The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30
STATE COLLEGE CONFERENCE
Sarah Petit of the states relations
service, Washington.

Sarah Petit of the states relations
service, Washington.
In the afternoon session, Charles
L. Eckerle of Minneapolis, general or
ganizer of Farmer Cooperative Organ
ization Work, in his address on farm
er's cooperation dwelt especially on
the spirit of cooperation. Co-opera-
ton is one Of the biggest problems
with which we have to deal with to-
day. SeIfshness was first mentioned
as standing in the way of co-opera-
ton. For example the wealthy man
who has means TO carry on his W
business direct with the big markets
and does not want to bother to co
operate and thus help the mar VINO
does business on a smaller scale. But
be sure to get the arbitrary man and
nut him to work with the other SO per
cent of the farmers in the commu-
nifty, this will nsu the success OF
the organization.
Before you organize, remember that
you must comply with certain funda-
mental principles: Get principles That
are right: get sufficient finances with
out borrowing; get every man in your
territory, and in securing men, make
shares 800 and no less.
L. C.. Bird, county agent Of Doug
las county, led a discussion concern
ing cooperative movements, giving
his experience with such organization.
He said the two ways a county agent
could assist was help in organizing
and then maintain and bolster up or
ganization. Mr.. BIRD called on other
county agents who have bad expert
ence along this work. H.. b. Wilson Of
Moody county spoke briefly on ship
ping wool. A. j. Dexter of Clark
county gave his experience in market
ing potatoes. w. H. Kumlien OF Law
renee county also spoke on cooper
alive marketing.
South Dakota during the last year,
borrowed nearly ten and a half mil
lion dollars for use in loan!ng upon
the lands Of the state. This money
. was loaned to farmers on 30 years
time at 5R per cent, said A. w.
Ewert, treasurer of the rural credit
board. The South Dakota Rural Cred
1t law Is simple. The state, by a di
rect pledge Of It's credit, borrows
money and loans II at the lowest rates
possible upon the security of farm
lands practically at cost. Mr.. Ewert
also outlined the process of obtain
ing a loan.
Donald McLain, ex-senator of Day
county, was asked to say a few words.
He was one of the ardent boosters for
the rural credits law. Mr.. McLain is
heartily in sympathy with agricul-
tural extension work.
Wednesday, January 20
From eight to ten the personal con-
f~erences were continued. From ten
to twelve special sectional conferences
were held and a conference of farm
bureau delegates. In the county agent
conference, Murl Mcdonald, assistant
county agent leader of Iowa, discussed
the state bureau exchange system;
M. A. McKerrow, the marketing prob
lens for farm bureaus. The market
ing discussions were lead by A. b.
Tyler OF Hughes county and w. w.
Underwood of B~rookings. In the gen
eral afternoon session. w. A. McKer-
row, state leader of livestock, Univer-
sity Of Minnesota, showed how more
and better livestock may be produced
by building up purebred herds and
marketing the surplus animals. DR..
j. r. Dinwoodie of the State College
extension division, discussed proposed
regulations for accredited herds of
cattle, saying that an accredited tuber-
which has been tuberculin tested by
the subcutaneous method, or any other
test approved by the Bureau Of Ami
NAL Industry, under the supervision
of the Bureau of Animal Industry, or
a regularly employed veterinary in
spector of the state in which cooper.
alive tuberculosis eradication work is
being conducted. Further, 1t shall be
a nerd in which no animal affected
with tuberculosis has been found up
on two annual or three semi-annuaI
tuberculin tests, as above described
and by physical examination.
Other discussions of this session
were as follows: Dick Lewallen
county agent OF Kingsbury county
livestock breeders associations; M
wilkins, extension division, sheep pro
duction: c. H. Blakely. emergenc,
demonstration agentiof Mellette coun
ty, livestock branding associations
Chas. e. Eckerle of Minneapolis, farm
er cooperation, with discussions leC
by r. E. Smith, emergency demonstra
tion agent of Brown county. and o
p. Drake. county agent Of Beadl'
county.
A feature of the afternoon sessions