Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-09-22
Secretary Turner Meeting With
Success in Countrywide
Membership
Drive
COUNTY ORGANIZATION
HAS DONE GOOD WORK
Many Towns Now Have Local Units
and More Are Being Organ
lied

A strong membership campaign is
now being waged throughout Rusk
county by the Farm Bureau. III. w.
Turner is pushing this work energet-
ically and is meeting with gratifying
success
The Rusk County Farm Bureau was
organized permanently and permanent
officers elected and the fiscal year was
voted to begin November /, 1921
The town units had been previously
organized in Hawkins, Glen Flora,
Tony and Sheldon, towns of Grant,
Flambeau and Hubbard.
The officers elected in the units
were: Hawkins, G. c. Cummings,
pres. VIM. Craig, sec. Glen Flora,
Iver Bergstrom, pres Chas. L. Dunn,
Sec. ; Tony, ]. Helm Jr, pres. John
Mikyska, Sec. Sheldon, r. l.. Bever-
idge, pres. w. S. Sergeant, Sec;
town of Grant, o. A. Anderson, pres.
j. r. jennings Sec. Flambeau, My
ron Hoffman, pres. Matt j. Haasl,
Sec Hubbard, August Held, pres.
w. 0. Peirce, sec.
The town of Thornapple and the
people Of Conrath and Ingram were
ready to organize units of their own,
but as yet are not organized.
At the meeting of all units for the
election of officers for the county, the
presidents of the units who are di-
rectors of the county organization are
the ones who chose the county Off
GERS but it being the first election it
was deemed best that all members be
given vote for the election of the
first county officers.
County Officers
The officers elected were: J. A.
Schmidt, pres. j. A. Boyer, vice-pres.
Edw. Rheingans, treas HI. w. Tur-
ner, Sec !; and the executive commit
tee to consist of the above officers and
in addition A. g. Krause, Charles L.
Dunn and VIM. Craig.
Nothing much was accomplished in
local way, though the Bureau did
purchase seed oats for those who
wanted them at saving of from zoe
to Soc bushel, clover seed timothy,
and alfalfa hay also at a saving. We
were ready to do things but there
weren't enough of the members who
would state their wants and let us
help them. The cause Of course was
that there was not an active man IN
the field to help them This fall the
secretary has been put on a salary
and will devote all his time to organ
ization work and to helping the diff
ferent units in a social and indus
trial way.
We have organized three potato
shipping associations this fall and
these organizations will Immediately
start shipping. The Rusk County
Live Stock Shipping Association has
also been organized and will make its
first shipment, Wednesday, Sept q.
Tt is probably not necessary to go
into the national work as everyone
is familiar with what has been done
by the farm bloc in Congress. This
farm bloc was organized in the office
of our representative, Mr.. Gray Sill
yer at Washington.
The Filled Milk Law
The greatest thing for the farmer
in Wisconsin was the framing and
TIE passing of the filled milk bill. This
saves to the farmers more than any
other legislative act in years
Now let us do one more thing to
help the cause-let us wipe out oleo-
margarine and butter substitutes. We
can if we WILL and let us adopt the
slogan of 1--WE will"
We need not dwell on what has
been accomplished, but let us figure
on what we will accomplish Things
that are of the past we need not wor-
ry over, but let us think of the fll-
ture, for what it has in store for us
is what concerns us directly. We can
accomplish our ends if we will only
work together and try.
Let us boost the Rusk County Farm
Bureau Let our motto be, For
ward, Farm Bureau" All right, let's