The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-06-07
SHERIDAN COUNTY, FARM
BUREAU IS ORGANIZING
Attend Your Community Meeting Which are
belng Held in All Parts of the County and
Do Your Bit-Help Your Uncle Sam.

9 There is being organized in Sheri.
dan county body of farmers which
Will be known as the Sheridan Conn
ty Farm Bureau.
A Farm Bureau is a countv-wide
rganlzation Of farm men and wo-
men and others interested in agr;-
culture for the purpose of cooperat-
ing with the State College of Ag-
rlculture of Montana and the u. s.
department of Agriculture, to inn
prove agricultural and home COM
munlty life of the. rural people.
During the war it is the principal
organization through which the Sec
retary of agriculture will work with
the farmers of the county.
The farm bureau is national or
ganlzatlon which aims to organize a
bureau In every agricultural county
IN the United States. There are
now 750 organizations, having a
membership of 25O,OOO men and wo-
men, and more are being organized
every day.
Both men and women and every-
one interested in farming may join,
but all officers and committeeman
must be farmers living on farms.
The dues are but one dollar a year.
There are no paid officers, all money
being used to issue monthly farm
bulletins, exchange list and adver-
tise meetings.
lhe organization is nonpoliticaI
and does not engage in business. It's
activities are purely educational.
The work of the bureau is to be
carried on by county executive
committee and appointed commit
tees in each community cooperating
with the county agricultural agent
and his assistants.
Recently the following committee
which was appointed by the Exten-
sion Department of the Montana
State Agricultural college, met in
-ne office of county Agent, Mr.. An
derson and County Home Demon
Stration Agent, Miss Antoinette Oh
sen, to discuss the organization of
1 Farm Bureau in Sheridan county:
Hans p. Madsen, Archer, chair
nan.
Carl B. Peterson, Plentywood, Sec
'etary-treasurer.
John Stoner, Outlook.
Thos. Brockley, Comertown.
Lewis S. Smith, Redstone.
Mrs. Hans P. Madsen, Archer.
Mrs. Carl B. Peterson, Plenty
wood.
Mrs. John Stoner, Outlook.
At the meeting the committee
leartlly approved of the plan and
made arrangements for series of
rganization and farmer patriotic
neetings to be held throughout the
ounty. A temporary organization
omn1ittee was appointed for each
Community Committee Meetings:
June 6, Thursday, 3:3O A. M
'utloo.s, at Andrew Ueland's. Com
littee-C. w. Westphal, Mrs. An
rev LELAND, John Stoner.
Thursday, 2:30 P. M.-Whitetail,
w. E. Dnun's. Committee-Mrs.
P. Nelson, Myron Mendenhall,
larry Gibbs.
June 7, Friday, 900 A. M Sco-
ey, at Frank Hughes. Committee
Frank N. Robinson, Frank Hughes,
dth Humbert.
Friday, 2:30 P. M.-Wolf Point, at
[rs. w. I. Bemison's. Committee
:. F. Toavs, Albert Lee, C. II. De-
aney.
June 8, Saturday, 9:3O A. M
oplar, at Mrs. r. B. Richardson's.
ommittee Mrs. r. B. Richardson,
E. Haden, C. E. Coin.
Saturday, $3.50 P. M-Brockton,
. Lucy Cufran's. Committee Ar
lie Curran, Holly Fite, Mrs. L.
urran.
Saturday, 500 P. M.-Culbertson,
Henry loves. VIM.
cBride, Henry Lowe, Sid Blair, Mrs.
enry Lowe.
June 10, Monday, $50 A. M
at C. j. Meinhardt's
Lesson, C. J. Mein-
lrdt, A. C. McCracken, J. w. Wix,
drs.), Mrs. L. d. Sweetman.