The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-03
BUREAU MEMBER
ship INCREASING
Farmers Urged to Be-
come Members of
Bureau in Idaho
PROFIT FOR THEM

BOISE, Idaho.-Farm bureau
membership of Idaho has increased
to about 1000 already in 1918 from
the 10000 membership of last year,
says R. H. Musser, assistant county
agent leader, in a statement urging
every farmer to be interested in the
advancement of his farm bureau,
(which means better livestock, bek-
ter farm crops, incidentally better
marketing and improved living con.
ditions."
Farm bureau organization" says
Mr.. Musser, means unity and or
ganized effort for the development
of agriculture and in turn will bring
organized as we'll as individual pro-
fitable returns.
,"If organized effort thru the farm
bureau organization within the COM
nunities of the county will return
to the county saving of 100000
in farm crops, by the determination
of rodent pests, it benefits every per-
son within the county, whether or
not he has been member of the
farm bureau and had part in it.
Does not then every person within
the county become a part of the farm
bureau either directly or indirectly?
Then is it not necessary for every
person within the county to become
an active member of the farm
bureau, which enables each individ-
ual as well as the county to secure
greater returns?
hn q n k.
ing two blades of grass grow where
one grew BEFORE but making each
blade of grass worth twice as much
as before, thereby increasing its
value twice and reducing its cost of
production one-half. Thus with the
same effort the net profit must be
increased to at least double.
1.-The county agent is not spirit
going among the farmers and telling
them how to do things, but an or
binary human being trying to help
solve the farm problems in an or
ganized way.
"Your county agent is direct
representative Of your agricultural
college and brings the aid of that in
stitution and of the department of
agriculture to the farmers. Thru
the farm bureau organization you
are able to make the best use of
these institutions together with the
knowledge of the best farmers,
gained thru experience, with all Of
which the county agent should be
familiar.
"The greatest problems Of the
farmer are production and distribu-
ton. By this I do not mean that
farmer must increase his production
but he must so systematise and plan
his production that there will not
be surplus or shortage of any one
product. He must then standardizs
his products so as to increase the de-
mand, thereby facilitating to great
measure the distribution of such pro-
ducts. Farm products, standard
lied as to quality, will always de-
mand permanency. Naturally, the
demand is increased, which tends to
raise the market value.
1.-THE farm bureau cannot correct
all conditions in an instant. One
thing should be accomplished at a
time. While the farm bureau has in
it's plan the building up of and carry
ing on of all phases Of agricultural
development, yet each particular part
Of that plan must be worked out by
those most interested in it.
'The wool pool is splendid ex-
ample Of what can be accomplished
thru a farm bureau organization.
However, pooling of wool is only
one phase Of the farm bureau pro-
gram Of work and should be de-
veloped by those interested in wool
production. The farm bureau sees
the need of pooling in order that
each producer Of small quantities Of
wool may have the same advantage