Middletown transcript., 1919-11-29
TIE FARM BUREAU
Anlhal Meeting to be Held in VIII
mington Tuesday

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AnIpal Meeting to be Held in vii
nington Tuesday
MAKE DRIVE FOR MEMBERSHIP
Th4 second years work Of. the New
Castle County Farm Bureau will termi-
nate with, the annusl meeting to be
held ID the Hotel Nobis. 8o2 Market
Street, Wilmington, beginning at 10
O'Clock, Tuesday, December 2, at which
time tho leaders confidently expect to
report i at the organization has attain
ed me- hbership of 800.
The farm bureau serves as q clearing
house of (ell agricultural organizations
Of the col Aty. 1t is the farmers own
organizat sand it works along lines
directed III the committees of the vari-
GUS conme mites. The general policies
are directkd by the Executive Com
mittee.
The Executive Committee for 1919
follows: President. Frank Yearsley.
Marshal.td(; Vice-President, C.. B.
Dickey, St{hton: Secretary, Mrs. M. E
Dickey, S4snton; Treasurer, George
Medill, Newark; Chairman. Labor and
Farm RecoA h Books, W. T. Boyce.
Stanton; Ch| |airInan, Roys' and Girls
Clubs. H. T.. Dilworth, Centreville;
Chairman, S}ils and Crops. William
Naudain, Nal 1shallton; Chairman, Dairy
and Live Sto2 X, J. S. oore. iddle-
town; Chairman, Horticulture, ". G.
Money. Townsend.
ACHIEVEMENTS
The Diamond State and Middletown
Cow Testing associations have been
organized through which records are
kept en- ovE=OO cows. The U. S.
Dairy Deparl%nt, in cooperation with
the COW testi associations, is conduct
ing a project c ering the cost of pro-
ducing milk II records include every
item however minute which enters into
the industry. The data obtained
through the project will be potent and
reliable mater ial in disillusioning the
urban people tnat the farmers are re.
ceiving excessive profits from their
herds. Through p special drive 250
farmers have affilidt ted themselves with
the Interstate Milk Producers Associa-
ton.
Ten local branche& have been estab-
lished. The purpose Of this Association
is to enable our farmers to produce
milk at q reasonable, profit A pure
bred bull calf sale held at Middletown
where q pure-bred bull calves were sold
to replace grade and a{rub bulls. is the
first achievement of be project. the
slogan Of which is IA p,re-bred bull on
every farm This Win be u major
project for 1919. H. ~aLoperation with
local banks the Ifa4 bureau has i'm
ported into the cQ'SMland distributed
at cost l25 head re-bred female
dairy cattle. So i'd l-as possible, these
cows have been placed ne on farm
and have been demonstr ions of what
may be expected of e pub 7bred animal.
Pursuant to this project, sany farmers
have bought pure-bred ctttle on their
own initiative. To stimulate the eardi.
cation Of tuberculosis among dairy
cattle, an appropriation Of $500 has
been obtained with which an expert
government veterinarian has been
placed in the state in charge of this
work. This work is optio4al with the
farmer, but the veterinarian 10 available
to render competent service to those
farmers who wish to have}their herds
tested. Although he has been in the
state only little over month, yet he
has tested q dozen herds and as many
more are on the waiting list
BOYS AND GIRLS d uB
Over 7O0 boys and girls i the county
are enrolled in the club work. Appli.
cations for many additional clubs are on
file which will be organized as soon as
more help can be secured on the farm
bureau staff. There are now 40 mem-
bers in the Boys and Girls Pure Bred
Cattle Club. The calves have develop
ed into beifers coming into milk. At
the annual shows held last August the
Judge stated that an improvement of
100 per cent. mad been made in them
over that Of year ago. One girl was
recently offered $500 for her heifer for
which she psid Sl1O when z months old.
Pig, corn, garden, cooking, and sewing
clubs are being asked for faster than
the farm bureau with its present staff
can organize them.
FARM RECORD BOOKS AND FARM LOAN
ASSOCIATION
During the year over 200 farm rec
ords have been put out to farmers free
of cost. This year the State Bankers
Association is cooperating with the
farm bureau on this project. Orders
for 1900 record books have been re-
ceive1 at the farm bureau Office from
local banks. The bankers will distrib-
ute them and assist farmers in starting
inventories and opening accounts. The
New Castle County Farm Loan Asso.
citation in now intact having ~ ;ta IN.