The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-21
ADVISES FARMERS
TOCO-OPERATE
AND ADVERTISE
President of n. f. Milk Pro-
ducers Gives Address at
Farm Bureau Meeting

i he JOINT meeting OF the CALEDONIA
County Farm Bureau ana the Home
| Demonstration Department, was held
i'll the Almory Saturday afternoon,
and large audience assembled to
show interest IN the agricultural
Pre- blemS of the day.
a resolution proposed by Arthur
Simpson, chairman Of the resolutions
, committee, was adopted and reads a.
follows: "Movcd that these organ
izations in annual meeting assembled
extend to Mr.. Leland A. Wood !;
vote of appreciation for his loya
and efficient services in our behalf
and expressing pleasure that his new
duties are still those of advancing the
agricultural interests Of Vermont and
New England, we wish him the ut
most success in his new work"
President Stoddard resigned hi.
chair to the new president, MI
Shaw. of Peacham. The first speak
cr of the afternoon was F. w. Ad-
ans of Bowdoinham, Maine, the
president of the New England Milk
Producers Association. Mr.. Adams
Is p plain, forceful speaker, and his
talk was mainly practical one in
rorard to the organization which he
represents, and its value to farmers.
His advice is organize, cooperate. adj
hc would hold up before the farmers,
He spoke of the changing condi-
items in the milk business from the
time when each dealer of milk de-
lirered his product directly to. the
consumer, and traced the chances
which had come about through the
growth of great cities, and the in
cleasing demand for milk and other
dairy products, until the whole of
New England and large farming ter
iitories outside are needed to supply
the local demand. The milk producer
urorganized, have been at the
mercy Of the big dealers, who have
bought in the cheapest and sold in
the dearest market. Such conditions
lei to the necessity Of an organiza-
Jon like the n. +. NJ. p. A., and he
raced its growth and influence on
the price of milk. But, he thought
it is even better for the farmers to
control their own sales department,
and he commended the men who have
bought the Plymouth Creamery Sys-
.em, as this is step in the right di
rection.
Another great trouble with the
tanner has been that did not know
hCw to run his business in busi-
nCss-like way AS Artemas Ward
aid, the farmer is the only man who
car run his business year after year
at loss, and live on the deficit.
W hen the question of cost of milk
came to be considered, not one far
mer in ten, or more, could tell what
l quart of milk cost to produce.
More business-like methods, coop
elation in selling, loyalty to the
farmers organizations, and the
willingness to advertise, as other
businesses do, is the hope of the ag
liculturalist for better conditions.
This is the gist of what he wished
the farmers to remember.
The second speaker was E. B.
Cornwall, of Middlebury, who repre-
5ented the National Federation of |
Farm Bureaus, and wished to tell |
he audience something about the |
taluc of the national organization,
md its power TO aid the farmer in
naAy ways. Like the former speaker,
cooperation in every direction was
IiS watchword. He emphasized the
act that the farmer has common in
e, csts with both labor and capital,
u. their interests are not identical.
For one instance. the farmer has
sell by a world price, in an open
market, while the capitalist, and the
aborer whose wages depend upon
'opital, though they do not all realize
t, is usually protected against world
The county organiza-
icn is the unit upon which the larger
are built up, but it
lone is not powerful enough to ac
onplsh all that the farmers need
Ilcng national lines.
There are several national organi-
ations which have headquarters at
Arlington and working the interest
! the farmers, and these may be di-
'ided into two groups, one of which
, conservative and helpful, while the
thCrs are more or less radical, and
i'm to stir up class hatred OF
hem all, he considered the Farm
,u eau Federation the most helpful
t Las the backing of the government
'cludes nearly all the states in the
In;on, and has men in Washington
Tho are working all the time watch
lr out for the farmers interests as
,gards questions of transportation,
rice fixing, publicity, cheap labor,
tc.
He asked the farmers to remember
lat they are the largest class bv
u of any in this country, and that if
,cy will unite and keep loyal they
re able to accomplish all that they
led. No use, however, to advance
inning interests at the expense &C
lpital or labor. because their inter-
rs are really all one, and prosperity
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