The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP
WEE December 2 TO

WEE DECEMBER TO I
Coincident with Conservation Week
for World Relief which the food adj
ministration has set aside for the
period between December l to Z,
Minnesota will observe Farm Bureau
Membership Week in Minnesota.
Back of this latter movement is A..
ID. Wilson who, not only is federal
food administrator for Minnesota,
but director Of Agricultural Extern
sion in the state.
Before the war, the United States
shipped overseas 100000 tons of
:oodstuffs. THIS year with the ex-
pectation of the war lasting another
eight months we had agreed to send
l7,5O0,000 tons. Now that the war
is past and many additional millions
of people are liberated and may be
reached with food it is estimated
that at least 20,00000O tons must be
sent. Twenty million tons of food
is large amount. America has met
its past war food emergencies out
of the voluntary saving of it's people
There is no doubt in the minds Of
those in authority that the people
will meet this new demand. Even
with the putting forth the best of
our efforts it is feared that at least
40,000,0O0 people in North Russia
cannot be reached before starvation
overtakes them. During Conserva-
ton Week the new lessons in con-
servation, that the world sufferers
may be fed, will be brought to the
people.
1.-The war is over" said Mr.. Wilson
but the problems of the farm and
farm home continues. In Europe the
live stock has been depleted, likewise
the sail and machinery. Not only
is 1T profitable, but helping the suf-
ferers overseas is the only human
thing for us to do.
There are now some $4,000 mem
bers of Farm Bureaus in the state.
We feel that there should be at least
100000 members. When the war be-
gan, tho County Farm Bureau, as an
institution, already had been in
augurated but increased production
and conservation made necessary the
enlargement of the movement and
United States authorities made DOS
sible the organization of a bureau
for every county in the last year
AS result Of this years experience
and that which had proceeded it is
felt that the County Farm Bureau
idea is worth carrying on. Until
this time, as an organization, the
bureau has consisted only of men
Now it seems desitabbe to secure the
cooperation of the women and young
people, as we'll, and the new County
Farm Bureau is to represent all the
institutions of the farm and home
1t is fostered and supported by the
United States Department of Agri.
leges of the different states.
"As the farmers of the various
states and the other taxpayers for
years have supported this great de.
partment in Washington and the
state agricultural colleges and ex
pertinent stations, so these institu.
tions for years have worked on the
problems which connect the farm
and farm life . Turing all the years
that farming has been conducted, 8
great deal Of practical and useful
information has been developed by
agricultural institutions covering Ill
phases Of farm life, which have not
been distributed and made use of
generally and there is much know.
ledge of value that farmers, colleges
OF agriculture, and the United States
Department of Agriculture has that
is not wdely enough distributed. It
is believed tat such an educational
institution, as the farm bureau. ir
each county may make this great
sum of agricultural information
easily available to every farmer
Likewise new problems constantly
are coming up that all are interest.
ed in solving and cooperation and
organization are the keynotes of
present day progress. For this rea.
son we are hoping that the Farm
Bureau membership may be greatly
increased, during the week of Dec
to z.