Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-09
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
REFLECTS DISTRICT
DIRECTORS.
CAMERON HoNoRED az
BEING REcHosEN PRESIDENT
Emplains Why He Believes Crop
Rentals Should Supplant All Cash
Farm Rentals - Sage Landlords
Should Grant Rebate This Year to
Tenants Paying High Cash Rents.


Des Moines. Dec. ALL of the old
members OF the state board OF agrt-
culture whose terms expired this year
were reelected at the annual meeting
held at the state house Wednesday.
Directors from even numbered dis
tricts were up for reelection. Those
chosen follow:
Second district, Il. r. Davis, Iowa
CITY: Fourth district, L. j. Curtin.
D,corah: Sixth district, T. G. Legoe.
What Cheer, Eighth district, f. e.
Sheldon, Mount Ayr; Tenth district
SEARS McHenry Denison.
Contests developed In the Sixth and
Eighth districts only. l. S. Bailey,
Ji., OF Grinneli. was nominated in
opposition to Director Legoe in the
was reelected by considerable
IN ajority.
In the Eighth district q. q. Clayton,
of Clarinda, was nominated to contest
With Director r. 10. Sheldon. of Mount
Ayr. Sheldon was reelected, receiv-
ing some eighty votes to Clayton's
forty.
Charles p. Cameron. Of Alta, who
has served as president OF the state
board OF agriculture for more than
twenty years. was reelected without
opposition, and J. p. Mullen, Of
Fonda, who has been on the board for
several years was reelected vice
president.
Today the board is in session to or
ganize for the coming year, elect a
q secretary and a treasurer and select
from among their own number the
supcrintendents OF the various de-
partments. Secretary A. r. Corey, Of
Dos Moines, and Treasurer w. w.
Morrow, OF Alton, are assured OF re.
elNotion.
Governor Elect N. E. Kendall made
4 BRIEF address at the annual convcn-
tie'n Wednesday, expressing his inter-
est in the success OF the state fair
and in the development OF agriculture
In Iowa.
Why Grain Rental 10 Best.
lin his annual address President
Charles Cameron spoke briefly on
some Of the financial problems which
thu, farmers are facing, stating that
today farmersN are not realizing, in
some cases. what rent they have to
pay for the land. He said he be-
lievcd grain rents will have to be
substituted for cash rent and the
landlord will then share equally with
thu tenant In the tat and lean years.
II know Of farms that are now
rented Tor from $15 to $40 per acre
and the crops will not pay the rent"
he said. III the landlord should throw
off IS or $40 an acre this year and
next year the tenant should have q
good crop and prices would be higher,
he would not be willing to reimburse
tn, landlord for what he did for him
this year.
And that Is the reason think
grain rental is the best" he continued,
taking one year with another, and
thu renter would not be forced to sell
hin crop to pay the cash rent as o
grt,at many OF them have to DO.
I'VE all agree that we have been
going at q fast dip fol the last two
OF three years and that we did not
realize conditions would change so
suddenly. In fact, we all have more
or less anticipated the receipts OF our
promising crops OF 1920 and did not
expect them to go below the cost Of
production. And that is what they
hare DONE"
1,he board OF directors OF the state
horticultural society held q business
session today to plan the work Of the
coming year. Tho program OF the
afty- fifth annual convention oonclud-
Cd with the session Of Wednesday
afternoon. Some changes In the con-
stitution are being considered. The
committee in charge of this work has
the, following members: w. r. Daw-
soll, Aurelia; ID. M. Reeves. Waverly;
q. II. True, Ddgewood: H. L. Merkel
Des Moines; Earl Ferris. Hampton
The board Is also considering plans
for the 1921 Midwest Horticultural
Show.