American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

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soon BE in Touch With All Parts OF
the County.
The first meeting OF the new exc
cutive committee of the Power Coun-
ty Farm Bureau met Friday afternoon
laid out a program Of work for the
following year. appointed leaders for
the various branches Of the work to
be undertaken, and discussed farm
problems in general The committee
found that an afternoon was too short
to permit of a thorough consideration
of the matters that came before it, and
decided to convene its second session
at 10 o'clock, and with a short inter-
mission for dinner, to put in full
day.
The executive committee consists Of
nine members. each of whom is the
leader of some branch Of the work TO
be undertaken. The organization is
extended to the several localities OF
the county through the appointment
OF a community leader for each of the
projects, and the community leader
selects a number of assistants we'll
scattered throughout his locality, who
report to him The community lead
cutive committee, keeping the execu-
tive committee member in touch with
conditions throughout the county. With
the reports before them, the members
of the executive committee can act
intelligently and effectively on any
matter that comes within the scope
of their activities.
To illustrate the system d. W Davis
s- h1 1F Lo Lob
blem. He appoints a district leader
for Rockland Landing, Roy. Pleasant
Valley and other districts. These dis
trict leaders select assistants we'll
scattered over their district Through
these assistants the district leader ac-
quaints himself with labor conditions
in his district, the labor available or
required. acreage to be harvested. etc.
The district leaders report TO Mr. Da-
Wis, who is thus put in possession of
information concerning his department
in every locality of the county. Ii
there is a surplus of labor in one dis
trict and a scarcity in another, the
farmer who needs help will know
where to 90 for it. The effectiveness
of the system will depend as much
upon the district leader and his as
sistants. if not more so, than upon
the executive committee member. The
names of those who need help, the
kind of work to be done. and the
names and addresses of those SEEK me
work, will be supplied to Mr. Davis
by the district leaders He will USE
the newspapers and bulletin board:
to keep the public advised. and il
cases of urgency. the telephone. Other
departments will operate in the same
way so that effective cooperation vii
soon result. The officers and lead
ers of the several lines of work TO b'
undertaken are
G. S. Butler president, organza
ton
F. A. Ziek. vice president, herd dis
tricts.
]. P. voight, secretary-treasureT
membership and publicity.
d. W. Davis. farm labor.
W L. Mcknight, standardization.
Manuel Adolf, weeds.
w F. Jasmann. pest control.
Ross McCarty. summer fallow.
w. S. Sparks, livestock.
State Leader Hochbaum. and Nj
Brunkau of the pure seed department
met with the executive committee an
made short talks. MI HOcnbauI
talked on organization and Brunka
on standardization of farm crops. H
said there was a big demand for pre-
duets that were up to standard, e:
pecially in the seed line, and the creat
ing Of a demand for Idaho seed de
pends upon the standard that Idah
growers set. A high standard wi
produce a ready market at good price
for all that can be grown. A 10
standard will kill any demand ths
now exists Idaho is just entering th
market as seed producer. and du
TO the care Of those supplying Ii
seed. a good demand has sprung u
The county agent of an eastern stat
last year secured three cars of Grim
alfalfa seed in Idaho. When it arri'
ed at its destination the farmers wei
SO we'll pleased with its quality thi
they would readily have taken thr'
cars more. AS a result. other coul
tv agents from the same state Will
after greater amounts of seed IN
year and the demand viii be pc
manent so long as the standard
maintained