St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-30
MEETING EXEC,
COMMIT OF
PARISH FARM
BUREAU
Floyd Spencer Addresses
Meetings, Asks Help for.
Cotton Contract
CONVICTION BANK
LOANS $4,000
Felix Bechemin, Jr., Sent to
Birmingham as Delegate
to Truckers Convention

birmingham as Delegate
to Truckers Convention
The executive committee held
meeting 1T the courthouse last We'd
.nesday, President Frank Dutsch pre
siding.
Memoirs of the Executive Com
mittee present were, F. L. Dutsch
president; E. J. Frederick, secretary
H. B. Pruden, Geo. w. Delesdernier
H.. Harvey, G. J. Villars, R. H. Re.
we're, Theo. Moran, c.. w. Dutsch.
% Mr.. Floyd Spences, representing
the State Farm Bureau, placed be-
fore the meeting the proposition OF
lending the State Farm Bureau 5000
for the purpose of helping to defray
the expenses of organizing the cot
ton contract, which is fully explain
ed in the Baton Rouge letter below,
In Ompliance with this request the
following resolution was passed: :
Resolved, That the Executive Com
mittee Of the st. Tammany Parish
Farm Bureau, in meeting duly as
sembled, do hereby authorize and di-
rect the president and secretary OF
the said Farm Bureau to borrow
$500 from the Covington Bank &
Trust Company of Covington, and to
execute in the name and on behalf
'of the St. Tammany Parish Farm
Bureau promissory note made pay
able to said bank for said amount,
which note shall bear date Septem-
Der 27, 1922, and be payable one
year from date, and shall procure
the endorsement of such members of
the st. Tammany Farm Bureau on
said note as they may be able to;
and be it further
Resolved, That the said president
and secretary be and they are hereby
authorized and directed to loan the
proceeds of said note to the Louisi-
ana Farm Bureau of Baton Rouge
and to accept a note from the said
Louisiana Farm Bureau federation,
which note shall be due and payable
to the said st. Tammany Parish
Farm Bureau under the terms and
conditions of the following agree
ment:
The St. Tammany Parish Farm
Bureau agrees to loan to the Louisi-
ana Farm Bureau Federation on or
before October 10, 1922, the sum of
5000 to carry on organization work.
A resolution was also passed as
follows:
Resolved, That Felix Bachemin be
appointed 2 delegate to attend the
at Birmingham, Ala, of the
Truck and Fruit Growers of the
Southern States, October 18th, to dis
cuss better means of marketing
truck and preventing the throwing Of
goods on a flooded market.
Mr.. Bachemin, in his talk, describ-
ed the objects of this meeting as
follows:
First-What may be done to fos-
ter and encourage the organization
and successful operation of coop
erative associations to market fruits
and vegetables.
Second-What may be done to uni
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ment in the several states to the end
that ruinous competition between
sections and states may be elimi-
nated.1
Third-What may be done to OBJ
tain a better national distribution
Of products handled by co-operatives,
this to include the consideration OF
national distributing agency to
serve cooperative associations.
Fourth-Any and all other mat
ters that may concern the welfare of |
producers and their cooperative as
,ociations.
Secretary Frederick was instruct
ed to investigate the advisability of |
buying sacks, syrup cans and fer
ilizers.
Baton Rouge, Sept. 27-Complete
,lans for the intensive drive to Sc
'ure pledges of $4,000 bales OF cotton
or the commodity marketing plan
" the Louisiana Cotton Association
we're formulated at a meeting of tae
executive committee of the State
farm Bureau Federation at Monroe,
"a, recently. Schedules were ar
anged for public meeting to be held
n 40 parishes of the stase during
he four days beginning Tuesday,
October Sd.
Following the general meeting at
which marketing experts from the
states OF Arkansas and from the
American Cotton Growers Exchange
will address the farmers on the mer-
is of the commodity marketing plan,
he farm bureau workers will hold q
Vhirlwind series of meetings in each
'arish during which it is expected
hat the quota Of $500 bales will
'e doubled.
Among the out-of-states workers
Fho will assist in the first week OF
he drive are Bradford Knapp, dean
# the Arkansas College OF Agricul-
ure, John ID. Eldridge, secretary OF
he Arkansas Cotton Growers Asso-
1ation, J. O. Coghlan, chief OF the Il
vestern division Of the American
'otton Growers Exchange, G. G.
doser, secretary Of the American
'otton Growers Exchange, and Wal
On Peteet, commodity director Of
he Texas Farm Bureau.
w. R. Dcdson,5 dean of agriculture /,
t L. S. IT,, w. r. Perkins, director |
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