Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
KENT FARMERS PLAN GREAT
SAVING WITH FARM BUREAU
ANNUAL MEETING NEXT FRIDAY
ANTICIPATED MUCH PLEASURE

Governor and Other Prominent Speak
ers will Address Meeting and Ques-
ton of Farm Labor Discussed
On Friday next, Jan uary IL, in the
Century Club building at Dover. will
be hela the first annual meeting of
the Kent County Farm Bureau. This
meeting will be open not only to those
who have already signed up as mem
bers of the Farm Bureau but also to
all men and women in Kent county
who are interested in agriculture or
food conservation. At this meeting
every part of the county will be re-
presented by farmers and farm women
from the twenty-four communities in
the county.
Judging from the interest shown in
the organization work to date the
meeting will be a live one and full of
interest from start to finish. The
morning session will begin at 10
o'clock at which time some of the i'm
portant phases of work to be under
taken will be discussed and decided
upon, so all should plan to be on hand
promptly.
Some of the special features of the
meeting will be addresses by Governor
Townsend and other prominent speak
ers and special musical program.
Never before has there been felt such
a necessity for the farmers to get to-
gether in county wide organization to
cope with the many problems that
present themselves at present and
which will become more numerous and
more serious during the months to
come. The labor situation alone
would warrant the formation of such
an organization but there are dozens of
other problems of great Importance
that can be handled through the farm
bureau and which will mean thousands
of dollars to Kent County farmers
every year.
This organization is of great i'm
portance to the women as well as to
the men for the problem of food con-
servatiOn which means so much toward
the winning of the war can only be
handled efficiently through a county
wide organization. The women have
already shown such interest that ir
many of the communities the Home
Economic Clubs have as a body joinec
the Farm Bureau. This organization
will not only mean more dollars anC
cents to the farmer but it will also
aid in developing better communit!
spirit and be mighty force in tn,
county toward the prevention of diseas
in animals and crops and thereby b.
a valuable asset along food conservs
tim lines. Therefore the Farm Bureau
will be of value along patriotic line
and surely none of US can overlool
that motive as an important one a
this time. The cold weather has no
prevented the extension of the organ
ization work into the various com
munities not previously reached. no
cooled the ardor of the communit
chairmen. Friday night, Decembe
%, with all its wind and cold did nc
prevent good attendance at the Downs
Chapel meeting and those preser
went home with the determination t
take the matter up personally wit
every farmer in the community wh
had not attended the meeting an
enroll him as a member The con
munities of Leipsic, Blackiston. Mi
ford, Downs Chapel. Kenton. FeltoI
Petersburg, and Hollandsville. hay
orgnized and are rapidly lining I
members Before the meeting Frids
night next, practically all the count
will he interested in this movemen
This is a farmers organization and
make it a success let everyone inte
ested in farming put his shoulder
the wheel and push.