Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-03-29
FARM BUREAU
IS ORGANIZED
Big Meeting Held Saturday;
Organization Perfected

Farm Bureau and will now go be-
fore the county commissioners
and ask for an appropriation for
sufficient funds-with what is al
lotted by the government-to hire
a County Agent or Farm Advisor.
That the commissioners will grant
the request goes without saying,
for they are anxious to advance
the interests of the farmers in ev-
cry way possible-as also to assist
in the campaign for increased food
production. When the matter
was before the board sometime
ago the Bureau had not yet been
organized and not sufficient inter
est was manifested, in their opin-
ion, to warrant this expenditure,
but now with a bureau already or
ganized with a membership of
several hundred farmers and the
request of our national govern
ment that every county secure the
services of a Farm Advisor there
can no longer be any question of
the commissioners disposition of
the matter.
A good crowd was out to attend
the meeting Saturday, every Sec
tion of the county being repre-
sented, even such far distant
points as Harpster and White
Bird. About sixty memberships
to date have been secured at Cot
tonwood and it is hoped that this
will be doubled.
Edwin Nelson presided and
called upon Mr.. Wagner of Post
Falls, Idaho, director of Farm
Markets for Northern Idaho, to
explain to the farmers the objects
and advantages of a Farm Bureau.
He explained what the Farm Bu-
reau had accomplished in his
county, Kootenai, in the way of
eradicating the squirrel pest, OBJ
noxious weeds, and the growing
of legumes, control of animal dis
eases, etc.
He was followed by Mr.. Wade,
Farm Advisor for Lewis county,
who explained the organization Of
the Farm Bureau from the ground
up, how every section of the coun.
ty would reap some benefit from
the united efforts of the Bureau
and the Farm Advisor in handling
the problems confronting the
farmers and stockmen. He spoke
of what the Bureau, assisted by
the Farm Advisor, had accom-
plished in Lewis county, but Mr.
Wade is too modest to fully bring
out their accomplishments anC
we must be guided in this by re
ports from the farmers over ther,
themselves. Those farmers whC
had not taken out membership
at Wednesdays meeting wer'
asked to join, to which PRACTICAL.
everyone responded.
The election of officers was thel
taken up and August Schroede
was elected president, Edgar Fry,
vice president and Edwin Nelson
secretary and treasurer. By vir
tue of these offices they are ais
members of the executive com
mittee of nine. The other mem
bers elected on this committee ar
Abe Harchlerode of Winona, Gee
Terhaar of Greencreek, Barne,
Luchtefeld of Keuterville, E. S
Sweet of Grangeville, Fred Bent
of White Bird and G.. M. Butle
of Sites. All these men are we
known all over the county an
are leaders in every movemen
that has as its aim the advance
ment of the farming interests.
The program or line of endeaN
or that the Bureau would like
have the farm advisor take up {
soon as one is secured, was ne1
worked out and the followin
agreed upon as being of creates
interest to the majority of farm
ers: The growing of leguminol
crops such as clover, alfalfa an