The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-04-21

Federation: the act of uniting"
Tfese first four words in the Cen
tury Dictionary definition of FEEDER
alton" are sufficient to describe the
germ idea OF TIE eKntucky Farm Blu
reau Federation
The act OF uniting"
The weakness of the farmers posi-
ton has ever been his aloneness Mil
lions of thrifty tillers of the soil-but
each man standing alone. 1t was so
in the days when the Pharoahs ruled
the Egyptians before Moses was born,
before Joseph was sold by his breth-
ern; before Abraham was called to
leave Ur of the Chaldees.
Yet the farmer has ever controlled
the lestiny of nations-all history, pro-
fame and sacred-testifying that this
rs fact.
Since the world began there has
never been a time when the farmers
of the world could not have extermin-
ated the remainder OF the world in a
twelve months space And all this
without the drawing of single sword.
or the firing of a single bullet. A
bloodless war, knifeless, cannonless,
swordless war-a war that could be
financed from beginning to end with
out the expenditure of one copper
coin. A war of deadly effectiveness
for at its close there had been living
none but the farmer clan. Kings and
court flunkies, generals and adjutants,
infantry and cavalry, rich man and the
beggare at his gate. court ladies and
women of the underworld, butcher
and baker and candlestick maker-all
had fallen in this terrible war at any
time the farmers of the world had
said, we will produce just sufficient
for ourselves and no more" For it is
true that the farmers of the world
can somehow make shift and can live
without the rest of the world but the
rest of the world can not live with
out the farmer.
Therefore it is fact-a fact attest
ed 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 Cultivation had
long since persisted.
These things are true; yet the farm
err himself, although holding the
worlds very life in his fists, has re-
ceived scant consideration. And farm
life has become so unattractive that
our young folks are turning toward
the cities.
And the reason for this condition?
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 farm
err in the United States must learn
what others have learned-the value
of united, efforts and organization.
But the farmer is awake at last
Necessity has opened his eyes. The
stern pressure of hard facts has caus-
ed the giant to stir His dawn has
come. And the big fellow-for he is
big fellows striking mighty blows
and making great strides in the right
direction. Enough has already been
done by progressive states to prove
the permanency of the Federation
Something of the future of the Fed
Grafton in Kentucky can be forecS o
ed from the results in other states g
Illinois, for instance, jumped fri lr
$4,000 members to 10000 memb :
during the first two weeks of tt 4
Spring campaign There were 1O4,
farmers enrolled in Iowa and
Federation membership has b,
growing rapidly there.
In the United States on March
there were 100000 members of
various state federations-that me
farmers linked together for impro
ment of their local conditions and
national welfare of agricultural