The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-13
FARM BUREAU
ELECTS OFFICERS
Program Of Work For 1921 Adopted
BY Directors

The Directors of the Hand County
Farm Bureau met at the Farm Bureau
Office Friday, January 7th, and com
pleted the election of officers.
]. G. Venables of Rose Hill township
vas elected President.
F. C. Hibbison of Miller Township
Vice President. +
A. f. Swab, of st. Lawrence Town
ship, Secretary-Treasurer
Additional directors are:
w. j. Clemens, of Rec Heights Twp.
Webb Davis, Park Township.
Frank Teller, of Holden Township.
II. J. Waters, Ohio Township.
Hand County Farm Bureau menu
bers may feel satisfied that their or
S~anization Is in the hands of Compel
ent, successful farmers. They are fam
liar with the Farm Bureau and what
1t aims to accomplish in the county.
The Program of Work for 1921 as
adopted by the Directors includes the
following:
|. Organization
(a) Establish a Hand County Far
mers' Mutual Fire and Lightning In
urance Company.
OBJ Organize a Livestock Shipping
Association at Rockham.
(c) Organize five more community
clubs.
I'D Hold the BIG Farmers Picnic.
(e) 1000 Farm Bureau members.
III. Farm Management.
(a) Interest "a farmers in keeping
cost account records.
(b) Hold 5 Farm Management
schools assisted by State Farm Man
agement Specialist.
Object: To demonstrate necessity
of keeping accounts of the Farm Bust
ness.
(c) Hold / White Multiple Hitch
Demonstration. Object: To demon
strate the elimination of side draft in
blowing.
III. Crop Improvement.
(a) Interest 20 farmers in the plant
ing of rust resistant varieties of wheat
tb) interest 5 farmers in the plant
ing of sweet clover pasture for hogs
and cattle.
(c) Interest 10 farmers in the plant
ing of selected and improved SEED corn
who are not now doing SO. Object:
To demonstrate the benefit of select
ing seed corr in the field before frost
falls.
Cd Interest 5 farmers, not now do
ing so, to plant soy beans in corn
Tor hogging down the crop.
w. Live Stock Improvement,
(a) Interest 25 farmers in the pur-
chasing of pure bred sires who are
now using grade or scrub sires.
tb) Interest 25 more farmers in
becoming members of the "Better-sires
Better Stock movement" being promot-
I'd by the u. s. Bureau of Animal In
dustry. This requires that a farmer
agree to use nothing but pure bred
cires on every class of livestock and
poultry on his farm.
(c) Hold five Better Livestock OBJ
servation tours. See what the other
fellow has.
I'D Interest five farmers in the
construction of concrete hog feeding
floors.
(d) Interest five farmers in the
construction of silos.
() Hold one Livestock judging de-
monstration-all classes of livestock.
V. Animal Disease Control.
(a) Interest five breeders of pure
bred cattle to test their cattle for
tuberculosis under the Federal-State
Accredited herd plan.
OBJ Assist in control of other ami
NAL diseases as occasion demands.
vi. Boys and Girls Club Work.
(a) 5 Baby Pork Clubs.
(3) 3 Cow Calf clubs.
(c) 2 Baby Beef clubs.
(d) 3 Sow Litter clubs.
(e) 5 Canning Clubs,
H 3 Sewing Clubs.
g) 1 Corn Club.
CHI 1 Livestock Judging team.
III Crops Judging team.
% 1 Boys and Girls Clug work
fair.
VII. Home.
(a) Hold S demonstrations of the
cold-pack method of canning meats
and vegetables.
(b) Hold 6 Poultry culling demon
STATIONS. to demonstrate the necessity
of eliminating poultry that is not pro-
ftable.
(c) Interest 10 farmers and their
wives in the beautifying of the home
grounds. |. e.
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