South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-28
AGRICULTURE
STATE FARMERS IN
DRIVE FOR MEMBERS
OF FEDERATION
Fifteen Additional Counties
Have Been Booked
for Campaign.


Both state and national activities
featured IN the work Of the officers
OF the Indiana Federation Of Farm
ers' associations during tho last
week, while eight OF the counties af-
filiated with the state organization
started mem bership drives in the
campaign for $50 600 members.
Fifteen additional counties have
been booked for membership drives
to be conducted under the uniform
Tlan system. which brings the total
up 10 thirty-two for the fall and
summer months. Reports received
from tho eight counties starting
their drives during the last week
were highly encoura ging 20 the Off
GERS OF the federation, and &c has
been estimated that II the other
units do cOrrespondingly as wen the
10000 goal VIII have been attained
before the second annual convention
10 be held November Is.
The additional counties 70 join In
the membership drives with their
starting dates are as follows. Sept
Is. Clark. Gibson. Johnson, Vermil-
lion. Morgan, Franklin and Knox,
Sept. %. Perry Sept p, Fulton;
Oct 4. Clinton and Green; oct. IL,
Marion and Decatur; oct IS, NiSO
and Pike The only two counties in
the state not organized or booked
for membership drives TO become
affiliated are Elkhart and Brown
counties. State Organizer II. c..
Reid expects TO go into these two
counties IN the near future and close
contracts for membership drives in
order that the state will be 100 per-
cent organized before convention
time.
Brown I'm West.
John c. Brown. president Of the
Indiana farmers, IS i'm the West with
a party OF midwest and eastern
state representative to study the
cooperative marketing system so
successfully used by fruit nut and
raisin growers In California. Farm
Crs OF the grain sections hope TO
ADOPT some Of the principles .sed N
the Golden Gate state in tho mar
keting OF staple farm crops il "a uni
form system can be worked out.
There is an urgent demand among
farm leaders 20 cut down selling ex
pensCs and ruinOuS fluctuations and
a general desire 10 work out 2 CO.
operative marketing system. ]. r.
Howard. president Of the American
Farm Bureau federation. is strong
advocate OF a new system which
would make il possible for the farm
ers TO control the entire grain crop
OF the United States rather than the
spectators. and is appointing a
committee Of seventeen drawn from
the grain producing states TO de-
vel0p such a plan Of distribution.
PreSt Brown attended the quar-
terly meeting OF the executive COM
mittee Of the American Farm Blu
reau federation held at Denver
while enroute TO the coast. and an
other meeting OF the wool growers
held at Salt Lake City, where pool
ing and storage problems were dis
Cussed. The two outstanding devel-
Opments at the meeting OF the ma
tional executive committee were de-
CisiOns 20 ATTEMPT TO make sure that
any revisions OF national taxation
laws as contemplated, does not
shift a greater burden from indus
trial interests 70 the public, and the
creation Of a traffic department
Both are Of vital interest TO thou
sands OF farmers who are members
OF state organizations.
A schedule has been received at
headquarters OF proposed increased
live stock commission rates for SELL
ing live stock I'm the Chicago yards
Most of these figures approximate
. 10 80 percent increase. but Il is
understood that they will be dis
allowed by +. T. Meredith secretary
OF agriculture, through war time
powers in the control OF fOOdstuffs
which he still retains.