The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
News Of Farm Bureau
FEBRU
ANfES SHORT COURSE.
AIRY Ola, 1920

AMES SHORT COURSE. FEBRU'
AIRY Ola, 1920
A circular is Just Oft the press telling
of the subjects that will be offered at
the Ames short course next February,
The weeks school for the farmers this
year, is particularly adapted to the
farming conditions Of today. The col
lege authorities in planning their short
course program have gone outside the
regular faculty for some of their speak
ers and instructors for the week.
Some Of the feature lectures will be
that of Grain Standardization by Mr..
e. II. Morris of the U. S. Office OF
Grain Standardization. g a lity
Goods" applies to the selling of corn
and wheat the same as 1t does to a
plain how the different grades of grain
are determined and why farmers can,
not afford to be careless with their
harvesting and sorting of small grain
and corn.
The results of the cattle and hog
feeding experiments carried out by the
college will be carefully studied. Prof,
essor Evvard has proven that pork and
beef cannot be produced for nothing.
His experiments are of dollars and
cents value to every corn belt farmer.
Every farmer who owns an auto or
tractor would reduce his repair bills
for 1920 enough to pay his entire ex-
penses for the short course, if he
would take the weeks course in auto
mobile and tractor operation and care.
Other valuable courses for the week
are Dairying, Farm Crops and Soils,
Horticulture and Forestry, Home Ec-
onomics, Bee Keeping, Farm Manage
ment and Marketing and Farm En-.
gineering. The state corn and small
grain show will also be held during the
short course week. Valuable prem.
fums are being offered.
The Ames short course is attended
by hundreds of farmers every year. 1t
is a part of the Iowa state Agricult-
ural college. Crawford county people
ford county people should get their
share of the benefits from it.
Two hundred Crawford county farm
ers can bring home our share of the
benefits of the Ames short course IL
they will but attend the short course
next February. There is no cost other
than the travelling, and living expen-
ses. To properly advertise Crawford
county, several farm bureau members
suggest that the Crawford county del
egation go down in a body, get rooms
in the same locality and boost for the
county at every meeting. The sug-
gestiOn is a good one. Begin now to
make plans to go. AS soon as you
decide to co. notify the county agent,
SO that he will know how many rooms
to order. If
FARM BUREAU WORK FOR 1919
In order to familarize our many new
members with the work of the Farm
Bureau. the board of directors have
suggested that the annual report be
printed on our Farm Bureau page.
The Farm Bureau to be Of most value
to each individual farmer or to all the
farmers Of this county, must be
Thoroughly understood by all. Every
farmer of Crawford county, whether
he is "a farm bureau member or not,
is urged to read of our; work, of 1919.
The work OF the past .is the foundation
for our work Of the future. u Like the
building of great structure, the
foundation Is the firse and most i'm.
portant. Our organization with over
eleven hundred members is now our
foundation is the first and most i'm
dividual responsibility in the support
Of this great, agriculture structure.
Read the following report. ut des.
cribes the work of the farm bureau.
9q Our 1919 Record. 25ii 3a
In reviewing the work of the farm
bureau for the fiscal year ending Dec.
/, 1919, 1t has been found that it's
activities conferred mostly on service
to- communities rather than to indivi.
duals, and that the character of the
service given was of educational rather
than of commercial nature. Like wise
the work of the county agent for 1913
has been that of service for groups
and organizations rather than for in.
dividuals.
The first years work of the organ.
ization was that of production. Con.
ditions during 1918 affected the farming
system Of every farm. Every farmer
had problems which he as an individual
could solve, but which were problems
that could be solved by group or com
munity efforts. At the signing of the
Armistice, the work of the farm bureau
no longer was that of production but
that Of readjustment and reconstruc
ton.
In planning the farm bureau program
of work for 1919, these questions were
kept in mind.
J.. What work can the farm bureau
do that will reach most people?
2. What are the greatest problems
that the Crawford county farmers
will face in 1919?
3. How much time should be given
to the educational projects. and how
much time to community welfare
work? Er
atoms situfxeekcetaoi
The farm bureau directors in adopt,
ing the projects and work suggested
that farm bureau work for 1919 be of
"a general nature as much as possible.
Their reason being that many farmers
of the county believed that the farm
bureau was a war emergency propo.
sition. To make the work flexible
during 1919, would get the farmers to
understand the farm bureau as a
farmers organization to promote bet.
ter agriculture and better farm homes.
In making report for 1919 the pro.
iects will be discussed in brief under
their separate headings.
The 1919 Red Cross Membership Drive.
Due to the influenza epidemic during
November and December of 1918 and
the first two months Of 1919. it was
impossible to carry out projects as
originally planned. Bans were placed
on public meetings in most places.
Where meetings would be held it
would be unwise to do so. because the
people would not gather in public pla.
ceS.
Because of illness among, the execu.
tive committee of the county Red
Cross chapter, the prospects for the
1919 membership drive were not very