Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-09-29
FARM BUREAU AS
OTHERS SEE 1T

Sixteen hundred county Farm Bureaus,
forty-four state Farm Bureaus all bound
up in one national Farm Bureau with a
membership of about million-how did
1t come to pass within two short years?
From a Business Man.
One business man gave his answer to
the question the other day:
"On the day when the farmer first
realized that he was just as much bust
ness man as his city merchant or grocer
or grain dealer or druggist-on that day
the farm bureau movement started.
Since then the farmer has proved himself a
business man to such an extent that he
has won the respect of solid business men
all over the United States"
From an Editor.
The editor of New York newspaper
has thus answered the question:
'The Farm Bureau movement marks
the dawn of new day in agriculture.
The old pioneer who took his all from the
soil and was proud that he had cut him
self off from communication with the out
side world has been replaced by the farmer
who knows that he needs his nieghbor in
his business. 1t is the Farm Bureau
movement that spans the two or three
mile gap between the. farmer and his
neighbor and between the farmer and the
townspeople.
1.-THE modern farmer is manufacturer;
the sky is the roof of his factory and the
earth the floor He realizes that he must
operate his factory just as efficiently as
the manufacturer. His is plant that is
worth as much as the various businesses
in town with which he deals; he intends
to operate it just as carefully. That's
why he Joined the farm bureau"
A Woman's Tribute.
Here is a woman's answer to the ques-
ton:
THE Farm Bureau" said a Kansas
farm woman, the mother of four sons, has
succeeded so gloriously because it is so
much part of the best community spirit.
In our town many of the business men are
members as we'll as the farmers because
they realize that the farm bureau is work
ing for the good of the entire community.
1.-THE Farm Bureau has given the farm
boy a new aim and vision. He sees now
that the profession of his parents is no
longer haphazard, struggling and un-
organized, but that it is second to none in
it's efficiency and ideals. Let the farm
bureau operate for the next generation as
successfully as tits now and you'll have
no more trouble in keeping the boy on the
farm 1t is significant fact that out of
several hundred boys and girls awarded
trips to Chicago last fall to the Inter
national Live Stock Exposition as reward
for superior agricultural accomplishments,
only four or FIVE came from homes that
did not belong to the farm bureau"
A Word From Minister.
"Service1'
Thus, tersely, did a western minister
summarize his answer to the question.
THE Farm Bureau" he said, "has
taken its part quietly and efficiently. 1t
has rendered real service not only to its
members but also to every other member
of the community. No community can
afford to do without its county farm
bureau"
But it is the farmer himself who is best
qualified to tell just what the Farm Bureau
has done for farmers. Instead of speak
ing he has been voicing his opinion by
acting-he has joined the Farm Bureau,
has placed his membership fee with
million others, and has found place to
work. And, after all, that is the most
glowing tribute that can be paid to any
Organizations consistently increasing
membership.