DISTRICT FAMERs' CLUB
Proceedings OF Meeting Held At
Cedar Farm Essay On
Farm Helps.
Farm Helps.

the nome OF MI. anu MIS- Jenu -.
Churchman, Cedar Farm, Wednes-
day, January s. The meeting was
called to order by the president,
G. w. Mckinney. The secretary
being i'll Howard r. Brown was
elected for the meeting. The follow
ing members answered to roll call:
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Mckinney. Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey l.. Kirk, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. SPOTS, Howard r.
Brown and Edwin F. Kirk. Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. F. Gibson were added
to the roll as new members.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
No experiments being tried there
was talk concerning chickens,
coal oil and gasoline.
The host was called on for an
original essay and responded with
the following:
Some of the things that will help
to make farming a better occu-
patton.
1t has been said farming is the
freest, most educational and indie
pendent occupation of man. But
take it from business standpoint,
does man do justice to himself and
the business in the manner in which
it is conducted.
Is there any other business con-
Quoted on successful basis in which
the manufactures does not know the
cost of article produced, and demand
price that will give MIN a living
profit over production.
Take our western neighbors, for
instance. They seem more rapid
than we of the east, and why, for it
is made up Of sons Of this eastern
country. We're these men fore
sighted enough to see the rut in
which the eastern farmer was work
ing, that caused them to go to this
new field, or might have been the
lust for adventure. But it has been
the means of bringing together
class of people who have seen the
advantage of combined efforts and
the benefits of organization.
Could not we of the east accom-
plish just as much as our western
neighbor, If we would work our
farms on the same business basis as
other business is conducted, adopt
some method Of bookkeeping by
which we would know the cost of
any article produced. In this way
and by the means of organization,
be in position to go to the whole
saler, or still better to the consumer,
and demand such a price for corn,
wheat or potatoes, what ever the
case may be, instead of going to the
purchaser and asking him what he
will give for said crop, whether we
are getting a price that will give us
profit or not.
And these things can be done by
making record each day Of time
spent on each crop, and believe we
would be well paid for the time
taken to keep such record.
Then at the close of the season we
would be able to know just where we
stand on each crop harvested;
whether or not where our profit
came from one, or were divided be-
tween all harvested. And this,
think. would be a paying propo-
sition not only in crops, but in every
thing produced.
How many of us know what it
cost US to produce quart of milk,
loo lbs. OF pork, or whether our
hogs are giving u smarket price for
our corn, or one COW is eating up
the profits Of another.
OF course you will say you have a
little money left at the end of the
season; why not know where it
comes from and dispense with the
things that are not giving us profit
for our labor, and give our full time
to the one from which we received
our profit, and make it still better.
Now these things cannot be accom-
plished by any one individual, and
the thought is that the only way for
our success is by the combined
efforts of every farmer and farm
organization, which win with other
things help to bring about better
social satisfaction, for man being a
social being needs lots of amuse-
mt at times when he thinks he
the hardest worked and poorest paid
person on earth.
And these things will only be
brought about when we are well
enough organized to say to the buy
er, we must have such a price for
our produce, for we know what it
cost rs to produce it, and we will get
the price for we handle staple
article.
And not only in selling but in buy.
ing. for as an organization we can
go to manufacturer and ask him
what he win supply this organization