The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-25
TEAMS READY FOR
FARM FUND DRIVE
BEGINNING FRIDAY
Seventy.five c. Of c. Cam
paigners win Take Field to
Acquire $4,000 Annually
for Three Years for Bureau.

Beginning Friday morning a COM
rnittee OF rs, appointed by the farm
committee OF the Snam-
.ber of Commerce, will start cam
paign to raise $4,000 n annual @ SUD
The Eota Isnnn0aik To be fAlsssa n SaQggs
Cs0. paVabie Jan. !. 1913, 1870 and 1871.
a number Of Soliciting committees
have been appointed to take the fieid
and notices were mailed out Tuesoay
asking the various mNmbere 70 meet
with their charmen Friday morning 10
start the work of soliciting.
The farm development bureau Is one
of the organizations that has strength
ened and developed under the. pressure
of war. The high price Of foodstuffs
and the necessity for raising in this
immediate territory as much as posi-
BILE of that which the people consume
has been accentuated rather than min
imized by actual war work.
Bureaus Work Grows.
Under the direction of H. M. Cottrell
the work has. spread from the back
ward garden in the city to the biggest
plantations in the delta. Mr.. Cottrell 8
snIendid work attracted nationwide at
tention and his services were much
sought after. Little Rock. which pat
termed an organization after that Of
Memphis, went luilhei dio o.hPios ~ s,
Mr., Cottrell to take charge Of the work
there, 1t was felt that such an or
ganization would be the best means
of offsetting the loss of trade that VIII
come with the abandonment of Camp
Pike.
Memphis set out to find successor
for Mr., Cottrell, and Dr. Lloyd, OF, the
Mississippi was engaged, He has been
a powerful influence in agricultural de-
yeiopment In Mississippi, and fortunate
ly he was induced to take up the Work
for the Memphis bureau.
The purpose Of the farm develop"
ment bureau Is not to assume to die.
tate to the farmers and tell them what
they should do, but it's purpose is tc
cooperate with them, provide markets
for their products and show them where
they can make it profitable to add
other crops to their regular crops oi
corn and cotton.
The greatest drawback to the. devel'
opment of the hog, cattle ana Vege'
table market in this section has beer
the lack Of proper market facilities. i
is to bring together the producer anC
the buyer that the bureau strives mos
actively.
Needs Quickly Met.
In order to show the spirit Of the
men Denlnu Tile puI6uu, az liSiNI ~
may be cited from the last meeting
of the committee. 1t was shown tha
the finances of the bureau were behint
and that money was needed to carry
out certain plans then formulated
Three thousand dollars was needed
Within five minutes the money wa'
subscribed by the members of the com
mittee individually Several Of the gen
tIemen who subscribed substantial
amounts asked that their subscriptions
be not credited to the forthcoming cam
paign, but that it be made a part o
their subscription for the past year.
The committee anticipates no diff
Guilty in raising 100000. The work viii
be completed by Jan, l, and when DR.
Lloyd arrives he will have every ia
cility for entering the new work anC
there will be no delay in starting ou
to get results,
Subscribers will be asked to sign ;
card pledging a subscription Of givei
amount payable on Jan. ! for the thre
| succeeding years, SO that, as matte
| of fact, It is only sought to raise a
this time $4,000, and the same amour
| will be due on Jan. l of the next tw
wears.