Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-02-09
PLANS OF FARM BUREAU
FEDERATION FOR 1921
Favor Director of the Work by
One Man Throughout the
United States

In accordance with the motion
passed by the Executive COMMITTEES,
December 4th, your committee has
attempted to summarize q program of
work for the coming year.
AS we gathered from the discussion
it seems the unanimous opinion Of the
committee that the organization work
ranks first and that this work should
be placed under the direction Of one
man who shall be held responsible for
the conduct Of the entire organization
work throughout the United States.
1t was further the opinion, as we
gathered from the discussion that this
organization director should have all
necessary assistance to enable him to
perfect an efficient organization SER
vice.
The Committee feels that for the
second recommendation there should
be put into the immediate operation
an accounting or financing department.
If necessary the constitution should
be so amended to allow the executive
committee to create this department. |
We feel that this is closely allied to
the organization work and that the |
success of the entire work of the or
ganization depends upon having funds |
to promote the work. The creation of
this department is very essential.
Your committee would suggest as
the third department, which has been |
favorably acted upon by the Executive |
Committee, but at the present time |
has not been created, publicity or
educational department. We feel that |
the organization has now reached the |
stage when it is absolutely vital that |
this Department be established.
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opinion that Legislative Department |
of the office at Washington, should be
strengthened in every possible way in |
order that the director in charge may
be able to render the best possible |
service. We further feel that perhaps |
this department is where we will get |
the first benefits which we can go |
back to our people with and cite as
direct accomplishments of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation.
The Economic and Transportation
Departments have already been autho-
rized and the transportation taken
care of, and while the Economic Com
mission has been appointed and has
had one meeting and submitted very
valuable report, we feel that their
work should be pushed. We feel that
the Agricultural Economic Commits
sion SnOu1Q investigate car0IulIys the
possibility of placing in Washington
an efficient force of statisticians to
work with the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and such other
organizations that might have in
formation of value to the agricultural
interests of the country, with the idea
that these men would tabulate. cor
relate, and interpret this information
for use of the different States of farm
bureaus.
The sixth recommendation would be
the creation of Bureau of Coopera-
ton. We gathered from the discus
sion by the Executive Committee that |
in the very near future there will
have to be policies adopted in regard
to the different activities which the
American Farm Bureau may under
take in the different marketing pro-
grams for the distribution of agricul-
tural products. We believe that this
department could formulate policies
in regard to these subsidiary organi-
cations so that each organization
might understand perfectly it's rela-
ton to the others.