The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-13
FarmersOf
Marion Co.
Organize
COUNTY AGENT H. L. SMITH
HOLDS ENTHUSIASTIC MEET.
ING AT BARRACKVILIE
MARION COUNTY FARM BUREAU
IS THE NAME OF THE Or
GANlZATiON.

Al The last days session of the
girls canning club school at BAR.
raekville yesterday so farmers from
various parts of the county held a,
meeting and organized a Marion
County Farm Bureau the purpose of
Which viii be 10 asaist in the devcl-
opment of agriculture and its kim;
arnd interests in Marion county.
The last days program Of the can
ming school was very helpful and en-
terta!nlng rs well. twenty-five girls
and one boy were present and took
part In the work.
Tho meeting was called to order at
1880 by County Agent IL l.. Smith,
who acted as chairman and Miss
Gnscman in charge Of the work gave
an outline of what has been done in
West Virginia and the great good
that Is being accomplished. Incl
dentally she said that over 400 girls
were actually engaged in the work.
Miss Brownlee.
One OF the club girls, Miss Flos-
sic Brownlee, told what the girls did
from beginning to end of the work
and showed by her explanation that
the girls know tho value of details
and pay strict attention to them or
will fail to get good results. This Is
the important part Of club training
rcaefnl attention to details of the,
work.
A feature of the days program was
the talks by different farmers of the
county upon subjects before the
meeting and helped to make 1t sue
cess. supt. Kennedy. of Marion
county schools. told of the relation
of club work to schools. Mr.. a. L..
Thomas, district superintendent of
schools of Warrington district. told
of boys club work in his district and
the good accomplished. Mr.. Thomas
is proving that good district sls,er-
intendent Is worth while in every
district. He is one of the very few
in West Virginia at present.
After splendid basket lunch
served by the ladies present had been
disposed of the afternoon session be.
ban at 2:15.
Prof. C. r. Titlow, of the Agricul.
tural Extension work at West vir.
ginia university and in the state
gave an informal talk on farm or,
ganization. He told of the value tc
all of the farmers cooperative so
eietles. General discussion followed
and all agreeing and voting to or
ganize. The following officers wer,
elected: ~.
President, Lee Swisher.
Secretary, John F. Phillips.
Treasurer, C. W. Evans.
One vice president from each dis
trict in the county as follows:
Fairmont, J. A. Vandervort: Man
nineton. A. L. Thomas: Pawpaw. w
D. Ice: Lincoln. J. NJ. Downs; Grant
E. D. Curry: Winfield, Chas. Jones
OulOu' L. !. ndWhlnS.
The nominal sum of $3.50 per veal
was decided on as membership fee. /,
The vice presidents will cal
meetings in their respective districts
and organize at once.
The following committees were de
Gided on each district in the count,
to have one member on each commit
Tee: Finance. Membership. Educa
tional: Home Economics. Good Roads
Marketing. Buying. Fairs and Elk
liibits, Crop Reports Poultry. Dair,
Cattle, Beef Cattle. Swine. Sheep
Gardening, Horticulture. Publicity
During fair week the bureau vii
have headquarters with the Agricni
tnral College Exhibit and will wei
come every one interested in agrf
cultural development to become mem
bers or visit US and see the exhibit
The product OF the Girls canninl
Tub Will be exhibited at the Fair