Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-09
FARM BUREAU
PROGRAM MADE
New Projects Launched at
J. Meeting Of the Executive 3! :.
). Board Held Friday. =,

Endorsing the North Dakota Farm
Bureau Federation plan Of establish
Ing q system whereby the actual COST
OF producing farm products may be
ascertained. the executive committee
of the Grand Forks county farm bu-
afternoon launched the movement
here and paved the way to carry the
work. on here this summer. 'ft4s
Az Grace township is said to be 4
|conmunity which is Representative Of
conditions Throughout the RedfRiv
Valley. It is planned to establish the
cost route in that district. Farmers
In tina community have already sig
nified their willingness to aid with
the plan. It was announced yesterday
by County Agent D. B. Morris. In
the district selected. forty farmers
will keep accurate record Of all costs
incurred in every branch of the farm
work. An expert will visit each farm
once a month. assist the farmer with
his records and compile the data.
From the forty farms he will take the
average, which will DO accepted as a
standard for the community aad the
district represented by the com
muntty. Similar systems will be OPP
Grated in other parts of the state and
the figures obtained here will be aver
aged with those from other districts.
Farm bureau officials maintain that
it the bureau is to market the prod
ucts Of the farm. they must have &C.
.curate knowledge of the exact cost Of
producing each.
Among the speakers at the meeting
OF. the executive board was Frank
Haynes of Genessee. ILL.,. who told of
the system under which the farm bu-
reaus are operated in that state. He
declared that the county bureaus are
divided up into small units or COM
munity bureaus. which. merged to-
gether form the county bureau. He
maintained that better results are OBJ
tanned from this plan and advocated
the system as ar advisable n for
North Dakota
To Boost Live Stock.
Max Morgan: live stock specialist
from the North Dakota Agricultural
college, outlined a plan for conduct
ing a pure bred sire campaign in one
community in Grand Forks county
and the executive board endorsed the
idea. Efforts will be made to pick
out the community best adopted for
the campaign. it has been announced.
Scrub sires will be accepted as part
payment for pure breda. Stock will
be collected and shipped in car load
lots to Chicago where. n Of the
packing companies will pay . premi-
UNI over the regular market price.
The breeders Of pure blooded sires
have also announced that they will
reduce prizes on the stock to aid in
the. campaign. This is the first CAM
paign of the kind ever launched with
in the state to promote live stock in
l~terests and it has been announced
that this county was chosen because
iof the exceptional interest that is be-
ing manifested in the production Of
high grade stock. Many boosters
within the county have offered to pro-
mote the. plan.
No decision was reached relative to
the place for holding the county pic
mic on June Is. Several towns with
liz the county are asking for the fes-
tival and because Of the keen COM
petition. the members of the execu-
tive committee decided 70 postpone
the decision. :
The board also agreed to provide
fifty dollars for premium money for
farm bureau prizes at the state fair
this summer. providing the state fair
board places a similar sum-. This
imoney will be disbursed under the
supervision of County Agent D. B.
Norris and Secretary E.. r. Mont
sonery of the fair association.