Evening journal., 1918-04-13
FARM BUREAU FOR
NEW Castle COUNTY
Preliminary Steps Are TakoO
at Big Meeting Of Agricul-
tursliSts Today
3O3 MEMBERS WILL
Join ORGANIZATION

L.R. sImonds, who directs Farm Blu
reau Work IN thirty-three Northern
and Western states was the speaker at
the New Castle County Farm Bureau /
held this morning In the assembly
room. at Eden Hall Mr.. Simonds laid
special emphasis on the fact that these
organizations are TO promote local
leade ship, and are to the county what
a chamber Of commerce Is TO the city
The meeting WAS called 20 order by
George Mediu. temporary chairman
who stated the purpose OF the meeting
He spoke OF the importance OF asrlcul-
ture in whichl he said SiO0,V0VN'OoJ
was invested Mrs. Charles =. Dichey'
the acting secretary, then read the min
utes OF the preliminary meeting, when
was held in the Levy Court room, on
March 10. The chairman then intro
duced Mr.. Slmonds. who said that the
/ origin OF the Farm Bureaus might be
traced 10 Texas, where the first county
orqanization was formed fourteen
wears ago TO light the boil weevu. soon
afterwards the nrst county agent was
sent there by the Agricultural Depart
mont, and this was the forerunner OF
six hundred similar positions
In 1905 and 1906 the idea spread from
Texas TO Louisiana and Arkansas ana
finally al over the South. where the
need Of such organizations was great
er at that time than further north.
Mr.. Simonds gave various examples OF
farmers who had been helped and pro
ducllons increased, being directly In
fuenced by the county organizations.
"The real subject / wish to discuss,
said NJ. slmonds, "is the development Of
Farm Bureau organization He told
, OF the preliminary management which
as a rule. was mainly conducted by the
p government agent. and rected some DIFF
, ferent policies which had made foi
friction between different counties
County agent work was not successful
In the north at FIRST, he continued, be
Z cause the committees and members di1
, not work smoothly together. Now, NJ
I, said. however, the best people are
! heartily behind this movement.
"A Farm Bureau Is an organization o.
the people" he said, land the 0nlcerinl
, Of II must be simple" lie then gave
! list Of the six functions OF Farm Blu
: reau.
4. To develop local leadership.
2. To reveal TO the people how IN
y agricultural possibilities can be real
l. lied.
, 3. To furnish the means whereby tn
Il problems Of a county can be solved.
l. q. To bring TO the various agents a
" Of the best information possible.
he 3. To coordinate the efforts OF exis
., ing organizations lsuch as The Grange
O. and Gleanersl.
G. To furnish a machine for giviI
Information TO every farmer In u
county.
" lie then gave an example Of "tea
l. work when one county had run o
20 Of seed corn and they were supplied
ve another. impossible under the old co
IS. dlilons he believed in very simple o
n ganlzation. he said, with an executf
TO committee composed Of the heads OF y
different subcommittee, and a pres
ld den. vice-president. secretary and trea
n urer. Let the best In their repara
10 lines head the committees" he col
d. cluded.
sx Air Lloyd, ne said, was unable 60
10 present as was planned but sent h
sincere regrets.
er After he had finished speaking. q
to old working committee was dissolvl
IT. and a report made OF members securl
al thus far. Talleyvllle 2s. Hockessin
Newark 2s. Mermaid q. stanton
Newport 3. New Castle A, Fairview
Mlddletown 90. Odessa 30, smyrna
ed Blackbird 2s. Townsend 20 and Deakyn
OF vile 80, t0tal membership OF NJ
nd Castle county 3O3 More returns are e
TO pected at this afternoons meeting.
o. This afternoon the committee
o. nominations will report and officers "
a be elected Talks VIII also be Civ
n on home demonstration work, the III
IN erty Loan drive and on the labor sit
ay alton.
% At the present time there are abo
To- COO county Farm bureaus IN the limit
States.