The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-10-06
THE FARMERS OPPORTUNITY

The Farm Bureau Federation at the pres
ent time to prosperity for the through prosper
y OF every who works for money handles any shape
fashion with Georgia and all az
ricutura regions
As has been stated these columns before and will be repeated
again and again. Cooperation what farmer
assuring prosperity for agricultural section operat
ing principles be followed Dversfcation producing and
cooperation in marketing.
Georgia and all the South has before adopted
scheme OF diversified farming The boil weei accomplished
cessuy in two what the far sighted leaders agriculture
and what the editors Of Georgia unable accomplish in
twenty 1t divorced the farmer from the crop system
Cotton
reorganizing the marketing system of the South we
look knsman of the boil weev, force of the
kind he exerted The Improvement marketing from
the intelligent activity OF the farmer himself advised and led by
those who have studied the conditions here
the welfare of the farmers deeply at heart.
When the marketing system the of
South wrong we will have no argument on our hands
The farmer the only business the world and he bus
sell his product says What you give instead OF
81 will take this specific price and no less"
What the farmer him amount He must
Of his brow to raise what he has to sell Unless he that %
uct at fair percentage what him. both in
paid and in fair himself and the members of his
family he has lost money the year. He failure bust
man and failure farmer
Under the marketing that the farmer has tolerated
he takes whatever offered for his product the particular time
he wants to sell his crop Usually almost always, this price be-
low the actual cost OF production He figures profit what
really low for himself and the members of his family who
have helped to make the Sometimes the has been such
that he not allowed living wage,
The mistake that has made possible this virtual wage
slavery TOT the farmer He
been able able go by himself and
the market his in
been able produce by himself enough
ket seeking him.
The Farm Bureau organization makes possible through
for the farmer hire his who
find the best market where the highest price paid ship the
farm product that market.
The Farm Bureau also makes possible through coopera-
for farmers together and build their warehouses;
their curing plants for potatoes tobacco and the like
which they their demand the highest
ket prices when they offered for SALE and important
ables them hold their products until the best time sell
Individually is Improbable for the average small
build sweet potato house of his Not only it difficult for
and packing they may the highest prices
offered for high quality products but he usually fitted to do
that of work to best advantage.
The farmers business primarily, to make things
OF the ground Secondary his business sell them He has
spent most of his life learning make things He do
that we'll He will find profitable hire else
prepare the things for market and sell them In the past the
cost of this preparation and selling has been mostly chag p
middemans 1t has been profit and made
rich while the farmers remained
Through the farm bureau the of preparation and sales
will be the salaries of the who have always done the
real work The middemans profit goes the higher
net price for his products.
And the thing will naturally the long operate
all the around The products direct from the
through his agency the Farm Bureau whole
saer manufacturer it has go through manufacturer will
be less the retailers the ultimate will be less
Back the Farm Bureau farmer, merchant and
The Ben Hill County Farm Bureau Federation is good
hands The officers elected Tuesday farmers and good
farmers Marion Dixon of the famous Dixie Stock Farm would
be hard beat for chairman Mrs S NJ Whichad of the
successful truck farm operators the chairman
She leader feminine farmers County Agent C. T. Ow
knows the farmers business few other the
he operate successfully Wesley Walker Hor
Taylor and Mrs r. l. compose that
will know how limit the expenditures of the bureau
get the biggest returns from dollar the members have paid