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Show AND THE FARMER By George T. Wells It Is generally conceded by ccon cmlsts, llnanclers and lending bust ncss men thnt tho soil and Its pro ducts aro tho basic foundation ol permanent and Increasing prosperity and unless tlicso show a healthy con dltlou of progress nnd development vo community, commonwealth or nn tlon can prosper. Thu banker Is tho axis upon which tho wheels of commorce rovolvo nnd t.iorough and consistent study must be given by him to each branch of his customers' activities. Overproduction, Overpro-duction, Inadequate marketing facilities, facil-ities, congested transportation nnd in- Bufllclcnt money or credit nlso become be-come pertinent subjects for the banker to nnnlyzo and study. In a sonso tho country bnnker Is rioro directly Interested In ngrlcnl-tural ngrlcnl-tural development, yet when wo stop to consider wo find tho city bnnker as much concerned ns his country el'ent for theso reasons: He Is constantly1 called upon to rediscount tho notes which tho country coun-try bankor has taken from tho formers form-ers that thoy may harvest nnd market mar-ket their crops or purchase livestock otthor to fatten for mnrkot or to In-creaso In-creaso their herds, also for constructive construc-tive development purposes such ns iiodcrn equipment, machinery nnd tllos. Further tho rural communities must bo prosperous In order to buy, that tho manufacturers, Jobbors, tho wholesalers nnd commission men of tho city may llvo and prosper. Obviously Ob-viously tho city banker is dependent upon those peoplo for his business. It behooves ovory banker to study find lntorest himself In agricultural methods and development, not so much to seo that tho farmer receives .tclcntlflc training, but that ho may bo bettor nb'o to confer with tho farmer nnd to understand his problems prob-lems nnd necessities. To gathor such dntn ns will Inform him of tha crops grown in his locality lo-cality and so bo nblo to assist In regulating tho output in order that there will not bo an overproduction lu somo products and a shortage In others. Tho banker having direct business relations with tho farmer should so ,tudy theso subjects that ho can Intelligently In-telligently dlsciiBS tho ipicstlons of diversification, rotation of crops, etc. m n mnnner thnt will' win tho fanners' fann-ers' confidence, and rcBpoct. Then crs commence aim respect. i nisi hould tiio banker seo lit to make Miggestlons ns to chnnges of method hoy will bo properly received. In other wordr, his ndvlco to be of vuluo should bo based upon dollnlto knowledge Many times tho fnrmor unwisely jlacea his cntlro dependence- on ono rop, not even digressing enough to rovldo for his own table. In caso ir falluro ho often relies upon tho banker to tldo him over to a future rop. At such times tho ndvlco of ho well Informed bnnker properly lvcn nnd received would not only i,(.iu the Individual, hut tho community com-munity as a whole- Somo livestock Bhould bo on ovory farm' at least sufllclcnt to consumo tho unmarketablo products and to provldo ns well townrds tho tublo. Hogs and poultry nro excellent for hla purpose not only becnuso they iro best adapted to consumo the return re-turn of the farm, but that the orlg- aal Investment Is within reach of 'very ono. Tho farmer who hns a ew cowg to convort his product Into nllk nnd cream wIM find tho check ' o received from tho creamery each nonth unite a factor townrds con-entment con-entment nnd Independence Livestock Is nlso tho solution of getting the farmers produco to the .narket, especially In tho Western itntes where tho railroad hauls aro 'ong nnd expensive It Is deplorable 'mt true, that both livestock men nnd farmers frequently nnd shortsightedly shortsighted-ly congest their local railroad ship-1 ship-1 Ing facilities nt cortaln seasons to 3iich nil extent by a lnck of coop- H "ration, that the Inevitable do'a)H H bring to them losses both In tlmo nnd H money. , Western nlfnlfn nnd live- 1 H .Uock raised on the snmo places havo j beon shipped to en stern points, nnd H thoro tho former w'ns fed to tho lnt- ' llH tor; whereas, had there been proper )f cooperative organization nt homo tho , fH feeding would havo been dono there, , 11 thus eliminating expense and delny, J and In addition conservo tho inn- ' nures so much needed In tho West 'j'H on account or the highly mineralized ,H colls nnd thus adding greatly to the jjH productive possibilities. ,J! To sum up: I H 1. When fnrmlng is prosperous, all ' fH other line-) of business prosper. j H 2. When fnrmlng Is unprulltnbla nil H business is cramped. i H :i. Il Increasing tho profits of fanning, bank deposits nnd loans In- jBJ , H I. lly Increasing tho profits of fnrmlng, the sales mid profits t H every other lino of business lire In- H H H. There Is not n single county In BJ thu United States where the farm- BB - rs could not duiiblo their profits by B better farming nnd better business H nml marketing methods which can be BBJ obtained orly by tho cooperation of . nil buslneg interests, nnd especial- j jH ly tho bankers. i dffl 0. Tho greatest clllclenoy In fnrm- 'III Ing Is found whero buslnesn men co- BBI opornto actively with tho fnrmcrs. , BBI 7. Livestock and nil of Its hypro- BBI ducts nssuic a each mnrkot right l j homo, nnd nro In many instnnces ' moro prolltable tbnn tho open mar- ' 8. Lot tho banker tako Interest In ' tho fnrmor not altogether from him. , 0. Cooperation Is tho keynoto ol BBJ modorn progress it is the Ooldct BBJ Hulo In action. IH.Di Farmer. '' |