Marble Hill press., 1921-10-06
BOLLINGER COUNTY NEEDS A
FARM BUREAU


zation Of farmers which cooper
ates with the federal department
of agriculture and the college of
agriculture of Missouri and 20
which they appropriate $500 =
year to each county which has
such An organization and employs
specialist IN helping the farm
crs of the county IN handling
,hcir problems What are some
Of these problems? They are mar
ketlnv. transportation. legislation.
taxation. soil fertility. better live
stock. dsirying. planning and
spraying an orchard. poultry Gull
lng. COW testing. seed testing and
treatment for diseases, better
community life. boys and girls
club work, testing soil and advice
as TO the kind Of fertilizers 20
use. the u.s. of better live stock
and 10 help find good sircs. many
Others too. but best Of all 20
make county better pIace in
which for farm folks 10 live
life So that the young folks will
want a. make homes and stay IN
that county Does Bollingcr coun.
IS need farm bureau Well. ]
was born and raised IN that coun-
~ and feel | have = right 70 help
answer this question. Here are
some of the things a Farm Bu-
rcau could 10 for this county. II
could help put better class Of
live stock in this county and il Is
50 veil ADAPTED 20 stock raising
and dairyi0g. Vet the quality of
the stock o., poor. There is room
for several herds II pure bred cat
tie here go supply breeding stock
The COWS IN the dairy herds II
tested would show that most are
not profitable Yet, while in the
county tvo days last week many
men asked me- where the" could
huy registered stock Here we
fnl III, ~scre' 10 Shv many mon
40 not have better stock they
like all farmers are busy on their
farms and DO NOT have time C.
get ou' and ind IL This would
De- your Rsyat's business, The
county ,s fine poultr, district.
but many ~ the hens d. not nay
their hoard. II would W. the
agents duty 10 80 where called
snd show YOU how 20 cull thc~"
out. The use Of lime on much of
the soil IN tho county would heip
yau grow clover and alfalfa. vet
few men have time 60 work up
community club e. get cru,h,r
though YOU have wonderful de
nosits Of high test linn" rock
Thousands Of dollars arr helms
wasted annually IN huyinr COM.
mrrcial fertilizers which hBv"
very little value. found man
with load OF fertilizer on his
wagon and hc hsd wasted enough
money on that load To pay h',
Farm Bureau dues for AZ lra>,
tt,o years YET he nor the dealer
knew he was wasting money
Your agents business would bc 90
test your soil for lime and fertl0t-
Fcr Snd help you buy what you
need and at a price IN line with
It's worth The farmers Of thu,
county will more than pay for
the cost uf an agent this year ~
the money they waste on fertilizer
alone. There should I've coopern-
tive shipping associations IN thr,
county - next month the state
Farm Bureaus of Missouri. llh-
nolS. Tennessee. Mississippi A..
kansas and Iowa will open their
own commission fSm At East st
Louis and this will mean that the
farmer viii go all the way from
his farm to the packer. butcher
or feeder and sell his stock and all Il
brings less the actual cost. will b.
returned To the producers Farmers
waste n lot Of their work and money
By using poor seed and then lose
more by disease and insect pests,
yet they do not. in most cases, know
what To do. Your agent would have
this technical knowledge and could
help YOU in these. This is good
soil for fruit and is well known for
the quality Of Strawberries produc-
ed. but il also could be made famous
for many varieties if there WAS more
spraying and pruning done. Most
men do not know what to use ~
spray or when to use it. Then the
work in the various local communi.
ties in whatever problem appeared
would be- the agents work. How
much would it cost Each farmer
joining, SIS a year. What would be
done with the money Fifty cents
would go to each of the national and
state Farm Bureau organizations
which work on such problems as
Al 81,