The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-03
FARM BUREAU NOTES.
What is the Farm Bureau?


especially by city people and others
! not intimately associated with the
farm life. There are also many farm
ers who have not yet sensed the real
B purpose of the Farm Bureau. Briefly,
|. the whole idea may be summed in
the thought that the Farm Bureau is
an organization Of farmers, for farm
\ ols financed and differed by farmers,
ami working for farmers interests.
Thus il may be seen that the activ-
itics of the organization are many be-
! cause farmers interests cannot stop
With production. Necessarily, we are
interested in marketing TO consid-
. cradle extent because production is
!. only half the successful farmers
game.
, The Farm Bureau idea has grown
, from i,S inception in Broome county,
. New York, ten years ago, until now
there are more than two thousand
B Fam Bureaus In the agricultural Soc-
. ton of the United States, each en-
plnyiug county agent to assist in
working out their problems. II would
B take an unlimited amount Of space TO
!. give the details of the accomplish
mDu's Of Farm Bureau work up TO
, today, a. different counties and.diffcr-
. eui sections bring up many and varied
!, problems. In fact, the problems Of no
? two counties are exactly the same.
3 We world like 20 confine ourselves,
!. however, TO Holt county in this short
paragraph.
p ~ the firs, place VIC hope that there
3 are only few who believe that the
ss4 4, hnt
cannot be worn out. IL j. up to Us to
3 adopt the best methods Of crop rota-
]. tiUn aud systems of maintenance Of
soil fertility in the county. Soil fer
= ti'ity cannot be held up simply by crop
3 Rotation This has been demon-trat-
ell time and again by various expert
: mont .tl,ions over the corn belt.
= We must utilize a considerable en-
!. t,.t OF the feeds grown ON the farm
g.. th" production uf live stock II we
: e.. y\pcc, to maintain or improve our
= pre- yui -tatC Of soil fertility.
J. Soil erosion must also be taken care
e.. through systems of mangum ter
= iu,.- and soil saving dams together
. Wfg the incorporation of all available
I luu. matter IN the soil. While we
, g., maintaining soil fertility, We must
= q. look to the growing Of high yield
J. ,ius crops. which take no more labor
z t. the lower yielding varieties. Thi.
= Hn.y mean, increased net return.
= r'T acre. Oui land and labor j. too
i.f tu produce only those crop. which
, yield moderate return.
3 Through several demonstrations in
4 q. u," rf Acid Phosphate, We hope "a
2 b. ahic to give definite information
g q. 'p what we can expect from the ap-
= p'.at on Of this variety Of fertilizer
", are sure that we will find that the
= application of phosphorous will pay
3 large returns. especially on the better
!. SOILS. Il 1, possible that some OF tn,
y lighter, thinner soils will need differ
= at treatment.
We have already hintcd that mar
- keting Is Of considerable interest I,
farmers. We have another crop which
is OF utmost importance and the Farm
he Bureau in every county Is especially
he concerned with IL. We refer TO III,
.. boys and girls, who, II they expect tC
live and prosper In the next genera
he tion, must be able TO do n better jol
~ Of farming than do their fathers al
4. present.
~ Through boys and girls club work
he We hope to teach them better meth
py ods. Our response to the club wori
he projects has not been what Il shoult
H.. have been. We fear the fathers anC
a, mothers have not taken enough inter
an est.
IA. Let u look into the future and w
he may Justly consider that the sam,
mn progress will be made in the mex
no twenty years as has been made in th'
o- past twenty years, and IL so we can
Id not help but feel that the boys an,
girls are necessarily going 10 need I,
ga be better equipped to handle our farm
proftably than did the boys and girl
90, Of twenty years ago.
-" All these things and many more
- more than justify the existence Of tn
IN Farm Bureau and il the readers o
y" this article will give the question sObe
" thought, We know that you will agre
with Us. Are you supporting the in
stitution which H. working for you
II not, think this over. We know tha
ne when viewed in the right light, yol
". will have to confess that the result
'H obtained in the past years are wort
Ne' many times more than the cost.
az Grain Marketing.
ne We expected to be able TO announc
NJ definitely this week the dates for ou
"y grain marketing meeting, which "
ma mentioned in last weeks Issue of III
II" county papers, but at this writing "
do not have date definitely set.
ae The Y. S. Grain Growers, lncorpor
We ated, with offices at POS MallerS Build
by ing, Chicago, H., are prepared to SEN
ali to each and every farmer complet
,ut outline of the plan as adopted at tn