Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-01-17
MANY ATTEND MEETING
OF NEW ORGANIZATION

Chm. County Membership Drive.
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MANY ATTEND MEETING
OF NEW ORGANIZATION
John Sundberg of Sioux City. the
representative sent out by the gov
eminent to organize the counties of
Iowa into Farm Bureau associations,
was here the first of the week and
perfected an organization in Audi
bon county. Last summer the mat
ter was taken up under what is
known as the County Agent" sys-
tenn and a temporary organization
| was perfected with F. C. Sampson
as president and Earl Maharg as sec
rotary. Some work of the organiza-
ton was under Roadway when the
U. S. government stepped in and put
life into the movement by paying the
salaries of these men instead of hav-
ing this expense met in the various
counties. All the expense the coun-
ties are to now is the office force
and some incidental expenses. All
counties in Iowa have been organized
but six.
| Mr.. Sundberg was here Tuesday
Afternoon and met a goodly number
of our farmers and talked to them
on the objects and purposes of. the
War Emergency Farm Bureau. what
it is and does and why such an or
ganization is needed. The work of
the Bureau may be outlined as fol-
lows:
County Agricultural Organizations
and Demonstrations
1. Establishing and maintaining
farm labor bureaus.
| 2. Organizing exchanges for
seeds, feeds, live stock, etc.
3. Organizing live stock breed
ers associations.
4. Organizing cow test associa-
tons and dairy marketing associa-
tions.
s., Organizing egg marketing as
sociations.
6. Home economics demonstra-
tions. campaigns, etc.
Z. Poultry demonstrations.
s. Horticultural demonstrations,
spraying, pruning, etc.
9. Alfalfa and clover demonstra-
tons.
10. Finding and distributing of
high yielding grains.
IL. Soil demonstrations and sur
veys.
12. Organization for the control
of hog cholera and other animal dis
eases.
Cooperation With Individual Farmer
1. Testing soils.
2. Feeding problems.
3. Horticultural problems. prun-
ing, spraying, etc.
A. Treating oats for smut, pota-
toes for scab. etc.
5. Control of hog cholera and
other live stock diseases.
! 8. Landscape gardening.
z. Farm management.
s.. Water. light and labor saving
devices in the farm home.
8. Canning. drying. storing and
saving of food products.
10. Poultry raising.
IL. Planning of farm buildings
construction of silos. etc.
| ~. incubation for alfalfa, etc.
The plan is to secure the sigma
lures of at least 200 men in the
county who guarantee to pay not
more than $500 year for period
of three years. The amount to be
paid is according to the expense.
which is usually much less than five
dollars, for it all depends on the
amount of help that is needed TO
carry on the work of the organize
ton in each county. In Audubon
county it is expected that the eX-
pense will be very low, and this eX-
pense is equally divided among the
200 signers.
The government is back of the
movement and is spending large
sums of money by sending these ex-
perts all over the country.
At the meeting Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. Sampson was continued as pres
ident and Earl Maharg as secretary.
The following soliciting committees
were appointed for the north half of
the county:
Lincoln-Joe Money. Alex Camp.
bell
Cameron-F. l.. Andersen. All.
Miller.
Melville-B. J. Black. w. A. Hol-
lister.
Viola-Earl Barrett. John Samp-
son.
i''los JdiiitS iiuut' luOiiido VII
letree.
Douglass. j. Andersen, NJ. d.
Graves
City of Audubon-Dr McLeran. J
Z. Kerwin.
Mr.. Sundberg went to Extra yes
terday where a similar meeting was
held and where committees for the
south part of the county were named
Another meeting will be held at Kim.
ballton on Monday afternoon of next
week.
II is desired to organize Audubon
county at the earliet possible nom.
ent so that a great deal, of good may
he derived from the bureau for thi:
year.
Wherever the matter of the or
ganization has been talked it has
found favor. and we learn that the
200 signatures will be secured in {
short time. AS soon as the sigma
lures have been secured. an exper
. will be sent TO the county who will
= take full charge, and his salar,
r will be paid by the government.
is desired to have him here to assis
in the selection OF seed corn for thi
year.
PROPERTIES CHANGING HANDS
Marquesen & Kerwin. the ney
I nt,l Inc 4.