The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-29
Membership Drive
For Farm Bureau
REMARKABLE RESULTS HAVE
BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY THE
WOA.-. IF BINGHAM COUNTY
FAR BUREAU. ..DECEMBER
DRIVE FOR IRE MEMBERS.

The first week in December will
witness new kind Of drive in this
county. The Bingham county farm
bureau is making drive for big
membership and .s entitled to a
hearty response which 1t will un-
doubtedly receive. Farm bureau
work is one of the effective means OF
helping everybody that depends upon
agriculture directly or indirectly and
that applies to most of the people OF
this county 1t is our understanding
that everybody is eligible to member
ship; that the price is $1.00 per year
and there are no assessments or any
money demands on the membership.
The purpose of the Bureau
The main purpose Is to have a
working organization with head to
plan things and bring about unity of
effort for greater production and to
prevent losses. This work is con-
Quoted by the superintendent known
as the county agent and upon him
devolves the task of furnishing the
plans and of getting the farmers and
stockmen to follow the plans. The
main objects of the organization are
to establish UNIFORM system Of
treating seeds of all kind to eliminate
disease, for treating stock to prevent
various diseases, for destroying ro-
dents before they destroy the crops
and for organizing the efforts of the
farmers and the boys and girls in
ways that secure the greatest pro-
duction.
Treble the Membership
The Bingham county farm bureau
had a membership of about 500 dur
ing the year of 1918 and it is pos
sible to treble that for the year 1918.
This is one of the organizations that
has nothing whatever to do with pol
itics or religion and makes no dis
tinction as to the business relations
of its members. 1t is a very demo-
cratic institution In the broad sense
of democracy for Its operations con-
template putting into practice that
slogan Zone for all and all for each. !"
1t took a good while for Bingham
county to get sufficiently interested
to establish farm bureau and now
that it has operated for two seasons
with good effect people should not
hesitate to give it their support, es-
pecially when the cost is only $1.00
for the financial part. Supporting its
activities constitute our cooperating
wi, the county agent, the farmers
and the stockmen who are working
to secure better results and to do
more effective farming. !. This brings
its own reward to each person who
takes part in the work. !.
How the Bureau was Established
" Farm bureaus are established un-
der the direction of state and federal
governments in connection with
county government, the different
branches of government. unite in
paying the salary ofIthe county agent.
The usefulness of farm bureaus was
first brought to the attention of the
people of this county in the year
1914 by some articles published in
the press and by the distribution of
pamphlets issued by the federal gov
ernment and sent to some of the
leading farmers and stOckmen. Dur
ing the early part of the year 1915
united effort was made by several
of the prominent farmers Of the
county. working thru the pamphlets
and the newspapers, to show people
the plan of establishing farm
bureau and the Importance Of hav-
ing one in the county. This work
was pushed by A. j. Snyder, H. K.
Wiley, d. A. Wiltamuth, G. A. Line,
Col M. A .Fugate and number Of
other men in the county assisted by
the publication of many articles In
The Idaho Republican and an effort
was made to get the bureau estab-
lished in 1915, but the effort failed.
During the year 1916 The Idaho Re-
publican undertook to do as much
of the=farm bureau work as it could
thru the newspaper by the publica-
ton of articles every week on farm
subjects, and by the personal inves-
tigation conducted thruout the sea-
son by the editor.
Local Bureau Establiahed in 1917
In the spring of 1917 there was
a renewed interest in the work of
establishing farm bureau and the
board of commissioners acted upon
the request of number of farmers
of this locality and employed
county agent. A small gathering Of
farmers organized the farm bureau
and the work commenced according
to the plans laid down by the gov
ernment. The work has had a
steady growth ever since and now
that people have seen the value Of
the work and have had some lessons
on what has been accomplished they
will come out by popular drive and
there should be no difficulty in rails
ing the membership to about two or
three thousand by the middle Of De-
cember.
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