The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-11-22
farm BUREAU
M|lL|0VM|EMDERs
PRESIDENT HOWARD SKETCHES
CHARACTER OF ORGANI-
ZATION.


president of the American Farm Bu-
reau federation, announces that the
federation has now over a million
members and has 35 state organiza-
tions affiliated with it. The nation
al federation took permanent form
here last spring and established
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 federation is an alliance of
county farm bureau into state farm
bureau federations and this in turn
became federated into national or
ganization as the American Farm
Bureau Federation.
Its purpose is to work for the
economic, social and educational ad-
vancement of the farmers of the
United States and for the general
welfare of the nation. 1t is pro-
posed to develop this work by means
of bureaus.
Our bureau of agricultural eco
mics and the statistics has already
been set up. 1t will make study
of costs of production of the princi-
pay agricultural products and will
direct and compile statistics in CO..
operation with the Department of
Agriculture, and the various state
agencies. This work win give much
better insight into the supply and
demand of agricultural products,
with the thought that this viii lead
to more efficient marketing
Our bureau OF transportation Is
making study of necessary trans
portation facilities. both by land and
farm crops. The purpose of this
bureau is to get at the real facts In
the transportation problem and gov
ern its actions accordingly. 1t pur-
poses to establish rate and traffic
files, which have never yet been
built up for a agricultural products.
''The bureau of trades relations
will make a 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 economics and statistics
bureau, will give us accurate world
wide knowledge upon which to base
our plans.
I'VE are already undertaking i'm
portant investigation of cooperative
enterprise in marketing, which looks
toward the establishment of a. bu-
reau of cooperation. This will make
q study in the country and abroad,
with the thought that special indus
tries interested In forming local or
district cooperative organization
may profit by the experience of 9TH
er people in similar enterprises be-
fore starting their undertaking.
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 to the daily papers in order that
there may be q more general under
standing of agricultural production
and a closer relationship between
producer and consumer. This bu-
reau will be service to agricultural
papers, presenting regional and ma
tional facts of particular interest to
farm people and be Of service to our
affiliated farm organizations, 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
production Of legislation which We
consider essential to the proper de-
velopment of national agricultural
policy"