El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
SAYS FARMERS
MUST ORGANIZE
Blanchard, Reclamation
Statistican, Urges Coop
Grafton in Valley.

Organization is the thing which
makes farming profitable to the men
in the valley who desire 10 make
their living off the soil" said c. J..
Blanchard. statistician OF the recla-
nation service. from washington, D.
.C. Although there are other prob
lens Of tremendous Importance in
connection with the settling OF peo-
pie on these project lands, the need
OF organization is the first and great
est need. The wholesaler cannot de
pend upon the farmers hit OF miss
style OF delivery. He must know that
he can get what his customers de-
mand, at the time he needs 81. Now
he has but to wire his order TO CALI
fornia and he is assured OF the de-
livery.
"A market organizer TO arrange
with the farmers what they shall pro-
duce, ana with the wholesaler as 70
Wnen the commodities shall be de-
livered, is needed That IS Just what
has made the Citrus Growers asso-
citation OF California so important.
That organization handles over $780,
100000 worth OF citrus fruit each
year It sends fruit 10 every city and
town IN the United States. That
organization began with the pooling
Of fruit by four or five energetic and
far sighted farmers.
What Association Means.
The same thing has been done by
the apple growers OF Oregon The
association means ComethinR II THE
farmer brings in poor fruit IL is
thrown out and If the farmeres con
luues to do so. he is put out Of the
association When we buy Oregon
apples from the Yakima project. for
( instance, we know we are getting
good fruit. that the "T' on the box
guarantees the non existence OF
worm holes, iced or rotten fruit. II
that is done here in the valley. IL the
farmers get together and have q mar
ket man at the head, then the same
success is assured 70 them. Louis
HILL a man from the bureau OF mar
kets at Washington, D. c.. has just
been here. He came at my solicita-
ton, because 7 told the committee
that a number Of groups OF farmers
up at Las Cruces were organizing
under the leadership OF county agent
H H. Brook
Same Could BE Done Here.
'El Paso valley has A wonderful
climate, lonE season and a mild one,
and IS a country where the soil is the
richest In the world, and the vege-
tables grow quickly, which insures
tenderness. With the proper man
agement much can be done. The cab
bages, celery. cantalogpes and other
vegetables from Fl PasO valley can
be grown so wei and marketed so ex-
pertly that the name or the valley
VIII be used In connection with the
Vegetables. just as the head lettuce
OF the salt River valley has been
grown so well that IL IS renowned.
Too Few TarmerH
II Paso has TOO many aEricultur-
lists and too few farmers. An aCricUl-
turlsr is one who gains his money i1
the city and spends It in the country
me real estate dealers have spe-u-
lated too much I'm valley lands The
price is far too high for the farmer
10 make money on the lands. After
the drainage problem, which We
prophecied would come. is overcome.
then the government may be able 10
induce more farmers TO come here.
me man who owns land here for ten
years and never improves 70 IS q
liability. We are not interested in
his getting large amount OF money
for the land The man who is com
Ing into the country 70 Til the land.
70 develop his dozen or hundred acres
IS real asset and We are very much
interested in him. We are interested
IN his getting a bargain. in his being
able 10 work under good conditions.
should Eduscte Boys.
zone fine thing which T hope will
happen in this valley is that the boys
Of the community will 60 to aEricul-
tural colleges and then settle on the
soil. With fathers in the city watch
ing them and backing them flnan-
ciallv. and the training the boys
would receive would mean wonders
worked here 7 believe that this IS a
country OF remarkable promise and
when the drainage problem is settled.
when the farmers organize and the
Mexican situation becomes more set
tied. then there will be evidence that
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