The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-11-18
ARD COUNTY FARMERS
MUST ORGANIZE
Chas. Ouradnik, Burlington Farmer,
Says the Farm Bureau is the Only
Solution to the Marketing
Problems.


Solution to the Marketing
Problems.
As result of the decision made at
Ia meeting of the executive committee
of the Ward County Farm Bureau
Wednesday afternoon, this county will
have the distinction of being theNlead
Ter in the drive to form North Da-
kota Farm Bureau Federation and to
join the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton.
Fright now the farmers of Ward
county are marketing their wheat at
a loss conservatively estimated at Is
cents per- bushel," says Charles Our
adnik, prominent Burlington farmer
and president of the Ward County
Farm Bureau. Last year we mar
keted our wheat at loss of more than
so cents per bushel. In 1917 and 1918
most of the farmers also realized a
loss in marketing their wheat. And
we are going to continue to lose, just
so long as we sit back on our launches
and wall about the grain dealers and
spectators manipulating the market
and taking all the profit and some
nDre from the grain crop.
"The only solution is for the farm
ers to organize, just as have the,
raisin growers of California and a,
number of other fruit growers of the
Pacific coast, and to market the crop
comparatively and realize all of the
profit themselves"
A meeting was held at the North
Dakota Agricultural College Nov. 10
at which temporary organization Of
a state farm bureau federation was
effected and plans were made to af-
filiate with the American Farm Bur-
eau Federation. Ward county was
represented at this meeting by Pete
Holback Of Minot, member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the local farm
bureau, and A. G. Bergeson, well
known Douglas farmer.
The American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton is responsible for the "Com
mittee Of Seventeen, which was APP
pointed to work out a plan for cooper
alive marketing Of grain and other
farm products. Dr.. E. F. Ladd, pres
ident of the North Dakota Agricul-
tural College, is member Of this
committee. Already the committee
has been to the Pacific coast and has
Investigated the workings of the CO.
operative associations of fruit grow
ers there, who, in, the last few years,
have realized for their members good
profits during the last two years. Be-
fore the organization was formed, the
fruit growers were invariably losing
money on their crop, due, it is said,
to the fact that they allowed other
people to handle the marketing end.
Several members of the committee,
Including DR.. Ladd, are now in Can
ada, studying the grain marketing
system there, and similar studies will
be made in other countries. After
making a thoro investigation, this
committee will draw up a plan for the
cooperative marketing of the wheat
crop of the United States, and will
submit this plan to the American
Farm Bureau Federation. The Fed
Grafton, which has been organized less
than one year but already has men,
bership of more than 100000 farm
ers in the United States, will then
take referendum vote of these men,
bers on the plan adopted by the COM
mittee, or, if several plans are pro-
posed, will take a vote to decide which
is the most popular. Then, when the
plan is finally adopted, the Federation
will put it into operation by working
thru it's membership, which, by that
time it is planned, will include the
majority of the farmers of the coun-
try.
By joining the Ward County Farm
Bureau, the farmers Of this county
can become a party to this great
movement, as the local Organization
will join the state and national fed
erations in the near future. The
grain marketing proposition is only
one Of the many subjects on which
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton is now working.
Meetings at which Farm Bureau
work will be explained will be held
at Ryder, Friday, Nov. 10; Makoti
Saturday, Nov. 20; Berthold Monday,
Nov. %; at the Grange meeting in
Rolling Green township Tuesday,
Nov. %; Sawyer Monday, Nov. 20;
brady Tuesday, Nov. 80, and Ken
mare Tuesday, Dec. 1.