The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-04-06
Farm Bureau
New Members
President Of State Organization
Visited Fallon In Interest
of Bureau
(By A. ]. Reedl

President E. c. Riddel. of the Ne
vada farm bureau federation, spent
Friday and Saturday in Fallon and
environs. He expressed himself as
being favorably impressed with
this section. speaking at some length
on the variety of crops that could bo
grown here.
Mr.. Riddel celebrated his 40th
anniversary in years spent in this
state. He located at Elko at the
age Of twenty.
The state farm bureau president
Is a keen man and one who has
travelled much in this country dur
Ing the last few years. He is there
fore familiar with conditions gener-
ally and conditions agriculturally In
particular.
He maintains the forward view
as to everything pertaining to the
United States; believes that we have
the greatest country and people
He believes In the farm bureau
movement and In It's ultimate sue
cess. Inasmuch as the other indus
tries and lines of endeavor are as
sociated, So must the farmers be as
sociated.
He also said that the farm bureau
movement has been built from the
ground up. arising from the de-
mands of the farmers themselves,
and that the annual national farm
bureau convention was opened by
the reading of the preamble to the
constitution of the United States.
The best brains of the country
were represented at the first con-
vention. representing the various
agricultural sections OF this country.
Hon. Charles B. Henderson is the
Nevada farm bureau representative
at the national delegation meeting
to be held at Washington, d. c., on
the 18th to 18th inclusive of this
month. Mr.. Henderson is a banker
farmer and is heartily interested In
the farm bureau movement
In order that the farm bureau
shall reach it's maximum ctrength.
the farmers must be represented as
solid community centers. A farmer
cannot afford not to belong to his
community center. There are many
matters that come up for his atten-
tion. These include bills brought
before the state and national legis~
lative bodies. The federal farm bu-
reau act would have been killed II
the best legal talent In the country
had not been hired to defend 1t.
A membership campaign was
launched by Mr.. Riddel. and C. w.
Creel. County Agent Leader for
Nevada.
A membership fee of $3.50 will
be charged and of this sum. $1.00
stays in the county farm bureau
treasury. to be used as the county
farm bureau directors direct. 1t
may be used to send a representative
out to the legislature on some bill
pertaining to farming interests.
Elko county sent representative to
the last session of the legislature
who urged that the price of poison
ed grain be brought down from 12
cents per pound to seven cents per
pound and this reduction was ef-
fected.
One dollar goes to the state farm
bureau treasury 80 that Nevada may
be represented at the national meet
ings. At the last meeting all the
inter-mountain states brought the
railroad rates up for discussion and
a committee is at work on this
problem.
Fifty cents goes to the national
farm bureau treasury to maintain
the national organization. This
maintains the best legal talent avail
able to fight for farming interests.
Every one is urged to join now
as there are so many problems COM
ing up in which farming interests
must be represented it the present
situation is to be alleviated.
Get in touch with the committee
for your community center and Join
now. Let's see the farming inter-
ests stand solidly together for what
belongs to them!