Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-15
FARM MARKET PLAN
FOR GEORGIA CROPS
FINALLY APPROVED
Board of Directors VIII Meet
Thursday to Ratify Char
ter of Great Organization j
BY RALPH SMITH

Georgia Farm Market federation, at
a meeting Monday night in Atlanta,
details of the organization,
which was launched recently by tho
Country Bankers association, the
Georgia Bankers association and
the Atlanta Clearing House associa~
ton, as the result Of the market
movement inaugurated by the Coun-
try Bankers association in co-opera-
ton with The Atlanta Journal.
The work of the executive COM
mittee will be submitted for approval
to the board of directors of the
Farm Market federation, which has
been called to meet in Atlanta Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock.
Following approval of the organi-
zation plans by the board Of direc-
tors and ratification by them of the
incorporation papers, statewide
meeting will be held early in JAM
uary to conclude the final details OF
the program, preparatory to. setting
in motion the machinery Of the fed
Grafton, which is designed to encour-
age diversified farm production and
facilitate marketing of all sorts OF
farm products.
At the Monday night meeting OF
the executive committee, Attorney
Alex w. Smith, Jr., was retained to
draft the incorporation papers and
to prepare suitable bylaws for the
operation Of the federation, in ac- Z
corance with well-considered con-
illusions reached by the executive
committee.
The details of Incorporation as
agreed upon by the executive COM
mittee were proposed, in the main.
by L. r. Adams. chairman Of the
board of directors and secretary or
the Country Bankers association.
whose initiative set in motion the
better market movement in Georgia.
Comprehensive Plan
The Adams plan, as accepted by
the executive committee for SubmiS-
sion to the directorate, is designed to
meet every requirement occasioned
in Georgia by the recognized necessl-
ty Of changing from a Single-money
crop standard to fundamentals rest
ing on the bedrock of the diversified
farming, with adequate facilities for
handling and marketing such diver
sified products as may be harvested
by the farmers.
The Georgia Farm Market fedora
ton will be incorporated under the
general corporation laws of the state
"a mutual, civic, cooperative or
ganization-for the purpose of:
(a)/ Effecting a closer co-opera-
ton and mutually helpful relation
between the agricultural and BUSH
ness and commercial interests of the
state.
Cb) Bringing about a greater and
more widespread crsp diversification
in the state of Georgia. 81
(c) Promoting the increased com
sumption Of Georgia raised products.
ID Encouraging and establishing
better and more profitable system
Of marketing Georgia farm products.
(e) Conducting publicity and adj
vertising campaigns designed to
bring about these results.
IT, Encouraging the production or
higher standard Of quality Of Geor.
gia products.
(g) Assisting in the establishment
Of standard grades and packing OF
Georgia products.
(h) Promoting better and more ex-
tensive warehousing and storing fa-
cilities for Georgia products and
more thorough and practical prepar
rations for markets.
ID Co-ordinating and federatins
the efforts of all organizations with
in the state which have these same
objects or any of them.
Cd Encouraging and assisting in
the formation and operation of local
cooperative associations among the
producers Of these commodities
throughout the state, under the CO.
operative marketing acts of 1920-21.
(k) Stabilizing, SO far as possible,
these products as collateral for bank
loans.
$4,000 Capital
The membership Of the Georgia
Farm Market federation will be open
to individual producers of agriculture
al products, to local exchanges and
organizations, and to producers
desiring to support and encourage
the objects of the federation.
The federation will begin business
with minimum capital stock Of
$4,000, with the right to increase
it to $250,000.
Subscription to one share Of conn.,
mon stock at s25 and payment of
$40 annual dues will entitle individ-
uals to membership.
Subscription to four share of COM
mon stock at SIS each, and payment
of $25 annual dues will entitle COM
mercial corporations to membership.
Subscription to the common stock
and the payment of annual dues, as
fixed by the board of directors in
reasonable proportion to membership
in local cooperative associations,
will entitle such associations to mem
bership.
Directors to Meet
The board of directors of the Farm
Market Federation will meet on
Thursday to consider the organiza-
ton details consists Of L. r. Adams,
chairman; Peter r. Kittles, of Syls
vaia; ]. S. Peters, of Manchester; b.
w. Hunt, of Eatonton; Ely r. Calla-
way, of LAGRANGE; J. w. Vaughan,
of Gainesville; c o. Carpenter. Of
Macon; J. S. Kennedy. of Atlanta;
u. M. Ross, of Atlanta; A. B. Sims,
Of Atlanta; w W, Bell, of Atlanta;
Haynes McFadden, of Atlanta; Ralph
Smith, of Atlanta.
Paul Campbell, director Of farm
extension work at the State College
Of Agriculture; l.. 3. Jackson, di-
rector of the bureau of markets of
the state department of agriculture;
M. c. Gay, state market agent at
the state college, and j. G.. Oliver,
state agent of farm extension work,
will be invited to meet with the d.
rectorate on Thursday. and partici-