The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-06-05
BUREAU MEMBERSHIP INCREASE.
Extension Department Shows Great Ac-
tivity Among Formers.


Farm Bureau membership Of Idaho
has increased To about 1900 already in
1919. from the 10000 membership OF
last year. says r. ii. Musser, assist
ant county agent leader in Il state
mrut urging every farmer to he in
tereSted in the advancement of his
farm bureau, (which means better
livestock. better farm crops, inciden.
tally better marketing and improved
living conditions
Farm bureau organization" says
| Mr. MuSScr. means unity and organ
lied effort for the development of az.
riculturc and in turn will bring or.
galized as well as individual profit
able rcthrnS.
If organized effort through the
farm bureau organization within the
communities of the country will return
Ia the county Il saving Of 100000 in
farm crops by the determination Of
rodent pests. ii benefits evefy person
within the county, whether or not he
has been II member of the farm bureau
and had Il part in it. Does not then
IcverN person within the county become
| Il part of the farm bureau either di
rectly or Indirectly Then it lis not
necessary for every person within the
county to become an active member of
the farm bureau, which enables each
individual as well as the county to Sc
cure greater returns?
The question today is NOT making
two blades of grass grow where one
grew before but making each blade
of grass worth twice as much as be-
fore, thereby increasing its value twice
and reducing its cost of production
one-haf. Thus with the same eff.
forr, She net profit must be increase
to ut least double.
just Ordinary Human.
The county agent is not spirit
going among the farmers and telling
them how to do things. but an ordin-
AIRY human being trying to help solve
the farm problems in an organized
way.
Your county agent is Il direct rep.
resentativc of your agricultural college
and brings the aid of that institution
and of the department of agriculture
10 the farmers. Through the farm bu.
reau organization you are able to make
the best use of these institutions to.
Scthcr with the knowledge of the best
farmers, gained through experience
} with all Of which the county agent
Nhbutl w lduliIluT.
The greatest problems of the farm.
or are production and distribution. BY
this do not mean that Il farmer must
increase his production but he must SC
d Systematize and plan his production
} that there will not be surplus OF
shortage of any one products He must
} then standardize his products so az
, l.. increase the demand, thereby facil.
ita'lns to II great measure the distrib
utitn of such products. Farm pro
QUITS. standardized as to quality, will
} always demand spcrmanency. Satur
ally. the demand is increased which
1 tends to raise the market value.
l The farm bureau cannot correct al
conditions IN an instant. One thing
should he accomplished at time
4 While the farm bureau has in its plar
the building up of and carrying on OF
all phases of agricultural development
= yet each particular part of that plar
; must be worked out by those most in
o. terested in it
i'The wool pool is splendid example
E. of what can he accomplished through
Il farm bureau organization However
. pooling of wool is only one phase o
l. the farm bureau program of work an,
should he developed by those inter
g Tested in wool production. The farm
bureau sees the need of pooling in OF
der that each producer of small quan
/. titles of wool may have the same ad
{ vantage in marketing as the man VIII
O produces large quantities and sells il
c ICarload lots. From this need spring
O the Wool Growers association, whic
C is organized for the specific purpos
G of pooling wool. while it yet is par
Of the farm bureau organization.
Yet i'm Infancy.
MANY other such organization
have their origins in the farm burea
and are ii part of the farm bureau pro
gram of work each having for its pun
pose the development of Il specific par
Of the program. such as cowtestinI
q livestock, grazing. potato growers, bee
growers and seed growers associa
l. tionS. etc.
l. THE farm bureau plan, based upo
= the Countrywide propram of work, M
e turally tries to keep Il balance in tn
II development of these aforesaid specis
o phases of the program. Individual
= within II community work upon thei
} community program developing eac
II part of ii and keeping balance. Tn
e communities then in turn. within tn
: county. work on Il countrywide pr,
Y gram, aiming to keep II balane
/ throughout the county of the develop
s ment of the different lines of agr
culture.
k THE farm bureau is yet in its il
= fancy and needs the support of ever
81 ~trmef, for there is undoubtedly
n great deal of good that can he derive
e from the developing of an organize
q program of work Such a probram wi
u etend not only throughout the count
b hnt fhroughnut the statn rs the far