Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-25
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FARM BUREAU
COUNTY AGENT LUDwICK HOLDS
MEETINGS FOR FARMERS IN
COUNTY THIS WEEK
REPORT FROM BONNER COUNTY
Says Bureau Has Saved $4,000 fop
Farmers of Bonner County

County Agent Ludwick, OF Bonner
county arrived here yesterday and in
company with Enoch Torpen, county
club leader of this county, Will meet
with the farmers in the various COM
munities this week to talk over plans
for the Inauguration of farm bureau
work in this county.
The community meetings are open
to all farmers in their respective dis
tricts and the dates for each district
are as follows
Porthill, Tuesday. November 25th at
100 p. m.
Copeland, Wednesday, November 2e.
at 1880 p. m.
Naples, Friday. November 2S at 1880
p. m, at the school house.
Cow Creek, Friday, November %,
at 500 p. m. at the school house.
Bonners Ferry, Saturday November
30 at 1880 p. m. at Kent's hall.
Curley Creek Sunday, November 30
at / 80 p. m. at the school house.
Moravia, Monday, December /, at
8 90 p. m. at the school house.
Mr.. Farmer, these meetings are for
you. Each and every one of you is
interested financially and otherwise
in what takes place at these meetings.
This is a time for clear thinking and
unprejudiced opinion. We want you
to first understand farm bureau work
and then to offer suggestions for con-
structive work. Can you trace the
development of agriculture in the last
few years and not realize the great
stimulus given by the farm bureau or
ganization? Do you fear that the ex-
pense (Which will amount to couple
picture shows or a days smoke) to
you is too great? Come out to these
meetings and let us get down to brass
'tacks and do something that will put
in motion the biggest agricultural
movement of today.
County Agent Ludwick gave the
Herald today the following interview
in which he summarizes the benefits
of farm bureau work in Bonner county
the past year: r
Farm bureau work puts more than
$4,000 into the pockets of the farmers
, of Bonner county as result OF the
first wears work. These figures do
not take into account the potential
value of the work in any OF the pro-
jects, and they were arrived at from
voluntary reports made by the farm
ers themselves regarding advantages
derived from cooperating in the farm
! bureau AS the records show that
there was something less than 1000
9 farmers in Bonner county this means
l approximately $4,000 for each person.
ain the report made by the Bonner
: county farm bureau this year it is
d shown that 104 farmers saved $11 600
by destroying squirrels on their farms
and that 40 farmers gained $1,000 by
J. cooperating marketing of their live
J. stock: that the farmers market,
g through which a total volume of bus
S mess of over $4,000 has passed since
e February l., has saved for them over
o S1700 that they saved 5000 by hand
y ling a half carload of powder coop
o eratively: that they shipped $8,00o.0
: worth of potatoes last spring by mar
keting them comparatively and ii is
very conservative to estimate that al
y least $4,000 worth of these potatoes
8 would have been total loss had it not
/ been for the members of the farm bur
eau organization in assisting these
/ men to secure market.
D. Adding these figures we have net
!. total of $20,500.
y "In connection with the farm bur
II eau work this year 1872 calls at the of
fee for agricultural information Of
a various kinds were handled by the
county agent; 986 letters with a tota
. circulation of 1900 were mailed ou'
u from the office; 100 meetings and de
monstrations on the different project.
'e were held in the various communitie.
% of the county with a total attendance
y of 221S farmers and an average OF L
at each meeting