Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-02-01
THE FARM BUREAUS
THIRTY POINTS

The American Farm Bureau Fedora.
ton takes credit for the following ac-
plishments:
! Welding together the largest
farmers organization ever builded i'll
the history of the world, with more
than a million farmers working in an
organized way to promote the best
interests through l,507 county farm
erations.
cratoins.
2. Vitalizcd cooperative marketing
in America; originated the national
commodity marketing conference, and
held separate meetings Of the pro-
ducers of grain, live stock, fruit, dairy
products, cotton and wool; provided
for the various commodity committees
which have challenged the attention
of both producers and consumers to
the urgent need for better distributive
systems owned and controlled by the
farmers themselves.
3. Appointed the Farmers Grain
Marketing committee of II, and fos-
tered the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc,
to put into effect the adopted plan;
retained the president of the u. S.
Grain Growers, Inc, as the director of
the grain division of the Department
of Cooperative Marketing.
4. Appointed the Farmers Live
Stock Marketing Committee of Is;
appointed the first board of directors
of the National Live Stock Producers
Association and appropriated $4,000
to begin the work of the cooperative
live stock in selling plan.
S. Appointed the Farmers Dairy
Marketing Committee OF L to work
out national plan for the co-opera-
tive marketing OF milk and milk pro-
ducts, and employed the secretary
treasurer of the committee OF II as
salaried director OF the dairy division
OF the Department of Cooperative
Marketing.
g. Appointed the Fruit Growers
Marketing Committee of II to inves-
tigate plans for the cooperative mar
kcting OF fruit.
7. Appointed the Farmers Wool
Marketing Committee OF Is. which
has developed cooperative wool pools
in Is states. handling total Of 49,
00O.00C ounds OF wool i'll year, and
employed farmer wool-man as sal
aried director of wool division of De
partment OF Cooperative Marketing.
8. Endorsed the cooperative cot
ton marketing plan OF the American
Cotton Growers Exchange and
pledged every assistance III organizing
the cotton pool.
9. Participated in tobacco mar
kcting conference and endorsed the CO.
operative selling Of tobacco.
TO- Called sugar-beet marketing
conference and recommended ma
tionally uniform contract
H. Provided a Cooperative Coal
Buying Service in cooperation with
five state farm bureaus fcdcrations.
II. Worked out transportation
policy--inmediate reduction in rail-
road rates on basic commodities and
subsequent reductions as rapidly as
savings in operating expenses could
be cffccted-and advocated it to the
end that rate savings totaling $751;
00000C pounds of wool i'll year, and
interstate commerce commission.
10. Participated in grain and live
stock rate cases, with resultant order
ed savings to shippers of 100000
in freight bills on grain, hay and live
stock. :.
H. Reduced railway valuation for
purposes Of computing guaranteed
earnings, $l,7co,0oOOO0, making an
average saving of $50 each for every
farmer in the United States
IS. Co-ocerated with the state farm
bureau declarations in improving trans
portation cond lions loo; l.y aided il
the revision of railroad r;.cs and reg
ulations affecting farm products.
Is. Provided for agriculture ar
authoritative voice in the Capital and
throuh out the nation.
II. Fostered the agricultural bloc
in congress.
+ 10. Secured passage OF the packer
control law, thereby stopping indirect
drain on producers of amounts total
ling 50 times annually the entire oper-
ating expense of the American Farm
! ing to take the unfavorabe chance