Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-10
FARM DIRECTORS
IN LONG SESSION
OF FALL SEASON
Bill Pending in Congress for
Grape Specialist Meets
Approval

Almost all of the Farm Centcrs were
represented ut the directors meeting
Saturday which opened ut 10 Il. m. an'
continued until late in the afternoon
Routine business occupied the time
for the most part in the forenoon ses
sion. plans for increasing the. funds foi
conduct of the work being fully discuss
! cd. 1t appeared to be the concensus oi
| opinion that u secretary manager is 4
vital need of the bureau B. d. Irvine
was instructed to investigate the mat
! ter and to recommend ways and means
! for providing such an office III the
| bureau.
A travelling conference for the south
ern part of the county will be organized
probably some time in November. e.
c. Webster and b. d. Irvine will act
rs committee on arrangements for the
conference.
As means of stimulating interest
in attendance ut Farm Center meetings,
the following plans were decided upon;
/. To send out postal card notices
to individual members.
>. To install bulletin boards in each
district in some conspicuous place upon
which the time of meeting, place and
outline of program is written
>. To have meetings announced IN
the public schools with instruction to
the children TO tell their parents.
The directors voted to pay Il steno-
grapher for half time for one month,
Il part of whose duty it will be to mani
the postal card announcements to MEM
bers, pending the report of Mr.. Irvine
on the secretary manager proposition.
Favor Film Plans
The plan of the American Farm Bu-
reau for the showing in the various
high schools of films dealing with infor-
national matter concerning farming
and other things OF interest, was en-
dorsed and the following were appointed
as committees of one III their respective
neighborhoods, to plan for the showing
of the films in the high schools:
II. Il. Holt, Calexico; Walter Have
korst. IIoltville; George Austin, FL Cen
tro; Mr.. Osborne, Imperial; b. d. irvine,
Brawley; Mr.. Chaulpirik, Calipatria !;
Mr. Henson Bard.
O. j. Renfrew, county development
agent, addressed the directors, dealing
with problems now confronting the val
ley. In their order of importance Mr..
Renfrew named marketing, soil fertili-
zation and improvement of dairy indus
try as the big questions now before
the farmer. When these have been
solved, he said, work may be started on
colonization and advertising.
Mr.. Renfrew urged close cooperation
between the Farm Bureau, Associated
Chamber of Commerce., and all others
in the solution of the problems named.
The solution of financial difficulties
will be brought about, in the opinion of
Mr.. Renfrew, when the land has been
divided into smaller tracts and the
farmers devote themselves TO intensive
tilling of the soil He said many of
the farmers in the valley are land poor
and cannot make money until their
holdings have been divided. Smaller
farms will bring more people to the
valley and n more settled condition, he
said
A communication from the Riverside
Farm Bureau asking that the bill now
pending in congress for an appropriation
of $4,000 for the employment of a
specialist in grape culture to VISIT for
eign countries and secure cuttings OF
the best varieties for shipment to the
United States was received. The direct
ors voted to endorse the bill.