The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-30
Polk Countp Agricultural
 Notes
By e. w BROYLES.
 Farm Demonstrator

of the county at which the organiza-
 ton plans and the growers contracts are presented to the cotton farmers.
 In nearly every community yet
 reached a number of contracts have
 been signed, and others have signified their intention of joining the move ment immediately. The Arkansas
 Cotton Marketing Association IS the only fundamental sound and economi- cally safe system for organizing the cotton that has ever been proposed to the farmers of the South. Conceived | by no one man or group of men, but
 the outgrowth of dire necessity, the farmers of the Pacific coast have test
 ed, tried and proved in this plan for
 more than l6 years and have found
 it successful. Because of these
 facts it is the only cotton marketing
 movement that has ever received the unqualified endorsement of the major
 ity of the business men, as well as
 the farmers of the South.
 Mir. Robert Wait, secretary of the State Bankers Association, and Mir.
 Jack Bernhardt, extension specialist
 in Cotton Marketing of Little Rock,
 were in Mena Saturday and Sunday comforting with the bankers, the coun- ty agricultural agent and farm bureau officials, regarding the progress of the movement. Mir. Wait stated that the special committee of bankers selected by the State Bankers Association to | investigate the cotton organization, has after a thoro investigation, given it's approval to the Arkansas Cotton Marketing Associations plans, and it's report endorsing the movement will soon be made public. Every clear thinking farmer will be delighted with this assurance that the bankers as whole will assist in establishing sound commodity marketing organi- zation of the growers, for the grow
 CTS and by the growers. Why are they interested2 Partly from altru- istic motives but chiefly because the banker realizes if the farmer "goes broke" the banker does likewise.
 Mir. Bernhardt states that as the work was started so late this season in Arkansas the association will not attempt to handle this years crop. However, arrangements are being made with the Oklahoma Cotton Mar keting Association for marketing thru that organization this years crop for the members who are now signing the Arkansas contract, if they so desire. This, however, is optional with each grower
 One of the most interesting meet ings yet held in Polk county occurred at Yocana Monday night when the leading farmers of the neighborhood
 met with A. E. Wear, representing the American Farm Bureau Federa- ton, and the county agricultural agent A number of growers signed the marketing agreement, and are now endeavoring to arouse others in their community to an appreciation of the importance of this movement Ev- cry farmer should familiarize him. self with this work immediately, so that when a contract is presented to him for his signature, he may be lready to join with his neighbor in signing the cotton farmers declara-
 tion of independence. United, we stick; divided we're stuck" So sign
 and stick.
 s. c. Payne, forest ranger of the Eagleton district national forest re- serve, was in Mena Monday. While here he arranged with the county ag- ricultural agent to attend a number of community clubs in various parts of the county this month. He will meet with the Acorn Community Club next Saturday night at which time he will lecture on forestry work and fire
 prevention. Mir. Payne is a close student of his work and has some vi- tai facts and figures relating to his work which he presents in an interest ing manner. Everyone should hear one of Mir. Payne's lectures.
 When the State Farm Bureau brought Mir. Aaron Sapiro, the lead ing attorney, for the sixteen farmers cooperative organizations on the Pa cific coast, across from California and instructed him to outline the cotton, sweet potato and rice marketing plans it was decided that these activities would give the Farm Bureau ali the organization work it would be possi- disappointment to many of the truck growers of this section who had been hoping that the work of organizing the growers on a sound business basis would be launched this season. All such growers in Polk county will well come the news that the growers around DeQueen did not wait for the movement to be launched from head quarters but taking the truck con- tract they went to work on their own initiative, with the results that more than 100 farmers in that local ity have signed the strict binding con tract to deliver to their association all of their truck crops for marketing. It is also an interesting fact that after forming their organization they de- cided to make Glenn r. Wallace. who has been with them a number of years. as their county agricultural agent. and has given them splendid service, their marketing agent Mr. Wallace has resigned from the county agent work to accept the new place.
 At a little conference held by Peter McWilliam, president of Polk County
 Farm Bureau. and the county agri- cultural agent a short time ago. it was proposed that steps be taken leading to the formation of one truck marketing organization linking up the whole territory along the line of the Kansas City Southern railway thru Polk and Sevier counties, for the pur- pose of marketing all truck crops turnout the whole section thru one centralized marketing agency. This IS undoubtedly the only practical solu- ton of the truck growing problem. When the good Lord created these sec tions of Polk and Sevier counties he laid dOu-p m arhtf,...-x, ac,...4,. fs,-~- ....