The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-22
STATE CAMPAIGN
farm BUREAU
Active Farm Bureau Workers Of Iowa
will Stage Statewide Membership
Campaign October 1?th
Local QUANTITIES. TO DO WORK
STATE Plan for the Drive Is to Have
Al the N0n-Nlemhers Visited by
tho Local CooperntOrs

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Active farm bureau workers of Iowa
will put. on a statewide One-day mem
bership campaign the 18th of October.
While there are over 10000 Iowa Farm
Bureau members at this time. the state
has never been thoroughly canvassed
and every farmer visited to secure his
membership ina the great American
farm bureau movement. Every Iowa
farmer is receiving benefits from the
farm bureau Orga nizatiOn and because
OF this fact the state federation officials
hope to increase its membership.
The state plan for the, drive Is to
have all non.members solicited by the
local cooperators. Practically every
t0wngllip in the state has a local town.
ship Organization in which there. Is a
cooperator In each school district. By
each cooperatOr canvassing his terri.
tory every farmer may be seen and the
drive quickly and efficiently made. .
The October membership drive will
show to a large extent the farmers at
tude to farmers organizations. To make
county 100. per cent in membership
it requires the efforts Of the present
rcau and the willingness Of the nom
members to give a fair hearing and
courteous treatment to the neighbOr so.
licitor.
The man who asks. What good is
the farm bureau or the federation? or
What has it done to warrant my pay.
ing an annual membership Of $b.00?'
is either not interested In the farming
business or he has kept himself ignor-
ant Of the things that have helped his
farming business. '-sft Il. r 5s'',' s.''i Z
There arc a few outstanding facts
that are proof that the, farm bureau or
ganizatiOn is a direct benefit to the
farmer. The. first is that, the American
and state federation has built UP ma.
ti0nal farmers organization of Over one
million farmers The American Farm
Bureau federation came into existence
because when organized there was no
other farmers organization big enough
TO look after the farming interests in
a. national way, !. 1t has been. the farm
bureau federation which caused both
The tiemi0ctAtic and reptIbl team PARTIES
at theif conventions to Recognize the
farming business as the greatest and
rnests sslthportant, Both the parties in.
Vlla1e0y In their programs a national
p01iCys for agriculture. With a farm
burcau- representative at Washington
this .sSili prove more than a promise.
Another benefit farmers cannot deny
when solicited is the fact that the pub
lie has been shown that the farmer was
ShOlhtl RlOhbGCAs 7thOt ZIG USioA&sSD " hS's>'
only class that maintained production
and that his products We're the first to
be cfeapened after the war. The fed.
GRAFTON must be given credit for break
ing down the belief that the farmer was
the only wealthy man in the United
States. The American Farm Bureau
federation has made the American peo-
pie realize that the farmer needs the
same commercial protection as does the
large industries.
Through the farm bureau federation
the farmers have had skilled represent.
atfves at all large meetings which con-
cerned shipping rates. labor unions,
strikes. car shortage, income taxes.
proposed tax laws, grain and livestock
marketing and other conferences where
the farmers should have representa-.
tive. The federation has secured facts
to back up it's demands.
The work of the county farm bureau
has been to build up and strengthen
the organization and attempt to classi-
fy the problems of the farmers in the
county. BY group meetings farm prob
lens have been studied and recommen.
dation made to help them. A feature
of these meetings is the study of'what
determines the profit or loss in the
years business of the farm.
There have been county farm bu.
reau projects carried on which includ.
ed farm labor. threshing prices. club
work, soil erosion demonstrations, poul.
try and orchard demonstrations coun-
ty fair work. assistance with breeders
and marketing associations and income
tax work.
The farm bureau does not promise to
pay a cash dividend Of 500 cents for the
five dollars invested in membership.
It does guarantee to work in the farm