Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
BUREAU
AID IS GIVEN
MiddIeSex Board of AgriCuI-
ture to Help in State
Campaign

The Midd1esex County Board of
Agriculture will unite this fall with
every other agricultural county
through the New Jersey Federation
of County Boards Of Agriculture to
secure membership and financial
support for the farm bureau in New
Jersey for the next three years,
President Spratford announced this
week at the Offices of the county or
g~anization in New Brunswick. Over
5000 organized farmers in New
Jersey who are members of the
State Federation and who in turn
comprise the New Jersey unit of
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
tion are behind the movement.
Unde the slogan of forward,
farm bureau" the Middlesex county
campaign committee. in conjunction
with representatives from the state
organization will go into every Sec
ton of the county to sign up fruit
growers, dairymen, vegetable grow
ers, poultrymen and general farmers
for the support of the County Board
of Agriculture. the state federation
and the national organization, which
-jointly represent 1,250.000 farmers
in forty states.
The county board or farm bu-
reau service to farmers will be con-
tinued along the lines so success
fully followed during the three year
period now closing" President
Spratford stated. "The service in
the counties is conferred through the
New Jersey Federation of County
Boards of Agriculture which repre-
sents organized farmers on matters
OF legislation, cooperative organi-
zation, and general educational &C
tivities.
'The annual membership dues are
So per year. the membership being
sold on the usual threeyear basis,
which is the method now generally
approved throughout the United
States as giving the farmers the
greatest returns on their money in
vested
State Office Discusses Financing
Commenting upon the method OF
financing the farm bureau in New
Jersey, II. e. Taylor, President of
the New Jersey Federation of Coun-
ty Boards of Agriculture, made the
following explanation for the farm
ers of this county.
1.-THE support of the county, state
and national organizations is Sc
cured at one time by the SIS annual
membership fee. The County
Board of Agriculture receives So of
this amount to be expended in direct
oC1AAC0 " a Z VI LIZ SS0A1N
as directed by their executive COM
mittee. OF the remaining SO which
is forwarded to the state federation
$3.50 is retained for exclusive use in
New Jersey on legislative, organiza-
ton and educational problems, while
fifty cents is given to the national
organization for representatives IN
countrywide agricultural affairs
GENERALIZATION makes possible
So oa4fvfffnc fhrnT0h nnn state
organization makes possible a more
effective and economical service to
all citizens of the state. Other in
! dustries profit by dealing with the
farmer through n focal point
while the general public benefits in
various ways, chiefly throu
development of producers commod-
ity marketing associations, which
by the process of orderly marketing
keting and distribution of tooo
stuffs.'
Rexon Campaign Leader
George Rexon. of Haddonf1eld, N.
J., prominent in farm bureau organ
ization In this state three years ago
when the State Federation was or
ganized, has accepted the appoint
ment OF State Campaign Leader
Russell @. Spratford, of Cranoury,
N. j., VINO is president OF lie tu
dIesex County Board of Agriculture
has been selected as campaign lead
er for Middlesex county.
The membership drive will open
first in the southern New Jersey
counties, following through the
other counties until by mid-Decem-
her all farmers of the state have
had an opportunity to renew their
pledge to support the farm bureau
movement. The campaign centers
through the state headquarters OF
the New Jersey Federation of Coun-
ty Boards of Agriculture, at Tren-
ton, L. A. Cooley, executive secre-
tary.