Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-12-05
REPORT OF RESO-
LUTIONS COMMITTEE
Of the Marshall County Federation of
Farmers Clubs. Adopted at the See,
ond Annual Meeting Held October "a,
1O1H

Olu ANNUAL NleeCmg HeA0 OCCODef "a,
1917.
We, your committee on resolutions,
wish to congratulate the officers and
committees who have had charge of
this association during the past year
on the complete success which has re-
suited from their efforts.
We wish to thank the newspaper men
of Marshall county for the generous
amount Of publicity given the Fedora
.tion, to which it's success was in very
great measure due
We wish to thank the business men
and people Of Argyle and all of the peo-
pie who had a part in making the first
annual picnic great success.
We believe that the development of
live stock farming is one Of the great
est needs Of Marshall county, and there
fore, recommend and endorse the ac-
stion taken by The Minnesota Live Stock
breeders Associat tion. s5#-5s. !.
3i5 We believe the present road laws Of
minnesota to be reasonably satisfactory
and would recommend that no back
ward steps be taken in passing laws
which will handicap the good work al
ready started.
t We endorse the resolutions covering
the hunting season and game bag limit,
that havewbeen recommended by the
Game Protective Association Of the Red
River Valley, and would recommend a
closed season on Prairie Chickens,
Quail and Grouse for period Of five
years. = as
We endorse the = work 8, kk9b being ig done M by
the Minnesota Red. River Valley De
velopment Association, and recommend
to our County Commissioners that they
give financial aid to this association to
carry on the splendid work which they
are now doing.
We endorse the County Agent and
the Farm Bureau movement, and re-
commend to our County Commissioners
that they give their support in obtain
ing County Agent and Farm Bureau
for Marshall county.
We believe that the present Federal
Grain Grading System could be i'm
proved in at least two respects; we
therefore recommend that first: The
ruling whereby the grade and dockage
is determined according to the poorest
and dirtiest sample found in the car.
AS an illustration, say the test weight
of the car lot averages SO pounds,
which would entitle it to No. 1 Nor
ethern, II the sampler finds small lot
testing only 5871a pounds, the whole lot
will be graded as No. 2 Northern. If
the average dockage should be found to
amount to, say per cent, and they find
a small amount that would test z per
cent, the whole car will be docked Z per
cent.
This is manifestly unfair, as It is al
most impossible, and entirely impracti-
Gle to load out evenly, grains taken
from farmers loads.
Secondly, the ruling whereby mix
ture Of more than per cent of Durum
wheat in Spring wheat lowers the grade
from No. / to No. 2, and If more than 2
per cent, it goes down to No. and the
prices are reduced 8 to 6 cents respec-
lively.
z We maintain that the presence Of
such a small percentage Of good wheat
Of other varieties does not hurt the
milling value sufficiently to- warrant.
this large discount in price.
We believe that the picnic grounds at
Menzeps grove, where the first annual
picnic was held, to be the most con-
venient and suitable place for holding
our annual picnics, and therefore, we
recommend that the annual picnic be.
held there for the next two years, at
least.
Respectfully submitted,
NJ. =. Warner, President
Ernest Mack, Vice President
Theo. Willer, Secretary
g. r. Peterson, Treasurer