The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-18
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FARM BUREAU NOTES


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Secretary ]. W. Covepdale. director of
the department or organization. reports
that the farm bureau in several states is
in a formative stage, while in others
decided increase in membership mas been
registered lately. In Oregon, three coun-
| ties report n membership of more tnan p
600. George L. Gray, of Missouri. who
has been in charge of organization work
in Oregon. has now left under the
ton, r. C. Pollock has attended thirty
meetings in various parts of the state.
George Cannon, of Spokane. was made
fog faTm Bureau d Federation on February
rs. From Texas. Chas. G.. Stonebraker
reports that the membership drive is
moving satisfactorily. The Texas Bank .1E:,
with the federation and endorsed It's
marketing plan. Harry f. Kapp writes
| that Arkansas will begin active member
| ship, work about March Is. Lewis r..
Taylor announces that several counties in
Georgia have completed campaigns. Eight
trained men are assisting Mr.. Taylor and
the Georgia farm bureau federation. Flor
ida will hold meeting of its county
farm bureau at Gainesville on March III
and form permanent state federatlon.
G. T. Wyatt reports that Tennessee farm
bureaus are preparing for "a permanent
state federation soon. North Carolina is
planning n membership drive in ten coun-
ties beginning March ;sh 1S to Aas@ma ,a mas
advisor for Livingston Co., H., to man
age the farm bureau membership cam
paign: Oklahoma Is beginning mem
Ibership campaign in Dair county. Massa-
chusettS has membership OF 1888 In
eight counties, while 5000 members for
the state is the Bay State goal. +. b.
Heaton reports that eighteen counties in
Pennsylvania have voted for a state fed
Grafton. Rhode Island Is just starting a
membership drive. In Maine: the 1921
membership in fourteen counties tallies
6Sl2 men and LISA women. an INCREASE
OF 81 per cent over 1920: Arizona reports
that the first days drive at Chandler
brought in 154 members.
| J. NJ. Rogers, a member of the Colorado
state farm bureau executive committee,
has temporarily turned over to others
his entire time to organization work. Mr..
Rogers tells his people that the farmer
should not only know what IT costs 70
| transport them. but ne should know also
what it costs to produce the things that
he buys. Only with these facts in hand
est price for his own honest labor and in
turn demand honest products at honest
prices. Mr.. Rogers points out that the
American farm bureau federation plans plans
and statistics to get these facts for the
| farmer. .
At IL a. m. on March D, ls2l. henry =.
Wallace. DesMoines. Ia. became secre-
:tary of agriculture of the United States.
Mr.. wallace's views on the farm bureau
movement are well known. He was a
tive marketing conference called by the
| American farm bureau federation in Chi
cago. July 1924. 1920. out of which grew
of seventeen. Mr.. Wallace said Take
the affirmative. not the negative. The
farmers of this country have been on the
business for forty years, They did not
know enough about the affirmative SIDE
! to help themselves until this movement
! started. The time has gone by for the
negative fellow. If you are not going to
take the affirmative and adopt the bus
mess method of looking after your own
business. such az all other businesses
pathy from any class of people; The first
thing to do is to go forward. to help
yourselves. to adopt the affirmative at
| ing at things you are going to go for
ward II we cannot do il. then let us
quit kicking and sit down and become
| 'hewers of wood and drawers OF water.
and be content with our lot"
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clifford Thorne General Counsel for
the American Farm Bureau Federation.
appeared before the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce recent
! " and presented statement in support
OF an amendment to the Act to Regu-
l1SS7. by striking out the words: land
separately the original and present cost
/ Of condemnation and damages or OF pur-
chase in excess of such original cost or
Mr. Thornes statement, that the rail-
roads are asking a return on value OF
their land outside of city limits eduai
emit value of adjoining farm lands. "
the right of-way runs through farm lands
worth $500 per acre. the railroads want
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land of 5000 per acre. The amounts in,
volved in the issue aggregate several
hundred million dollars. The basis for
Valuation Act which REQUIRES the IN
terstate Commerce Commission to ap-
nraise the railroad properties. Mr..
printed as a pamphlet. Copies will be
sent TO those requesting them from Cliff
ford Thorne. IA East Jackson Blvd. Chi
caro. I'll.
The Transportation Department of the
American Farm Bureau Federation re-
ports that on February &c the president
the secretary of the geasury, to make
amounts due them under the guaranty
Section Of the - AG the
riers some 5000. 000, 900 which is seriously
needed by them. - .
An official farm bureau sign and also
an OFFICIAL farm bureau button have been
adcpted. Any farm bureau member who
| is interested in placing a farm bureau
sign on his gatenost or in displaying a
I farm bureau badge in his buttonhole
should communicate with the secretary
of his state bureau federation.
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Secretary J. w. Covardale Of the Amer
lean farm bureau federation states that
the farm machinery repair weeks We're
Instituted in order to bring TO the mind
| Of tie farmer the necessity of going over
carefully all Of his equipment before the
beginning of spring work. "After the
farmer has ascertained what repairs are
needed" saws Mr.. Coverdale. che will
buy them and put his old machinery in
shape to do his worl. efficiently. Doubt
Hess many farmers will find some of their
rnachinerv beyond repair. II they then
decide that new machinery will mean
more efficiencv in the years onerations
| and will enable them to cut down the
cost of production. then they are ready
to buy"
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