The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-09-12
PLAN ORGANIZATION
OF FARMERS MIDDLE
DIVISION Of TENN.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED AT
FARMERS INSTITUTE IN SEES
SION HERE TODAY.
70 ASSIST COUNTY AGENTS MORE
Patterned After Organization that
Has Been Successful in East Ten
nesee-Present Plan to Next SEES
sion of Institute.
DAILY Herald, Sept. g.

DAILY Herald, Sept. g.
Organization of the great masses
of the farmers Of Middle Tennessee
into a body with definite policy for
the advancement of agricultural in
terests of the state was being con-
sidered this morning at the Bethel
House by committee appointed at
the last session of the Middle Ten
nessee Farmers Institute. Dr.. Fl. A.
Morgan, president of the University
of Tennessee; Col. Harry Berry, vice
president of the institute; c. G. Bur-
kett, secretary of the institute; Mrs.
J. G. Mason, of Prospect and j. M.
Dean, district agricultural agent.
We're present when the committee met
at II o'clock and other members are
expected this afternoon before the
conference ends.
The committee is composed Of the
following; W. P. Ridley, Columbia;
]. O. Templeton, Winchester; Homer
Hancock, Lebanon; w. E. Myer, Car
thage; F. L. Doak, Nashville; Mrs.
j. G.. Mason, Prospect Mrs. F. e.
Mckay, Franklin; Mrs. C. p Hatcher,
| Columbia; C. A. Keffer Knoxville; f.
M. McRee, Nashville Edgar j. Ora.
ham. Centreville; Harry Berry, Hen
Jacksonville, and C. G. Burkett, Anti
och.
DR.. Morgan told the committee this
morning of the success of the East
Tennessee organization which has
been in operation for more than a
decade and which has so attached it.
self to the farmers of that division of
the state that many of its members
would hobble to the convention on
crutches before they would miss
meeting. He said that many large
gifts for the promotion of the policies
of the institute had been made by
members either during their lives or
by will and that the work of the divi-
sion of extension of the state univer-
sity had been materially broadened
by the activities of the organization.
1t is the purpose of this committee
to formulate a plan of organization
and policies to be recommended to
the next session of the Middle Tonnes
see Farmers Institute. The plan prob
ably will take the form of county
councils with division representation.
A small membership fee will be
charged and only those who are mem
bers will be permitted to participate
in the voting at the institute, al
though the meetings will be open to
the public and for the benefit of all
farmers whether members or not
One of the principal objects of the
institute wills be to encourage the en-
ployment of a county agricultural
agent in every county in Middle Ten
nessee, it being stated that II of the
As counties in this division now have
no agent The institute will also
labor to strengthen the agents in the
counties where they are already en-
ployed.
For the division institute to be as
powerful as it should be, there must
be council or institute functioning
in every county, so that the meet
ings in Columbia will be for the crys-
talization on a broader scale the
set on foot in the various
counties.
The formation of this organization,
it is believed, will be the NEST potent
influence for the development OF !
farming interests that has ever been
promoted in Middle Tennessee. 1t
will give to the farmers an organiza-
ton through which they may articu-
late their ideals and their desires.
1t win give them a power that they
cannot possess as individuals or in
units.
The outcome of today's meeting
will be the formulation of a plan to
be presented to the Middle Tennessee
Institute at it's next session in Column
bia.