The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

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The farm bureau, however, serves as
means of getting all farmers with
allied interests together. 1t is the pur-
pose of such groups, made up of those
engaged in producing the same things,
to work together in solving their prob
lens. 49, III
The hay men have already made
good progress, through the farm bu-
reau, in effecting changes in the al
falfa hay grades. They met at Ben
ton City last Monday to select their
county project leader, who represent
ed the hay producers at conference
with the consumers on Wednesday, at
which conference it was expected that
satisfactory agreement as to hay
grades would be reached.
The county project committee on or
chard fruit met Wednesday, May 18th
and elected w. S. Green, of Kenne-
wick, county project leader, and E.
N. Loveland, of White Bluffs, vice
project leader. They also started
work on plan for each community to
pool that part of its pear crop that it
is intending to sell to cannery.
w. D. Buchanan, poultry specialist
of the state college. will be in this
county for two days, about the middle
of August, to conduct culling demon
strations. In order to plan his time
to best advantage, the county agent
has called meeting of the community
project leaders on poultry to arrange
details and lay out an itinerary. The
county project committee on poultry
will undertake such work as seems
vital to the success of their business.
The potato project committee also
has been called together to lay out an
itinerary and arrange details for DEM
onstrations on potato diseases, by Mr..
Zundal, plant pathoIogist from the
state college, who will be in Benton
county about the middle of June. They
are also making plans to arrange for
suitable potato seed for next year, as
1t has been next to impossible to get
good seed this year.
Every agricultural industry has a.
chance to work for its own better
ment through the farm bureau. While
the county farm bureau is working on
local problems, the state and national
farm bureau declarations are turning4
their attention to the larger problems |
of freight rates and general distrib- |
uting and marketing conditions.
The farm bureau is working or
ganization made up of farmers. Att
the present time throughout the Uni
ted States, something over two mil
lion farm families are drawn together
under its organization and all are
for the economic bettermentI
of the farmer.
Commercial Enterprises
That it is not the intention of the
Benton County farm bureau to enter
into commercial fields, is set forth in
article Xxx of the constitution which
reads as follows: "The Benton Coun-
ty Farm Bureau, as an organization,
shall not engage in commercial ac-
nor shall it hold stocks or
bonds in organizations, undertaking
such activities or industries as may
seem necessary and advisable to the
Board of Directors"
In this connection, an editorial IN
the Weekly News Letter of May IL,
published by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and headed Go
operation" is of interest. 1t appears
in part as follows:
"The minds of farmers today are
turned, for the most part, toward CO.
operation as means of reaching sue
cess. Just how far they may go with
their efforts is a disputed matter.
Many business men, many of the great
public. appear to question
the farmers right to protect them
selves in this way, forgetting that
every branch of business has done pre-
cisely this thing.
There are about $4,000 farmers
in this country today
said George Livingstone, chief of the
Bureau of Markets, United States De-
partment of Agriculture. These or
CARNATIONS have membership of ap-
100000. A movement
so widespread should benefit both the
producer and consumer. Once the
public believes cooperative marketing,
for instance, will result in better quail
ty, standardization of products and
packing, the reduction of waste, the
public will wish to do its part to en-
such united effort. EVERY
thing should be done to discourage a
seemingly growing belief that such
are for the purpose of
prices. The public should .
be brought to understand that farmers
are organizing to get for themselves
and their families fair reward for
the labor they have put into produc-
lion, with the object of having higher
standards of living, better homes,
better school, and churches. Although
ne may not know it, every man in
;own or city has close personal in
serest in the success of American ag-
riculture. 1t is, or should be, cycle
n results; better farming, better pric-
IS. better homes, better people, be-
,ause the strength of the cities, as all
thoughtful persons know, lies in the
strength of the country, by which II
mean the rural regions