The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-28
RICHARDS TALKS OF WORK
e. T. O'Brien Urges People of Farms
To Do Business With Modern Meth
DDS and to Use the Banks to Make
the Farms More Productive.

The big drive to "wake up the
farmers of Kenosha county to the
| demands of war time life, was in
augurated under the auspices of the
| County Council of Defense on Monday
night with a big meeting at the Town
| Hall in the town of Pleasant Prairie.
That the people in the rural communi-
| ties are interested in this movement
was shown by the fact that the hall
was crowded to the doors and more
| than two hundred people got into line
for the movement to have the men and
women on the farms take a larger part
| in the great activities of a war time
nation. There was no cut and dried
program for the first of the series of
farm meetings. The people had lot
to do with the plans for the even
ing. There was music and dancing
and just enough of the oratory to
make. it real meeting.
The get-together spirit was pro-
claimed from the platform by Griffith
Richards, county agricultural agent
and by f. T. 'Brien, cashier of the
Citizens Bank, both Of whom discussed
problems Of great interest in the big
union between the town and the
county. The meeting was constructive
in its tone. Town Chairman Richard
Dowse presided and he declared that
| it was a matter of interest to him
that Pleasant Prairie was taking the
lead in the big movement.
In his address to the large company
of men and women from Pleasant Prai-
| RE, Mr.. Richards declared that he just
wanted to introduce himself and let
the people know what the duties of the
agricultural agent were. He declared
that he was not seeking to interfere
with the business of any man in the
great farming industry.
ct want the farmers to understand, -
said Mr.. Richards, "that I am not
coming into this county with view
of teaching you how to run your farms,
| but with view of being of service to
| you. [ believe that if | can have your
cooperation and if we can have a
clear understanding as TO what / want
| to do | can earn my salary fifty
| times over. You know how to farm.
Possibly / can suggest some things to
you that will be helpful and make you
better farmers; possibly can give you
some information in regard to pure bred
seeds and pure bred cattle, which will
make it easier for you to get profits
| off the farm. I want to organize your
men and women and show them the at
Effectiveness of the farm life. I want
| to make life on the farm better for the
young men and women and stop the
rush of the farm boys and girls to the
city. I want to bring to you the neigh
| borliness which makes life on the farm
more interesting. One of the chief
things that I want to do is to bring to
you an interchanging Of ideas among
yourselves. I want to make you know
your neighbor better and appreciate
| him more. [ want to bring you in
closer touch with the people of Keno
sha and bring a closer bond of union
| between the town and the country. If
I can accomplish some of these things in
part / know that you will believe with
me that the work Is worth WHILE
Mr.. O'Brien spoke on the question
| of "Farm Financing - He showed
the large crowd just what could be done
| by following modern business methods
on the farm, by establishing modern
credit systems, by proper accounting
systems, by union of communities
to secure pure bred cattle and pure
| bred seed. 19Bankers of Kenosha of
Kenosha county will esteem it their
pleasure to aid the men on the farms
| in the development of the great indus
| trial interests of Kenosha county.
! We want to come into closer relation
with the farmer and understand his
to deal with the farmer just the same
as we deal with the grocer, the manu-
facturer and men in other lines of
business. We want his confidence and
we want him to have ours. We want
him to feel that we consider his adj
vancement of greatest interest to rs
in the advancement of the whole
coonty. We want to loan him money
that he may better his business and
we want him to adopt modern methods
in borrowing of money
In closing Mr.. O'Brien made a
strong plea for the farmer to dc his
patriotic part in the great movements
of the nation at war.
During the evening music was fprn-
ished by Miss Marian Hale, and Ed
ward C. Christensen and the evening