The Mena weekly star., 1920-11-11
|RGAN|lINe WORK
 ! 0F FARM BUREAU
|.rszae Held in Mena With Harry E. K ns,p Present. Takes Steps to H .sz ss,s Cotton Cotton ait. ait; Cotton Seed
 ()fhcr Good Moves.

Other Good Moves.
 4h;nvs that are being done by m Bureaus h other counties was
 burden Of the message that was puehf to the meeting of the Polk |un{y Farm Bureau held at the |1rth0use Wednesday afterpoon. The sa with the naessase was Harry F. kpp. district demonstration agent
 the Western District of Arkansas. vcn ouf Of the fifteen counties in
 district are organized, and MT. |pp had been Ut meetings in four of kSa previously to coming to Mena. ln Columbia county the organiza- | T lad worked ou& united effort to 'x wiufer oats as cover crop, and Tn |dit;on A plan Was worked out to | 4otton and cotton seed coopera- l |eIy One proposition on the sale of |:ton seetI Was made by local mill, d was thaf the concern would pay u&r ton above fhA street price. Still other propositioE based on cotton |sd selling at $24 per ton and meal S5 per ton was made to trade seed the rate of $30.50 per ton for cot
 seed meal at the rate of SAP per h. or else trade one toni of cotton d for HOO pounds of cotton seed |aI. Still another Proposition from local mill was to pay to the farmers |,onus of $3 per ton for cotton seed, |zt being the amount paid to pur- |zsine aeents, and then in addition 'e the farmer <1 .15 per ton as be- 5 diiferential in freight rate.
 Progress had also been made in the |ir counties visited, Mir. Kapp re- r1ed. in the sale of cotton in stor- n. bx1t the big move that is in con |Hpzat tion. Ne stated. was to secure
 cooperation Of the seven coun- |s I1 <I1e distfict, and then sell the E8I1 8H 1 WhoIe A conference held <fnR fhe recent Texarkana District ! E. reSuIted jn q call for a meeting be held on Moudey, November 15, xexnxkena for the purpose of work
 cut th1a proposition, as--well as Der things that will be for the bene- of the members Of the organization. rhe great problem at this time be-
 kht R01y county organization be- E fhc diepoe&l of the 400 or more es of cotton now Stored in the local r<house, 1t was deeided to send a legation to this Conference, Peter Wj1Iiafn, @. D. Henderson and Will |usford being named as the dele tfs from Meua, Ed Myers from Hat q and Wm. B.owery from Wickes. 60ftol1 saIe5 da4 in Mena has been con tenn plation, but fixing the date <nle undertaking was placed up to
 e|tle{yates atteEding the Texarkana etlnx with the direction that it aII not te Inter than Saturday, Mo- |In the n1eanfime. an effort will be l<Ie tG ascertain the amount of cot
 seed that iS in the hands of the 'fi]herS for sale, and on the cotton es day {1x16ers who have not yet 19<fed, expected to list the 141Int o{ the seed for sale with the retary q the Farm Bureau.
 6lloWinz the presentation of the EuHs that h5xe been done by other
 z<1ixAtionE, Mn Kapp pointed out ne definite things that should be he 11I Polk county in order that the fn, B9reau may function proper
 and i<1 order that the greatest 6<' may <olue 10 the members and
 county Among these were the lo7iIne
 q county plan of agriculture.
 f'qnlnauniIH Organizations.
 fuftheFinE boys and girls club
 N0fk.
 <NuWUHi1y fairs.
 ke arnolHtnenf of committees to 4Ee IGftl|ixEf8. pure seeds, cooper x'E sE<Iez 6f IIHestock, and the pro- <l|11 1 me fAI7i1ers from the wiles zlI<oo<a f1lkluE agents, who come to
 *4riol1& commodities that in most se< can be bought much cheaper 1In th4 home merchants or the home zzltS, #ere other Suggested activ- es He also urged that the ware ssse he 4fFSz1;xed under the Federal <1feho11se law 2o that users of the be would be in position to take ad- f.ta3e 1f the ajd from Federal Re rye banks. He most strongly urged
 com laJzH1<Y organization and the I8 Wo<k, to|<I11X out those things
 I,.s s|s...; es..: <e I7tfon of the farm kel!N 6IiI Ell1< ozIt that thru these <zll1 come fIle e(1ucation and training would n1kke for the permanent eeeas if f|I& Qrxanization.
 1e finn 1ct of the meeting held nl iII L11s{6xd A. E. Wear and Vii. I.1|eI ee eommittee to make
 an1| d<E1t of the constitution and
 <l4t tIIe 1axne &t the next meeting ben. t6o, Eeter McWilliam, San |onex I. E We&r, Edgar Moves and e<ett G Pole01 were appointed 6 Inlnitfee <Q work out the fertilizer etIef1t 6n behalf of the organiza. The tneafln& WIS well attended anc
 remained from 10 o'clock in tht aru1NH u1tI{ I<30 p.m., when the