Evening star., 1926-11-21


wv Farm Council OF the Ma
tional Woman's Party.
which held it's orga MIA ton
meetings al Chestertown and Easton.
Md, on Tuesday. November 2. Despite
steady downpour of rain the two
courthouses in which the meetings
were held were filled to overcoming.
Farm women hocked from tar anu
near to hear about the new project
end to become a part OF the organ
ization designed for their mutual
benefit.
Mrs. Isaac Dixon conceived the
plan for this council and has taken
charge of the orga aniZation OF the
groups. securing the co-opera ton of
other farm groups. such as the
Grange. the Farm Bureau and the
Federated Farm Women OF America
She will journey through the country
in the near future. gathering similar
groups until the farm women will he
linked from coas to coast under her
plan.
The council will operate as medi-
I'm Of exchange Of farm problems.
rlanx for rural betterment. co opera
tive undertakings among farmers and
other projects for the advancement or
the interests Of woman farmers and
their families
Mrs Aida Mayo. the chairman OF
the Federated Farm Women Of Amer
ica. and one of the latest recruits in
the ranks of the Womans Party.
spoke at the Maryland meetings on
Marketing by Parcel Post" She has
inaugural ted system whereby she
obtains customers for farm women.
These customers are the woman con
sumers and the sending Of the farm
product by parcel post from 1afm
women direct to the consumers elimi-
mates the middleman. thus securing "A
higher price for the farmer and
lower cost to the consumer, Mrs.
Mayos plan was received with great
enthusiasm and she was surrounded
immediately after each meeting ny
woman farmers in need of customers.
Man farmers also sought the efficient
services of Mrs. Mayo. but each sue.
cessful male petitioner was required
TO produce wife or mother. since
Mrs. Msyo's object ia to aid the WON
wife of Condr. Chester Mayo OF the
United States Navy and sister of
Douglas MscI.ean of movie fame.
Miss Amy JuenEling of Buffalo, n
y. and Dr. F. p. Bomherger Of the
Agricultural College NJ the University
IF Maryland spoke on cooperation
among farmers in Denmark. Both
Miss Juengline and Dr. Romberser re
Gently studied the. farming situation
In Denmark. Miss .IuenelingF work
in this respect heing for the heneht
of the Farm Council OF the Nationai
Noman's Party.
It was said hat although Denmark
is only about ~ per cent larger in
area than the State of Maryland there
were in eXistenc in that country in
1925 7,194 cooperative associations.
The figures on cooperative member
shin i'm these orSa nizations and those
on the number Of persons engaged i'm
farming in Denmark indicate that, on
the average. the Dan ni@h farmer be-
longs to approximately Az associa-
tions Because every farmer in Den
mark co-operates with his fellow
farmer It has heen possible to work
ont a sound system Of cooperation in
every phase Of rira, life. and thu
economic situation Of the farmers has
heen correspondingly improved. Ac-
cordine to Miss .Iuengling. women are
active in all thu farming operations
in Denmark and are as good 'joiners'
as the men Of the farms.
The Farmers National Council was
represented at the meetings by Ben
tanin G.. Marsh it's managing direc-
tor. According to MIR. Marsh. "close
trying TO make living by farming.
and the withdrawal Of this million OF
farmers from competitive commercial
production would improve the farming
industry and insure the farmers
good market,
Mr.. Marsh expressed the hope that
women would take hold of the tangled
web OF the American farm plant and
find effective means of bringing about
reforms in farm life.
"Womans Relation ia the Farm"
was :he subject Of All address by Mrs.
Florence Rayard Hilles of Delaware
The census listing Of housewives on
the farm as persons having no occu-
patton was condemned by Mrs. HilleS.
The women on the farm should in
sist upon the recognition OF their oc-
cupation Of home makers" said Mrs.
Hilies. IF farm women do not place
a value on their services. who -'ill?'
she asked. Reference was also made
by Mrs. Hilles to the report by DR..
Louise Stanley OF the United States
Department of Agriculture as 10 the
actual monetary worth of the services
performed by housewife on the aver
age farm.
Resides Mrs. Elizabeth W. Dixon.
who told Of her youthful experiences
as dirt farmer. other speakers in
cluded Mrs. Harold r.. Baker, turkey
raiser: Mrs. Evelyn s. Harris. author
If THE Farmer and His Wife, and
owner OF one Of the largest pear or
chards on the Ea stern Shore. and Mrs.
Harry T. Williams. who outlined the
purposes OF the Grange and its record
Of services in behalf of the American
farmer And the rural people.
The Farm Council Of the Woman's
Party has arranged for headquarters
in the Woman's Party Building on
Capitol Hill. There the council will
conduct it's campaign for farm better
ment and provide recreation for visit
Ing woman farmers 10 the National
Capital. The woman farmers are eX-
pressing keen disa ppointment over the
announcement of November II that
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