Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1921-11-18
WHAT THE FARM BUREAU
HAS DONE

address at the State Farm Bureau
convention held in Portland last week
said in part: Farmers generally
appreciate the great benefit of their
community and country organizations.
but are not so readily inclined to pre-
ceive the no less great although
more direct benefits Of their state
and national organization. The big
constructive taGks OF the farm bureau
are largely performed by he state and
national organizations.
Your state farm bure"u, although
very inadquately financed, has in less
than a year brought about a great
change in Oregon. The following are
a few of the achievements:
l. 1t has DOM a large a2Gun. OF
educational work in showing farmers
the absolute necessity of organizing
to protect their interests, as other
business is organized.
! 2. With the help of the Grange and
/ Farmers UniCn, it has organized the
Oregon Grain Growers. on 4 pooling
plan with a six year contract. The
: pool is now actively operating and Is
! selling the farmers wheat ut a good
advance over the prices offered by
local buyers. The 6rlin iool alone
will pay to -armers mary tia!es the
! cost Of The :,rin bureau.
( 3. 1t has assisted the Northwest
Grain Grove In their organization
work, and exercised leal!rg prrt in
tho organ zation OF the U. S. Grain
Growers Inc, through the presence and
| influence OF the State president, who
attended and spoke for the Oregon
! plan OF pooling at Spokane and at
Chicago at the national meeting. The
state vice-president, V. H. Smith, was
at the Chicago meeting elected one OF
the organization committee OF the U.
S Grain Growers and Is one Of its
directors as we'll as OF the Oregon
Grain Growers. The grain pool is a
great thing for Oregon.
! 4. The State Farm Bureau organ
/ ized the Oregon Cooperative Wool
and Mohair Growers Association
which, under the management Of r.
! A. Ward is more than fulfilling our
eXpections. AS illustrating the great
! value of cooperative work Mr.. Ward
has succeeded in selling for lSc. low
grade "a blood wool for which the To-
cal buyers were offering &c. and 1Oc.
a pound The wool pool is gaining
! rapidly in favor with the farmers and
wi we hope ultimately handle The
entire crop Of wool which Is tributary
to Portland. 1t Is conservative state
ment when we say that the work OF
this association, In properly handling,
grading and selling the farmers pro-
duct and improving sheep industry,
will in a very few years time double
the returns per .heep from the Oregon
farm flocks 20 say nothing of the re-
sulting increase in number and size OF
flock. The State Farm Bureau has
asked our senators and congressman
to stand for such a tariff as will pro-
tect the wool growers.
5. We have assisted In the Organ
ization of the Dragon Cooperative Hay
Growers Association which Is under
.he management OF l.. A. Hunt with
oar cordial coo peration is endeavor-
ing profitably to market our hay crop
4, by bringing I rod Ger and consumer to-
ge.her The great obstacle here Is ex-
cessive freight rates which must be
added to the cost of production and
this problem, both state and national
bur elus are trying to help solve.
6. The State Bureau has tried to
foster end encourage al! cc-cteratiye
commodity enterprises. 1t has insis.
ted on a proper tariff on ell farm pre-
ducts, through its presidents, presen-
ted these matters at Washington. ID. O
at special r.eeting OF the officers OF
the American Farm Bureau Federation
and OF the State Farm Bureau Presi-
dents
Z. The President also attended a
meeting ct Chicago on April 9th or
representative FRUIT growers. AS
rerult IT this meeting, President How.
ard OF the American Farm Bureau Fed.
erauon appointed q committee to for
mulate a plan fer marketing fruit IN
national way. He also attended ~ the
same time the Livestock Marketing
Conference.
The State Farm Bureau alsn, in c..
operation with the farm bureau o: tie
six Northwestern and Pacific State
arranged for and carried n Frlit MAJ
kotirg Conference with a three lGy
proGr.m, which resulted In several
very important things, among which
was further aid to the movement for
proper cold storage at the nunicipai
docks in Portland for the handling
and shipping by water fruits and per.
| ishable products
The County and community farm bu'
reau programs of work are all import
ant with the extension services OF the
Agricultural College and the U. S. De-
partement OF Agriculture. When, how
ever, all this has been done, ultimate
success Will not have been achieved
without state and national organi-
zation with large and loyal member
ship OF actual farmers to deal with the
big fundamental problems of agr!cul.
ture,"