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unanimously adopted the plan.
Universal Interest in Farm Bureau
Not only the farmers OF Colorado
are interested in the Farm Burea
but business and professional men
| in every section of the state are
taking notice of the constructive
policies a nd are joining hands with
the farmers TO help promote these
policies.
Since Governor Shoup Joined the
Montrose County Farm Bureau
nearly every farmer and many bust
I ness men of that county have Joined
Several other counties report the
same general interest among busi-
ness and professional mon.
One of the leading attorneys Of
Colorado told j. NJ Rodgers that If
he could afford to he would abandon
his law practise and go into organ
ization work for the Farm Bureau
lie Ipse he considered tho Farm
| Bureau movement the most impo-r-
tant factor in our agricultural de-
velopement. and that 1t must be
strengthened to maintain our Amer
lean Institutions.
ITEMS OF NATIONAL INTEREST,
Executive Committee to Meet in
Washington
Beginning on April II, the Exc
cutiye Committee of the American
Farm Bureau Federation and repre-
tNntatlves from the various' state
farm bureaus will meet in Washing
ton ID. C. to work out a denite leg
lslative program to present before
the coming session of Congress. The
Executive Committee, meeting in
Chicago on February 1913. author
| lied the appointment of Legislative
Committee of Five to shape Farm
Bureau policies at the Capital.
President j. X. Howard regards the
| legislative measures to be considered
| by the Sixty-sixth Congress as of
such vital Importance to the farmers
of America that he believes 1t de-
sirable for the Committee of Five to
have thecounsel and support not only
of the entire Executive Committee
OF the American Farm Bureau Fed
4 Grafton, but OF as many other Farm
Bureau representatives as possible.
Thee difference Will carefully con-
slider policies OF interest to organized
agriculture, and also study ways and
means of most effectively speaking
the farmers mind with respect to
such policies. Each state farm bu-
reau federation will be asked to send
at least one representative TO the
Washington legislative conference.
Arizona's Governor Joins Farm
Bureau -
/ Thos f. Campbell. Governor of
Arizona. has Joined the Farm Bureau
On March l1th. the Governor auth
orized the Phoenix National Bank
ito pay the $1,000 which makes him
member of he Phoenix Farm Blu
reua, the Maricopa County Farm Blu
reau, the Arizona Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON anu tne AMERICAN arm bu
reau Federation. Organizer S. f
Cummings has sent Governor Camp
, bells pledge to Secretary j. w
Coverdale. Director OF Organization
of the American Farm Bureau Fed
, Grafton. who prizes it highly as
memento of Arizona's drive for 6,
e 900 members. The first six days
5 campaign resulted in sign-up o
5 1000.
| Ohio to the Fore
4 Ohio steps into the lead of al
e state with a paid-up Farm Burea1
membership for 1921. Treasure
4 Harry G. Beale of the Ohio Farr
Y Bureau Federation reports that 6
e county membership drives have bee
+ completed. The paid-up member
;. ship in the Buckeye State is 63
: 513.
n Farm Bureau Helps Utah Be:
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