The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-06-02


alton are sufficient to describe the
germ idea of the Kentucky Farm
Bureau Federation.
THE act of uniting"
The weakness of the farmers
position has ever been his aloneness
Millions of thrifty tillers of the
soil-blut each man standing alone
1t was so in the day when the Phar-
oahs ruled the Egytians before Moses
was born. before Joseph was sold
by his brethren; before Abraham
was called to leave Ur of the Chal-
dees.
Yet the farmer has ever control
led the destiny of nations-all his
tory, profane and sacred testify
ing that this is fact.
Since the world began there has
never been a time when the farmers
of the world could not have ex-
terminated the remainder. of the
world in a twelvemonth's space.
And all this without the drawing of
single bullet. A bloodless war, a
knifeless, cannonless, swordless war
war that could be financed from
beginning to end without the ex-
penditure of one copper coin. A
war of deadly effectiveness for at
its close there had been living none
but the farmer can. Kings and
court funkies, generals and adult
ants, infantry and cavalry, rich man
and the beggar at his gate, court
ladies and women of the underworld
butcher and baker and candlestick
maker-all had fallen in this terri
BILE war at anytime the farmers of
the world had said. I'VE will pro-
duce just sufficient for ourselves
and no more" For it is true that
the farmers of the world can some
how make shift and can live with
out the rest of the world but the
rest of the world can not live with
out the farmer.
Therefore it is fact-attested by
the centuries-that the farmer has
been faithful to the charge given
him by the Creator of ALL Feed
the world" said God to the man at
the pillow and the farmer has been
faithful to that trust-else civiliza-
ton had long since persisted.
These things are true; yet the
farmer himself, although holding
the worlds very life in his fists, has
received scant consideration. And
farm life has become so unattrac-
tive that our young folks are turn
ing toward the cities.
And the reason for this condi-
ton? Well. it is looked up in that
word alone" Farmers have been
standing each man alone.
That explains the reason for the
Farm Bureau Federation. Every
farmer in the United States must
learn what others have learned
the value of unied effort and or
ganization.
But the farmer is awake at last.
Necessity has opened his eyes. The
stern pressure of hard facts has
caused the giant to stir. His dawn
has come. And the big fellow
for he is a big fellows striking
mighty blows and making great
strides in the right direction.
Enough has already been done by
progressive states to prove the per-
manency of the Federation.
Something of the future of the
Federation in Kentucky can be fore
casted from the results in other
states.
Illinois, for instance, jumped
from $4,000 members to 100000
during the first two weeks
OF their Spring campaign. There
were 1O4.3S8 farmers enrolled in
Iowa and the federation member
ship has been growing rapidly there.
In the United States on March
3 there were 100000 members of
the various state federations-that
many farmers linked togethr for
of their local eondi- :
lions and the national welfare of
Since that date the
has grown tremendously.
When the American Federation
speaks II is not the plant of one
lone man; neither Is it the cry of
The farmers of one county nor the '
voice OF the men Of one state-but
The strong notes of the farmers of
the whole nation.
And this is one feature that makes
the Farm Bureau certain Of success
In its efforts to better the farmers
ot. Il is no longer one man stand
ng alone-but many men standing =
nTl.