The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-01-18
Want Committee
10 Investigate
Board of Directors of Farm Bureau
Would Have Community Centers
Appoint Members
WOULD DISCUSS QUESTIONS
VITAL TO LIFE OF PROJECT
Consider Hay Pool; Reed Authorized
to Obtain Further Information;
Talk of Transfer

A request that the ehairmen of
the various community centers ap-
point a member of a county COM
mittee to investigate and discuss the
major questions pertaining to the
reclamation service was made by the
board of directors of the Churchill
county farm bureau association at
their regular monthly meeting held
last Saturday.
The meeting was presided over
by President c. G. Swingle. The
chairman presented a letter describ-
ing the duties of the proposed com
mittee. The letter was approved by
the directors and the secretary was
ordered to send copies to all chair
men of community eenters.
The letter states that one of the
fundamental factors which governs
life on the Newlands project Is the
reclamation service and that there
is too much current rumor as to the
ways and means employed by this
service. 1T was decided therefore, -
the letter states. that one commit
teeman be appointed from each com
munity." The committee will con-
vene and decide on major problems
of the Newlands project.
The chairmen of the centers are
requested to appoint a man who has
a comprehensive knowledge of the
problems of the localities which he
represents At the meeting at which
he is appointed he should thorough
ly be instructed concerning the prob
lens pertaining to the particular To-
calities. the letter adds.
This committee will be called to-
gether at later date and it is hoped
that such vital problems as irriga-
ton and drainage will receive the
amount of thought and considera-
tion due them" the letter concludes.
1t was also suggested that the
members of the committee attend
the meetings of the board of direc-
tors and report back to the com
munity centers.
Discuss Hay Pool
A letter from C. A. Norcross, head
of the state marketing department,
relative to the proposed pool of hay,
was read. County Agent Reed stat
ed that the best eastern market is
developed in April and May and that
immediate action is necessary if any
beneficial results are to be accom-
plished.
The general opinion of the board
was that a pool at this time is pos
sible and that in spite of previous
experience it was thought that Cal
ifornia would live up to any agree
ment made.
The danger of harm to any future
effort in cooperative marketing in
case the hay pool proved a failure
was also suggested
Reed was instructed to telegraph
to Noreross and obtain some idea of
the contract that would be entered
into with California, if it were de-
cided to form the pool and to sug-
gest the possibility of decreasing the
cost of selling the hay from two
dollars to one dollar. 1t was also
agreed that Reed and Swingle
should take the matter up further
with Noreross when in Reno at
tending the state farm bureau con-
vention.
County Agent Reed was authoriz-
ed to investigate local conditions
with reference to the pool and to
appoint a committee to handle the
situation and to name a prospective
sales manager.
Reed announced that he had spok-
en- to- certain by growers in the
county and had received favorable
comments from them toward the
pool
Discuss Change I'm Service
The question of the proposed
transfer of the reclamation service
from the department of the interior
to the department of agriculture
was discussed at the meeting II
was stated that the board desired
more that the right men be in con-
troll of the reclamation work than
that the department merely be
transferred. Ii was agreed, how
ever, that nothing could be done
until some definite plan could be
formulated and supported sufficient
ly to carry it through.