Arizona republican., 1921-03-14
.POUL LTRYMEN HEAR THREE SPEAKERSAT
 MONTHLY MEETING

The monthly meeting of the Mari copa County Poultry association was held at the chamber of commerce Sat urday afternoon Owing to the threat ening weather the attendance was not as large as usual but those present
 were well rewarded for coming in hearing the associations guests, all of whom brought instructive and inter eStlng messages to the members
 President W. F. F'eteerly devoted his report to an account of the activities | of the past month in connection with l the various bills before the legisla tuFe affecting the interests of the poultry producers of the Salt River
 valley. He stated he felt the poultry
 interests had every reason to be en- ttirely satisfied with what had been
 done for them directly and indirectly. summing up the results as follows:
 An appropriation providing for the fstate fair next November, thus assur- ling fall poultry show the passage of the cooperative marketing bill pat lterned after the California act which twill permit the forma tion of co opera tive selling organizations; the enact
 ment of the so-called Betts bill. pro
 Viding funds to enable the continuance
 of the government poultry experimen-
 tai station at Glendale on new and
 permanent site; the passage of the Cave Creek bill, providing for the con i trol of the flood waters from Cave creek, and removing a menace of the Igravest nature from the properties of a considerable number of large poul- try producers located in the district
 north and northwest of Phoenix.
 Secretary Arthur G. F'reeland re- ported he had sent teIegrams to Sem lators Smith and Ashurst, and Cons tgressman, Hayden. in connection with the proposed protective tariff on im- ported eggs and poultry, as directed at
 the last meeting, and had received a reply from Senator Ashurst to the ef : feet that he doubted if anything could
 be done at the last session of the old
 congress. He also reported that let ters had been sent 10 every member of the Arizona legislature advocating the passage of the cooperative mar l keting bill, and that other legislative
 matters had received careful attention , during the past month. He read She : correspondence which had passed be-
 tween the Petaluma chamber of com merce and himself, relating to the inn l ported egg situation and stated tha, :, the matter would continue to have the Iclosest attention of the association
 C. &, Brown, president of the Ari-
 zona State Farm Bureau. and S Fred Cummings, state organizer of the American Farm Bureau federation ad dressed the meeting on the genera X subject of farm bureau organization c and the immense benefits which al 2 ready were accruing to all branches O i. farm activities as a result of co-opera ! tive organization and the collective in . isistence of several million farm pro
 ducers that the time had come whel
 they were determined to receive a req
 sonable and legitimate profit on wha T they created. It was pointed out tha = all commodities should be included il g the movement, and that poultry pro
 ducers especially needed such an or
 ganization behind them.
 Professor R. B. Thompson, poultr. : shusbandman of the University of Ari . zona, addressed the meeting on tn n Iplans for the development of the poul = try department at the university, stat h ing that with the funds provided at tn t trecent session of the legislature tn = work would get under way in the yer |. near future. He said the universit authorities were standing behind hir | in his plans to build up for the grea Southwest a poultry school and expert II mental station which eventually woul | compare favorably with any in thi H lcountry. He expressed his apprecia tion of the part played by the associa II tion in helping to arouse sufficient in | terest and support to put over this re | organization, of so much future valu | to poultry producers and students, nc
 only in Arizona but throughout the en | tire Southwest.
 Nj It was decided to join the chambt | of commerce. so as to take part in a | the up-building work to be done | Phoenix and it's vicinity, during Il | coming years. The question of u | breeders directory was laid over UT \ til the next meeting, pending the cor \ tinuation of the membership campaig \ The officers were instructed to folio up the matter of a protective impo tariff on eggs and poultry as soon \ the new congress met in session.