Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-03-11

per Oh commerce.
Inasmuch as the Pullman chamber
OF commerce now has among its
members many farmers and realizing
that the farming interests Ground
Pullman are of direct civic and bust
ness interest to the town, therefore,
be it
Resolved by this chamber, That
we authorize the agricultural com
mittee to proceed with a definite
program to be worked out in CO
operation with the farmers for the
purpose of trying to establish a bet
ter and more permanent system OF
farming for the community than we
now have.
The Pullman chamber of commerce
will name as permanent members OF
its agricultural committee. the direct
OF of the experiment station the head
of the office of farm management OF
the State College and farmer near
Pullman. 1t is suggested that these
be made permanent members in order
that there may always be repre-
sentation on the committee of men
who know the details of any perma-
nent work for agricultural improve
ment that it may have started
object
Tho ,Is.c4 ~, ......1-
be-started is to foster the agricultural
interests of this vicinity, to promote
better system of farm cropping, to
improve and maintain the fertility
and the physical condition of the soil,
to make the farms of the Palouse
country more productive. to give the
farmer larger net returns and to as
sist him in establishing a definite
system of crop rotation and of keep
ing account of the cost of production.
Organization
The agricultural committee of the
chamber of commerce shall find
farmers who are willing to cooperate
in this undertaking by cropping "a
field or fields end handling the crops
as suggested by the committee. These
men shall be known IS co-operating
farmers. Their fields shall be visit
ed from time to time by members
Oh the committee and shall be used as
demonstration fields for visitation by
of
ed, and for demonstration tours con
Quoted by this chamber in co-opera-
ton with the experiment station and
the extension service of the State Col
leSe, whenever results would make
such tours practicable The commit
tee may also find other farmers who
already have made marked progress
III the practices to be proposed. In
such cases the farmers in charge may
be made cooperating farmers and
their fields used for demonstration
purposes
Expense and Maintenance
The cost of producing the crops
N'A ~ NhOoS "hu cooperate III
this campaign shall be borne by the
farmer cooperating and he shall be
entitled to all proceeds from the
crops raised
Records
The cooperating farmer shall mum
her his fields used in this demonstra-
tion and keep work sheets showing
the actual man hours and horse
hourse used in producing the crops.
lie shall also keep a record OF all
seeds used, all other expenses. the
actual yield in bushels and tons and
the returns from the crops when
sold.
Pictures
The agricultural committee of the
chamber of commerce shall cooper
ate with the farmers in getting a
series of good farm pictures Of the
fields producing these crops together
with brief synopsis showing where
the crops were raised. when raised.
the succession Of crops, yields and
costs, to be used as legend for the
picture. The pictures are to be dis
played in an appropriate manner in
the chamber of commerce rooms in
Pullman.