Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
TO start men.
B ! | ! I | ! drive !
The Hamilton County Farm
Bureau Will Soon Start y
A Membership
Campaign.
WHAT BUREAU DOES
Some Reasons Why Every
Farmer in County Should
Be Member.

The canvass, which has been under
taken upon several previous occasions,
but delayed owing to bad roads and
crowding farm work, will give every
farmer in the county an opportunity to
become. through personal solicitation,
a member Of the farm bureau.
The strength ana possibilities of the
farm organization is set forth in the
following article, concerning bureau
activities:
j. w. Coverdale, who for the past
seven years has been state county
agent leader, has resigned his position
to become secretary of the Iowa Farm
Bureau federation representing 10000
organized farmers. The Iowa Farm
Bureau federation was organized at
MarshalltOwn, December u. when
representatives from seventy counties
met, electing J.. Il. Howard, of Mar
shall county, president. The purpose
of the organization is to. bring the
farmer members of the various county
Farm Bureaus closer together for
promoting farming interests.
Name Committees.
AT tile first committee meeting
held IN Dcs Moines January IA, the
following committees were appoint
ed: organization, education, markets,
and Transportation, and legislation.
Each of the committees consisted of
three farmers representing the state.
All have had several meetings and re
suits of their action or recommends
tions are already noticed.
Interviewed Congress.
President J. Il. Howard was dele
gated to go to Washington, ID. c.,
February IL and - to interview
congress and the department of ag-
riculturc in a preliminary meeting at
Ithaca, New York, for the purpose Of
I starting national federation of Farm
Bureaus. The markets and transpor-
tation committees were delegated to
meet with the Corn Belt Producers
association at Des Moines February
!, % aud 90, which they did, and also
gave evidence at the hearing on live
stock shippers problems. Action was
taken asking congress to repeal the
daylight saving law, and copies OF the
request sent to Washington and later
carried personally to congress by Presi-
dent j. r. Howard. An amendment TO
the law was introduced but did not
get through on account of adjournment
on March 4.
President Howard also, while at
Washington. spent some time with the
department OF agriculture aud present
ed the Iowa conditions to them i'll a
favorable way. He had hearings with
the different divisions and there is
now under way change in the sys-
TEN of crop reporting so as to make
statistics available to the producer ut
the same time as the Spectator. Presi-
dent Howard, at the meeting of the
State Federation of Farm Bureaus at
Ithaca, New York, took active part
in the program, and definite steps
was taken to perfect a national feder-
alton of Farm Bureaus atSChicago
November II and 13, 1919. A com
mittee of five was appointed to draw
up constitution and bylaws and to
make arrangements for representation
from every state to this meeting.
Helped Fix Hog Prices.
Chairman c. w. HINT of the mar
kets and transportation committee sat
ON the advisory council to the food adj
ministration the latter part OF Jan
uary when the price Of hogs for Feb
r,lary was fixed at $17.5O per hundred.
The markets committee recommended
at their meeting of January Is That
congress vote funds to take over the
1919 wheat crop at its promised price,
and take the loss direct if there be
any, instead of reimbursiig the grow
or. March President Wilson Signed
the bill, to this effect.
The executive committee OF this
state farmers organization meet each
month and take up recommendations
made by the ninety-nine county bu-
reaus. About one-third of the states
i'm the union have state declarations
and national Farm Bureau fedora
ton will likely be formed in n short
time
This comparatively new farmers
association seems TO have great posi-
biIities organized as it is, receiving
support from national. state and coun-
ty governments Every farming COM
munity in this county should be orga-
nized and in position to demand repre-
sentatiOn Of their local interest. Some
townships are getting but little benefit
from the county Farm Bureau because
they have but few members and few
that take an interest in making the bu