Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20
Co. Farm Bureau
! Being Organized
A Farmers Exchange Bureau
Will Be Featured Amid
Fair Visitors

The farm bureau Is made up of a
representative membership of the
farmers of the county each paying.
an annual fee of one dollar. The
members of the farm bureau are
both men and women who are inter.
ested in agriculture and better home
and community life. The annual
fee of one dollar is not necessarily
to supply funds but to assure the
support of the people and to aid in
putting out such printed and mailing
matter as will he of interest to the
members. The members are not
wanted just in order to collect dol,
lar from them, but because it is de.
sired that permanent organization
of workers for community betterment
may be formed.
The executive body of the farm
bureau is a committee OF nine men,
bers composed of the president, vice
president, secretary, treasurer and
three to five other members elected
at the annual farm bureau meeting
for the period of one year. This body
should be made up of members from
all parts Of the county go t.at all
sections are represented. The duties
of this committee are: To make up
financial budgets; secure necessary
funds; authorize expenditure of the
bureaus money; determine the policy
of the local bureau; consider and
plan programs, demonstrations, meet
ings and projects recommended for
the county.
In other words it is committee Of
| representative farmers who aid in
carrying on the better farmer move
ment in the county. In order that
the organization may reach everybody
local community leadership is neces.
! sary and for this purpose the com
munity committee is formed. usually
in each township. The community
committee is appointed by the pres;.
dent of the farm bureau, the county
agent and other interested parties
such as officers of local farmer sc]ubi
and organizations of that kind. The
e duties Of the community committee
2 are chiefly to line up the work to be
carried on in that district, such al
: smut treatment, gopher eradica tion,
dairyins, beef cattle raising or ]oca
I meetings, short courses and demon
strations. The local committee shuulc
2 have on it men representing the diff.
ferent kinds of farming carried or
in the district.
In order to aid in putting on work
on county basis the chairman OF
the local committee are formed into
an advisory board known as the Ag-
ricultural Council. This body meets
when necessary to discuss problems
of interest to the county as whole
such as the farm bureaus part in
county fair exhibit, county road
improvement and things of that ma
ture. Another feature of the CO.
operative nature of the farm bureau
is the exchange list of articles for
sale or wanted such as live stock,
grain, machinery and everything else
that the bureau members have for
sale or wish t. buy.
Now you have the working plan of
the farm bureau Isn't it worth a
dollar to you to have chance to ad-
vertise your articles for sale or those
you want, and don't you want some
voice in the hetter farming work
to be carried on in your district? If
you do join the Cavalier County Farm
Bureau, which is to be organized at
the time of the Mid Winter Fair and
if you don't see where it will help
you now, join anyhow and you will
find ycu will not have thrown your
money away for the farm bureau
works for the individual as we'll as
the county and community.
Cavalier county and her farmers
can use such an organization if Grand
Forks, Morton, Cass and other coun.
: ties of this state have found a farm
bureau profitable investment. Bet
ter 60 with the crowd and be a
y hureau memher