Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-10-29

+. d. Rumfnel, special representative
of the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton.
The progress of the Farm Bureau
campaign to date in Addison County
has resulted in securing 251 families
for life membership at $40 per year
So far it has not been possible to keep
the campaign going for but a few days
out of each week owing to the fact
that the farmers are so busy with their
crops that they cannot leave their
work to assist in the canvass for mem
berships
There is widespread feeling that
something effective must be done to
put farming on a profitable basis so
that the farmer can have fair pro-
mt above the actual cost of his pro-
ducts. All the work about keeping
the boys and girls on the farms will
not succeed until it becomes an actual
fact that farming will pay a fair profit.
AS compared with other occupations,
taking into full account the time, capi-
tal depreciation, interest, etc, that is
actually put into the farm crops, it
VIII not be necessary to keep" any,
body on the farm when the farms will
yield fair returns for the honest toll
put into farm life When the time
comes that farming will pay equally
well, the difficulty will be to keep"
people in the cities and away from the
farms Farm life has many attractions
as all know, and farm life will be al
ways hard work But once that hard
work becomes reasonably remunerative
it will be difficult to keep" people
away" from the farms
The writer, in his capacity of spec
ial representative of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, went to
Windsor County on Wednesday to as
Sist in the campaign now progressing
there The first weeks work in that
county with but one canvasser in the
field resulted in 40 families signing for
life memberhip of annual fee of $40.
At the annual meeting of Windsor
County fully 80 per cent of the land.
owners present readily agreed t. sign
or life memberships. Thirty-LwD fam
lies signed Immediately after the vote
was finished
Farmers are awake to the need Of
strong county, state and national or
CARNATIONS to protect their interests
and form cooperative marketing pro-
jects for the marketing of their pro
ducts. They are beginnins to realize
the harm done them oy spectators
and market gamblers.
A noticeable result comes from CO.
operative marketing in California
where the almond growers of that state
formed an organization to market their
product about six years ago. Before
they organized the almond growers
were receiving % cents for each dollar
paid by the consumer for almonds
For six years. since the inauguration of
their cooperative sytem of marketing,
the growers have received AZ cents on
the average for each dollar paid by the
consumer, and this at not a cents addi-
tional cost to the consumer. This is
only one of many such instances when
the farmers have marketed their pro-
ducts comparatively. Other good re-
suit are that the business men in these
localities have prospered with the
farmers who cooperate in their market
ing. The success of the farmers means
success for all
In Chittenden County at the annual
meeting it was voted to proceed with
arrangements for conducting a cam
paign for family membership at the
annual fee of $40, the same to continue
for life unles rescinded A second
meeting will be held tomorrow to per
feet the plans
Orleans County has signifed its in.
tention for a similar Campaign. In
New Hampshire, Grafton County
among others, is considering plans to
follow the example of Addison County
in the membership drive at the in
creased annual fee In fact, progress
is being reported all along the line