The Hayti herald., 1921-07-14

Suggested outline for the guidance of
County Farm Bureaus in conducting
a hearing inquiring into the condi-
tions of agriculture from the view
point of the farmers themselves.
IA hearing should be held on
or before July 11th in the office of
the County Farm Bureau.
2.--The president of the County
Farm Bureau should call the hearing
and preside at all sessions
3.-The County Agent should de-
vote as much preliminary time and
attention as possible to setting up the
local machinery in order to hold an
effective hearing.
4.-The County Agent should pre-
sent the preliminary statement re-
viewing the agricultural history of
his county: describing the present
economic status of the community
and presenting the outlook for the
important phases OF agricultural pro-
duction and distribution in the COM
munity.
5.-Having presented a general
statement, the eCounty Agent should
assume the role of prosecuting at
torney" and question the witnesses.
In this way he can bring out the facts
and securee the figures which will
prove the valuable evidence.
6.-At leeast one representative
producer of each of the important
comodities of the county should be
called to the Farm Bureau stand To
relate his personal experiences in the
growing and distributing of his pro-
ducts. He should be asked to pre-
sent facts and figures as to cost Of
production, methods and cost of dis
tribution; relation of selling price Of
his commodity to the buying price Of
agricultural necessities; credit facil
tiles, transportation, profits, losses.
labor cots, land values, etc. The
witness should be asked to suggest
remedies for ameliorating the condi-
tions.
1.-THE witness should be asked
concerning his attitude as to COM
modify cooperative marketing organ
ization.
8.-A special effort should bee made
in a corn producing county, for in
stance, to secure the presence at the
hearing, as a witness, of the leading
corn grown of the county. In a to-
bacco producing county the best to-
bacco grower should be asked to tes-
tify. In a dairy district the most
successful dairyman should be asked
to present his views. In beef pro-
ducing ection representative beef
cattleman should be requested to
furnish information concerning mis-
operations, and SO on.
9.-This line of procedure should
be adopted in every county with spe-
cial attention to the important agri-
cultural commodities produced there.
farmers, it would be we'll to secure
the points of view of such men as the
tlocal banker, the secretary of the
livestock shipping association, the
rural preacher, the superintendent
of schools, or anyone else who can
shed light on the condition of agri-
culture from the economic and social
point of view.
THE hearing will be valueless
unless a complete stenographic report
is taken.
12.-After the hearing is conclud-
ed, four complete stenographic re-
ports, with both questions and an
swers and all exhibits, facts and fig
ures which are presented, should be
made. Two copies should be mailed
at once to the general Offices of the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
1116 Garland building, 5S e. Wash
ington, ST., Chicago, Ill. One copy
should be retained in the County
Farm Bureau Office and another sent
to the Secretary of the State Farm
Bureau Federation y 's-''@ g
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