Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-10
FARM BUREAU LINES
UP FOR 1921 WORK
IN PHILLIPS COUNTY
Fifty-twO Committeeman Hold
Meeting in Malta and Ar
range Program.
Special to The Tribune.

special TO l0e lrluuuc.
Malta, March 9.-On Saturday af-
ternoon, 50 farm bureau committee
men representing % communities from
all sections Of the county met at
Malta and together with number OF
other interested farm bureau members
planned the work to be undertaken by
the farm bureau during the coming
season. The local farm bureau com
mitteemen constitute what is known
as the agricultural council of the farm
bureau and meet once each year to
plan the program of work to be under
taken by the organization during the
current year.
Six major projects were decided on
as follows: EARN bureau organization.
gopher control. crop Improvement. live
stock diseases, junior farm bureau
camp and farm management.
The organization voted to conduct
gopher campaigns only in organized
communities, making it necessary for
unorganized territories to perfect their
local farm bureau organization before
work on this project is started.
As Central Office.
The plan is to leave the enforcement
of the law and the conducting of the
entire gopher campaign to each indi-
vidual community through the commit
teemen, the farm bureau office to serve
only as central point from which the
county campaign will be supervised.
The experience of the past year has
been that well organized communities
have secured excellent results while
poorly organized communities or those
not organized at all have secured prac
tically no results.
In the crop improvement work
standard varieties of all farm crops
have been selected and these varieties
will be pushed by the farm bureau
from now on through demonstration
plots and pure seed growers. Varieties
of the important crops selected are
Marquis and Durum wheat. Victory
oats, Hannchen barley. Northwestern
Dent and Pioneer White Dent corn,
North Dakota $50 rye. Grimm alfalfa,
Irish Cobbler and Melted Gem potatoes,
and CT 10 flax
A large number of demonstrators
have been lined up for these crops al
ready.
Growers Are Selected.
Pure seed growers have been Sc
lected and plots of pure seed from
hand selected heads Of each variety
will be established
Farm bureau organization and junior
farm bureau camps. livestock diseases
and farm management will constitute
the four other main lines of work to
be undertaken. The junior farm our
eau camp VIII consist of from one to
three farm boys in every community
in the county and for a weeks time
they will attend camp put on under
the auspices Of the farm bureau and re-
ceive a weeks short course in agri-
culture and other subjects Of interest |
The farm management work and The |
work in connection with livestock dis
eases will be conducted in exactly the |
same manner as last year. A number !
Of farm management schools viii be
held during the year and an attempt |
will be made to work with a snail |
number of farmers during the year with |
the idea of having them keep a def |
mite set Of farm accounts. In live |
stock diseases, community black leg |
drives will be conducted twice year
IN communities interested
Community Development
Farm bureau organization work will |
De continued with special reference to
community development. Special at
ention will be given during the coming
ear to increasing the efficiency of the
different community organizations.
The matter of farm bureau membership
will be taken care of entirely through
he local committees. The following
'ountv project leaders We're appointed
Farm bureau organization, John Sutnr:
arm bureau policy, John Suter, South
'trater. Norman w. Hicks. Malta:
,opher control, 4. II. Freie. Dodson;
;. \. Dyrdahl. North Lovejoy; 3. l..
.rdahl. Bennett Lake. Crop improve
nent James Atwood, South Strater;
ierard Dewitt. Malta. Livestock dis
asses Frank Schempp. Freewater; J.
Adolph Krohn, North
'trater; Clayton Armstrong. Lower
Whitewater. Farm management.
Adolph Krohn, North Strater. Junior
arm bureau, John Suter, South
'trater.
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