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COLORADO STATE FARM BUREAU
News Letter No. 50

Commute o. II meeting III OcuseI.--
On March 18th, Mr.. c. "A. Gustaf
son and Mr. c. II. Hyde of the Graia
Marketing Committee of II viii holu
meeting in the Albany Hotel in
Denver at 10 o'clock a. m. for the
purpose of selecting two delegates
from Colorado to the national con-
venr ion in Chicago. This Chicago con-
yention is called for the purpose Of
ratifying the plans of the committee
of II for the national grain market
ing organization.
The meeting in Denver will be at
tended by representatives of all far
mer's organizations in Colorado. New
Mexico, Wyoming and Utah, and
will also be attended by n represen-
tatfve of every organization and in
dustry interested in grain market
ing problems. This is very i'm
portant meeting and every County
Farm Boreau in this state should
send at least one representative TO
get in touch with the activities OF
the National Farm Bureau in this
cooperative marketing work.
Remember the date-March 18th.
Traffic Conference in Chicago.
The conference which Will be held
In Chicago March 14th at the call
of President Howard of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation is now
commanding nation wide attention.
This conference will be attended by
all farmers organizations. manufac-
turers and consumers associations
Also by representatives of railroad
labor and railroad corporations and
1T is expected that definite recon-
mendations will be made to effect a
lowering of rates. The Transports
tion situation at this time Is very
serious in every section of the coun-
try and this conference will no
doubt work out some remedy which
will meet with general approval.
Colorado is to be represented at this
conference by r. L. Loesch of Mont
rose and Fred S. Caldwell of Monte
Vista and possibly others. A de-
finite report will be made of this
meeting soon.
Livestock Marketing Committee Of
Is at Work.
The first meeting of this commit
tee was held in Chicago on Febru-
ary % to "a and on organizing ia
IN. Of in loo nj
marketing problems confronting the
livestock producers of the nation, e.
III. Gustafson was elected Chairman
of this committee. A very definite
ing and the committee was divided
into subcommittee on Orderly
Marke citing" Cooperative Market
ing Agencies. Livestock Statistics''
Reports and Marketing Reporting. =
Transportation, Legislation. and
Financing" These committees
will report at the next meeting to
be held in Chicago on April 18th.
This committee has tremendous
responsibility thrust upon it, but
under the able management of Mr..
Gustafson. some very definite results
are certain. judging from his work
on the Committee of II.
Membership Campaign
All reports indicate that the
membership campaign is still going
nearly 100 percent Work is nee
essarily slew at this time of the
year on account of the bad roads in
several counties. but farmers are
showing greater interest at every
meeting, and from results so far Oh
tanned, Colorado is going to make a
creditable showing when the cam
paign is completed. The reports
from every other state in the union
where membership campaign is now
in progress indicate that more mem
bers are being secured than in Colo
rado. But the farmers of Colorado