The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

work and persistent work 10 combat
the prejudced feeling which exists
among our farmers toward any coop
eratiye movement for the benefit OF
the farmers as a whole, but this feel,
ing can and will be overcome ii We
can have the united support and co
operation of our progressive farmers
and merchants, who are now and are
TO become members OF this organiza-
ton. We hope TO arouse this feeling
of cooperation in a large number Of
farmers, so they can see the adyant-
ages 10 be derived from this cooper
ative movement and | hope TO see our
membership list grow continually, so
we can in the near future branch out
in subsidiary organizations all over
the county which organizations will
specialize in the various branches OF
farming. We want to see organized
in the various towns of the county i'm
provement or community clubs, all
working for the betterment of farm
ing conditions in general.
At the present time there are two
factors to be considered in this or
ganiZatiOn, | refer to the membership
the farmers and business men of
Boone county AS th,s organization
was first suggested by the business
men of Harrison, feel that they
should be the first to get behind this
association and give their moral and
financial aid, but we do not want the
other business men of the county to
think that this is a Harrison PROPOSE
tion for it is not. 1t shall be- the aim
of this association to make this a coun-
ty organization and therefore we want
the support of every business man in
the county. 1t is gratifying to see the
way the Harrison business interest
have come to the front. in this move
ment. We now have forty-two mem
bers in Harrison ale ne and our total
membership to date is eighty-seven.
There is 1923 in II. .e treasury which
amount is to be used to further the in
terests Of DE-. organization. On ac-
count of the liberal donations from the
Harrison business men, it will not be
necessary to assess an initiation fee
or require its members to pGy dues.
We hope that this spirit of cO-OpelT-
tiOn will continue to spread until not
only every business man in Harrison
but in the entire county are active
members. The business men will de-
rive no direct benefit from this organi-
Zation but they are interested in see
ing the farmers prosper, so the real
work before us is to obtain the support
of the farmers, as they are the ones to
be directly benefited, so the essential
thing to be done at this time is to
start an active campaign to get the
farmers of the county to join this
organization.
The purposes of this organization
are defined in Article |, Section 8, of
the Bylaws of this Association, which
reads as follows:
"The object of this organization is
to create closer relationship between
the farmers and merchants of Boone
county; to create greater interest in
building up bloOded and registered
live stock herds; to arouse the or
Chardist to the necessity for better
and scientific care of orchards; to en-
courage an increase in dairy pro-
ducts; to raise more and better class
of poultry; to increase truck acreage
so that car load shipments can be
made; to work for good roads so that
farm products can be transported to
shipping points without being dam
aged; to get better results in prOduc-
ing and marketing all kinds of farm
products; to establish standardization
in grades of fruits, vegetables and live
stock, also fruit and vegetable pack
ages, so as to enable our farmers to
combine their shipments, and in gen
eral the raising of farm standards in
Boone county, and to take up any 9th
er matters which from time to time
may arise in which the farmers and
merchants are vitally interested
The question may be asked who is
eligible to membership in this assO-
citation? Article II, Section |, of our
Bylaws reads as follows:
ANY person of good moral char
acter, who is engaged either directly
or indirectly in any branch Of farm
ing, and any individual, firm or cor
poration doing business in Boone
county, is eligible to membership in
this assOsiatiOn.'
All that is necessary to become an
active member of this association is
to hand your name and address to the
secretary. The secretary will furnish
lists, so farmers in different localities
can sign and become members. We
want every farmer to attend our meet
ings, the idea is to get closer to your
neighbOrs, exchange ideas and discuss
matters of interest to the farmer.
These are farmers meetings and we
want you to come. There WI be no
initiation fee or dues assessed against
everybody. The money required to
pay incidental expenses has been rats
ed by voluntary subscriptions from
Harrison members of this association,
The benefits to be derived from be.
ing member of this association are
too numerous to mention at this time
but these features will be brought out
in future meetings or by ways devised
by the Executive Committee,
What we want first of al! is a
strong membership We have a fine
start-the interest in cooperation is
growing-we are going to make this a
live.wire organization-everybody talk
this association to your neighbors-
this will be a powerful organization
for the upbuilding Of Boone county