South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-04
FARM FEDERATION
HAS MEMBERSHIP
OF OYER MILLION
Organization Has Group
Established in 80
States.

CHICAGO, Dec 81. r. How
ard. president of the American
Farm Bureau federation, announces
that the federation mas now over a
million members and has IS state
organizations affiliated with IT, The
national federation took permanent
form here last spring and establish
ed headquarters in Chicago this past
summer.
Sketching the character of this
newcomer among the national farm
organizations. together with its pro-
gram, Mr.. Howard, himself an Iowa
farmer, said:
The federatio is an alliance OF
county farm bureaus into state
farm bureau declarations and this in
turn became federated into a ma
tlonal organization as the American
Farm Bureau federation.
Purpose of Organization.
It's purpose is 60 work for tho
economic. social and educational
advancement Of the farmers Of the
United States and for the general
welfare of the nation. 1t is pro-
posed 10 develop this work by
means of bureaus.
Our bureau OF agricultural econ
omiC and statistics already has beer
set up. 1t Will make a study Of
costs Of production Of the princi-
pal agricultural products and viii
direct and compile statistics in CO.
operation with the department of
agriculture, and the various state
agencies. This work will give
much better insight into the supply
and demand Of agricultural prod
ucts, with the thought that this
viii lead TO more efficient market
ing.
our bureau Of transportation is
making a study of necessary trans
portatiOn facilities, both by land
and by water. for the marketing of
our farm crops. The purpose of this
bureau IS TO get at the real facts in
the transportation problem and
govern its actions accordingly. 1t
purposes TO establish rate and traf-
fic files, which have never yet been
built up for agricultural produc s.
To Study supply.
THE bureau of trades relations
Will make q study of world supply
and world demand, as well as of
our national supply and demand
This information, coupled with the
work of the farm economies and
statistics bureau, will give Us accu-
rate world wide knowledge upon
which TO base our plans.
we are already undertaking i'm
portant investigation Of cooperation
enterprise in marketing. which looks
toward the establishment Of a bu-
rcau of cooperation. This will
make a study in the country and
abroad, with the thought that spe-
cial industries interested in forming
local or district cooperative organ
izaLOn may profit by the experience
Of other people in similar enter
prises before starting their under
taking.
The bureau of education which
we have planned but which has not
yet been started will present facts
relative to the food supply and 9TH
er necessities produced by aGriCul-
ture 70 the daily papers in order
that there may be a more general
undertaking of agricultural produc-
ton and closer relationship be-
tween producer and consumer. This
/ bureau viii be a service to agricul-
tural papers, presenting regional
and national facts of particular in
! terest TO farm people and be Of SER
| vice to our own affiliated farm or
| CARNATIONS, state and county.
"Our bureau Of legislation, which
! is already in operation, is keeping a
/ close record Of bills introduced in
/ congress and is working for the in
4 PRODUCTION OF legislation which we
consider essential TO the proper de-
velOpment of a national agricultural
/ policy"