The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-02-21
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WEEKLY NEWS NOTES
(By County Agent Glenn S. Hensley.)
Farm Bureau Has Record Annual
Meeting.

The growth and interest in the
Farm Bureau was we'll demonstrated
by the record-brcaking annual meet
ing held in the Court House last Sat
urday afternoon. More than sixty
representative farmers from all parts
of the county were present. These
were mainly committeeman who came
to represent their own communities.
1t was very noticeable that the high
est type Of farmers in the county
were the ones who were present and
most interested in the Farm Bureau
work. The County Agent gave a de-
tailed report of the years work. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Charles Schuttler, President.
C. B. Denman, Vice President.
l.. r. Johnson, Secretary.
M. P. Cayce, Treasurer.
w. E. Matkin, N. j. Meyer, W. j.
Martin, Maurice Highley, John Muel-
Ter and Will Counts were elected
members of the Executive Committee.
With this sort Of men at the. head OF
the Farm Bureau work, we may eX-
pect to see rapid development Of the
WORK during the next year.
The following resolutions were sub
mitted by Mr.. c. B. Denman and unan-
imously passed by the Farm Bureau.
The resolutions in substance are as
follows: That the st. Francois County
Farm Bureau express its recommend
alton to the United States Department
of Agriculture and to our Senators
and Representatives in Congress, that
all cereal grain prices remain under
Federal control during the reconstruc-
ton period and that speculation IN
grain futures be abolished for all
time. Mr., Denman stated that 1T is
generally known that the packers have
been buying corn from Argentine anc
shipping it to the United States so as
to hold the price of corn down and
thus force the price of pork and bee1
to be reduced while they are filling
their cold storage plants. AS soon as
they have done this they can then turn
loose of the corn market and as II
goes up, the price of pork and beei
will also go up, thus enabling them
to sell their cold storage meats at
high price when they have been pur'
chased at a much lower one. The
consumer gains nothing and the farm.
er will lose if the price of hogs and
cattle drops in the near future, for
all the meat products within the next
four or five months will have been
produced on high priced corn. :,
Mr.. j. X. Jones. District Agricul-
tural Agent, was present and gave a
very interesting talk on Farm Bureau
work in other couaties. Plans were
then launched for a weeks member
ship campaign. Thirty-three men
volunteered to solicit members for
the Farm Bureau. Membership 'but-
tons were issued to those joining the
. organization so that solicitors may be
able to recognize members, thus saw
ing time in carrying on their work
The Farm Bureau plans to give every
man in the county an opportunity to
become member providing that he is
interested in the work. Solicitors are
requested to not solicit memberships
from anyone who hesitates about
joining. 1t is the policy of the Farm
Bureau now to accept as members on
ly those who are interested in the
work. If you are interested, call uI
one of the solicitors in your commun
ity and he will take your member
ship.