The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-01-13
|PL[ND|D MEETING
| Of FARM BUREAU
.,seussion of the loss Suffered by
Farmers Thru Cotton and Remedial
Measures-Sweet Potato Slips
Assured-New Agent Present.

The Farm Bureau meeting held at
II Farmers Warehouse while not as
4 roelv attended as have been some
tbe previous meetings of the or
.pization. demonstrated that Polk
untv farmers are not CUTTERS"
Nv slump in the price of cotton
.xb;eh q few weeks ago threatened to
srupt the organization, was viewed
& M a broader vision, showing that
~ lack of a market in Mena was not
E local condition but one that pre-
lied thruout the cotton growing
<ction of the country, and, too, that
8nkers. business men and the grow
~ of wheat, corn and the breeders
Il hogs and cattle were as hard hit
4 the cotton farmers.
q In the effort to get away from cot
In as the sole money crop, the meet
&g on Monday arranged that Ode Nc
Nillan. the warehouse man, should
|Enong other things, prepare to raise
<Neet potatoe slips, authority being
wen him to make plans TO bed out
81 least 100 bushels. Another move
lent started Moday was to make ar
<ngements for seed oats for the
>sming season, a proposition made by
&eil Riding having been accepted by
~ bureau. Still another movement
kaugurated was to work up a deal
4hereby bureau members could ex-
Aanpe cotton seed for cotton seed
neal to be used for feed and fertil-
&er. AS a matter of business, Eu-
4ene Wood and Alf Lilies were elected
Arectors of the Farm Bureau to take
~ place of John Wimberly and Will
xunsford, the former having moved
rom the county and the latter having
nsigned.
s. Mrs. Austin, the home demonstra-
1Ion agent appointed to take the place
4 Mrs. Anna Woods Bell, attended
Ne meeting and in her address as
bred those assembled that she was in
he county to be of service, and that
De was ready at any time to meet
fe farmers Of Polk county in their
Bmmunity meetings, at their homes
Il anywhere else where two or three
build be gathered together. She also
8rged the planting of small fruits
M truck crops to take the place of
&tton, pointing to the success made
= other points along these lines as
~ incentive to Polk county people
me of the lines Of activity which Mrs.
Xustin expects to take up will be the
tganization of woman's auxiliary
3 the Farm Bureau, start along
Dat line having been made last week
Then she sent a circular letter to
Rch member urging him to bring
Is wife or daughter to the meeting
h Monday.
q Dairying and poultry raising were
&ggested as activities which If devel-
9ped on commercial scale would help
u bring permanent prosperity to Polk
punty. Then, thru the entire meet
kg the spirit of optimism prevailed,
DC point being repeatedly made that
Fhile there was no gainsaying the
pct that the farmers of Polk county
fere hard hit on account of the slump
II the price of cotton, yet conditions
Fere much better here than in the
Erictly cotton section of the United
Hates, better even than in the central
Potion OF the United States where
Ieople have been less conservative in
4nancial affairs than in Polk county.
n Secretary Fred Smith of the Com
Hercail Club gave the farmers and
*tension forces the assurance of
searty cooperation of the business
nterests of Mena thru the Commer-
pa Club and other agencies in the
4oYement for diversified agriculture
4 the county. The organization ot
Re Berrv-Cherry Farm, the construe-
ION Of the sweet potato curing house,
Ne financing of county fairs and
2pultry shows. and the showing made
the Texarkana District Fair, as
fel as the efforts to assist the far
Eers in finding markets, were cited
4 specific performances in the past,
fth the promise that these activities
could be continued in the future