The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-10-29
Farmers To Ask Won1an's Club To
Help Get Curb Market For CITY
Farm Bureau Federation Adopts
Plan to Relieve Dis
tresSed Corn
Ben Hill Farmers Will Cooper.
ate With Peanut Grow
ers Association

Financing in Ben Hill County of
distressed corn through established
warehouses and banks, complete CO.
operation with the Peanut Growers
Association in pricing and marketing
the crop, and establishment of curb
market in Fitzgerald jointly by the
federation and by the Woman's Club
were descided upon at the meeting
yesterday of the Advisory council Of
the Ben Hill County Farm Bureau
Federation. The report of ]. Z.
Turner, treasurer, showed a paid up
membership of 264 farmers.
Plans for the Ben Hill County Farm
Bureau Federation to go into business
for itself in financing distressed corn
and cotton were discarded by the coun
ty advisory board at its meeting yes
terday on recommendation of a COM
mittee from the Fitzgerald Community
council which had investigated the
proposition. The cotton situation
locally is being handled as we'll as
can be expected under present con-
ditions by the banks.
The Farm Bureau will, however.
furnish relief for distressed corn
through an agreement with local cot
ton warehouses. Corn will be stored
and warehouse receipts issued on it,
These warehouse receipts, guaran-
teeing quality and quantity and the
safety of the corn from theft or fire,
will be put up as collateral for loans
7. L. Prescott, w. r. Walker and C.
L. owens were appointed by Chair
man Marion Dickson to arrange de-
tails of the plan and arrangements
will be completed at a meeting Nov
ember II.
The Peanut Growers Association
will receive the full measure of COOP
! Grafton from the local federation. In
reply to several requests for quotat-
ions on peanuts, the secretary was in
structed to inform peanut brokers and
other buyers that the federation would
adopt the price to be fixed later by
the Peanut Growers Association. H.
II. Webb OF Hahira, organizer for the
| ASSOCIATION, will be asked by the Coun-
| ty federation to organize Ben Hill
| county branch of the association.
The Ben Hill Couty Farm Bureau
Federation through its secretary, C.
I. Owens, will propose the establish
ment of a curb market to the Fitz-
/ gerald Woman's Club at its next meet
| ing. Curb markets have been estab-
lished in other cities at the instance
OF the Woman's Clubs but no place
else have the farmer propose to CO.
operate with the women. The curb
market will probably not be put in OPP
Grafton until Spring, however.
Queries for several varieties of
seed corn are on file at the office of
the secretary of the bureau County
Agent c. t. Owens, and will be sup
piled to members of the bureau on
application.
The bureau was asked by the Y M.
c. A. to cooperate in placing schol-
arships in the county among deser-
! wing boys. The Y. M. c. A. wants
to place one for years agricultural
course at the district college For
| mcr soldiers, sailors and marines are
eligible. Recommendations will be
received and forwarded by Sec. Owens
The advisory council voted that
each member of the farm bureau
! should be issued membership card
attesting to his membership and good
standing IN the organization in order
that he may participate in its benefits
such as the lump purchase of hay
baling wire at greatly reduced cost
The farm bureau card will be car
ried on the same principle as a union
labor card, to prove a mans right to
participate in the benefits he has to
helped to obtain. The cards will be
issued only in open meetings and will
| be ready for distribution at the next
meeting of the community and county
4 coucils.
| The committee composed of Messrs,
: Prescott, Walker and Owens will have
the McCranie Stock Yards put in
condition for live stock sales Chutes
will be built into the cars, water sup
ply connected, pens repaired and ev-
erything made ready for the Farm
Bureaus cooperative selling.