Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-03-07
The Farmers Convention.

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1919. The minutes of the joint committee
meeting of the several farmers clubs pre-
pairing for the convention were read for
information by John E. Muncaster. The
minutes of the 45th annual convention
were read and were adopted as read. The
chair announced as the first order of bust
ness the personnel of the resolutions COM
mittee-Howard NARROW M. o. Stabler and
John D. Hett.
DR.. J. W. Bird delivered strong plea
for the active support of the community
toward the establishment of the Mont
gomery County General Hospital near
tons during the noon hour was named as
follows Louis Barnsley, M. o. Stabler. W.
E. Brown, W. Edgar Erwin. T. B. Stabler.
Joseph E. Janney, Calvin Broadly, G. Rust
Candy and J. W. Jones.
Calvin Bready spoke in an interesting
and practical way upon the question, What
adjustments of farm operation must be
made to meet present labor conditions
He thinks that more should be done in a
cooperative way, both in working farms
and marketing products. He feels that the
automobile has come to be as essential to
farming as rudder is to a ship. Feeding
products on the farm and using electricity
were mentioned as ways Of saving labor.
He suggested the plan of forming thresh-
nd 70 Of
twelve or more farmers who should own
their machinery and thresh grains or fill
silos and do other work only for themselves,
each owner being pledged to send one man
to help on every farm in the ring, thus
insuring full force at each place.
DIR. H. J. Patterson said that more crops
can be harvested by the use Of live stock,
such as hogs in corn, with great saving
of labor and consequent increase of profit
He believes in the use of four-horse units
instead Of two or three in preparing land,
and thinks it adaptable to all farms.
Then followed adjournment for lunch,
which seemed to be enjoyed by all present
to the fullest extent
The following resolutions we're reported
by the committee on resolutions. offered
by DR.. A. A. Brigham:
Whereas Montgomery county is acknowl-
edged to be one of the leading counties of
the State and nation in its record of farm
products both as to quantity and quality.
and ranks high in point of proeressiveness
of her farmers, and
Whereas the excellent natural and hui
man resources of the county are to a con-
siderable extent handicapped by certain
artificial conditions which greatly hinder
her full development and progress:
Therefore be 1t resolved by this Farmers
Convention. That the president appoint a
committee of three to conduct campaign
for improved postal service in the county to
include direct motor service between Wash
ington and all points that can be reached
by daily parcel post. For the improve
ment of the mail service. including the
parcel post, in all sections of the county
where it is deficient, dilatory, or affecting
the business interest of the farmer inju-
riously.
The committee reported this favorably
and it was adopted.
Resolutions by the same. asking the ap-
pontment of committees to investigate
the present methods of nominating and
electing county officers to investigate the
public school system; to study the prob
lens Of marketing. cold storage, market
places, elevators. flour and feed mills. in
connection with the State-Owned mills
and elevators of the West to investigate
the rural roads of the county, the matter
of road taxes, the methods pursued in other
counties, etc. were reported unfavorably
as being too wide in scope for this conven-
ton to take up and the report was adopted.
Messrs A. A. Brigham, E, P. Thomas,
and M. o. Staber were appointed a COM
mittee on parcel post.
A resolution offered by Asa M. Stabler:
Resolved by the Farmers Convention of
Montgomery County, That committee Of
three be appointed by the president to
work in conjunction with similar COM
mittee from Prince Georges county. and
ask for the construction Of an improved
road from Laurel to Ashton, believing that
this road is one Of the few important roads
that has received no benefit from the State
Road Commission. Reported favorably and
adopted.
Messrs. A. M. Stabler. Edgar Erwin. r. II.
Miller. H. E. Thompson and Walter Faw-
cett were appointed on this committee.
By Samual p. Thomas: Resolved. That
the 46th annual Farmers Convention of
Montgomery County opposes the expendi-
ture of hundreds Of millions Of dollars by
our Government, creating new farms out
of arid lands. cut over land, and swamps,
to be paid in part by established farmers,
in view of the fact that there are millions
Of acres Of idle cleared acres throughout
the United States which should be made
to serve humanity Adopted.
The following resolutions were presented
by Allan Farquhar and were adopted upon
division with two votes in the negative;
Whereas the war, now brought to a VIC
torious close by the associated power Of
the free nations of the world, was above
all else a war to end war and protect hui
man rights:
Therefore be it resolved. That we advo-
cate the establishment of League of Ma
tons We believe that such a League
should aim to promote the liberty. progress
and orderly development Of the world.
Be it further resolved. That we favor
the entrance Of the United States into such
a League as may be adequate to safeguard
the peace that has been won by the joint
forces Of the allied nations.
BE IL further resolved. That we believe