The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-13
NTERVIEW WITH p. A. FUGATE

Paul A. Fugate, the cashier of the
Bank of Aberdeen, is of the opinion
that hay, sugar beets and hay seed
are the three best crops for; farmers
in the Aberdeen country. .s
The Aberdeen tract has reptfta-
ton fen~nradp RHre" seed. 1t has
obtained this reputation by produc-
ing the seed, having it tested, certi-
fed. exhibited and at every oppor-
tunity having it where it would be
seen by people who are interested in
pure seed. A government man at
the Aberdeen experimental station,
Superintendent l.. G. Aichers, knows
how to test seed and grade it, and
dealers in pure seed know that If
he certifies to the purity of a. ship
ment of seed it will be that kind.
There, is a firm of dealers in pure
seed back in Minnesota who place
$4,000 each year at threshing time,
in the Bank of Aberdeen to be used
by Mr.. Fugate in buying pure seed.
This firm has tried him as a buyer
for a number of years and keeps
on sending the money and receiving
the seed he ships. The consumers
buy it of them and keep coming back
for more. Mr.. Fugate advises farm
ers to increase their product in pure
seed, and not to lose confidence in
the market of the future. Only a
comparatively few farmers of the
world have come to appreciate the
advantages of having superior seed,
and when the world war is over
there will be some revolutions in
farm methods. Such changes are
likely to be for better farming thru
better methods, and the demand for
pure seed at fabulous prices is just
as probable as that the price may
decline. He wants to see the men
in the Aberdeen country alive to the
situation and in line for all the good
things they can get.
Mr.. Fugate says peas as COM
mercial crop are still in the expert
mental stage. That they have not
been tried out enough to permit the
farmer to see how the profits run
and what condition they leave the
soil in as to cleanliness from sports
of the pea species after the ground
is planted to other crops. He re-
CARDS sheep as very desirable stock
on the farm, not alone for the direct
profits, but also to act as weed-kill-
ers and fertilizers.
The bank over which Mr.. Fugate
presides has passed thru the hard
struggle that attends establishing
h..cf ND hac nd a
stage of greater volume Of business
that calls for enlarged quarters. At
the present time the original bank
ing house has been removed to the
rear end of the lots, and the ex-
cavation has been mad for the base
ment of the new building. The work
of construction is in progress, and
the large, modern brick structure
will soon bear witness to the sue
cess of its management and the re-
sources Of the surrounding country.
Anybody with money can start
bank, but 1t takes sound judgment
and shrewd business management to
launch a banking business in new
and undeveloped country, to loan out
as much as the treasury will bear,
W carly Ine lodHS I'LL ~ PuAS Ihe
borrowers thru to success and then
repays the bank and yet leaves it
with still greater volume of business
because of the deposits and the loans
Of the customers who won in the
ong struggle for the success Of their
respective enterprises. The Bank of
Aberdeen is now in that position,
md with greater knowledge of the
and it's resources, with it's
new building and great capital stock,
is management passes out its best
Judgment on the subjects discussed
n this series, and read with keen
the opinions Of others.
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