The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-10-17
OPPOSE STATE SOCIETY
COUNTY FARM BUREAU
TALKS 1T OVER
Time is NOT NOW RIPE
Mankato District Session Took
Same View of This
Situation

Among the important matters TAX
en- up at the meeting of the Blue
Earth County Farm bureau yester-
day was the question of fair price
for corn picking during the coming
corn picking season. This matter
was discussed at some length and 1t
was the view of those present that
under the conditions existing this
fall, corn picking would be fairly
easy and rapid. The corn stands up
well and is we'll matured and is
on the whole a good crop where ever
it has not been drowned out. 1t was
thought that since eight cents was
considered a fair price last year un-
der war conditions, that this price
was high enough under present con-
ditions and the bureau therefore
recommends that eight cents per
bushel be considered as a fair price
for picking good standing corn.
State Organization Not Favored.
The board also considered the
matter of endorsing the plan/for
state Federation for Farm Bureaus
which has been proposed by some of
the counties. 1t was the opinion of
the board that this was not suitable
time to undertake the further re-
sponsibilities of state wide feder-
alton, although it was felt that there
were many good features that the
plan proposed, and that possibly this
bureau might take up this work with
the other counties a year OF two
later.
AS most of the farm bureau men,
berships expire March /, 1920, it was
decided to set aside a week during
the month of November when the
of these memberships and also as
many new memberships as possible.
District Meeting Held.
A district conference of county
agents and farm bureau officials was
held at the Y. NJ. G. A., building yes
terday Many important matters in
connection with this work were dis
cussed. One of the principle features
was a discussion of the proposed
plan for state and national fedora
tion to voice the sentiments of the
farming population Of the country in
a constructive way. 1t was the gen.
eral feeling among those present. that
the time for federation of this
kind is hardly ripe enough a yet
owing to the newness and lack 90
complete organization in the loca,
county bureaus. although it is rec
ognized that there are many ways
in which a federation OF this kind
will eventually be If great benefit
to the farre-s D tits country. Iowa
of OF
already have declarations of this
kind which have brought Improvement
in marketing and buying facilities
and many other things in addition to
affording machinery for expressing
the opinion of farmers on important
problems.
Demonstration Was Held.
One of the interesting features of
the conference was a demonstration
of community planning in which the
memt ers of the Blue Earth county
farm bureau board acted as a COM
munity committee for the illustra-
ton of the work as 1t will be hand
led in a local community. The work
Of the community was analysed and
remedies suggested and a complete
program. of work laid out. This
plan of community organization if to
be carried into all local communities
as rapidly as is practical by the
Farm Bureau and will mean immenge
benefit wherever a lo"al committee
q, takes hold &C the wo:k
Other sui 'ctT cop j Erred were
plan for MAIN re annual reports
and for the ,bHrship canpaign,
etc Ar~cng t'o-c present wore, ].
S.. Jones an X \. kirkpatrick OF
University fnrrr. c II. G Hazel,
Robert Her .. True, J. a.
Yeage-. M H c. HotaliIg. A. Nit
chell, o. X. Olson. Of Blue Erth
county. Silas illea Of Winnebago
and county agents from Cottonwood
Nicollet, Brown. Faribault, Waseca,
LIE Sueur, Martin and Blue Earth
counties.