Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-06-08
FARM BUREAU
PICN|CS SOON
Two Big Ones Will be Held at Fort
Atkinson, June IA, And At
0ssian on June Is,
OTHER PICNICS
BOOKED ALSO
Delightful Time Spent at the Elmer
Rosa Home on June I'd By
Farm Bureau Members.

The above picnics vii begin at
1890 a. m. and will be held in the
parks adjoining the towns. Good
band music, community singing,
readings, speaking, and singing, base
ball games, horseshoe pitching con-
tests, and field sports will make up
the programs for the day. L. w.
Inman of Marble Rock will be the
speaker at Fl. Atkinson and M. A.
Hauser of Marshalltown will be the
speaker at Ossian.
Come and bring your well filed
baskets. Free coffee will be served
at noon. Bring pals. Everybody
welcome. The picnic at Fl. Atkinson
will be June IA, and at Ossian June
Is.
500 O'Clock Picnic at Locust
The Locust picnic will be held in
the evening. Bsing your baskets
and gather at the Locust church at
6 o'clock p. m. M. A. Hauser of
Marshalltown will give an address.
Community singing and a general
good time is promised to all who
come.
Evening Picnic for the Northwest
District of the County on June Is
Detailed arrangements have not
yet been received as to the definite
plans that will be carried out for
the picnic in the northwest section
of the county. L. w. Inman, how
ever, will deliver an address and we
expect to have basket supper at
some convenient place in that sec
ton.
Definite information will be given
out through the cooperators of the
various districts so that all may have
the privilege of attending and hear
ing Mr.. Inmans address.
=. ttensnkse picnic that is most
convs~yZF you and do not fail
to hear at least one of these adj
dresses, and enjoy yourself with your
friends and neighbors of your COM
munity.
Farm Bureau Meeting at Elmer
R0sa's.
A most delightful evening was
spent at the Elmer Rosa home on the
evening of June End by Farm Bur-
eau members, their families and
neighbors. The county agent was
present and led in the discussion OF
the problems that are being taken
up by the legislative committee OF
the American Farm Bureau Fedora.
ton. There were sixteen questions
brought up and discussed which were
along the line of the Legislative
activities of the American Farm
Bureau Federation. These question!
covered the following subjects
Finances, taxation, transportation
and several miscellaneous subjectl
all of which are of vital interest t,
the farmer and to the Nation, in
asmuch as it is impossible for an!
community or nation to prosper i
the agricultural industry is not pros
porous. 1t was unanimously decide,
that all of these questions Shout,
be given earnest attention by on
state and American Federations, il
order that we may have more per
manent and prosperous agriculture
After the discussion all entere
enthusiastically into the work of par
taking from the bounteous basket
of food which the ladies had pre-
pared. About hundred people wer
present and all went way feeling tina
the evening had been well spent an
expressed a desire that more meet
ings of this kind should be hel
throughout the county.
The American Farm Bureau
Federation
The American Farm Bureau Fec
Grafton has more than 100000
members. 1t is growing at the rat
of $4,000 members a month, 307,71
members have been received in II
last six months. 1t has 1473 count
farm bureaus. 1t has 43 state fee
erations who are members of Il
national declarations. There are
states which have county farm b.
reaus. The farmer is hopeful de
pite the low prices. He has faith
the farm bureau because it is his o
ganization. He is convinced that Il
farm bureau declarations will look a
ter his best interests. He is please
with the commodity marketing cor