St. Tammany farmer., 1922-06-24
organization Is Completed
and Bylaws Adopted
AT Meeting June 81
1cTATE CONVENTION
REPORT READ
i. I. Dutsch, President; E..
]. Frederick, Secretary;
John King, Treasurer

The organization meeting of the
Y sparish Tarm Bureau took place vi
! s.Ie courthouse in Covington WeG-
A nesday, June 21, at IL O'Clock =. m.,
warren Thomas, president Of tile
I parish Truck Growers Association in
ssthe cnalr, and E. j. Frederick, sec
/ retary. 81 members answered roll
call.
George W. Delesdcrnicr, delegate
] Il the convention at Baton Rouge,
{ reported 3s follows:
EEzs A State Convention consisting OF
I mo delegate from each OF the 81
parish Farm Bureaus met at Baton
( Ronge, June IL and Ii, and effected
I permane1t organization Of the Lou
sitiana Farm Bureau Federation. A.
M Smith, of Ouachita, was chosen
! president; Frank Dimmick, st. Lam
DRY, vice-president; Harry F. Kapp,
formerly Of Arkansas, secretary-maI-
ager, and w. E. Hopper, OF last
Baton Rouge, treasurer.
s# 81. Tammany parish was ably rep
( resented by Mr.. George W. Deies;-
derlier who reports an enthusiastic
meeting, from which all Of the dele
rates departed eager to take up the
work Of organization.
# The meeting was called to ord
uJ. H. Carpenter OF Rosepine, pres
ident OF the temporary organization,
with Guy G.. Tanner acting as secre-
stary. Minutes of the previous meet
Ing were read and adopted, and be-
Ing duly moved and seconded, COM
,mittees on ways and means, consti-
tuition and by-laws, executive coE-
smittee, board of managers, perma-
sent organization, finance, ETC., were
appointed.
Harry +. Kapp gave talk on the
progress of the Farm Bureau in Lou
sisiana. He said that he was more
than pleased with the progress made
and with the, attitude Of the farmers,
In joining the bureau, and with the
hundreds who have already joined
nucleus had been formed around
which can be built an impregnablc
organization. --.
Mr.. Kapp told of tho many draw
backs encountered; the high wa,
situation in number of parishes
prevented organization work from
progressing as it should and the con
tinaal rains in many other places
made it. hard for the workers to
reach the farmers. A special mark
citing bill, similar to the one that is
now IN use in every southern state
except Louisiana and Florida had 20
Spe prepared. This was presented a;
me meeting of the Legislature by
lI iAessrs. M Parent and Schell, and wa
unanimously passed by the House on
sane y eth. A check on the Senate
nas shown that it will meet WITH
equal success.
/. ne. Kapp said that the co-opera-
!lse rics commodity contract has
spt Deen printed and is now being pre-
sehted N the rice sections with much
success, the same being the case with
tracta.
Mr. kapp closed his informal talk
" thanking the members of the Ex-
sehhon department of the Louisiana
olate University for their whole
hssfted support in this great move,
snu expressed desire that the pleas
shs relationship should continue.
1esAans Explains Attitude of Exten-
sion Department.
! sincerely believe that the Farm
bureau offers the only means of re-
ast 20 the farmer" said w. R. Perk-
-, director of extension of the Lou
Asna State University. 1.-The bu-
.sau y proved a success in forty
Yen ~, OF the forty-eight states in the
onion and ! am willing to give my
.upport and ask the county agents to
.ssppo1 move that will lift the
is.mer from 'his present slough of
aespondency.''
y. y. Abbott, state club leader,
s..u me members present that the
! - and girls of Louisiana were do
rs y ,emc1ent work along the exact
~ 80 iald down by the farm bureau
lhu 'hs ne said that within a few years
$50 would be several thousand
men and women fully cogniz-
.as o. tho aims Of the bureau ANA
ssafs |. not have to be educated, as is
ID " the present generation, to
ll.0a'aine OF organized marketing Of
aFn products.
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