Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-01-14
THEY DISCUSS PLANS
TO BETTER affairs
Farmers Of Cascade County Who Are Members of
Farm Bureau Movement Have Successful Meet
ing With Large Attendance in Opera
House Ends Busy Day.

'The meeting of the Farm Bureau is
not for pleasure or entertainment but
is "a business meeting called for the
purpose Of making out a systematic re-
port Of the work to be attempted and
accomplished during the coming year"
said Clark Bumgarner Of Fife, president
Of the Cascade County Farm bureau in
his Introductory talk yesterday morning
to the farmers who came in to discuss
the problems Of the business Of farming
Good roads, good weather and an
extra amount of hard labor on the part
of Victor Sheldon, the County Agent and
Clark Baumgarner, president, were a few
osfthe many elements responsible for the
success of the first annual meeting OF
the Cascade County Farm bureau held
in Great Falls all day yesterday.
large number of enthusiastic far
mers and farmerettes came early and
stayed late at the meeting. Enthusiasm
for their vocation, intelligence in grasp
ing new methods and ambition to make
farming a bowling success in Cascade
county We're characteristics evident on
every hand at the conferences and
general meetings in which the farmers
and their wives themselves took the
most active part.
What the Meeting Means.
Altho the meeting started in the
morning the greater part of the business
was accomplished at the afternoon
sessions. The first thing on the days
program was a talk by the president,
-, ;ofI +oI hat ha
here for business and were eager to
look their problems fairly in the face
and map out a program Of work for
next seasons work.
J. G. Taylor, assistant county agent
leader from Bozeman was also one of
the mornings speakers and in his talk
On Farm Bureau Achievement" he
mentioned some of the things already
ACCOMPLISHED in this county, and gave
a history Of the work done in number
of other counties in the state, with which
he has had association during the past
year. He stated that the most vital
questions to be dealt with in northern
Montana were rodent control, marketing,
and drouth relief.
What Women are Doing.
Miss Mary Graber of the extension
department at Rozeman closed the
mornings work by giving gratifying
statement of the work accomplished gy
women all over the state. Departments
organized for war saving have made
splendid records and have branched out
into lines Of activity in q manner which
is decidedly commendable.
AT the afternoon session the president
introduced Scott Leayitt Of the e. 5.
Employment bureau who told of the
great necessity for cooperation between
the farmers and the labor bureau. Har-
yey 2. Griffin will be assistant state
director on farm labor Mr.. Griffin has
been getting in touch with the county
agent leaders at Bozeman and will soon
bc able to appear before the farmers
sith definite labor program. One
problem which caused farmers In some
sections lot of trouble last year can
be handled during the coming season IT
the farmers themselves will work with
*he employment office. Last year far
mers in some sections paid much higher
wages than other parts of the state with
the result that some crops were un-
harvested because labor could not be
obtained 1t is planned to make some
for one price for one KIND
of labor all over the state next year
ut DiIUIl1H tiillE uIU 1Ol baI IfSsts
Group Conferences Held.
AZ go the general conference was
concluded and, after going out of doors
for a photograph, the farmers went to
group conferences being held in the
the federal building and Ho-
tel Rainbow Several Of the questions
vital to the farmers were under discus |
sion. and the chief objection to the con-
ferences seemed to be that every one
had to miss a number of good discus |
sions in which he was greatly inter |
estcd.
One of the largest attendances was at
the conference held in the federal bulld- |
ing by j. G. Taylor and U. NJ storm
The subjects of Farm Crops and tRo- |
dent and Weed Control We're taken UP
and thoroughly discussed by representa- |
tives from many OF the 10 dlstricts III
the county. Forage crops, being Of IN |
te-est to practically every farmer in the |
was first taken up. The sweet |
clover problem was taken up in detail, |
and Mr.. Taylor mentioned that in Utah |
it had been found that if sweet clover /
is planted and cut early in the season, so |
that two good crops can be harvested,
that thN second year. when the clover
dies. the roots will fertilize the soil In a
manner that adapts the soil perfectly to
the planting Of alfalfa
The pure seed question was one which |
proved to be a problem of great interest. |
And since clean seed was determined to |
be the basis of weed control, plan was |
discussed whereby the systematic pro- /
lnction Of pure seed could be introduced |
in the county 1t was recommended that |
he county begin on small scale and that |
three or four farmers be given the work |
Of planting about five acres of clean seed. |
These farmers, who would be chosen by
the county agent, in cooperation with |
the community leaders, would select soil
is free from weeds as possible and then
plant the pure seed and make an extra
effort to keep the land perfectly free of /
weeds After the project is started. it
IS conceded that it will be an easy matter
10 continue and increase the clean seed
production. 1t was recommended this