The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-18
GIVE REPoRT0E
STATE MEETING


" tors Of Earn Bureau.
At the meeting Of the. directors
Of the Mercer county farm bureau
association, which was held at the
farm bureau ONCE in Aledo yes
terday, little other than the regular
business came before the directors.
The meeting was called for 10
O'Clock in the morning and con-
tinued most Of the day. Directors
who were present were: Presi-
dent Elisha Lee, Hamlet: Score
tary Scoville Lees. Treasurer r.. A.
Newcomer, North Henderson; T. G.
Parker, Richland Grove; r. w.
Rathbun. Presumption; w. C. Har-
rfs. Perryton; Clyde Epperly, Dun
can; H. L. Thornton, Millersburg;
!. F. Gillmor, Aledo; John Schwar-
ia, North Henderson; r. D. Speer,
Ohio Grove. and F. B. Wicket.
NKeithsburg.
Delegates to the sixth annual
convention OF the Illinois Agricul-
tural association, held at Chicago
last Thursday and Friday, gave re-
ports Of the meeting. The dele
gates were Farm Advisor P. s.
Richey, r. d. Speer and Scoville
Lee.
In giving his report of the meet.
ing. MI. Richey said: More than
eight hundred farmers attended the
first days meeting, held at the Ho-
tel, LaSalle in Chicago. Reports
given at the meeting showed that
the American. farm bureau fedora
ton. of which the Illinois Agricul-
tural association is a member, has
increased in membership from 65,-
900 to 100000 during the last year
and has created 10 working depart
ments and 68 field workers.
The password at the conven-
ton was Better Marketing and
practically the first days program
was a recitation of the work of the
last year. Marketing Of farm crops
was considered one of the biggest
business problems before the con-
vention.
Scientific research was also
urged at the convention, and a Law
was urged requiring tenant and
landowner to put back into the
land some Of the fertility taken out
for the sake OF farming posterity
More generous credit systems for
land buyers apd a fairer federal
tax for public Improvements were
also dwelt upon at the convention
Reports given at the meeting
showed that five years ago there
were about twenty farm bureaus
working largely as individual units
Now there are $50 farm advisers
and assistants in Illinois, and there
is no sOther such small group oil
men who come into as close a per.
soEal touch with the entire mem.
bership of 10000 as do the farm
! advisers.
"Oficers for the association were
elected Thursday night. Howard
Leonard Of Eureka, Woodford coun.
ty, was chosen president. and 2
M. Holmes of Mossville, Peoria
county, was reelected vice presi.
dent.
AT a suggestion made by Presi.
dent Howard. that the farmers con
tribute some Of their surplus CORE
to the hungry in Europe and China
if the public would provide trans.
portation for shipping it out Of the
country, 81 counties pledged from
one to five carloads each, giving a
total Of 43 carloads-70,000 bush
els kilograms from Indiana, Mis-.
souri, and Ohio pledging those states
Ito cooperate fully were read. Mer.
Ger was among the counties to i'm.
me1iately offer some of the surplus
corn for the suffering in other
lands.
That the wool market might be
bolstered up, the association has
made bed blankets and auto robes
Of the wool pooled by the county
farm bureaus. Farmers having
wool in the pool can secure six.
pound all wool double blankets. q
by 81 inches, for $3.50, delivered
Any other person can secure these
| blankets for approximately SO
Investigation shows that these
blankets are retailing for about
$40. All others must be in within
two weeks time.
Principal resolutions passed al
the meeting called for highway
maintenance on farm to market
roads, for rural police, for feasible
consolidation Of rural school dis.
tricts. endorsement Of cooperative
marketing, opposition of organized
strikes and the maintenance Of
soil fertility"