Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-07-27
POLICIES ARE AIRED AT
STATE BUREAY MEET
State Agricultural Finance Corporation
Among Important Matters Dis
cussed at st. Paul.

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Among Important Matters Dis
eussed at st. Paul.
Policies of vital Importance in the
development Of organized agriculture
have been threshed out by residents
and secretaries of the farm bureau fed
erations of the central western states,
who have just concluded an intensive
two day conference in the Old Capitol,
st. Paul. 8
It was the first interstate farm bu4
reau convention held in Minnesota.
Officers Of the state declarations of ten
states attended OF the IL states in
the conference, North Dakota and Mich
igan alone were not represented. The
states whose officers were present We're
Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wis
consin, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, In
diana, Ohio and Missouri. 81
The Midwest conference was in ses-
sion July 10 and 20 July 18 was de-
voted to a session of the board of di-
rectors Of the Minnesota Farm Bureau
federation. The outstanding results of
the Minnesota meeting were:
Authorization for the appointment by
:. the president, L. e. Potter, Of joint
committee of farmers and bankers to
investigate the possibilities of state
agricultural finance corporation, and to
work out methods Of establishing such
a corporation. - gl.
Appointment of Thomas p. eastman,
. of Owatonna, member of the board,
to represent Minnesota farming inter-
ests before the interstate. commerce
commission in Washington next month,
in hearings on the reduction of freight
rates on various farm products.
Decision to help finance the states
two centralized cooperative marketing
enterprises Minnesota Central
Cooperative Commission company and
the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries
association, inc. The directors voted
to loan up to $4,000 to the livestock
agency and up to- $4,000 to the cream
cries association. rss-.s. ..S,-.5
. It was announced during the the
meeting that the new livestock sales
agency will open for business on the
South st. Paul market on August Sth,
w. A. McKerrOW, manager, said it
would start business with $50 local CO
operative shipping associations as men,
bers, and with about $4,000 producers
as it's patrons in Minnesota alone. The
agency will be extended to- serve as
the selling body for livestock shippers
of Wisconsin, South and North Dakota,
Montana and Idaho, Mr.. McKerrow
said. The first contracts with Wiscon-
sin co-operatives have been received, he
said. Organization work also is be-
ginning in South Dakota while in North
nn1/ thn efo<o
is aiding in uniting the livestock ship
: pers to use the new cooperative sales
J company. -. .5<$,s ~ 4 81 re-
Creamery Drive Opens
ference was school, conducted by the
organization department of the Min
nesota Farm Bureau federation to pre-
pare representatives to launch the state
wide organization drive to unite 600
cooperative creameries into the new
marketing and sales service agency.
The drive opens Thursday, July p, In
II counties. The counties where the
campaign starts are Morrison, Stearns,
Freeborn, Ottertail, Winona, Blue
Earth, Faribault, Mcleod, Dodge,
Chisago, Becker and Pope. 3
The drive will continue for SO days.
The prime aims Of the dairy associa-
ton will be to unite the forces and
increase the influence of all the co.
operative creameries in Minnesota to
assist in promoting high quality and
uniformity, thereby commanding better
markets; to bring about greater econ
omy and efficiency in manufacture,
shipping and selling; to save money by
carlot shipments and wholesale pur-
chases of creamery supplies; and to
give every creamery individual service
in standardizing and shipping it's pro-
ducts at home, in advertising cooper
ative creamery products on national
scale, and in selling them on the term
inal markets. ss' Is 1872
j Credit Pool Planned
President Potter announced at the
close of the Midwest conference that
steps will be taken Immediately to Or
ganize joint farmer-banker commit tee
to prepare the way for state agri-
cultural finance corp ton. The course
followed is likely to be that already
charted by the Iowa Farm Bureau fed
Grafton: In that state committee Of
is farmers and Is bankers is already
organizing such a corporation for that