The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-17
FARMERS MOBILIZE
! BEHIND PRESIDENT

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We, the Farmers Marketing ans
Diyersification Association, think va
are progressing nicely. All lines O.
the association are making suhstan
tial progress and other subjects arr
being added. We are much pleased
to note that some Of the larger land
owners are offering prizes to thei'
tenants who raise the best acre o.
corn and the best acre OF cotton, and
these prizes are also extended to tit
ladies for the best display Of canned
goods.
1t was my pleasure, In compan,
with Messrs. Carl Schuster and d. D
Floyd. to be the guest OF Mr.. A
Wicker who is managing the Ander'
son ranch to visit each and every ten.
ant on their immense estate on Mon
day, the 9Th. to assist Mr.. Wicker
in enrolling these people as outlined
above. They all seemed TO be en-
Unused over the proposition.
We are aware that some people are
disposed TO think that there is no
use to give farmers organization
much attention for the reason that
they will sooner or later begin to
wane. then they founder, and then
they sink. No big thing was ever
started and made d success at once,
You cannot say that the farmers are
not further in the forefront now than
when the grange was organized.
though ali the farmers organizations
from the Grange down have helped to
educate him and he is today ripe and
ready for the practical things of I'M
provement presented to him. And
II is the practical things our organi-
zation is presenting to you. Boys.
corn and pig clubs. girls canning
clubs, more attention to chickens and
turkeys. better hogs. better cows.
more sheep owners, better seed corn,
improved cotton seed for planting
that we may not only make heavier
yield OF lint per hundred pounds OF
seed cotton, but a longer staple. bet
Ter gardens and also to learn how TO
improve the farm methods in order
that we may enhance our chance to
make good
On next first Monday at 80 is our
next regular meeting at which time
We will take up the subject Of breed
ing. feeding and marketing hogs. We
expect TO have with us on that date
at least one or two men who have
made big success In raising hogs 10
give us instruction along that line.
On this same date also ! am going
to appoint a committee to look into
all of the details OF the Farm Loan
Bank at Houston. ] take it for
granted that there are land owners
in Ellis county the same as in other
counties and there are men who want
10 buy farms here the same as other
places and / also take il for granted
that they would rather pay five per
cent than a higher rate OF interest,
Meet rs on the above mentioned date
and join our organization and get the
benefit OF the work Of our committee
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learn every detail attached TO this
proposition and il is possible we want
to leara a way TO DO this work SO
that there viii absolutely be no ex-
pense TO the borrower in securing the
loan.
f, HOsFORD, President.
p. 5.-We are in line with that
which the u S. government is exert
ing every effort to persuade the far
mer TO do--raise their own feed and
food stuff. / attended meeting OF
his kind last night In the Commercial
club rooms at Waxahachie and il
was stated at the meeting that it was
the decision OF the L. s. government
that Texas had to feed herself this
year. She has been in the habit OF
buying millions % dollars worth Of
reea and food outside OF the state
whleh she will be deprived Of that
privilege this year and this stuff
most Of it is staff-~we can raise IN
abundance here and the decision is
we will raise il or do without it. They
ask Texas to feed itself this year and
next year they are going to require
us 10 feed the United States We had
better wake up to the seriousness OF
the situation and plant more stuff
We can eat and feed.