Semi-weekly herald., 1916-07-20

they could get an order for 10000
pounds, they could get it at 10Y
cents. It was requested that all par
ties in the market for twine notify
at once Harry f. Darby of Griffith
or some other member of the COM
mittee. The orders must be in soon
in order to get the benefit OF the
rates.
The committee on Communication
and transportation, with VIM. Burt
ner, of Ignacio, chairman and the
other members of the committed L.
j. Dean of Red Mesa, F. L. Lyman,
Durango, George Harrison, Breen,
made general reports to the bureau
and outlined the work which they said
would be under headway by the next
meeting.
The committee on Household Eco
nomics and Sanitation with Mrs.
Harrison Of Breen as chairman, and
the other members of the committee,
Mrs. Lyman, Durango and Mrs. Pol
lock of Allison made report along
their line of work and said that there
was much work to be done and that
they would appreciate any sugges-
tions from the bureau or from any
of the members.
| The committee on Education, NJ. G.
| Meek of Breen, chairman, and the 9th
er members, T. f. Holder of Ignacio,
ii. NJ. Spinning of Griffith and F.
l.. Lyman, Durango explained the nu-
ture of their work and the plan that
would be worked out at the earliest
convenience.
| The Recreation and Identification
committee, with o. G. Strain of Ig-
nacio as chairman and l.. B. Burnham
of Red Mesa, Chas, Haffling of
Griffith, w. A. Short, Durango and
j. NJ. Campbell of Bayfield,, suggest
ed ways in which the homes of the
farmers could be beautified and how
the farmers could unite for better
methods Of recreation.
| Suggestions of County
| Agriculturist.
When all the committees had been
called upon for reports the president
called upon the county agriculturist,
| E. d. Smith, for suggestions that
| would help the various committees.
| Those present expressed themselves
as more than pleased with the timely
and thoughtful remarks of Mr.. Smith
who seemed to have grasped the sit
uation as u whole.
To the farmer, he suggested the ro-
tation of crops, the value of having
sufficient number Of good mich
cows. He called attention to the val
ue of the poultry business and how
1t can become one Of the big in
| dustries of the county.
He told the members that he had
| already received communication from
an Illinois stock buyer representing
the farm bureau in that state. He
urges that the farmers devise plan
| for cooperative marketing of their
stok and farm produts so that suffi-
| cient quantities would come to the
| markets to induce dealers to take an
interest. He proposed cream routes
so that the farmers could save time
in marketing their cream.
He urged the necessity of standard
izing the farm products so that all
products would be graded and ready
for market either wholesale or re-
tail. He deplored the fact that the
people in this section are not patron
izing as they should the home pro-
ducts, such as flour, eggs, beef and
milk. His idea was that the farmers
and all other classes of this section
must manufacture everything they
can and then use everything home
made SO far as they can. This, he
said, would bring the people of all
classes into close cooperation and
build up every industry in this and
other counties of the San Juan.
| He said that the telephone is a
modern necessity and should be in
every farmers home. He advocated
permanent road construction and sug-
gested that the formers of the coun-
ty take especial pride in seeing to it
that the roads in their vicinity be
kept in the best condition. In or
der to stimulate this kind of work he
suggested that prizes be offered for
the best kept roads over the county.
He thought the educational COM
mittee could do more in the way of
making the education of the farm
er boys and girls practical. Boys
should be able to measure hay and
land and that they should be able to
do much of that work at the schools
where they could have the supervision
of the teachers. They should, he
said, be able to test the quality of