Newark post., 1920-08-25
CLOSER RELATION
URGED BETWEEN
BANKER AND FARMER
Cooperation Keynote of
Group Meeting at George
town on Thursday

At a group meeting of the Della
ware State Bankers Association
held in Georgetown last Thurs
day, Dean c. A. McCue, dean and
director of the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station, spoke of the
help that banks could and should
give to farmers so that the farm
ers may not be handicapped for
lack of funds when they wish to
increase their activities. He said:
"The prosperity of our country
rests solidly upon the foundation
OF agriculture. Transportation
facilities have so increased dur
ing the last so years that no ma
tion can longer live unto itself.
We draw our food products from
the far ends of the earth and we
are dependent upon many coun-
tries for our daily menu.
Bread, meat, butter, milk, corn
and potatoes we can produce at
home. Yet during the late war we
came to realize that for even these
things we were, in a measure, de-
pendent upon supply of potash
from the old world.
Even here in Delaware today
we can see in our cornfields the
results of four or five years Of
potash starvation. We thus see
that if this nation and state is to
survive, progress and prosper, we
must not neglect our agricultural
interests.
"By sympathetic and intelli
gent handling of credits the local
banker can do much to make the
farm communities contiguous to
his bank a better place to live and
prosper. AS the ommunity pros
pers so will it's banking, institu-
tions prosper"
Dean McCue then spoke of the
agricultural program started by
the Delaware State Bankers Asso-
citation last year. Six recommen-
dations of the bankers agricul-
tural committee concerned Della
ware College. They were:
First, that the association en-
courage in Delaware boys and
girls agricultural clubs and ad.
wise its members to loan money on
interest-bearing notes to reliable
club boys and girls.
Second, that the association re.
quest each member bank to con-
tribute $40 toward free scholar
ship in the club week course, ar
ranged by the college.
Third, that the association co
operate with the county farm bu
reaus in supplying farmers with
farm account books.
Fourth, that the association en-
courage the use of pure-breC
stock by loaning money on inter
est bearing notes to reliable farm
ers who wish to purchase better
livestock.
Fifth, that bulletin racks bt
placed in the banks.
Sixth, that bank members eX
! tend liberal credit to young farm
ers who give promise of success.
In pursuance of this program
Dean McCue showed that tht
banks had assisted boys and girl!
to purchase S5124 worth Of pure
bred stock; that the banks gav'
35 scholarships, making it possible
for 35 boys or girls to go to New
ark for a weeks instruction il
agriculture and home economics
that more than 1000 farm accoun
books were distributed; that 8
head of mature pure-bred animal
representing an investment o
| $4,000 have been brought int
the state through the cooperation
of two banks in New Castl
county.
delaware is unique among tn
states of the Union in that she i
the only state which does not sup
port her agricultural extension
work by local county appropria
tions. In some counties in Ney
York and New Jersey, over S4OO
is appropriated by certain coun