Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-06-21
, LARGE ATTENDANCE
AT FARMERS PICNIC.
Warren Juvenile Band Furnishes the
Music. Splendid Address by J. F.
Reed, President Minnesota Farm
Bureau Federation. %5 - :

MUSIC. SplenOlU AuuFeSS ny q. :.
Reed, President Minnesota Farm
Bureau Federation.
The sixth annual picnic of the Mar
shall County Federation of Farmers
Clubs and Marshall County Farm Blu
reau units was held at Menzel's Grove
three miles east Of Argyle on Satur-
day, June 18th, and was successful
and enjoyable affair. Although the at
tendance was not quite. as large as
in some former years, owing to the
late rains and bad road conditions in
certain localities, yet there was a
goodly number Of the good people OF
Marshall and adjoining counties pres
ent to spend the day in the beautiful
grove, and exchange greetings with
friends from near and far. More
than thousand automobiles were
parked on the grounds, and they were
not all Fords. A look at the array
of cars was enough to convince most
anyone that the farmers of the county
are not as near bankruptcy as some
would have us believe, although they
as we'll as many business men IN the
towns have been hard hit by the de-
preston of the past two years. The
day was one Of those rare days in
june with bright sunshine, and a
temperature that was just right for
human enjoyment. The trip by car
from home to the picnic grounds was
not the least of the fun for the chill
dren who always enjoy a ride. With
wild flowers blooming in profusion
along the roadsides and birds singing
sweetly from the tree tops, the crops
looking very promising and the rye
already headed out, there was reason
sufficient why every human being
should be filled with gratitude, optim-
ism and good cheer.
After the picnic dinner the War
rem Juvenile band under the leader
ship Of Emil Dahlof, rendered severa!
selections of music. Hon. T.. A. Green,
of Stephen. president of the Marshall
County Federation Of Farmers Clubs,
then called the meeting to order, and
introduced DR.. S. w. Swenson of War
rem, who offered the invocation. Then
"America" was sung by the audience,
followed by happy speech OF vel
come gy Mr.. Green. The speaker OF
the day, Mr.. j. F. Reed, president OF
the Minnesota Federation OF Farm
Bureaus was next introduced and N
4. ring i..5,ssiallEp Aess discus ataae
many problems that now confront the
farmer and pointed out ways in which
the Farm Bureau has been helpful to
the farmers in the past and how II
may be of still greater service IN the
future when it's aims and plans are
more fully realized. He said farmers
in the past had been content to be
only producers Of agricultural pro:
ducts and had left the selling and dis
tribution of them to others. No line
of business can. be run successfully
that way. Every manufacturer real.
ICES that a sales and distribution de-
nartment is as, necessary to the sue
cess of his bushes a the factory It.
elf. Farmers have just. learned that
thev TOO must look after the; selling
and distribution of their products, nn-
til they reach the consumer: Inere
is too wide price margin petWeep
the producer and consumer OF. 1ar !1
products to the detriment OF Doth.c ~
organization and cooperation on the
part of farmers this cond1t1ono can
= be, and is being remedied: the, sue.
cess Of farmers shipping associations
wool pools, state creamerles safes
agency and other cooperative enter
prises were cited in support OF TINS
assertion. Mr.. Reed regretted very
much that Marshall county has dis:
pensed with the services OF county
agent and thought it was a mistake stake:
With the aid given by the federal
government and the state, the cost OF
maintaining a county agent would
have been very small and not felt al
ali by the taxpayers. Mr.. Reed IS q
forceful speaker. for being just plain
ordinary dirt farmer and his speech
was full Of good common sense ano
. appreciated by all who heard MN, y! e
was glad, he said, that the dlstlnctlol
and the differences between FARMERS -,
g.. and business, men are a thing OF the
mast, Farming is the greatest business
of all and all farmers are business
men and all business men in the towns
are farmers or. dependent upon the
farmers. The need Of better creall
system for carrying on the business
of farming was also discussed by tne
speaker. rs - I. n =, ( , mo,
I Juvenile band and a song by the a ',I
ence closed the program. me remain =
der Of the afternoon was aevoteu. =
ball game, horse shoe pltcnlng an an
other SPORTS. The 1922 FARMERS pl el
mic in Menzel's Grove will be re1n 'e.l !
bered with pleasure by AT VINO g g
tended. =. US 81 .ss5.sss
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