The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-19
FARME rs SLOW To
TAKE ADVANTAGE
Of ORGANIZATION
Show Less Interest than Men in
Other Lines of Work
WHY FARM BUREAU LAGS
Instructive Addresses at Annual Meet
Ing in Bennington Tuesday
Afternoon
WHY FARM BUREAU LAGs

The fifth annual meeting of the
Bennington County Farm Bureau was
held at Hawks hall Bennington,
Tuesday, November 10th. There was
q good attendance and towns from
the far corners of the county were
represented.
The business for the day included
reports OF treasurer, club leader, and
county agent for the past year and
the adoption of program OF work,
and budget. and the election CT Off
GERS for the coming year AT the
present time an effort is being made
to raise a budget Of $4,000 within the
county TO take care of the boys and
girls club work along with the coun-
ty agents work Heretofore, no To-
cal money has been solicitated for
boys and girls club work, and the
present club leader, Miss Pratt, has
given her services. II the work is to
will have to be employed and the
$1,000 budget appears TO be neces-
sary to bring this about. The mat
ter of increasing membership was dis
cussed, but II was decided to leave
1t the same-$2, ,00-and get subscrip-
tions, in addition TO this, from the
farm bureau members and interested
people. 10 make up the balance Just
at the close OF the meeting, after
many had left, however. nine farm
ers pledged $1,000 each towards this
budget, and four farmers S. 90 each.
II is hoped that this list will be in
creased materially within the next
few weeks, and that all wi | contri.
butte generously to Club Work in ad-
diticn TO their annual dues The fol
lowing program was adopted
Farm bureau organization work,
club work.
Farm Management, farm accounts,
cost accounts.
Cooperative buying, fertilizer
Crops. corn alfs;is, potatoes
Dairy improvement, c. T. A. ration
service. better sres,
Pou tr1.
An interesting address was given
by + r. Cornwall Of Middiebury,
president OF Vermont Farm Bureau
Federation and a member of the exc
cutive committee of the American
Farm Bureau Federation. Mr.. Corn.
| wall brought cut some very perti.
nent facts relative to the accomplish
ment OF the American Farm Bureau
Federation, which is supported by
each local farm bureau He urged
that the farmers support their own
organization more generously and
pointed out facts wherein the farm
bureau federation had already saved
the American farmer on an average
of $4,000 per farmer by looking after
some Cf the important egis ative
measures that have been introduced
| in Congress, as we'll as Transports
ton and many other large and impor-
tant problems.
Mr.. Cornwall made the comparison
OF the coal miner who navs S25 90
| initiation fee and then a $500 a year
annual due to have his interests look.
ed out fer, with practically no IN
gestment while the farm organiza-
tions. with a considerable investment
are not paying but a comparatively
small sum. A $1,000 a year family
membership fee for the farm bureau
has taken root in three counties In
this state. In order that the work
may be properly financed in al
branches. and then the farmer Is
Do' having half what the coal miner
without any investment, is payins
20 be protected. Again he cited the
case Of an engineers union. where
'he memhershn fee was 500. TIL,
engineer thought it paid him TO make
his investment, as ! guess a gooC
many others of us do. In other words
Mr.. Cornwall cited these cases L
show that the farmer in the past, ant
but a few even now are doing prac
, ticaly nothing to have their own in
terests looked out for. 1t is a pure
" business proposition, and the farm
. err should be his own business head
The second speaker OF the day wa
10. II. Benson, who for ten yeae
has been working with boys and girl
and was at one time head of the boy
. ana glr.s cluD work for the north an
I we t, and az the present time /
7 charge OF tho Eastern States Indus
: trial League Achievement bureau. II
q rave a very inspiring talk on rura
5 tcpics and particularly on keepin
i the boy on the farm, and the necei
= sity of bows and gir's club work. II
= cited many examples OF farm wor
u being nut UP too often to the boy
ana NlllN us UGAih nNAuAhk NuN vi va
L gerry aud had a tendency to drive th
y boys and girls from the farm, rathe
e than to interest them in owning som
e livestock or growing some crop
2 their own, the proceeds from same
r be retained by them for their labor
Q He cited many cases where the intr
n duction on the farm of pure bre
ralf had done moro to stimulate /
r terest In farm work in the boy tha
IF my other way, and the real owne
T. ship and business experience in co
Id iucting a Pre- iect by the boy or girl
ID worth to them in dollars and cen
nj more than the average person appr
S. ciates in helping to make them
d better citizen and better farmer
rs The same board OF officers of la
q. year we're re elected, consisting
In James A. Leach president; u.
s West vice president; c. H. Knar
n secretary and treasurer.
Tha following report OF the coun
~, agent is frcm December /, 1919 un
al the uresent time. Being absent u
te months during the winter en- accou
"a. Of Illness, has curtaied the work
NJ some OF The branches, particular
farm management and crop demC