The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-28
THE FARM BUREAU

The Farm Bureau has received
many new members the past six
weeks. Every one of the new men,
beers is a farmer. The Farm Bureau
lis growing because of the work 1t Is
doing, and because of the better I'M
lderstanding people have of the needs
1 for county agricultural business or
ganization. i .r
So far this year there has been held
once a month meeting of the Farm
Bureau directors. There is director
from each township of the county. At
each monthly meeting the work of the
Farm Bureau is outlined and sugges-
lions given by the directors as to the
ways for meeting the problems which
concern the agricultural industry.
The movement for getting the hard
surfaced road law explained was a
suggestion offered at the March meet
ing. AS one Of the directors said, VI
the new hard surfaced road law will
threw an extra and burdenable cost
upon the taxpayers at this time the
people of the county should know what
the; cost will he. If the cost comes.
from funds. other than taxation, the
source of these funds should be ex-
planned" aai9
All the directors agreed that the law,
should be explained in detail. If prop
|erly explained every voter of the ,coun
ty will know to his own satisfaction.
the merits or faults of the road law
and may vote accordingly.
II the law is properly explained in
every township as a committee from
all organizat tons of the county sug-
,gestad no; voter has an excuse for yot-,
ing from prejudice or persuasion.
. The Farm Bureau o-onerates, with,
other organizations, The pure bred
livestock breeders association. organ,
lied this Il spring, lis IA operative
agency OF 'tlie farm bureau. E Through
the. latter organization the first was
The breeders wanted the
and the Farm Bureau
brought them together. i. The names
ofsthe breeders OF each township were
sent to the Farm Bureau Office by the
director: from that township. Then
by means of newspaper publicity, and
letters all the breeders could be mott
fled Of. the organization meeting. The
Crawford County Pure Bred Livestock
Breed ers' association is already OBJ
tanning results which proves the or
ganizati0n worth while. 4,;4 !; ,n y
The Farm Bureau is working to-:
improve the present marketing sYss
tens of farm products. Some of the
marketing faults which may be im7.
proved by cooperation are wide fuctu-
alton OF prices at terminal mark ets,I
lackof proper information to the pro-
Queer as to the market demands, lack
OF proper farmer representatives at.
terminal markets, lack Of proper orr
ganization at home whereby small pro-
dHcers, and transportation problems.
Reducing the cost of marketing will
help to increase the margin between
cost of production and selling price,
With the lowering of the selling;
price, which is bound to come, farm
products mayscontinue to be3marketed
at aprofit, since the decreased cost5
OF marketins will offset to some, ex-
tent the lowered prices. r MI:
The Farm Bureau free exchange is
a bunch of the marketing reform
Last week II buyer was
found for an aged registered. Short
horn bull through this exchange The
seller had exactly what the purchaser
wanted BY listing the bull in the free
exchange and sending to the Farm Blu
reau Office a detailed description and
pedigree of the bull, the seller found
a buyer.
The exchange has more calls for
farm stock and equipment than what
is listed in the exchange. Farmers
who have something to sell are pass
ing UP opportunities by not using the
free exchange.