Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-28
FARM FEDERATION
HAS GREAT GROWTH
BOTH IOWA AND NATIONAL Or
GANIzATIoN DEVELOPING
REMARKABLY.
MEMBERSHIP OF 10000
IN IOWA AND GROWING
Movement Which Had It's Inception
in Department Of Agriculture Fill
ing Field of misunderstanding
After Interests of Farmers and
Live Stock Shippers.
Special to Times Republican.

organizations of which have been in
recent years perfected in every coun-
ty In Iowa, is maintaining head
quarters in the agricultural building
ut the Iowa state fair and hundreds
of members from all parts OF ,ae
state are stopping at the farm .buleul
booth every day.
The federation now has 10000
members in Iowa. c. w. Hunt, OF
Logan, is the president, succeeding
j. r. Howard, OF Clemens. wa -.
now president of the American Farm
Bureau Federation with headquarters
in Chicago4s Il. III. Cunningham, of
Cresco, is Aate secretary. He sue
ceeds John Coverdaie, who like Presi-
dent Howard has been advanced To
be one of the chief officers of the
national association, being It's secre-
tary. with offices ut the Chicago
headquarters
The Iowa organization has ar
ector In each congressional district In.
the state. The district director keeps
in touch with the county agents In
each county in the district, and the
county agent has township co-opera-
tors. The townships in turn are
organized by school districts with a
head man in each school district,
Had Great Growth.
The national organization last
i March had 1000. 900 members and the
membership Is now much larger, as
( it Is growing In every state. The
national officers say that their or
ganization is now SO complete that
there is not single solitary member
any where in the United States so
isolated but that he can be reached
from Washington, d. c. within
twenty-four hours.
The great farm bureau movement
is the outgrowth of plans vet in
motion by the United States depart
ment of agriculture several years ago
to stimulate organization and CO.
operation among farmers. IT contin-
ues as state and federal movement,
receiving some aid form both the
state and the government. The Iowa
farm bureau movement started In
1913 when John Coverdale, was se-.
fected to promote the orfianization
work in Iowa, having headquarters
at Ames.
The present activities Of both the
state and national organizations nuw
enter many fields in order to provide
practical service for their members.
In many Iowa counties the county
farm bureau Is now supplying q. daily
market service to its members.
From the county agents office In the
county seat the members are calle,:
on the telephone at 11.oclock in the
morning and again at 1880 In the
afternoon and market quotations are
given. The lines are party lines and
members all obtain the market Mt one
phoning.
Work 1s Comprehensive.
A livestock survey to ascertain tie
amount of live stock on farms, when
/ it will be ready for market, and also
produce ON hands or soon to be avail
able for market, to be made every
three months Of the year, is part
fof the service which farm bureau
managers are now providing for the;r,
members The first such survey In
Iowa 10 just now being completed
and the report is soon to come, out.
Hereafter II will be made every three
months. Thru the data. thus collect
ed. as well as thru information re-
ceiyed from all of the principal
markets. farm bureau members will
be advised when, and where to ship
their live stock or their produce to
get the best markets.
The federation is encouraging the
organization OF farmers cooperative
associations In Iowa. Numerous new
CO. operative elevator companies have
been formed IN the jast two years,
Many Of these, in addition to hand,
ling the grains at the members also
will carry stocks Of lumber, coal and
supplies Of various kinds used on the
farm.
Recently the national federation
employed experts to investigate the
coal situation. This came about
largely thru the threatened coal
famine. AS q result Of, the investi-
cation members were advised to lay
IA ae4ASAA SAPRAACSf w wal anu W AS1A-
lie home wood lots.
Not 80 many weeks ago the rail-
road confiscated all coal in sight for
their own use and farmers were not
able to obtain coal for threshing.
The visit OF Governor Harding and
President Howard to Washington to
advise the use of boats from Chicago
to Great Lake ports In the east mas
borne fruit, according to advices "e-
ceiyed by bureau officers, as grain
Is now being transported In large
quantity from Chicago east by boat.
The state bureau is soon to launch
a campaign for early selection OF
seed corn. lie reports that the corn
crop on the acreage over Iowa is
about a week late. In a statement
Just given out bureau officers thus
advise.
Begin picking seed corn soon after
the ears have denied well. II prop
erly dried such corn vii make good
seed. The period commencing Sept.
20 and ending Oct. "a. 1920, has been
proclaimed by all interested parties
as seed corn picking time"