The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-01-21
Farm Bureau
Annual Meeting

More than two hundred farmers
We're present at the annual meeting
of the County Farm Bureau, held
Saturday at Harrington. Reports Of
the activities of the Farm Bureau
were given by Mr.. ]. D. Rion, of the
Livestock Shipping Association; by
Maurice Highley, of the Farm Bureau
Purchasing and Sales Association, and
by the Home Demonstration Agent
and by the County Agent.
Miss Rocheford, Assistant Home
Demonstration Leader, from ColuTn-
bia, was present and gave an interest
ing and stirring talk on Farm Bureau
work, urging all farmers to support
the movement which has done so much
in bettering the conditions on the farm
and in the home.
Mr.. s. j. Kleinschmidt, of Higgins
vile, Mo-, part-time employee of the
Extension force at Columbia, also
spoke and gave masterly address.
Mr.. Kleinschmidt is also a farmer and
has. the viewpoint Of both the farmers
and the extension workers. He re-
viewed some of the activities of the
EARN Bureau nationally, and spoke
frequently Of the power of an organi-
cation that has 100000 farmers sup
porting it. He said that the work of
the Farm Bureau has been divided in
to four parts; Publicity, legislation,
organization and marketing. In the
publicity work, he told of how news
paper men were cooperating with the
Farm Bureaus in getting the news and
activities of the Farm Bureau work
before the people. He mentioned the
death of the Nolan Bill, which, if
passed, would have put tax of per
cent on all farms valued at more than
$4,000. The killing of the bill was
largely due to the action of the farm
ers through the organization of the
Farm Bureau. Furthermore, in leg
slation he spoke of the decrease in the
valuation of the railroads brought
about by the American Farm Bureau
Federation, this action meaning a
great saving to people of the United
States, especially to the farmer. In
organization and marketing much
good was shown by the speaker to
have been accomplished. 1t was bring
ing the producer and consumer closer
together by cutting out some of the
unnecessary middlemen. AS an ex-
ample of this is the local work of the
Livestock Shipping Association and
the Farm Bureau Warehouse.
The officers elected for the year
1921 are rs follows: C. G. Schuttler,
president; Mrs. Lee Roy johnson,
vice president; M. P. Cayce, treasurer;
and Lee Roy Johnson, secretary. The
other members of the Executive Com
mittee are: Mrs. G. B. Denman, Miss
Lena Herbst, Mrs. C. C.. Schuttler,
Mrs. w. H. Counts, j. D. Rion, w. H.
Counts, Frank Graham and Tom Heck.
The projects chosen for the year
are: Marketing, Livestock Improve
ment, Livestock Shipping Associa-
tions, Lining of soils, Farm Crops,
Orcharding, Soil Terracing and Drain
age, Farm Loan Association, poultry,
Home Conveniences, Health, Food,
and Clothing. III /,
Report of the Livestock Shipping
Association.
A detailed report of the Farming
ton Livestock Shipping Association
was given by John D. Rion, at the
Annual Meeting last Saturday;
| lTwenty-six carloads Of livestock were
shipped from December 30, 1919, to
Dec. 2, 1920. The report shows that
| 538 cattle, 736 hogs, and 420 sheep
were shipped during this time. The
total sales amount to $39, 9,454.24. The
total stock yard expense was $2,154.-
| &c. The managers commission for
tile year amounted to $465.54. The
amount set aside for the sinking fund
was $169.26. $27.80 was spent for
bedding; $36.14 for feed; $26.95 for
weighing, and $46.75 for labor. The
laverage cost Of shipping sheep was
j ST. 1-5 cents per hundred; for hogs
l64 4-5 cents; for cattle, Sd 3-8 cents;
iwhile the average cost for shipping
| mixed cars was 65 2-3 cents per hun
ldred. The average shrink OF all cat
i tie shipped and weighed before load.
ling, was 4 pounds per hundred; fol
u hogs, 3 pounds per hundred, and fol
/ sheep, eight pounds per hundred. A
balance Of s42.27 is now in the sinking
4 fund.
h Report of Warehouse
II A short report Of the Farm Bureau
Purchasing and Sales Association was
A "a