The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-07-01
YOUNG MEN WANTED OUT ON
THE FARMS.
Essay-by Fl. R. Brown Read Before
Ninth District Farmers Club.

Once again we welcome you men,
bers of our Farmers Club to our
home, and in thinking about an
essay for today many thoughts came
to my mind, but after all l have de-
cided to take this for my subject.
The kind of young men wanted on
the farms are those who are not
| ashamed of the work, who believe
there is no better business than
farming, and who are willing to
| take hold and do everything that
comes to them to do, and do it all
| the very best they can. Young men
are wanted who will take time to
learn what farming is and who will
love live stock 1t seems strange to
me that so many laborers in cities
| and towns should be so hard press
ed for work, crowded in small ten
ements and deprived of many COM
| forts of life, when the country is
broad, healthful and farmers are
| anxious to employ those who can
help in production. Again those
who work for wages will find oppor-
tunitieS on the farm if they are
| willing to learn farm work and be-
come efficient hands. But can we
as farmers much blame the laboring
class when they can work about s
| hours, make more money than we
are doing and have the rest OF. "a
for themselves. l feel sometime
like 1 would like to try it myself.
The Kind of Farmer Needed.
There are some farmers who feel
that they might make more money
at something else, but stay on the
farm because they love it and feel
a call to do the work 1t is true
that too many farmers know how to
produce food supplies but do not
know how to find a market or put
them up in an attractive manner.
| Today farming is business that
| requires men who will take time
and study the question. The best
capital farmer can have is a thor
/ ough knowledge of his business. In
| every instance poor results on the
farm are due more to farming
methods, or rather to the lack of
them, than anything else.
Business Methods On The Farm.
The man who takes pride in plow-
| ing straight furrow Is very apt to
take equal pride in all the rest OF
his farm operations, The success
| full farmer must follow the plant
| down into the soils as we'll as out
| Today we can travel around this
| county-starting right here al
home;-find thousands of dollars
worth of farm implements rusting
and rotting out every year because
no care is given to properly putting
them away from the weather. The
difference between good farming
and poor is demonstrated by the
condition Of the farm and farm
buildings. The farmer must be
progressive.
Today we as farmers Should Or
ganize in order that we may secure
the best results In marketing. We
must cooperate, but must act fair
and not demand more than Is right
Farmers must organize, and stand
together, because 1t Is the individual
that counts. The farmer cannot
afford to loaf on his job any more
than can member of organized
labor. But labor and capital de-
pend on the farmer; he must wor,.
or the world will starve. And to
day while the business world recog-
nizes that the farm is the baais of
all wealth It looks to the Farmer 10
stick to his work in business-like
manner. The farmer today finds
himself unable to cope with organ
lied business so developed because
of the strong organization as to be
able to dictate very largely what
the producer shall receive for his
output. 1 think today it is up to
us to have an organization strong
enough to be able to say Just what
we shall take tgF CUR products.
Today we as farmers have learned
how to solve the problem of pro-
duction at a minimum cost per unit
of labor; We have increased pro-
duction and the farmer has gener-
ally responded to the nations call,
but the mere the farm produced the
greater has been his loss, for the
prices have been hammered down at
the marketing end.