The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-11-26
DRIVE NETS
1851 MEMBERS
Membership of the Crawford County
Farm Bureau Climbing Every Day
The Drive is Still On
BANNER COUNTY OF THE STATE
Between $4,000 and $1,000 Subscribed
for Iowa State Federation-HOw
the Money is Used

Crawford county is we'll over the
thousand mark in point of membership
to the Crawford County Farm Bureau,
as a result of the drive made last week.
This must be encouraging news to
those who made the drive, because the
roads the past week have been almost
impossible. Down in Washington the
solicitors broke down two autoes and
were compelled to finish the drive with
teams. And on top Of this splendid
membership comes the news that old
Crawford will top the entire state in
amount Of money raised for the Iowa
State federation. The amount raised
thus far is between $4,000 and $4,000.
This amount of money will be used by
the state federation in protecting the
interests Of the farm bureau and it's
members, maintaining the state fedora
ton and will help to put on farm bu-
reau campaigns. The officers of the
state federation are bonded for much
more than the amount of money they
will handle and therefore the money Is
absolutely safe and every penny will be
strictly accounted for. Crawford comes
across so literally because she is strict
ly a beef, pork and corn county, and has
the money. There may be larger coun-
ties in the state, but none more liberal.
The solicitors who were sent into
Crawford county to solicit membership
We're for the most part from the east
ern part of the state, where the country
is more level and they were very much
surprised to find the corn and grain
crops produced in this county. In dr1v-
ing up to mans farm and seeing the
big loads of corn coming in from the
fields these gentlemen were amazed.
They were also pleased at the reception
accorded them in all parts of the county
and they had no trouble at all in get
ting memberships. Ninety-five out of
every hundred men visited signed up
for membership and subscribed to the
state federation.
Stockholm township is the high town
ship in point of membership with 81
members; Iowa township is next with
95, and Hayes township is the highest
from point of membership among the
farmers of that township visited There
are still a few townships to visit, and
as the roads get better more solicitors
will come to the county and finish the
drive.
The county farm bureau has proved
to thousands of farmers in the state
that it pays to organize and work to-
gether not only when it comes to mar
keting their products, but also along
lines of economical production as in the
control of insect pests and plant and
crops grow and what acreage to seed,
and introducing better methods Of
farming in the way of crop rotation,
variety testing, fertilizing the SOIL etc.
The officers and older members of the
Crawford County Farm Bureau are
justly proud of the membership gained
and also of the amount of money sub
scrbed to the state federation. The
county agent, John Quist, is also to be
congratulated, because he put in lots
Of time and labor on the drive. In an
other part of the paper will be found
a number of articles pertaining to the
bureau.