Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07
FARM BUREAU NEWS


merly was considered not essential
/ that farm organization have mil
! lions of members, but rather few
/ self-chosen leaders who were sup
posed TO reflect the interests of all
! the farmers, it is now recognized
that all the farmers should have a
/ voice in the management of their
affairs and should be organized in
such fashion as to enable them to
/ direct their officers instead of hav-
ing the officers direct them.
In the farm bureau this develop
ment has progressed to such a point
that it is in fact a membership or
ganization, pure and simple. The
/ farmers in most of the states of the
nation. we are informed, have be-
come so well impressed with the way
the farm bureau is managed that
they are taking memberships in their
| local farm bureaus by the hundreds
of thousands. According to the fig
ures supplied by the American Farm
Bureau Federation, there are in
Illinois over 10000 farmers who
are farm bureau members, each pay
ing a fee, annually, of $40, and in
some counties SIS. This would have
seemed wholly impossible 10 or Is
years ago, but it seems to be ac-
counted for nowadays by the fact
that the farmers are determined to
solve their own problems and they
know that to do so they must have
adequate resources in their farm
bureau to carry forward a continu-
Gus program of activity.
Iowa has the largest farm bureau
membership in the nation, accord
ing to the information secured from
the offices of the American Farm
Bureau Federation. There are more
than 120, 900 farmers and their fam
lies in that state who are gladly sup
porting the county farm bureau work
of the county agents, the home dem
onstration agents, the club leaders,
farm bureau secretaries and such
other employees as a real county farm
bureau in real farming country
must have. In addition to the sup
port which these farmers in Iowa
are giving to their county work, their
membership fees constitute the only
support that the Iowa Farm Bureau
Federation has for its statewide
activities, and also contribute large
ly to assist the American Farm Blu
reau Federation in it's great national
program for the betterment of ag-
ricultural conditions.
Every state in the nation has the
farm bureau in great strength with
two exceptions The total member
ship in all the states exceeds one
and one-half millions of farm fam
lilies, and in the next six months the
growth, if maintained at its present
rate Of increase, will pass the two
million mark.
The Whitman County Farm Blu
reau is soon to conduct a member
ship campaign among the farmers of
the county to secure the membership
OF every farm family which really
desires to see the farming conditions
bettered. This movement is of such
Importance, and is so well known as
TO need little recommendation to the
thinking farm folks. 1t should be
the desire of every farmer and
every farm wife in Whitman county
to join the Whitman County Farm
Bureau and thereby aid greatly in
remedying the local troubles of our
farmers and assist in carrying on the
state and national solutions of the
larger farm problems.
Meetings are to be held all over
the county soon, and all are cordial
ly invited to attend. You will not
be asked to join at these meetings
put you are requested to attend and
learn what the farm bureau is do
ing for agriculture.
Schedule of Meetings
Monday, October 1O-Palouse
p. M; Albion, 1880 p. M.
Tuesday, October 11-Pullman, 1880
p m; Uniontown, l p. m.
Wednesday, October 12-Hay, l
p. m; Lacrosse, 1880 p. m.
Thursday, October 13-Steptoe,
p. m; Endicott. 1880 p m.
Friday, October 14-Lamont, 1 D.
m st. John, 1880 p. m.
Mr.. Gray has a message we'll
worth hearing as he comes direct
from Washington, d. c. He is one
OF the three members of the Ma
tlonal Farm Bureau legislation COM
mittee, and will tell the farmers of
the county what has already been