The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-07
Resolution.

. Jun NoHiiilittcc Oh resolutions, be
to offer the following:
Resolution.
| That we, the members of the Bina
ham County Farm Bureau, are greal
} ly interested in the farm burea
work as evidenced by our lara
membership. That we take pleasur
IN commenting our county agent
our officers and our members VIII,
nave made it possible for us TO hav
the honor and distiction of being tn
largest farm bureau in the State O
| RESOLUTION.
That we wish to express our an
probation of the work accompIishe,
Dy M. .. Monroe, our county agent
It would be hard to estimate AT iii;
time the value of his work TO fl,
county. The value of his work viii
snow up to a greater advantage. Hi.
time during the past year was occu
pied chiefly in organizing the farm
bureau throughout the county am
ne is now in a position to carry or
the work of his office in a highly
deficient manner.
Resolution.
We further wish to EXPRESS oily
appreciation of the efforts and work
OF our president and executive board
who have been untiring in their eff
forts to further the work of the
farm bureau and in so doing thew
have been obliged to sacrifice their
personal interests to further the
cause OF the farm bureau movement
in Bingham county.
Resolution.
We further wish to express our
appreciation to our board of county
commissioners for their liberal sup
port OF the county agent and farm
bureau movement. We believe that
this work is of great benefit to the
agricultural and commercial inter
ests OF our county and is worthy of
the support of the whole county.
We think it not amiss at this time
TO express our pleasure and apprc
citation of the attitude of the business
men OF the County toward the farm
bureau. Their kindly interest, aid
and wise counsel at times have prov
EN- always ready and valuable TO lis
and we believe that by continuing to
work IN close harmony in this great
work the welfare of the agricultural
and business interests, interviewer
as they are in our great common
wealth will each be benefited and
enabled to work together for the
good of all.
The press of the county is entitled
to recognition and thanks for the
services rendered in our publicity
campaign for the information given
the public has, in large measure.
contributed to our splendid growth
and greatly increased the results Of
the work of the bureau.
Your committee recommends that
the. executive board give due thot
to increasing the number of gather
ings and thus encourage the ex-
change of ideas and the giving of in
formation at such meetings, and to |
arrange such meetings so that the
various departments of the bureau
will be brought to more fully serve
The people to be benefited by those
departments. =,
Your committee feels that our
plan OF organization should be car
RED out in the State organization
and the whole systematized in har-
nony with the government depart
nent OF agriculture to the end that
'ur organization may take up mat
ers either with the state organi-
'ation or with the government dc.
,artment of agriculture direct if de- !,
lred, believing that it will work to
advantage to have our bureaus able
o communicate directly with the
government department, and thus
pen broader scope of action. l.
Your committee believes that the
armers should largely finance the I
ureau and the county agent them L
elves, aside from the state and gov
rnment aid and there are several j
easons for this feeling, all of which 4
annot now be stated, but in part II
We suggest that we, as farmers, are L
citing the direct benefit of the work -,
nd il it is worth while it is worth
aging for. That if the farmers fin
nee the work themselves they will
e more interested and more indie
or, at least, not so depend
Mt. We believe there is a tendency LIP
mong our farmers to spoil them
elves by leaning too much on do
atoms and thus lose initiative. We t
eem to be at the point where we do S
OF start anything without going to j.,
,meone else for donation, while |
e should have pride and ambition
lough to pay for what we get. The
lreau has now about 400 members d
Id If the membership fee be rails t:
to $500 our bureau would be Il
more nearly with our own Il
oney and we will not only feel (,
1t will be more independent and no "
xpayer, whether farmer or not, g
IN object that he is being taxed TO )a
lucate the farmer. The work Of ii