Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
ToIIeson-Penderaast

ToIIesonPendergast
 The local farm bureau of the Tol- leson- Pendergast district met We'd nesday evening at the Tolleson school building. A nice crowd turned out.
 A very encouraging feature was | the number of women present and the interest they took in the ques- | tions discussed by the body. When the women get interested, things move.
 l A good program had been arrang- 1 ed. Mir. John Schalalos was present l to discuss the possibilities of grow | ing potatoes in the valley in a big | commercial way. The farmers gained much valuable information as to | planting, handling and shipping. MT. Schalalos said that the idea that Salt River valley potato would not keep was an absolute mistake, that If they were properly handled from the field they could be kept for months | and shipped anywhere. He stated | that it would be an easier matter to | dispose of one hundred and fifty cars than to dispose of one hundred and fifty sacks. Pointers to plant, cultivate and irrigate were very in- 1 teresting.
 The representative of the district | reported the progress being made by the committee appointed by the 1 Farm Burau locals on the dairymen's association for the valley. stating good progress was being made, and plans were being worked out. Quite a number present stated they were not in the dairy business at present, but would go into it if an association could be formed that would make 1t profitable Much interest was Inani- fested in the proposed organization
 Farm Bureau. work was discussed and a spirit of willingness to get to- gether on constructive measures was very evident.
 Some farm bureau songs were sung | and the ladies served 0 splendid | lunch and everyone went away feel ing the evening was well spent. and with a growing enthusiasm to ac- complish through cooperation what is impossible acting singly.
 The next meeting will be held at Pendergast Wednesday, December IA.
 A Great Gathering
 The people who do not think that the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion is a going organization, have only to read of the convention just held in Atlanta. Georgia, to change their opinion. This was the third an- nual convention of the federation and
 
 I doubt, as the greatest gathering or farmers ever held. The way the problems confronting the American farmers were handled. prove that the farmer has at last wakened up to the necessity of doing things for himself 6 rather than leave his fate to people in other lines of business to decide for him. Many people prominent in national affairs were present and ad- dressed the convention. Representa- l tives from s6 states were present and , delegates from several foreign coun- tries as we'll Ohio had the largest delegation of any state. one hundred and fifteen delegates being present from that state. and Iowa came sec ond.
 Mayor Addresses Convention. The first to address the conven- ton was James L. Key, mayor of At lanta, who, in the name of the city, welcomed the visiting delegates. The mayor said in part:
 "The world wide economic and in- dustrial situation has made it hard | on the farmer. We in the cotton belt 3 whether we live in the city or the [ country, have felt it's effects. We need to do something to relieve the agricultural situation. We could gc | on practicing crop rotation and di- r verSification, but to do that alone would only be adding paralysis tC | paralysis. What We must work to- [ ward now is a better marketing sys- tem-one that will give the farmer g r fair share of what the consumer pay: | for products of the farm. It is in- | cumbent upon the banking and other II business interests to help bring this about and to help finance the farm in this situation"
 pr. SouIe's Address The crisis in southern agriculture and how to meet it, was the subjec F of an address by Dr. Andrew M Soule. president of the Georgia Agri- cultural college, before the conven- tion. pr. Soule said that present conditions were brought about by un- | favorable exchange, restricted pur \ chasing power of consumers. and thu failure to sell products produced a
 a high cost until after the great de cline in prices.
 Eleven things were named by Dr Soule as necessary steps in meeting the crisis-the things that must b
 done to meet 1t.
 First, get back to normal: second
 re-establish our pre-war ideals b.
 emulating the three Graces, Faith
 Hope and Charity; third, bridle clas \ consciousness; foster co-operativi