The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
Polk COuntp Aq1icuHudl
 Notes
E. C.. W. BRoYLEs,
 Farm DefnonstrAtof

Farm terlNtHtfhAHt
 The regular annual meeting of the stockholders in the Farmers Bonded Cotton Warehouse was held Monday morning at which time the board of directors and officers were elected to serve during the ensuing year. The following men were elected directors lG A Lies. Board Camp; Peter Me William. Acorn; c. W. McMillan, Ink; 1 R B Lane, Old Potter; H. B. Weay- CT Board Camp; T E. Woods, Ink; Joe Garland. Acorn; Will Hamlet, Ink Peter McWilliam was elected president; W. L. Lunsford, vice presi- dent: K. B. Lane, treasurer and Ooe Mc6lillan. secretary. At the attef- noon session plans were worked out for the receiving and handling of the searon's crop. The splendid manner in which Manager Ode MeMillan handled the warehouse affair and con duted the sales was heartily com mended by the board and he was re- employed for the present season. Ed gar A. HodsOn, cotton marketing spe- cialist. was present, having come from Little Rock at the request of the county agricultural agent, and pre- sented plans for the cooperative handling and marketing this seasons crop. Definite plans are now being worked out by the board in cooper ation with Mir. Hodson and will be announced later.
 The Old Potter Community Club meets Saturday night, September IT, It is planned to discuss at that time the work of a community club and us
 relationship to community life. The truck growers organization work Will also be presented and the plans for or ganizing and conducting the work Will
 be briefly discussed. The young folks are especially urged to attend, as well as the older folks who are in- terested in the truckers organiza- : tion or community club activities.
 Where the fall army worm has eaten the leaves from the cotton plants so early in the season, before the bolls have reached full develop
 ment the fiber in these bolls upon
 picking will prove to be immature. Such immature fiber means low grade cctton. Because of these facts all cot ton growers, whose fields have been attacked by this pest, should pick all the early cotton that opens as soon as possible, and have it ginned separate ly, so that it may be kept free of the
 immature. Iow-grade fiber from the
 later opening bolls. Else this inn mature fiber may result in lowering the grade of the whole crop.
 From North Caroline comes the welcome news that the Organization
 Committee has completed its cam paign in the cotton marketing work ? and that over 100000 bales have beer signed up, by the farmers of that state, to the cooperative marketing agreement. From Little Rock in oul , own state comes the more welcome news that number of workers arc now in Little Rock studying the work in every detail preparatory to launch
 ing personal campaign that vii
 cover the entire state, and, to use ont
 of the school boys expressions, shak, it from center to "cir-cum-fear-ance, with the accent on the third syllable . Polk county growers will be interest I ed in the announcement that the mar F keting machinery of the Oklahom; Association is practically completed The War Finance Corporation has i; 3 loan to the association of $6,000, 900 ? It is also securing S1 100000 from tn.
 Oklahoma banks, while New Yorl
 banks are advancing sn additional S1 100000, making total of $8,000, %, Q available for the use of the Oklahom, n growers while they are marketin, their crop.
 The Oklahoma Farmer -Stockmal says:
 The simplicity of the methods use, . by the association are illustrated b, n the manner of handling the first bal
 turned over to be marketed thru tn association It was grown by T. W ? Lindsay of Fleetwood, Jefferson coun
 ty. It was delivered to the Rock Is
 land railroad at Terral on August | : and billed to the associations orde 1 at the compress at Chickasha, whicl
 was the nearest open compress.
 "Mr. Lindsay received as an ad 1 vance on his cotton, so per cent of tn, : estimated value at that date as ike,
 by the board of directors of the asso ciation. This estimated value was l: cents per pound. The advance of 6s | per cent was, therefore, 7.8 cents pei l pound of $39 on his 500-pound bale i, There was no red tape to unwind ii
 securing this advance.
 MT. Lindsay when he took his bals ' of cotton to Terral, attached to it the numbered tag previously furnished him by the authorized agent of the association at Terral. He then billec the cotton to the association as above He next took his bill of lading. en. . dorsed 1t and attached it to the spe. ciai draft from which he found at the local bank. Having filled out this form in the amount of the advance S39-he next filled out the informa. ton sheet attached to the draft, giv. ing the information called for re- garding shipping and advance pay ment, ownership interests and mort gagee's interests. He then signed the waiver on the back of the information sheet which provided for the payment to his credit at the local bank of any balance due him as owner after liqui- dating all claims against the cotton as stated on tho information sheet.
 This draft was, by previous ar- 1 rangement with the Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association, handled as a cash item by the Terral bank and MT. Lindsay received his 60 per cent ad-