Milford chronicle., 1920-03-05
GLENDALE


= there has come a cause for much anS
iety. OF course we who are doin
different labor from farming thin
= that the farmers could do much BET
Ter If they would remain on tn
farms contented and strive to per
feet organizations for their own bet
termenL Now, the question tina
comes to our minds is inevitably. hov
can this be done. Can the produce
receive any encouragement or incen
tive to produce more? If, however
every person in this community o
four-mile radius would join the Farm
Bureau and become an active support.
er of it, he or she could get prolific re-
suits in return. This assertion may
be refuted partially by the attitude
some members or officers of the or
/ CARNATIONS took last year. For in
stance, one farmer who was a men,
Der of the Farm Bureau Of Milton
carried a load of tomatoes to the sta
ton and because he needed the mon
ey Immediately told the sales mana
ger that he had rather have the to-
matoes sold on the open market. but
as the market was very poor that day,
he later decided TO carry them to the
Farm Bureau station. Then unfor-
tunately the sales manager refused to
take the tomatoes, because he did not
get them before they were put on the
open market, how, sucn actions as
mentioned aforesaid should not be in
vogue when the farmers are prop
erly organized. Let 200 farmers in
our vicinity organize and then incOr-
Then what? The incorporated body
could have a salaried sales manager
who would buy -four, potatoes, fertil-
izers, etc, in fact. all the commOdi-
ties that farmers need, thereby elm
mating the middle-man's profits In
cidentally l can say that the organ
ization at Selbyville under the direc-
tiOn of Mr.. McCabe should be enough
to awaken every farmer in our vicin-
ity to these possibilities.
Again the farmers can save enough
by their concerted actions to pay for
all the extra high taxes which have
been imposed on them, or at least in
upon them for payment. by
their fertilizers BY car
loads. If any person doubts this
statement, let him or her analyze the
of "2-S-2" mixture. After
examining the analysis, we find that
700 to $50 pounds of every ton is filth /
Why not get together, farmers, buy
your own ingredients, and then mix .
them? Perhaps, you will say that /
he ingredients have to be dried and .
ime and suitable place prevents US .
rom so doing Farmers, as yet there .
Il 1Hf.ssa as,fs ]. s.Fe .. 4
axe advantage of in reference to buy (
ng fertilizer, namely, let the Organi-
.atiOn have permanent salaried .
ales-manager, tone not commission
ID. who could serve as chief advis-
n to the officers in all other matters
hat appertain to the association and
Who could also purchase with the Of
GERS consent a fertilizer mixture or
machine and suitable place for mix
ng the ingredients. Then the sales
manager who would be a booster in
eneral, could talk with Tom, Dick.
nd Harry about what fertilizers he
sed last year on his field, what leg
mes were on the soil, and with the
ssistance now and then of the cOun-
= agent, the Delaware College spec
Hist and the sales-lnanager, he (the
lrmer) could get a definite idea Just
hat his soil needs for the ensuing
ear, and then he would go to the
lace where the mixing is done and
ct his fertilizers at a much less
rice every Farm Bureau member
ays.
If the Ellendale organization will
D these things as mentioned above
nd if every farmer would hold on
,naciOusly to the principle of the or I
anizatiOn, the farmers in general
ould be far more prosperous, the Z
iddle-man would be less cOnspicu-
is, and the Gamer and manufacturer
Ould be more cooperative and less I
because they would find
1t that the farmer needs to have {
Dme representation about conditions
which he is vitality interested. {
One other thing, che middle-man {
i'll say that he is making nothing or [
st merely enjoying a living. Per-
lps this is true, but why keep so S
any needless persons going when l.
e producers can buy direct from the
The Gamer, etc, will n
" that he has his money invested in
S plant and must make excessive h
'ofits, sometimes ignoring the pro S
lcer when the producer can't help
mself. Surely the Gamer and man e
acturer and producer should find a d
utual plan and then give to all par
IS just profits on invested money u
ID time or capital.
The sale Of Mr.. and Mrs Harvey a
,verdale which was held February
tn was well attended and every Fl
ing sold at fairly renumerative D
ice.
At the fourth quarterly conference
Id in Glendale NJ. E. Church, Feb
airy 2S, 1920 an unanimous invita-
N was extended to Rev. I. s. Bar
1t to return for the fourth year j. gi
EllegOOd was elected delegate and II
s. Cora Jester reserve delegate to
2 Lay Electorate Conference which IL
nvenes in Wilmington, March a.
20. This is the eighth consecutive Iii
ne Mr. EllegOod has been elected to
s position which means a service sc
thirty-two years. Mr.. Ellegood is OF
10 spoken of as a delegate to the
neral Conference. dt
The next meeting of the Ellendale OF
ldy Group for teachers will be held
the Glendale School house Thurs of
= evening, March 11th at 7.30 o.
ok D. m. BY this time we hope that gl
roads will be passible and that tn
Try teacher and interested ex-teach- 70
will be present. Perhaps the pro
I'm will be announced later.
rhe Junior Ladies Aid Society Of
endale will serve a supper 10 the
and other friends on Fri
Z evening, March u, at the White cii
II. The young people of our vicin- CT
are trying to erect monument in SC
mory of the 1920 leap year by pur- nj
lsing a window in the new church. nj
the supper, however, there will be WI
we'd things just as pleasing to the II