The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-20
OVER MILLION IN
FARM ORGANIZATION
American Farm Bureau
Federation Makes
Rapid Growth
HAS 35 STATES :
AFFILIATED
President Howard Tells of Purposes Of
Organization = Plans Study of Cost
of Agricultural Production and Co
operation Among Farmers.

operation Among Farmers.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2O-J. r. Howard,
president of the American Farm Bureau
federation announces that the federation
has now over a million members and has
30 state organizations affiliated with it..
The national federation took permanent
form here last spring and established
headquarters in Chicago this past sum-
mer.
Sketching the character of this new
conner among the national farm organi-
cations, together with its program. Mr..
Howard, himself an Iowa farmer, said:
The federation Is an alliance of county
farm bureaus into state farm bureau fed
erations and this in turn became feder-
ated into a national organization as the
American Farm Bureau federation.
Its purpose is to work for the ecoaom-
ic, social and educate nal advancement OF
the farmers of the United States and for
the general welfare of the nation. 1t is
proposed to develop this work by means
of bureaus.
Our bureau of agricultural economies
and statistics has already been set up. 1t
VIII make study of costs of production
OF the principal agricultural products and
will direct and compile statistics in CO.
operation with the department of agricul-
ture, and the various state agencies. This
work viii give much better insight into
the supply and demand of agricultural
products, with the thought that this will
lead to more efficient marketing
Our bureau OF transportation is making
study OF necessary transportation facil-
tiles, both by land and by water. for the
marketing OF our farm crops. The pur-
pose OF this bureau is to get at the real
facts III the transportation problem and
govern its actions accordingly 1t pur-
poses to establish rate traffic files, which
have never yet been built up for agricul-
tural products.
The bureau of trades relations will
make study Of world supply and world
demand, as well as OF our national supply
and demand, This information, coupled
with the work Of the farm economics and
statistics bureau, will give us accurate
world wide knowledge upon which to
base our plans.
We are already undertaking impot-
tant investigation Of cooperation enter
prise in marketing. which looks toward
the establishment of a bureau OF coopera-
ton. This viii make study in this
country and abroad, with the thought
that special industries interested in form,
ing local or district cooperative organiza-
ton may rFrofftg by the exiierience,. of
other peonle in similar enterprises he
fore starting their undertaking.
The bureau OF education which we
have planned but which has not yet been
started will present facts relative to the
food supply and other necessities pro
dueed by agriculture to the daily papers
in order that there may be more gener-
NJ understanding of agricultural produc-
ton and a closer relationship between
producer and consumer This bureau will
be a service to agricultural papers, pre-
senting regional and national facts Of
particular interest to farm people and be
of service to our own affiliated farm or
CARNATIONS, state and county
Our bureau of legislation. which is al
ready in operation. is keeping a close rec
ord of bills introduced in congress and is
working for the introduction of legisla-