Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
THE FARM BUREAU IN ACTON

The Farm Bureau helps the farm
er to help himself. il works thru
the county executive committee
Each county committee nan Is il
charge Of some certain line OF work.
These county committee men vor'.
thru local committees in each OF the
twenty-five or thirty eomlnnities
thruout the county. To illustrate:
One Of the lines OF work adopted at
the annual meeting was livestock
shipping. Mr.. Bursell OF Central
Point has charge OF the county work.
Every community appoints some one
interested in livestock TO cooperate
with Mr.. Bursell. From reports that
come in from all over the county Mr..
Bursell knows when car lots can be
assembled. Now watch the plan in
actual operation.
Some half dozen farmers in the
Ashland district, who have gotten
word to Mr.. Bursell that they had
hogs ready to ship, were told to have
their hogs at the Swift Packing Co. s
scales at 200 on a certain day. Mr..
Bursell was there with two big
trucks. Ten thousand pounds OF
hogs we're quickly weighed and load
ed into the trucks and taken to Med
ford. The farmers were paid near
ly s1500.O0. They received from
two TO three cents more per pound
than the local dealers have been able
to pay in years past. The hogs went
into a car which was filled out by
farmers around Medford. Forty cars
were shipped last year-a saving of
over $4,000 to the farmers.
Because of this movement the
farmers are planning to raise more
hogs. There is much free range
for hogs in the upper end of the val
ley that can be turned to good ac-
count now that an outlet can be seen
for the hogs.
During the next few weeks every
farmer in Jackson county will be
asked to join the Farm Bureau. The
farmers of the Ashland district will
ask themselves. viii It be worth a
dollar to me to belong? Let US see
what the Farm Bureau idea has done
in the past. Two years ago an active
campaign was launched against the
digger squirrel. There was only praise
for the results from every side. Ev-
eryone, from the man with a half
acre garden or few acres OF fruit
to the larger ranchers, were benefited
far more than one dollar. An active
campaign will be carried forward
this season under the direction OF F.
C. Homes, and the digger squirrel
will be fought generally thruout the
county. Don't be Stacker. Get out
your poison barley or Mr.. Homes will
Get you"
For years back the farmers OF the
Ashland district we're obliged to sell
their hogs for from three to five
cents below the Portland market
This season will see four or five cal
loads shipped from this locality. Be,
cause Of the activities Of the County
Farmers Organization the rancheri
are receiving within two and one
half cents OF Portland prices. Thii
has made local prices better, SO II s
farmer has sold but one hog the or.
ganizatlon has been worth one dol
lar to him.
Jackson county shipped fifty car
loads Of hogs last season where but
four or five car loads were shipped
five years ago. The Bureau helps
the grain farmer by giving him O
market for his grain. Next season
the Bureau has plans for handling
the shipping at a still greater saving
to the farmers.
Each membership entities the hold
er to the official paper, The Farm
Bureau News" and the privilege Of
free advertising. One farmer said.
Its great. One ad sold one thous.