The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-30
Smith EXPLAINS
OBJECT BUREAU
County Agent Tells What Orsaniza-
tion of Farm Bureau Will
Mean to Pensacola.

(ey J. LEE SMITH, County Asent)
The meeting that is to be held at
the county court house building Tues
day morning, February l at 10 o'clock,
is to be one of the greatest in the his
tory of this county Not as regards
large attendance, but because of
the purpose that it is being held for
and the things that are to be done
that day.
At this meeting representatives or
all the civic bodies will be present.
They will meet on a common ground
with the representatives of the farm
ers' organizations of the entire coun-
ty.
At this day everybody is interested
in farming. II he is a producer he
is interested in production and mar
keting. If he is not a producer, he
is yet man, therefore he is interested
i'm the price he is going to have to pay
for that loaf. He is therefore inter-
ested in production for supply and
demand has much to do with that
price. He is also interested in the
means of distribution of those com
modities, for that has much to do with
the price he has to pay.
We are all interested in our supply,
especially when this supply is yearly
decreasing in proportion to the in
crease of population. The popula-
ton is increasing at the present time
three times faster than production is
increasing. Surely we are interested
in this condition. This is another one
of those conditions that this farm bu-
reau that we are to organize for Es-
Gambia county Tuesday will take up,
study and help to remedy, in time.
Is there anything that this farm
bureau can do for Escamba? / have
been asked more times than / can
count on my fingers by citizens Of
Pensacola If 1 thought that Escambia
county would ever be made an agri
cultural county. l have answered
every time in the affirmative.
No longer than yesterday I was with
gentleman who is here studying
soils especially as it relates to agri
culture. He was surprised at the
amount of agricultural lands we have
in Escambia.
II our own people knew there would
be no need of telling them. There
fore we really need TO keep before our
own people the fact that Escambia
county is primarily an agricultural
county. This organization can do this.
We need an organization through
which the farmers and others can
speak at all times when anything
comes up that will affect agriculture
an organization through which a bet
ter understanding Of all farm condi-
tons can he presented 20 the public.
We need an organization that will
help 10 create a better feeling and
confidence between the city and coun-
try people. Give a better knowledge
OF each other. We need an organiza-
ton that viii help 20 secure for the
farmer that portion Of the consumers
dollar that he Is Justly entitled 10.
We need an organization we might
say. that will help TO eliminate those
means OF distribution that seems 10
absorb such large part OF that dol
lar and therefore help. consumer as
we'll as producer. We need something
to help our legislators to put through
such legislation as will be beneficial
TO agriculture in Escambia county.
We need an organization that will ex-
tend and encourage cooperative mar
keting of farm crops to that point
which will give maximum benefit to
the producer and incidentally to the
consumer. We also need an organiZa-
ton that will be able to reestablish
agriculture in the public mind as the
foremost industry of the age and in
the prosecution of which man can
reach his highest plane of develop
ment-make boys and girls of this and
the coming generation see agriculture
as a noble vocation.
Let us meet together Tuesday to
see what we are going to do about it.
Among persons we will meet Tues
day morning will be J. w. Coverdale,
secretary of the American Farm bu-
reau: T. NJ. Rhoades. president of the
temporarily organized State Farm blu
reau; c. X. McQuarrie. extension state
agent; II. G. Clayton, extension dis
trict agent and Miss Sarah W. Part
ridge. state home demonstration
agent