The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-14
Bureau Federations were represented
at this meeting.

at this meeting.
The affairs of the American Farm
Bureau Federation are directed and
controlled by farmers through a board
of directors, consiting of one official
and one additional representative from
by farmers through board Of d.
rectors, consisting of one official and
one additional representative from
every state for each 10000 members,
or major portion thereof, and by an
ecutive committee consisting Of three
members Of the board of directors
from each Of the four regional dis
tricts of the United States all Of
which officers and directors shall be
actually engaged in farming.
It represents 81 states which have
been accepted into the organization
The total membership in the thirty
one states is a little over 100000.
It represents every community
Each county farm bureau provides for
a director from each community or
township co-opc1ator from each
school district, and a we'll distributed
membership.
+ It represents the various agricul-
tural organizations: The Farm Bu-
reau does not aim to replace any 9th
er organization. They include among
their membership representatives of
all farmers organizations. The Fed
Grafton encourages community organ
ization and cooperation.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton is not q political organiza-
tion.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON Is not panacea or 'cure.all.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton is representative Of it's mem
bership by using the referendum in
getting the viewpoint of its member
ship upon all great public questions.
The American Farm Bureau is
free from political entanglements.
Whenever any officer or director be-
comes candidate for state or nation
al office he must Immediately re-
sign his office in the American Farm
Bureau Federation.
l The American Farm Bureau. Fed
> Grafton, the State Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton and the various County Farm
Bureaus represent only nominal in
T vestment on, the part of any one In
dividual. The entire upkeep of the
i. farm bureau and the State Fedora
!, tions in the American Farm Bureau
Federation uniformly apportioned
costs the farmer ,ces than one cent
an sore on Ills land, IN n;luding feder
al, state and county appropriations
! and membership fees. From one
, half to two-thirds Of the necessary
, finances in support Of the County
Agent movement come from public
! funds to maintain the Agricultural
J Extension agricultural work carried
, on through farm bureaus but no
public funds 90 't5 the support Of the
State or American: Farm Bureau Fed
, erations. The. American Farm Blu
reau Federation depends entirely for
! support upon the funds provided
J, through the individual farm bureau
membership fees of whichsit receives
; not 60 exceed fifty cents per member.
While individual business corpora
tions are spending millions annually In
promoting their interests before the
general public, the future demands
!. an investment on the part Of the farm
) ,ers more commensurate with his In.
terssts. z'*s: 81
II Mr. f. F. Ladd Of Fargo, United
! States Senator-elect from North Da-
kota, ia q member Of the Committee
J Of Seventeen, body Of men appoint.
ed BY the president Of the farm Bu-
!, reau Federation to look up the matter
). Of orgaisation. This committee met
at Chicago recently and their resolu-
tions are as follows:
4. |. Farmer-owned elevator compa-
nies and sales agencies to operate on
!, the local and terminal markets OF the
!. United States.
'i2: Farmers export companies and
] sales agents to operate on foreign
J, markets for the purpose Of handl-
!. ing their exportable surplus
I 3. The grain growers Of the United
I States should as soon - possible BY
: mutual contract or otherwsie ar
range for the sale Of III grain on the
basis of cooperative basEains. s::
4 Tho foregoing shall be carried In
Z effect With the ultimate view O The
i prosection q q the 81 int sishas q