Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-07-14

These discussions continued for two
months and three hundred farmers
were induced to join. Farmers every
where were free to express their
doubts as to the success of the under
taking, The institution is now nearly
six months old and in this paper you
will see complete report of the work
done and results accomplished for the
first five months. From these figures
YOU will see that the Bureau has saw
ed to its patrons 20,201.59, paid out
S2,131.22 for expenses and put ST.
O52. % in the sinking fund TO take care
of any mishap that might occur.
These results may seem small but
the Lafayette County Farm Bureau
IS a new institution and all babies
must crawl before they can walk.
While we had 300 members only
146 of these had paid up when we
began business, this only gave US
S1460.00 to operate on. With this
small capital we have handled about
S15O.O00.0O worth of business in five
months time. Suppose we had the
full 100000 instead of the$17O00O
that had been paid in up to July 1st.
We could build cooperative potato
curing house and cooperative cotton
seed selling house and still have twice
as much operating capital as we have
had this year. A ten thousand bushel
potato curing house will mean a saw
ing to the farmers of about $4,000 in
one season and a cooperative cotton
seed selling house will save the far
mers from $500 to $1,000 per ton on
their seed every season.
Now farmers | want to show you
something else If you sell your own
cotton, cotton seed, peanuts, potatoes,
corn, hogs, cattle ETC., in other words,
if you sell your own farm products
and buy your flour, salt and sugar
YOU will do more than a million dol
lars worth of business every year.
Two per cent on this amount would be
twenty thousand dollars. With this
twenty thousand dollars you could
keep the same force you now have and
add to it cotton grader, dairy
specialist, a club boys specialist and
a dozen men to do terracing work dur
ing the months of December, January
and February.
To make long story short here is
what your $1,000 will buy;
1 The best market that can be had
here for all of your farm produce.
2 A cooperative potato curing
house.
8 A cooperative cotton seed selling
house.
4 A cotton grader.
5 Specialists for all of your agri-
cultural activities.
And last but OF least
6 Whole Sale licence to buy and sell.
If these things are not worth $1,000
then what is?
Now man, the Farm Bureau is no
longer a theory or an experiment. Its
efficiency has been proven in your own
County and before your own eyes.
Every farmer in this County has had
a chance to see and know that this
institution can be of great benefit to
him, can save him cash money in both
buying and selling, and it is your duty
to join. You owe this to yourself,
your family and your profession. Ii
there is any business cause that would
justify a man in borrowing money, |
think this is one.
But the Directors of the Farm
Bureau don't ask you to do this. If
you have not $1,000 to spear and don't
want to borrow it you may sign note
to the Bureau for $1,000 payable
Jan. 1, 1922 and they further give you
the privilege to pay this note off in
any kind of farm produce at its Mark
ct value. In other words, you can
get all of the privileges, advantages
and opportunities that the Farm
Bureau offers for the price of one
dozen hens, or four bushels of peas.
One pig put in the pen now and fed
on table scraps and garden waste
could pay this note off before it be-
comes due and you can go in your
neighbors field and cut potato vines
and set one fourth of an acre after
you have laid by your crop and make
more than enough potatoes to pay
you up in the Farm Bureau for life.
Therefore, it is no longer matter
of whether you can join or whether
you can't; it is simply whether you
WISH to or whether you DON'T. The
Directors have hit you squarely bet
ween the eyes and you can't dodge the
issue. You have got to make the
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