Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-03-01
MEETING Of
FARM BUREAU
FIRST MEETING OF CANYON
COUNTY FARM BUREAU--BIG
SUCCESS--GOOD PROGRAM.

Tia first District Meeting Of tn
CanyiM County Farm Burl au W.
held Tuesday at the City Hall. Th
County is divided into the three dis
tricts of Caldwell, Payette and Nam
pa.
President C. B. Ross acted al
chairman and outlined the progran
of work previously adopted by th'
Executive Committee for tho 1877
season. One other officer was pr S
ent, that being A J. Shearer, FRS
vice-president. Miss q. Fay Fowler
Assistant State Leader and County
,i Agent Mccall were also pre- 'sert.
u The forenoon topics included rou
tine business and plans for an auto
excursion just as soCn IS the roads
are usable. This would start from
Kew Plymouth at A. NJ and noon
at Fruitland on the first day Thence
across into Oregon and up the val
ley until by the close Of the 2nd
day the Boise valley also had been
visited. More data on tbs Later
The Pureau membership fee is
so cents per year and then each
member pays an additicnal so crnts
for his subscription to the Farm Bu-
reau News, a mon'h'y trade paper,
sent to members only. This is in
tended to set forth the projects end
progress of the Pureeu as boost d
by the members and the Coun'y
Agent.
There are 4S.Communi Contors.
Each has local chsirmsn and COM
mittee These reprc sent the Farm
Bureau in the conmrnity and the
community in the Farm Bureau. This
community committee knows Is
needs best and arrange for visits
from the County Agent One such
nearby has alfe ady arranged for
Mr.. Mccall to come and vacoinate
their calves against the BlacFleg dis
ease which is so bad near Caldwell.
Local Project Directors Of the
nearby committees only four were
represented Tuesday. Thr Sc were,
Washoe, Orchard Avenue, School
District No 6, and Apple Valley. The
much attention to certain projec' s
and chose a man to look after eaah
one. For Dairying they chose A.
johnson; for Potatoes, D. o. Bulls;
Glover Seed Production, D. G. Stroup
Club Work for Boys mad Girls, T.
]. Beckwith; Blackleg Control, A.
A. Stroup.
Orchard Avenue chose for Dairying
J. Nodle; for Blackleg Control, R.
H. Woods; Club Work, w. R. Palmer
and ]. A. white; for Crop Standard
ization, H. Gregory and R. w.
Stoughton.
District No. decided rs follows:
For the Control OF Blactleg, c. F.
Asmussen; for Crop Standardization,
L. J. Boles; Potatoes, to be chosen
later.
Apple Valley: Crop Standardization
y. i. bOSlOn, SIuD "oih, II. o. AVN
Intyre; Blackleg Control, John Pet
tit;T" arying, Levi Stephens.
RE- Suticns Adopted. It YVES report
ed that certain county newspapers
are opposing the publication of the
Bureaus monthly trade paper. Both
Payette editors expressed surprise
that any editor could find cause for
any alarm because farmers orgen-
ization desired to have a trade mag
azine or paper. The audience pres
ent also expressed is surprise and
requested that a comrit'ee onsolu-
tions be appointed This was done
the following presented and APPROX
ed:
whereas it is reported th"t cer-
tain newspapers of Canyon County
have made objection to The publica-
tion of the Farm Bureau News"
therefore be it
Resolved that we, the members ano
friends of the Farm Bureau News
in this community, endorse it's aims
and publication believing that it Is
beneficial to all the people in the
County and that 1t is not d-tr I'M nt-
al 70 any publica'icn nor legitimate
business interest"
Attendance About 70 members and
friends were In attendance. Com
munity Work and Cooperation SEEM
ed to be the slcfan ard this defin-
lite planning will bring definite re.
suits.
Reported by w. Il. Palmer.