Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-12
FARM BUREAU PLANS
STATE FEDERATION COMMITTED
TO DEFINITE POLICY.
Feur Distinct Limos Of Endeavor TO Be
Followed - Include Organization,
Marketing and Transportation, Edu.
cation and LesisIation--co-o pe ratien
, Already Hss Shown Ito Value,
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines. Dec. 1.-THE Iowa
committed to a definite program, Sec
rotary John Coverdale told the state
agricultural convention here this week
In an address explaining the purposes
and plans Of this rapidly growing or
ganization.
Four distinct lines Of Cndeavor make
up the program. l. Organization. 2.
Marketing and transportation. 3. Ed
ucation. 4. Legislation.
The Organization Is now being
pushed in every county in the state and
| the prospects are that the STATE fed
GRAFTON viii have total OF 10000
members by Dec. 20. This will be an
average of about 1900 to the county.
. The membership drive, which closes
Dec. 20, will be followed by another
drive In January. where the OrSan!Za-
ton will be perfected by townships.
Township meetings Will be held ana
the purposes of the bureau explained
and the members instructed on how
the bureau can be of use TO them.
The marketing and transportation OF
produce to market has always been
one of the vital problems of the agri-
cultural Industry. Secretary Coyerdalt
explained, and the farm bureaus can
help materially IN finding good mar
kets for products and in helping to get
produce on the market, he declared.
How Cooperation Won.
He pointed out that this feature
more than once came into good play
since the bureaus were first organized
In 1917, when drouth prevailed in
southwestern Iowa, coming on in Aug
ust and killing the corn crop, there
was such a general shipping out OF
stock from that region that there was
danger of selling off all seed stock
there, he said. Thru the bureaus feed
was shipped down from north eastern
Iowa, where 1t was plentiful, and the
situation relieved. He cited the seed
corn situation when the early freeze
in the fall of 1915 threatened a most
serious situation at planting time IN
1917. Thru the corporation OF the
farm bureaus, he said, sufficient Iowa
corn was secured for all sections Of the
state to furnish GOOD seed. Otherwise
seed might have been shipped in mere
from southern states and planted with
the result that the corn crop would
have failed, as this southern seed Will
not mature in an Iowa climate.
Another instance Of valuable coop
Grafton was cited by Secretary Cover
dale when the farm bureaus were able
to help out on the farm help problems
during the war, particularly in August
1915, when ,00O Iowa boys were
called 20 the colors.
In the matter Of education the hu-
reau favors particularly farm bust
ness education emphasizing business
matters in connection with farming.
along with some general agricultural
training He declares there should be
short courses n business agriculture.
Community development. for which
the bureau stands, requires a practical
standard Of education, nc declared.
az, 10 legislation, he pointed out that
legislation is not politics as the ou-
reau understands it, but the organ
izatlon is in favor Of the sort Of leg
islation that means community deVel-
opr1ent.
Ee declared that the farm bureaus
are not affiliated with any commercial.
labor or industrial orga nization, but
stand for a cooperative attitude
toward all movements promoting the
welfare OF American institutions.