The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-07-15
Large Number of Members and
Others With Their Fam
lilies Turned Out.
Mp. MEN SPEAKERS
Vital Subjects of Deep Inter
est to Farmers Who Gave
Close Attention

The Farm. bureau picnic held at
Columbus crossing of Cottonwood
creek last Saturday under the aus
pices of the Grangeville commercial
club was satisfactory in every sense
OF the word. The weather was delight
full and the scenery picturesque, and
the attendance large for the last hour
publicity the committee were able to
give. Mr. Ralph Pavey, county farm
bureau agent presided. The first
speaker was Prof. ii. +. Davis of the
University of Idaho, who spoke on tint
work of the state experiment stations
and demonstrated that high class cat
tie in the dairy business gives large
values to the land, and profit the
dairy farmer immensely through the
almost fabulous returns in butter Tat
yielded by the high class herds These
experiments are now confined to the
experiment stations but are being de-
monstrated with such frequency now
adays as to become almost the general
rule.
Prof. Davis was followed by Mr.. Il.
Benz. agricultural agent for the North
ern Pacific railway, who made one OF
his characteristic addresses and kept
the audience almost hypnotised Tor
over one hour. The speaker dwelt at
some lenght on the value OF coopera-
tion. not alone to tht farmers as
class. but also between the farmers
and the town people. He said that
every business man should become
member of the farm bureau, and
that every farmer should affiliate in
membership with the commercial
clubs. as both organizations work a.
long the same general lines To develop
the town and country And .coopera
ton should not be confined to com
mercial lines only, he said, but ike
, charity, 1t should begin at home, ana
: the wife and the children should De
: brought into direct contact with the
: business methods Of the farm, so that
e they could manage the farm when the
father passes away. Mr.. Benz, being
a himself practical farmer, has the
: additional faculty Of appealing di-
i rectry TO the hearts Of his audiences
Y and invariably creates II prOfouhd I'M
u Drpssion He uphokls the theory that
d the much h-maligned man Is absolutely
IS necessary to the welfare of the farm
Y. ing community in distributing the
\, farm products, which he illustrated by
=, n number Of instances, all meeting
y, with the approval Of the farmers ane
o, their families in attendance. Referr
y. ing To the term "red-blooded' as ap
Y. piled to patriotic service during tn
f. war. he contended that the title wa
GO misnomer. and what the country rS
e. ally needed now was "cool-headed
n farmers and business men who coul
or not No led astray from establishe
conditions 10y the vaporings of profess
ional agitators. Ii is to be regrette
that Mr.. Benz did not have yer
in much larger audience. but we assui
nv him hiatt on his next visit he will haN
en- the crowd to listen to his dispasslo
is: Which constituted his address la
)er Saturday.
lit At the close of the meeting a motto
'th was made and seconded that cou
zen ty wide farm bureau picnic again
ing held. with several weeks publicity
Il. order that next year there may be
nm conflict with other reunions such
to the Pioneer picnic, Fourth OF Ju
nee celebrations and so forth.
are Another motiop was adopted wi
many seconds that a Womans bran
nas of the farm bureau he organized ne
in' wear to work IN cooperation with t
hnsiness end of the Mems branch
idea being suggested by timely woI
an used by Mr. Benz in his references
cooperation. A II.