The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-02
euNNELs RESIGNS

0ONNE6O n6Sf0AN0
The big and important men in the
American farm bureau are gradually
branching out for themselves; not all
of them of course, but number OF
those in the thick of the fight in the
early DAYS are already scattered The
latest official to resign is Treasurer
| Charles E. Gunnels. whose resignation
| takes effect Immediately after the an
nual meeting of the national body at
| Chicago, this month. He also is re-
! signing as treasurer of the u. 8. Grain
Growers, Inc, and as director of the
organization department of the ma
tional body.
Mr.. Gunnels is joining the staff OF
| the American Institute OF Agriculture,
as, director of the extension depart
ment George Livingston, formerly
chief of the United States bureau CT
markets, is the organizer of the insti-
| tute, which is planned to train men
by correspondence courses in agrlcul-
tural marketing. Mr. Gunnels became
assistant secretary of the American
farm bureau early in 1920. He was
later elected treasurer and at the At
lIanta meeting in 1921 was chosen as
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coming to the farm bureau he was
county agent leader and director of ex-
tension service in Nebraska, and later
connected with the States Relations
Service at Washington.
The Hoosier Farmer for December
was mailed early enough to reach US
on the morning of the first, and were
in liberal supply at the opening OF
! H. so 81, convention "A
indianapolis on Friday morning. The
makeup of the Official organ shows
Improvement and the pages of the
current number are more than usually
interesting. Two pages are devoted Il
) songs for township and community
meetings. Perry H. Crane, state sec
rotary, has been acting as editor 10
past two or three months.
Farmers Meet on Sunday
. The farmers of Haddon township
! Sullivan county, devoted Sunday al
: ternoon. November 10, to a farm bu
: reau revival meeting in a theatre a
, Carlisle. More than 400 members o
farm families were present to listel
or take part in a discussion of tn
! importance of cooperation in the dc
9 velopment of a larger community life
y
drive for members IN Sullivan count
!. and n signatures to the 1923 member
ship roll resulted. The present tota
;, membership in the township is give
Z at 81 for the year 1922.
A Busy County Agent.
: The editor of the Shelbyville Reput
!, lican devoted a whole lot of space to
: review of farm activities and the wor
! of the county agent, in his paper O.
: Thursday. County Agent East sui
mitted his annual report and on thi
the editor makes free comment, /
> which he says: During the past yea
Mr.. East made a total of 1,001 visits t
Shelby county farmers, on their farms
: and also held 2,277 office consults
tons, which is an average of six
$ day. He spent 212 days in the fiel
:; and was in office 70 days, the repor
7 shows"
e "Ten farmers institutes were held i
u Shelby county in the last year, wit
e a total attendance of 2,06S. There wer
225 other agricultural meetings hell
$ at which the attendance was SO, So
n The total of all meetings held in tn
q county during the year was 235, wit
y a total attendance of 1895. OF thi
n number 20, 049 attended the communit
picture shows which were held in a
parts of the county during the summe
months.
s 1.-The attendance at meetings whic
d were addressed by the county ageI
t during the year was 1884"
d A Community Sale.
n The good people of Spieeland hel
g another of their old-fashioned commu
-e ity sales on Friday. They discovere
o. that this particular Friday was lucl
n day, both as to the character and sii
IT of the offering, the kind of day S
'e lected, and because of the crow
e. which turned out to buy. The sal