The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-12-10
The Lawrence County
Farm Bureau News.

The Lawrence County Farm Bureau
met at its office in regular meeting
Saturday, December 4. Plans were
discussed for increasing our member
ship for 1921. A buying COMMITTEES,
was appointed and an order was plac-
ID by several farmers for several tons
Of feed and cotton seed at saving of
S5 cents per bag or S17 per ton. And
)ther members who want to buy feeds
ire urged to place their order at once
With the Bureau or thru your County
Agent
Let the man who haggles over Civ
ng up his membership dues in the
Farm Bureau ponder for 4 moment
what Farm Bureau members have
:aved in the last few months. Kenton
county Farm Bureau not the largest
the State by any means reports
saving of $1500Q0 on an order of feeds
recently placed, and the same action
,aused the price of feed TO go down
among dealers. Carroll county re-
oorts business of S13,69900 with a
saving to its members of SO, 259,00. Ma
son county reports business of $40,-
10000 with saving of $4500.00 to its
members and this with but twenty -one
hundred dollars in dues paid in. They
purchased over 800 tons of fertilizer,
$4,000 worth of clover seed, $4,000 worth
Of hay and many other items. Allen
county bureau just months old did
business of over S6500 with saving
TO its members of over $4,000. They
nave bought $4,000 brick house deed
d to the Farm Bureau. Numerous
other items could be cited but these.
5hould show the Farm Bureau is func-
iioning.
The question comes up now and then
what is the matter with our Bureau,
Why we can't do the same things. We
an, only the biggest trouble we have.
is our small membership, too many of
our farmers are waiting to see what it
will do. 1t can't do, unless farmers
make it do, and it will do Just what
they make it do. 1t is your bureau
Why not use it. Your horse will not
blow only when you make him plow
so it is with the bureau. How can you
expect it to do great things unless it
,as the backing of majority OF the
good farmers of the county. Our mem
oership should be 500 instead of 104
then we could employ a business agent
10 cooperate with tne county agent.
md transact our business.
One million farm bureau members i'm
particular some six million farmers,
in general will have their eyes focused,
on indianapolis next week, And many
of the remaining ninety odd million
Americans will turn their eyes the,
same way. For in that town the Amer
ican Farm Bureau will assemble for
It's second annual meeting, the larg-
est, newest and most potential of all
farm organizations ever set in motion
in our land. Today it is known from
one end of the country to the other.
Its officers are put on the front page
of big daily newspapers when they
come to town. We are beginning to
make ourselves heard as national
voice in farm affairs for the first time
in our, history. In the State the farm
bureau Is only months old and now
numbers IL 900 members, 81 counties
are organized and our national secre-
tary Coverdale reports 43 states as
members'o 'of the American Federation.
The Farm Bureau is approved by the
u. S. Department of Agriculture and
the County Agents work -operative-
" with them. G. C. BAKER, County
Agent. I