The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-11-11
County Agents Meet


membership campaign, and to en-
deavor to secure the coordination
in helpful way of the local, state
and national farm bureau organic
atlons, says the Tribune.
AS a result of the meeting, it was
decided to call a meeting for next
Tuesday morning of the county ex-
ecutive committee, following winch
a delegation from the county farm
bureau will visit the meeting of the
Lewiston Commercial club, which
will be addressed by e. b. Ross, Sec
retary of the Idaho state farm
bureau, of which W. s. Shearer of
Lewiston Orchards is president;
probably also by Charles B. Stone
braker of independence, Iowa, repre-
sentlng the national farm bureau
federation. lhe purpose of their
appearance before the CONNER ciaI
Club will be to better inform busi-
ness men OF the purposes and work
of the farm bureau and secure bet
ter cooperation between business
men and farmers.
At the meeting Wednesday there
were present: Secretary G. B. Ross
OF the state farm bureau; W. kjos-
ness, state county leader OF farm
bureaus, formerly farm bureau or
ganizer for north Idaho; o. S.
Fletcher of Moscow, farm bureau
agent for Latah county; R. M. Pavey
of GrangevilIe, farm bureau agent
for Idaho county; Edwin Nelson,
Grangevllle president of the Idaho
county farm bureau; Waldo w.
Skuse, farm bureau agent for Nez
Perce county and H. H. S. RowelI
secretary of the Nez Perce county
farm bureau.
Thursday Mr.. Ross and Mr.. Stone
braker will hold a conference with
the farm bureau executive board OF
Latah county at Moscow; Friday g
similar meeting will be held a,
Standpoint; on Saturday, conference
will be held at Bonner's Ferry, ano
on Monday meeting will be helc
at Occur d'Alene.
The meeting Wednesday was frs
addressed by State County Leader
W. Kjosness, who briefly reviewed
the past history of the farm bureau
In this state. He stated that it
first purpose was to carry back t
the farm information that had beer
collected by the extension depart
ment, and was sort OF experiment
al proposition. 1t was later foun'
that it needed a group of farmer
tor more concerted action, and s.
the farm bureau was organized, tn
first one in this state being IN Can
yon county.
Finally the idea arose of having
federation OF farm bureaus of tn
state, it being recognized that ther
were some problems greater than tn
county, such as transportation ant
railroad rates. The beet growers
problems in southern Idaho wer
also considered. The old organize
tion CT the state farm bureau wa
not satisfactory, and last fall it wa
decided to reorganlze the state farr
bureau and have a program for tn
state farm bureau to get into, sue
as the business of promoting &C
operative enterprises, but the peopl
did not readily comprehend tn
plan. Then the national organize
tion arose, but the relations b'
tween the local, state and nations
e organizations had been much mi
: understood, causing considerab
n confusion.
State Secretary Ross addressed til
q meeting and showed some of tt
= things that the state farm burea
has done this year in lowerin
s freight rates, thus saving the farm
ers of the state more than 81, 500 ,0(
on wheat and potatoes alone.
e has organized poultry associate
which has sold $1.080.000 worth
eggs during the year at a cost
g only 3 to A per cent. 1t has also 0
It ganized the Western Seed Grower
e Marketing ASSOCIATION, and propos
/. to organize an association to bl
il cows for the farmers. One of Il
g best results has been the growth
e good feeling between business m,
IS and the farmer. Great care is use
;e IN giving support to cooperate
oruopi1ak,opc apd b,t tUO ba