Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-04-05
FARM BUREAU ORGANIZED
FOB CLEARWATER COUNTY.

The meeting of the farmers in
Orofino Saturday was a big success.
The splendid work of F. /. Rock
well of Moscow, sent here by the
Government to organize the farmers
o. our county, was plainly evident
by the way the farmers responded
after this young man has labored
but short time among them.
The purpose of the meeting was
twofold-to promote a better and
more profitable farm life, and to
promote spirit of cooperation on
the part of farmers that they may
better serve the nation in time of
war
Farm Bureau members from each
of the principal farming communi-
ties met informally in Odd Fellows
hall at forenoon meeting to talk
over plans for the organization and
to nominate the principal officers.
The remainder of the forenoon was
taken up in a discussion of the pro-
jects which should be undertaken
by the Farm Bureau.
At noon lunch was served to
the farmers and their wives on be-
half of the Orofino Commercial Club
by a committee made up by c. II.
EIDE, Theo. Foil, w M. Jolliffe and
VIM. j. Hannah. Baked beans, sand
wiches, doughnuts. cookies and cof-
fee We're served in abundance. Dur
ing lunch hour the membership
committee brought in other mem
hers.
After a musical program of sew
eral numbers nicely rendered by the
Orofino band the meeting was call
ed to order by temporary vice chair
man Cunningham The visitors were
further treated to solo and encore
beautifully rendered by Miss Cars
tens, accompanied by Miss Crumet.
and by an excellent patriotic read
ing by Miss Sadie Wellman. The
ladies then adjourned to a meeting
of their own to hear Miss Permeal
French, Dean of Wemen of the Ida
no State University.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved Upon
the suggestion of the chair. Mr..
Chas. Frear moved that a vote of
thanks be extended to the CONNER
cial club for their hospitality in
serving luncheon, and to the band
and the ladies for the entertainments
and the motion carried unanimous
| ly.
Charles Wagner of Post Falls.
deputy director of Farm Markets for
North Idaho. and president of the
kootenai County Farm Bureau. gave
an excellent talk. He described the
work of his Office in securing the
passage of laws beneficial to the
| farmer, in protecting the farmer
from price discrimination, in help
ing the farmer to market his prod
ucts and secure a reasonable price
therefor, and showed the necessity
of farm bureau organization to
enable his Office to get in touch
with the farmer and render the
needed service. Mr.. Wagner also
described the work of the Kootenai
county Farm Bureau during the
past year. The bureau was organ
| lied and a county agricultural agent
secured at about the same time, in
the spring of 1917. The first thing
| taken up was squirrel campaign.
On squirrel day the farmers and
school children all took day off
to put out squirrel poison. Under
| the direction of the County Agent
quantity of oats was treated with
a mixture of alkaloid strychnine
saccharine and flour, in accordance
with the best prescribed formula,
and number of the most seriously
infested areas We're systematically
covered, teaspoonful of the pois-
oned oats in a place. During grain
harvest the success of the demon
stration was so apparent in the tot
al absence of damage from the
squirrels in the treated areas that
the county commissioners readily
agreed to buy 1900 ounces for 1918.
enough to cover the county
In the southwestern part of Koot-
enai county an epidemic of blackleg
broke out among the cattle. The
community organization of the farm
bureau took it up, called in the
county agent, and arranged to have
all the stock in the county vacci-
mated before losses could occur.
In another instance the county
agent and the farm bureau saved
Mr.. Waggoner. and his neighbors
likewise in the dairy business, 500
apiece or more. These farmers were
milk producers and sold their milk
to the Spokane distributors, getting
paid in accordance with the per
centage of butterfat. When feed
went up the producers asked for a
higher price. This was granted but
the percentage of cream fell off by
the milk distributors tests. so that
receipts were no higher than before.
The producers then called in the
county agent who spent three weeks
in that neighborhood testing the
cream and making record of his
tests. He plainly demonstrated the
correct cream content of the milk.
under state authority, and the dis
tributors were forced to pay what
the milk was worth.
John p. Harlan. farmer from the
Whiskey creek community. related
some of the benefits of the Farm
Markets Office which had come UNI
der his observation while he was
county commissioner. Ee told of q
farmer he knew in southern Idaho
Who that year was offered for his
notatoes COO per sack After some
haggling the buyer finally offered
zoe and refused 10 offer more. Thu
farmer would not sell without con
sulfing the county agent The agent
took il u1 with the state Director
OF Farm Markets, who advised the
farmer not to accept less than soc
End offered to place the potatoes at