The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-31
FARM BUREAU IS
CLOSING ONE Of
ITS BEST YEARS
Newspapers Aided in Cam
paign for Better Farming.
Farmers Have More Corn,
Meat and Hay Than Before.
by C. w. WATSON.

The farm bureau is closing per-
haps one OF the greatest years work
during the history Of the organiza-
ton, We are indebted to the news
papers. the state and government
forces for the assistance given In
such a substantial way.
The bureau members are kept busy
attending farm meetings as well as
organizing farm bureaus and cham
beers OF commerce in the Memphis
trade territory. About one-half OF
our time is taken up assisting far
mers and commercial organizations.
During 1920 the bureau has mailed
out to selected list of farmers,
county agents, live stock and ship
pers' associations, 10000 bulletins
advertising sh500,000 worth of farm
products for sale and"the majority
OF these products have been disposed
of through these advertisements.
The farmers wholesale and retail
markets have had our special at
tention- and Memphis has had a real
curb market for home produced veg
etables and several hundred cotton
farmers are now turning their at
tention to growing vegetables for our
Memphis markets.
Egg circles are now organized in
West Tennessee, Mississippi and Ar
kansas and are shipping by parcel
post and express to Memphis con-
sumers and commission houses that
heretofore had no market or else
shipped to Northern markets.
Cotton warehouses have been built
to care for great deal of cotton
this year and the bureau representa-
tives have been active in encourage
ing this enterprise. ~,
The bureau now is permanent
headquarters for the Southern Cat
tlemen's association, and DR.. Z. r.
Lloyd is secretary, which will help
Memphis in the live stock situation.
The following campaigns during
this year has had our attention:
Live stock campaign.
Sweet potato storage houses.
Farmers wholesale and retail curb
markets.
Organization of 10 farm bureaus.
Pure bred sires.
Organization of dairy association.
Organization of chambers of COM
merce.
Personal visits to farms and plan
tations.
The entire bureau has spent some
time appearing before county courts
in behalf of county agent work
on the LIST and 18th of each month
1000 blotters are issued and sent
out making definite recommendations
on some specific subject. These blot
tiers have been in such demand that
we are | ing to increase the num-
Der to take care of additional calls.
Conferences on the present situa-
ton have been held by the bureau
during the last so days with the
railway agricultural men, the Ar
kansas, Mississippi and Tennessee
extension forces, the cotton associa-
tions, and we are now planning for
the largest campaign since 1914 to
enter 100 counties In the Memphis
territory with 100 of the most promi
nent men in Memphis, who have Of
fered their assistance to the bureau
in putting the campaign on in Janu-
airy, 1921.
We have more corn in this terri
tory than in 1919 as we'll as hay and
meat, and with the exception of the
delta section the farmers are very
well fixed for feed.
The cotton situation seems to have
been the only drawback; prices go
ing to pieces has made 1t hard to
prevent decentralization of all forces
and to this end the bureau has been
working to prevent any unnecessary
| calamity.
The farm bureau is making a de-
tailed report which will be printed
for distribution for the years work
NJ 1870