The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-09-19
SANTA F[ TO RESUME
HELP FOR HOMEs[Ek[Rs
y p cruiee Soon To Visit
Guthrie To Look Into Market
Conditions. Helpful Aid
To Farmers

The Atchison ropsks and Saats
fe Railway conpany. which main
tanned an adequately eaaipled Axr'.
cultural and Industrial department b.
fore the Waf. resumed activities in
that direction September 8. accord
ms - an announcement uAae hy
Edward chambers % chicago Vice
President In charge og Traffic , =
craloe for several years ass.ssau'
general frelght agent ~ the ccmpahf
al Phoenix. Arizona. l. manager ~
the rcorsanileed department bead
quarters in Topeka Mr. Cruise star
ted his work With an oklahoma trip
ife will De Ia Guthrie shortly
An Important fcatnre % the ean
rsnys work IN agricultural SECTIONS
Mr Cra,e says vii De 90 hrip tm
rrose marketing conditions This viii
b. done rs collecting Information
about who're aud when farm nfeslarta
gwill BE- ready for sale and whore aud
when there viii be need ~ such
products and disseminatlur a. thu
enabling the farmer a. send bis stun
a. markets which Ars not Rlalted
ana 10 obtaln for Il price taat
means prof, rather than a oal
Orfanisat on Of farmers Will o. en
coufagcd In order that they may hf
Ia position 90 utilize the Information
available rhroagh local shipping az
\ 'sociaiions farmers will hc able 'o
handle their production IN carloadf.
W A.sh VIA t- their adyan,afe
4 = coa 40, viii larry on q eam
paggn lic year around Ia e. oeera-
tlon with government AMI state ap
thnriiies W'th the Wow ~ ln,reasirg
the livestock OUTPUT. not only tecaua"
li generally il a profitable f.stnfe 1f
the farming business hu, also fOr
The purpose q haild|nr up the sos
The email farmers VIII be- urfed 4,
Improve their herds by oomtinns
their resources IN the purchase o.
flll blood sirea The danger uf soil
deterioration viii he constantly kept
before the public nailctina about
fertilization viii bo frequently dla.
,ibutod
IN co-oforat'on with state aFrlci
iural colleges. uhe company viii brin
~ puhllc attention Vital agricultural
facts his messages from hiFh an
ihor.t, VIII De carried TO the farm
cra door PERHAPS the best results
Of santa BE agr culo4ta, publicity 10
thu past came froiA advising th
farmers Ia various parts 81 tho shea,
growing districts about when 20 plant
Ia order 20 avoid the dreaded Hos
sian nv about the value of grain
sorRhnma about the value of allos
especially tho underground sllo IN
the dry sections. and about the salu"
of dairy COWS aud poultry for thr
small farmer
To help homoseekera lind sat A.
factory locations Will be- an aim ~
the santa Pc, Mr cruice says Tho
company Will keep books on the
farmers brought into ~ territory
through the efforts oi ila colonra-
ton department. and information re
-rardlng methods OF soil preparation
seeding. cultivation etc. viii be m~
nishnd TO them with the view ~
helping them got started properly. IN
other words. tor instance. 70 ke"p
the farmer from Maine who moves
into northwest oklahoma from trying
10 carry on bis farm operations &C
c0rdiug 20 the maine system lie muei
learn the Oklahoma way A. = bust.
nests proposition the railroad wants
the newcomer 10 bc an asset to the
community lie will o. an asset
'if he succeeds. II be falls he become,
liability In an agricultural coun
try the railroad and the community
prosper or fall together
The new department will under
take TO help localities IN need ~
new industries work out their prob
TENS IN that respect Few new To-
dustries have been established since
the war, but there are signs 81 a1
industrial revival all over the south
vest Mr Cnlice finds A most i'm
portant feature OF this line OF en-
deayor will be 10 help the Industries
already established 20 expand.
Since the Santa Fe returned from
federal control. nineteen months ago.
II has received more than 10000 In
qulries about opportunities In Okla
homa and other states In its terri
tory More than half these inquirer
are from industrial centers from
men and women who formerly lived
on the farm and who saved some OF
Their war time wages or Investment
"a rural homes now