Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-01-18
STATE FARM BUREAU
ELECTS new PRESIDENT
M. L.. Warner, Of Marshall County.
Chosen AS Member of Executive
Board Of State Federation.

= j, !. Reed, Lac qui Parle county
farmer, is the new president of the
minnesota Farm Bureau federation.
He was elected on the first ballot
in the third annual convention of the
federation at St. Paul last week. r.
u. hammers of Lakeville, Dakota
county, was elected vice president. Y.
~. Anderson OF Wheaton, treasurer Of
the state federation, was reelected
without opposition.
New members of the executive board
OF the federation are NJ l.. Warner
OF Warren, Marshall county, elected
Tor a term of three years, and Mrv.
u. V. Ripley Of Park Rapids. Hub
bard county, for one year. Thomas
u. eastman of Owatonna was re eles-
ted to the board for a three year
term and J. D. Pyle Of Madison, Lac
qul Parle county, J. J. jacobson Of
BoWlus, Morrison county, and George
freeman OF Zumbrota, Goodhue coun-
ty, also were reelected. Mr.. Jacobson
and Mr.. Freeman are to serve tive
year terms, and Mr.. Pyle a one year
term; the terms of these three direc-
tors were decided by lot.
The new president of the Mime
sofa Farm Bureau federation is s.
years old; he was born in Marshan
county, Iowa, and came to Minnesota
IN 1898. He owns and actually runs
two farms in Lac qui Parle county,
one OF 1858 acres, and the other q half
section. The western line of the farm
on which he lives forms the western
boundary Of the state. Because the
postottice at Gary, just over the line
in South Dakota, serves two Mime
sofa townships, Mr.. Reeds mailing
address is Gary, s. D.
ANY farmer would be unresponsive
indeed if he did not appreciate the
honor you have conferred on me-" Mr..
Reed said in his speech to the dele
gates, accepting the presidency.
Il believe We are entering a period
of great Importance for the farm bu-
reau Of this state. I am willing to de-
vote what poor ability I may have to
further the organization.
Il beg Of you your earnest COOP
Grafton and help. I expect every di-
rector and every farm bureau mem
Der present to go home with the idea
of more solid organization.
Agriculture is passing through it's
greatest crisis If we are going to
lift the pail Of gloom that is over the
farmers now, we must bring to this
work stout hearts, clear heads and
willing hands. It is a peculiar con-
dition of affairs that the farmer al
ways has been subject to conditions
over which he has had no control. He
has had to haul his crops to market
and humbly ask how much they were
worth; he has had to go to the store
and respectfully ask how much he
must pay for the goods he had to
buy.
"That condition is unthinlsable. It
is challenge to the American spirit
Of fair play.
Our. state stands out in bold re-
lief in cooperative marketing. But
much is still to be done. If We per-
feet our cooperative marketing organ
izations,4the farmer will be in the
same position as the manufacturer.
The manufacturer would look upon an
attempt by anyone else to set the
price of his products as audaci0us.
| During. the last few years, non-pfo-
ductive agencies have governed the
price Of the farmers products.
II am not a pessimist. / am
farmer. Al see these things from my
| own barn door. r. ,~ss&ss.55 ~ go
II must have the cooperation Of
every farm bureau member. We must
work in harmony. There are some
powerful and insidious forces at work
to break, down cooperation among
farmers. There are influences at work
| today throughout the country to tear
down an agency that is the founda-
! ton Of the farm bureau. I refer to
\ the county agents. 1t is fine time
/ to 20 to the farmer and tell him his
i taxes are. too high. know mine ars
! high, awfully high. But believe the
I farmers will demand the Office OF
county agent shall be maintained.
II want you to go home and serve
notice on your county commissioners
that when they try to move the coun-
/ ty agent out Of your county, they
might as we'll try to move out the
Z courthouse. >:.,s.a
''Looking from my own barn door,
i Lean see where the county agent has
! been helpful to me. Looking across
4 my line fences, can see where b
has been helpful to my neighbor, to
4 nv county, and to the state. I pledge
I to the utmost my poor ability to carry
on the work of the farm bureau"
At the close of Mr.. Reeds talk, the
4 delegates rose spontaneously anG
pledged their united support to .th.
4 new president of the Minnesota fed
4 Grafton.
o. H and r. B. Taralseth returned
I from Fertile Friday, where they at
tended the annual meeting Of th
q Citizens State Bank Of Fertile b
: which they are interested. They re
! port that 443 carloads Of potatoe
4 were shipped from Fertile the pas
.. season and that about 100 carload
! more are still In storage there. Th1
! makes an income to the growers Q
: about 500, 600 for potatoes in that lo
cality.
9 Carl Hanson, OF Newfolden, under
y went an operation at the Warren hol
. Intel y,oronf1v He has recovered SUI