The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-03-18
MONROE COUNTY MAKING
PROGRESS IN ORGANIZATION
At Suggestion of New Hope Conn
munity Club Meeting is Held
i'm City Hall, Saturday p. M.

and discussed the proposed organ
ization of farm bureau.
A committee previously appoint
ed by the Aberdeen Chamber Of
Commerce to meet and cooperate
with the farmers who would be
present at the meeting was there
and enthusiastically pledged the bus
iness men of Aberdeen. through
their splendid organization, in CO.
operation with the farmers of this
section in this as we'll as any other
effort that might be made looking
to the material needs of our people.
i 1t was decided to arrange for
meetings to be held at the differ
ent school houses in the county and
to have speakers at these meetings
Hwho would explain the urgent need
of a farm bureau and the many
benefits to be deriyed from if.
Messrs. Oldson and Patterson.
specialists in organization and mar
keting, of the A. q NJ. College, were
present and made very interesting
talks on conditions that confront
the country at this time. In dis
cussinp these conditions they made
no effort to reason the cause. but
emphasized the necessity for intel
ligent thought on the part of farm
ers in growing and marketing a
crop this year. stressing the fact
that this could better be obtained
through competent and efficient
farm agent than in any other way.
They expressed themselves as be-
ing thoroughly in accord with the
plan of organizing farm bureau,
and volunteered valuable sugges-
tions which it followed up would
be of valuable aid.
Everyone present favored the
farm bureau plan, and we believe
that it will be organized as soon
as necessary preliminaries can be
dispensed with.
Much announcement for the farm
bureau plan is expected to result
from the meetings to be held at the
various school houses in the coun-
ty by reason of the fact that the
purposes and benefits of the organ
ization will be placed before the
individual farmer in every section
of the county. When this is done |
a massmeeting will be called to |
assemble in Aberdeen. at date to
be later announced. for the purpose
of perfecting the organization of a |
farm bureau and arranging a plan
of ways and means for procuring |
necessary finances to meet expenses
of the organization and provide the
salary of farm agent.
AS a further encouragement to
the people of Monroe county to take
prompt action in this matter we
reprint below an article from a Tu-
pelo newspaper. showing what Lee
county citizens are doing along the
lines of organization and co-opera-
ton:
The directors of the Lee County
Farm Bureau have been giving the
County Agent their hearty support.
x : The first piece of work un-
dertaken was the pooling of cotton
for a cooperative sale. Four hum
dred and seventy-eight bales haye
been graded and since the Govern
ment grader was here about sixty
more bales have been listed for the
sale and other farmers are still
planning to put their cotton in
The cotton committee is waiting
until they feel that the market will
Justify them in selling before they
offer the cotton.
Some very good work has been
done by the local potato committee
at Shannon. In addition to putting
in curing plant that will have a
of about eight thousand
bushels several curing houses will
be erected by farmers of the COM
munity on their farms. Indications
are now that enough sweet potatoes
will be produced in the Shannon
for shipping ten or
twelve cars. Other communities
are becoming interested in sweet
potatoes as a money crop and the
Farm Bureau will give all the as
sistance possible in helping other
in organizing to plant
potatoes and put in curing houses.
The Farm Bureau is planning
'or a big Fertilizer Day at Tupelo