The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-19
WHAT one WIDE
AWAKE FARM BU-
REAU EFFECTED
They Are of In-estimable Val
Tie to Farmers and Country
Life. Example Illustrated
(Short-horn WORLDLY

Do you good people who read the
Short-horn World fully realize the
vast amount of wonderful work being
done by farm bureaus and enterpris-
ing county agents1 This new organ
ization spirit in country life is a fac
tor of such greatness that il is hard
to estimate its value. Here in brief is
the record of one busy bunch. that of
Hamlin County, S ID. The brief re-
port is vibrant with intelligent indus
try Men and women, boys and girls,
we are facing new times and new OPP
portunities, when so much good work
is done during one year in one coun-
try.
Organization
l. Joined the State Federation of
Farm Bureaus.
2. Increased its membership from
240 members to 100.
3. Was the first farm bureau sue
cessfully to complete a membership
drive.
4. Hired a full time stenographer
in place of half time
5. Hired one county agent.
Live Stock Improvement
]. Held three purebred sales
2. Assisted in the sale, of S13.767
worth of purebred hogs.
3. Assisted in securing 20 begin
ners to make initial start.
A. Assisted in making out pedigrees
for 80 head of stock.
5. Assisted in organizing the North
eastern South Dakota Breeders AS
ISOLATION.
6. Organized the Hayti Live Stock
Shipping Association.
Potato Improvement
l. Organized the first Certified Seed
Potato Growers Association in South y
Dakota and tenth in the United
States
2 Grew one-6fth of the certified
seed potatoes raised in South Dakota.
B. Secured resultant profit of &c.
$50 due to increase. marketing, etc,
to the members
4. Had the only county exhibit of
certified potatoes at the state fair.
3. Held six potato Improvement
meetings.
g. Organized the Dempster Potato
Shipping Association.
Z. Sent delegation to investigate
he practicability of potato warehouse
n the Red River Valley
4, Boys and Girls Club Work.
l. Organized Is clubs with an en-
'ollment of 1913 members.
?. Sent 21 boys and girls to the club
amp at Brookings in June
B. Sent crop and stock Judging
cam and sewing demonstration
cam to the state fair.
t. Won second in sewing demon
tration at fair
s. Represented at the International
live Stock Show, Chicago. by two
members.
g. Held county club fair.
l. Made IS exhibits at county and
tate fairs
Marketing.
1 Saved $4,000 to farmers market
ng through live stock shipping as
ociations.
,. Marketed $4,000 of fax and seed
orn at profit of $3.50 to producers.
Publicity
l. Published monthly the Farm Blu
eau News
?. Mailed our 6,1OO copies of the
'arm Bureau News.
B. Wrote .42S personal letters.
T. Mdileu out lO,4u5 circular letters.
). Held 3, meetings.
6. Mailed to newspapers 1876 news
rtcles.
and Statistical Report
l. Made 279 farm visits.
.. Had 81 office calls.
3, Spent 1913 days in the field
T. Spent los days in the office
). Travelled 1,927 miles by auto.
G. Travelled 1,769 miles by train.
l. Spent days in conference.
8. Addressed 81 meetings.
A. +. kangas is president, S. l..
lyhres. secretary, and A w. Temp
ms, county agent, of the Hamlin
ounty Farm Bureau.
There is no way to estimate the
alue of wide-awake bureau, and
lamlin County seems to have that