The Ordway new era., 1922-04-28
Agriculture The
Basic Industry
BY cHAs. C. sroNEBRAKER

ny CUAS. G. STONEBRAKER
We have come to the point where
| he farmer has to produce his crop
and from now ON, it is n dilferent
story Here he ceases to have any
Ilhng 10 do with it. II is passed on
| 10 other hands. to grade. to test and
10 prices. But what has been trans
prng for the past ten or twelve years
anl each year becoming stronger as
the farmer has more thoroughly stud
bed the marketing end of his busi-
hess? lie has each year. in u very
klOw. in fact much too slow a manner,
bad more or less to say about the
marketing of his products thru CO.
Operative marketing associations
which have been purely local in char
leer They have helped the situ-
ltion somewhat but have never been
b ever will be large enough in scope
10 accomplish or do what is really
eeded TO be done. In the last two
ears there has been built up an org
|liatiOn which is known as the AM
filean Farm Bureau Federation
Aich is not only local but county,
lale and national. The American
arm Bureau Federation. thru its ma
onal Influence, has been able to ac-
ompllsh much that the farmers
seued by the way OF Legislation, by
alr and open means of presenting
y needs Of the agriculture industry.
Mhat is necessary for it to accom-
lsa more? The whole-hearted and
luNlded support both morally and
lancially Of the farmers of Colorado
'Ough lhe county, state and nation
EXAMINATIONS.
Farmers ~ Big Factors In Industry
iae farmers should realize that
', are The factors in the most i'm
s.aa' @ industry in the country. They
~ ,Suiu leel not only the Importance
~ sv Necessity ae of their position hut
~ ,.a should feel that the dignity of
paa,uy pmauuS,fy Is in their custody.
N4u''a'lsm and Bolsheyism have
w accomplished anything for
~, s pfaclicing these methods but to
M ~. qpon them and lower them
W. y lheir own estimation and in
Hopls. M '' i'sh. taihkihs
NJ ..sS'pslfaeliye action has always
,'ss.esstll ana has won all the
dav '''eat thai the world knows
stse au present wasteful uneconomic
nv 10 VI uist'littion is not satisfac-
t,uws. M either Inc producer or the
stIna inStead of ranting at the
I'M 70 me Ids which have been
n. W 'aelr present position on
tau's @sslOhs o. ias,n from the farmers
m the !, L. lae Willingness to turn
fns Y IN sHslaess Hs!s part OF their oper-
10 bsrms " ~ sRlllinl eomh.ission men
tk,Ia III med their own toll. The
70 bui,a mia . TOR the farmers to do
s,bu,ia,aa an effective method OF
b the s.r.l VI their own. The only
eatIon aslier a,r can do this Is by CO.
rs. w" along sensible, business
a bui, narm m. Bureau is an organiza-
iarm a"' ol oy the farmer members Of
isaesni M ntirIss,an,iz.aqti9ns irs, =, with the idea
ea eaTslII,'faled, sIaNI &c eonstruetiye cooner.
The Ipsuas,l lines that wiz estab-
hsis. Iiuastry inasry on a sound ecenom-
slIop ' ,as increase efficiency in pro- &,
Pal status aaa 9, aad j, to the social and
stad,o aqsalneake. qsl president Of the
pradOo sIate sIa Farm Bureau and
ss,esy qI,reet9r Ins in the o. 3. Grain
tlIsy .ahr,, asy,. haa hesp in phisago
yias o, Ssys = Attending the annual
stias sI,s " that organizaslonn n'S ana
n o. o. o,. S,.h special COMMITTEES -S of
sllrI w. ,vs,.s.aAisation palIcias Tor the he
aai;stIosNt Hs now has sI chsFss AZ tcf Of
y q oa sDn,s,d and repprts that 'rs rosclu. IS =.
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