Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
FARMERS CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Meeting Otero County
Agricultural Association
IN THIS CITY LAST
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Reports of Officers Shows Large
Amount of Experimental and
Exhibit Work Last Year

The annual meeting oil the otero
County Agricultural association was
held Saturday afternoon with good
attendance.
The report of the secretary showed
that a large amount of work had
been accomplished by the association
during the past year both in the way
of experimental and exhibit work for
the benefit of the county and the
farmer and in the commercial work.
The report OF the treasurer showed
that the expenses of the association
had been kept within the receipts and
that at the present time there is i'll
the treasury the sum OF $4,000 with
outstanding accounts due the associa-
sum of $58.67. 4
A vote of thanks was extended 10
the retiring officers, and the retiring
board of directors extended thanks to
the board of county commissioners,
the city council and those of the
merchants and business men whose
contributions have made it possible
to carry on the work of the associa-
ton. The election of officers result
ed as follows:
President-O. w. West.
Vice President-Clark Kitchen.
Trcasurer-HIcnry Ball.
Dircctor-J NJ. Shaulis, John
Edgar. Frank Burke, X. II. James
and Chester Johnson.
The next meeting OF the associa-
ton will be held Feb. 20 and the sub.
ject for discussion will be announced
later.
Herewith find the report of Secre-
tary Miller in full:
The year of 1914 has in many
ways been the most successful in the
history of the association as will be
shown by this and the report of the
treasurer to follow and while there
have been few less meetings of the
association proper, the cause can be
easily ascribed to the fact of SO many
meetings of members OF the aSsocia-
ton who were interested in the start
ing of the creamery and later those
interested in the Beet Growers as
sociation which have occupied much
time. But Notwithstanding this TACT
it will be found that more has been
accomplished than ever before.
Again the generosity OF the mer-
chants and business men made it pos
sible to keep the rooms open during
the entire year and the work OF the
commercial end OF the association has
increased to the extent that over SUI
communications have been received
and answered the latter covering a
great range OF information. hdVer-
tising matter has been sent out and
distributed wherever possible and ~
articles prepared by the secretary
have appeared in some OF the leading
farm and commercial papers OF the
country. There were more tourist
visitors to the rooms during the sum
mer than ever before and the keeping
open OF the rooms has been appre-
ciatcd by all classes there having
been held here 81 committee and
other meetings beside those OF the
association, the associated charities
who had the room at Christmas time
and the poultry association who used
il as an office room during the poul-
try show.
As labor bureau 'he work OF the
association has proven success ana
during the year several hundred men
found employment with the farmers
through its agency, it proving a con
yenience to the employer and the
cmployee and as a. bureau OF inior-
nation the work of the office is stead
ily on the increase.
Early in the year the question OF
condcnscry or creamery was taken
and number of meetings were heid
at which committees were appointed
TO investigate the matter and II was
the work OF these meetings and tne
nublicity given them that was the
means OF the installation OF the new
creamery plant. 1t was owing large
Iv 10 the agitation and opposition
which developed at the meetings oil
This association that the franchise
asked for by the telephone company
has been held up and the ASSOCIATION
has taken up several other matters
that will eventually benefit the. city;
Under the supervision OF the board
of directors a most successful expert
mental crop was grown in the gar
den belonging 20 the ASSOCIATION by
w w. Kcrncy most OF the money ior
which was provided by the county
commissioners who have proven
themselves deeply interested in the
work of this association, and from
his crop new exhibit was made
which has attracted the widest atten-
lion of any yet exhibited by the as
sociation and which has won all the
sweepstakes at the Arkansas Ealley