The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-04-18
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY FARM BUREAU

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Permanent organization of the
Shiawassee County Farm bureau, was
effected at a meeting held Saturday
afternoon at the armory, attended by
about 1875 farmers. Officers were
elected and plans made for the years
work.
The officers chosen were:
President-George Vinegar, Nor
rice.
Vice President-Clayton Thomas,
Owosso.
Secretary-E. P. Sherman, Gale
donia.
Treasurer-M. D. Corey, Owosso.
The executive board will consist of
these officers and the following men:
Guy Braden, Burns; Oliver Mckay,
Venice; Mr.. Pierce, Garland and John
Carruthers, of Shiawassee.
The work of the organization was
discussed and it was the sense Of
the meeting that particular attention
should be paid to soils, dairying, live
stock breeding and feeding, drainage
and marketing with emphasis laid on
marketing.
The organization at present has
about 450 members, and memberships
are still coming in. No further cam
vassing for members will be done, but
it is expected that when the various
committees become evident, results of
the bureaus work in the the member
ship will increase rapidly. 1t is the
aim of the bureau to have 1000 men,
bers.
The executive committee of the Farm
Bureau met at one O'clock Wednesday
afternoon at the Farm Bureau Office in
the Miner building ald formulated a
program of work for the coming year
At the meeting each Of the several
important lines of farm work was given
a committeeman who will be RESPONSE
BILE for that line of work in the county
during the coming year. Several local
communities are already Organized with
the work for each particular community
distributed among the members Of the
loca. committee in the same way that
the county work Is distributed among
the county committeeman. An attempt
will be made in the near future to or
ganize other local communities in the
same way
This plan of organization automat-
ically creates county committee con-
sisting of the county leader for a certain
project and member from each local
committee heading the same line of
work in his community. Each of these
several county committees meet to-
gether to WORK out plans and direct the
policies of their project for a given
period 1t is this plan of organization
that is giving results throughout the
United Estates. because it brirgs the
| farmers of each county together to work
out their problems along definite, sys-
tematic lines
! 1t WAS decided at the meeting We'd
nesday to lay special stress on certain
lines OF work for the balance of the
year. These are, Organization, Mar
keting, Live Stock and Dairying. The
other lines of farm work will be given
due consideration, but the ones pre-
viousiy mentioned are demanding the
/ greater attention at the present time,
and accordingly will receive the major
portion of the attention OF the bureau.
The following represents the person
mel of the county committee with the
line of work which each will take up
during the coming year:
George Vinegar, Pres, Horticulture.
c. j. Thomas, Vice Pres Farm Man
agement.
E. P. Sherman, Sec Dairying.
M. d. Corey, Treas, Soils and Drain.
age.
John Carruthers. Marketing.
Oliver Mckay, Liye Stock.
Il. l.. Pearce, Crops
9. Nj. Urch. Organization.
Guy Braden Poultry.