The Holly chieftain., 1920-07-15
10000 MEMBERS
FOR farm BUREAU.
Is Aim Of Maastenest IL
State Of Colo,ad0.
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II Colorado is to take It's
proper place In agriculture In the
nation. and II It Is to measure up
with it's sister states in the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation, it
must have at least 10000 members
In Its State Farm Bureau.
After making brief survey and
receiving the opinion Of men In III
parts Of the state who are inter.
ested In farm bureau work, mem
bers of the executive committee 0i
the state farm bureau have inau-
g,lrated state wide membership
campaign. This Is necessary be-
cause greater interest and support
OF the county. state and national
programs OF work must be received
II the best results are to be OBJ
tained Financial Us we'll as.
moral support is necessary 70 get
results on the work undertaken.
Colorsdo has not yet had . state-
wide farm bureau membership
campaign, and for that reason its
membership compares very unfav0r-
ably with that Of other states In
this section of the west. When
Representatives of the various states
farm bureaus met In Chicago during
March OF this year, for the purpose
OF perfecting q permanent national
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ship was about LOO. At the same
time Nevada went into the Ameri-
can Federation with membership
Of 1900, Idaho with q membership
of l4,O00, and California with mem
has more than four times as many
farm bureau members.
In the spring Of 1920 tho farm bn-
reau members of Nassau county,
New York, the birthplace Of the
farm bureau movement, and farm
bureau members OF surrounding
counties bought 200 car loads OF
seed potatoes rom farm bureau
members Of q county in Maine
When time came to ship the seed
the railroads. said cars could not be-
furnished, and it seemed that no
relief was in sight. However, the
president Of Nassau County farm
bureau went to the Executive Com
mittee OF the A.F.B.F. and told his
trouble. Mr.. Gray Silver was
at once requested to appear before
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, as . result Of which cars were
moving with those seed potatoes
within twenty four hours.
During the month of May farm
bureau survey was made In each
county In this state, In order to de
termine just what was the status
OF the work in two respects: First,
to see just how closely each county
Is following the farm bureau plan
in conducting its work, and second,
to determine Just what the present
membership is In each county, and
what membership each county ex-
poets to obtain during the coming
campaign. AS q result Of this sur
vey, It was found that the goals set
by the various counties, II attained
will make the membership Of Colo
RADIO about 10000
The Executive Committee has
asked each county Farm bureau to
prepare list OF names OF the pros
pective members In their counties,
and to arrange representatives to
attend district meetings which will
be held at the beginning OF the
campaign, in order to bring to the
pe0Ople. who are taking an active
part in campaign, In each county,
some more definite Information con-
corning the activities Of the farm
bureau, In the various counties Of
the state, and in other states and
in the national organization, and
to plan for the campaign in each
county. It was suggested that
these representative be chosen
from the men and women Of the
county who will take IN interest
in the campaign, and who will as
sure it's success by giving q small
amount of time.
A series of district meetings was
arranged at which farm bureau rep
resentatives from four or five cOntig-
tl0us counties, together with the
county agents, home demonstration
agents and cub leaders, would meet
at central point to discuss the
methods to be employed In putting
on the rampaign, In each county,
One of these meetings will be held
at Pueblo, on July 22nd, when rep
resentativee of this, county will be
present.
Following the district meetings It