Arizona republican., 1916-12-17

q thousand and local SyEdlcates be- sides 17,000 individual members among the elite of the French agr- culturists.
 "1he French farmer was formerly essentially indivdualist,' sad Al. Lauiardiere. but he has learned the value of association and nearly every farming community is organized. There are 617S agricu tuIal syndi- cates in France with a membership before the war of 1.2j0.000, assembled in S5 different unions of syndi@ates.
 "A single one of these syndiCates In the department of Loir and Cher bought for it's lS.o00 members to the equivalent of a million two hundred thousand dollars annually before the War.
 Our syndcates are not merely the sales and buying agents of the in- dNidual farmer; they go far ther, they stand between thc farmer and the man from whom he buys or to whom he sells in any mlsundcr- standing. saving him from lawsuits and expense; and trey act as his banker, in way. through the or sanitation of mutual agricultural loan societies which are separate from the syndicates.
 Any landowner can borrow the money he needs to exploit his farm from one of our 9S regional or 1000 local agricultural loan banks. whose combined capital was s5 million placed at their disposition sums ag gregating SC millions They dis counted aboHt 370 million francs of farmers paper in that year.
 We not only help the farmer. hut we help train his children to be farmers-do all We can to attach them to the soil. We teach them the scientific part of grain ard stock raising. and of butter and cheese making. We slow them how to keep arm accounts so that they may know whether they are making money cut of any given crop. the farmers daughters are taught farm hoHsekeep- ing with special attention to the ra- ional civilization of foOdStuffs: when we get through with them they have no longer any excuse for hap hazard or Wastcil use of provisions.
 War prices have helped the farmer in one direction and hampered him in another. He gets the equivalent Of Sl.91 a bushel for his wheat or 4 cents more than before the war He sets tho equivalent of s6 cents bushel for oats as against = cents
 
 cat crop was re ord one Wheat was deficient as compared even ,o last year but the farmer probably realizes more In cash than for las' ycar1' crop On tac other nand hc pays great 6ea, mere in cash foI salt sugar. flour.
 The French farmer win after the war still he beset by difficulties taat We must tighten. Traction farm machinery. now almost prohbitive in price to the individual farmer must be provided 10 make up for the lack of farm labor
 The desertion of the farm for the town had long ago developed crisis that will be aggravated by the vast age of war and the upheapai of con ditiOn aftcrward; it k another Of the problems these syndicates are trying 10 solve
 Farmers sons and simple farm hands in the long watches iu ihe trenches alongside of the city boys have learned many things they never knew about town life" M. Laujar- diere thinks Curiosity aroused by tales of the own will draw them in even greater numbers than ever after the war unless counter attractions are provided. The syndicate proposes tn make their life on the farm more attractive by higher comfort in their habitation and bv such distractions as are transportable from the city to the country.
 opposed tn the alhring descrip- tions of cltr life. thev will set forth the higher cost of living and the ii- 'usory character ~ th.' supposed town diversions
 "Tfe new farm construction will be made more pleasing than before. and for the long winter evenings profitable l.ght occupations will ae provided such as the manufacture Of toys ny the men and lace by women. already tried in number of local ities with promising success
 The mutiated farmer soldier will also require attention. lmUrovel ln-