Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-13
FARM BunEAu
FOR MrMEEnsHIr DRIVE

FOR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
 The New London County farm bureau | is making plans to launch an intensive | membership drive in the near future, l ArranGenents are now being eefnplete6I for putting across the tio family mem | bership which Is new Idea locally O. E WoIestt. diBestsF of organization sf the Connecticut Farm Bureau Federation. is in Norwich and is assisting the farm bureau directors ;h perfeeting the cam paign organization. Mir. Wolcott will re- main here throughout the campaign which will cover period of about six weeks
 The first step In the campaign has ai- ready been taken as George Kahn has been chosen director of the county or
 ganzstion. The county director will supervise the campaign activities of the town directors and they in turn VII SUD.
 crvise the campaign activities Of the local committees.
 The directors and executive committee
 of the farm bureau held meeting Mon day afternoon at the hureau office in the | shannon building to discuss the plans for the coming campaign. Mir. Wolcott gave the digectors an idea of the way the
 campaign Hill be outlined
 Mir Wolcott, speaking of the drive said: | T am confident that we can put this l drive ever in good shape. Previously all function of the farm bureaus in the | United States has been to promote in- | creased production but with the rapid de- | velopment of the state. and national or ganization more attention is being given
 oIegislatioR and to improved methods of marketing farm products. This means
 that county farm bureaus and state farm bureau organizations will need increased financial support and it is simply a case of putting the farm bureaus on a business basis
 Ten Der year is a pretty EgnaH amount for any farm operator or farm owner tc : pay 2 county. state and national organ
 ization for looking after his business which amounts to about sos per day S.0l of which goes to the state and na tional organization and the other t.02 re 5 maining in the county to carry on tht [ work
 7 The following plans has been success ] fully carried out in running campaigns fl
 other states. It is advisable to hold oni 5 week of meetings at important centerl ], in the county to acquaint the people witt T the work of this organization. Letter . will be sent out to every man who 1 s farming. in the county, both before anS . after these meeting, as a part of the pu n blicity work. Farm bureau directors fl l the different towns will be urged to ge e together strong committee to assist il l I Out lile CdHtpdlEn. II luefe l1 no [ already organized in that town a com
 munity farm bureau committee. Tn C actual work of securing members to sig a up on the Sle basis will be done by fiel, k representatives of the state farm bureau d federation. Mmbers of these differen y town farm bureau committees will b
 asked to introduce these field representa-
 tives to the farmers in the various towns As far as possible the work will be al
 T IA , any large amount of work to do, but it l a case of everyone getting behind an T pushing the campaign across in goo q shane.
 e T have just come from the member e ship campaign which Is being run i
 Rhode Island. Over there we found ths e there are only three industries in thi n state (Rhode Island) with a larger ir e yestment than the farmers The farmer y have total investment of S33, ,ee
 in a state which we think of as an 1T dustrial center"
 President Abell then called on Star cliff Hale, who was present representa- the state federation. Mir, Hale said tn; he came to learn and not to talk, but va glad to say a word in behalfgbf the far bureau. He called attention to the ia. that in about two years the national fe' eration had gotten together a membe ship of about 1,50O.00e farmers; that Il Farm Bureau Federation had been i strumental in reducing the valuation fir asked for by the railroad by six billk which means an average saving to evei farmer in the United States of SIS D year. The Farm Bureau Federation Texas has underway gigantic cottC marketing plan whereby the price of co ton will be largely stabilized and cottC farmers will not suffer in the end su' drastic drops as have occurred in il past. Mir. Hale said that the whole sta of Connecticut will DC watching the ou come in New London county. Hartfo county in particular being tremendou ly interested as they will be the ne county to fall in line with the {10 mer bership drive.
 Ellery Allyn made few brief T marks as well as Benjamin Southwic the county agent from Hartford coun;
 and B. ". Ellis. state leader of coun
 agents from the college.
 Upon being questioned Mir. WolcC lip brought out few additional points on regard to the work that has been dor He He estimated that so per cent. of | oi- men seen in the membership drive he Rhode Island had signed up. In fact ce one community the representative of {
 \ state federation went in with a list Ter s2 names and before they finished Ter they had signed up s2. having found ed number of men that were not previou: at on the list. Mr. Wolcott estimated tf
 only a very small percentage of the IT
 signed up win drop out at the end of 1
 first year. He called attention 10 1
 fact that in one county out of 2ss0 m MS who had signed uo with the farm bure ge only 50 had dropped out at the ,end
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