The Holt County sentinel., 1917-06-08
noit County Farmers Organize.

Ten Of the twelve clubs Of the county
were represented. The following is
q list OF the delegates representing
the different districts:
r. A. Brown, District No. 2.
j. d. Painter, No. 1.
= 7. o. kreek, No. so.
j. w. Buntz, No. 81.
Avon Murray, No. 63.
c. +. Hitz, No. 3.
Seth Curtis, No. AZ.
Ed Keaster, No. 80.
John l.. Ammo. No. 81.
Phillip Schlotzhauer, No. 81.
r. A. Brown, of Bigleow, was elect.
ed chairman Of the meeting, and MI.
ID. u. Kunkel, county clerk, the Sec
rotary. Short addresses were made
by some of the delegates, and Mr..
Paul X. Naylor, representing the En-
tension Department Of the Agricul-
tural College, was requested TO eN.
plain the object Of the meeting. he
following officers were elected, who
will be the officers of the Federated
Farmers Clubs Of Holt county:
c. +. Htz was elected presidents;
Ed keaster. vice.president; T.. W.
IrtdtlfNs nllllN s'tUlVtlItu'f anu Js
II. Nandevcr were elected members of
the executive committee. And these
three men, with the president and
vicc-p president. will be executive com
mittee Of the Farmers Clubs Of Holt
county. Any community wishing TO
organize a farmers club, should get
in touch with one Of these men and
request their assistance in this mat
ter, so that they can get in touch with
them to assist them in organizing q
club or secure assistance from some
other source. The nation, state and
the Agricultural Colleges are in this
movement 10 lend every effort pos
sible 10 the farmers TO assist them In
organizing farmers clubs throughout
every county and state Of the nation.
The executive committee will meet on
Saturday, June .. Call either mem
Der Of the executive committee and
let your wants be known by that
time, and they will cooperate with
you In this matter.
Mr.. MAYORS address was highly
appreciated by all, and at the close
Of the meeting the secretary was in-
structcd by the delegates 10 express
their appreciation Of Mr. MAYORS SER
vices 10 the Agricultural College, and
request his return 10 Holt county to
continue organization work among
the farmers.
NJ. Naylor, during the course Of
his address, stated that the nation
greatest problem is the putting of
agriculture on "a business basis, and
that this cannot be accomplished with
out q complete and entire organiza-
ton Of the farmer. He also spoke Of
the mutual interest Of the merchant
and the farmer, and that they have q
common business cause, and that they
can best defend their business cause
by assisting one the other. as they
are both In a large, degree ut the mer-
cy Of the big SPECTATOR In the big
cities. He said the greatest problem
that faces the farmer is the applica.
-tion Of business methods to his in
dustry, and that when he has learned
20 apply business methods TO selling
his products, that the buying Of his
supplies would be Of less Importance.
"The only sure. lasting, solid and
broad foundation the farmer will ever
lay, on which he can meet and CO.
opcrntively defend his business inter-
ests and demand what rightly be-
longs TO him in the business world.
must be laid in community Of co.
operative production. The communi
~ should specialize In order TO pro-
ducc standardized article Of guar
unteed quality ins commercial luanti-
ties sufficient to supply n CONNER
cinl demand. There should be but one
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