Evening star., 1923-01-31
MARKET METHODS
SAVING IN COUNTY
Farmers and Dairymen at
Rockville Gathering Told of
Benefits in Cooperation.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

special Dispatch 10 The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. January 81
Members of the Montgomery County
Farm Bureau and other farmers and
dairymen to the number Of more than
five hundred, together with the wives
and daughters of many. attended the
annual meeting of the bureau in the
courthouse here yesterday. The great
benefits To he derived from organiza-
tion and cooperative buying and
selling were emphasized in number
ii addresses, reports of the various
officers and committees Were sub
lnitted and u board of directors for
The current year was chosen.
President Josiah w. Jones reviewed
the work OF the bureau during the
past year. showing that much had
been accomplished for the farmers
and dairymen of the county. and de-
clarcd that while cooperative buying
through the supply company of the
bureau is annually saving the mem
ncrS of the bureau thousands of dol
IarS. co-OporatiVc selling will mean
idHch more to them i'll - financial
way. and urged that the montgomery
count! bureau affiliate VITA the state
federation "t farm bureaus. now in
process Of organization, which. in
turn. viii afiiliat" with the national
federation. ana in that way make CO.
operative marketing possible. Later
in the day il WAS decided TO affiliate
with the state federation. although
the proposition provoked quite a
, lengthy and spirited discussion.
SIG0,H0O Purchases in Year.
W. g Snarr, secretary, reported
that during the past year the bureau
had purchased more than 100000
worth of fertilizers. lime. binder
twinc. seeds Of various kinds, etc,
for its members and saved them
from SI5.no0 to $4,000 The report
of Treasurer Tarltou Brooke showed
the receipts Of the bureau during the
year to have been $1.N31. and the eN-
penditurrS $3lSi. 1t was also re-
ported that the bureau had recently
rcorganiZcd ON a basis Of a ten-dolldr-
aycar membership and that the or
%anizati"H. with appr"NImateiE 90"
members. is in more substant::'
shape than formerly.
Tnc meeting elected seven directors
at iar@c-Tarltun Brooke. Charles NJ
Williams. William W Moore. John W.
Henderson. Carter Clagctt. Walter NJ.
Nagrudcr and Clarence l.. Gilpin-
und the others members of the board.
who were selected by the various
farmers clubs of the county, one from
Zach district. were announced as fol-
lows: George r. Plummcr. DIR. James
l.. DectS. Joseph y. Darby. w. Harry
l'cdi IL ~. IktNl \ HilDN, itilldS -
Darby, Joseph r. Whalen. Josiah W.
IoueS John Il. Diamond. ir.: G.. Eding-
ton Bell, Windsor W. Hodges, l.. :.
Walker and W. :. Simpson. The direc-
tors viii meet next week and elect
officers.
Bureau Representatives.
The following were chosen to repre-
sent the bureau at the annual meeting
of the state federation: Tarltou
Brooke. ". Harry Beard. q. Rust
Candy, Thomas c. Darby John B. Dia-
mond. ir.. John W. Henderson. Wind
sor W. Hodges. George Il. Plummcr,
T.. :. walker and Charles VI. Williams.
The principal address of the day was
delivered by Representative j. {.
Ketcham Of Michigan. long promi-
ncnt in grange and farm bureau work
His subject was Some Results nf
Farm organization" lie enumerated
and dW"lt upon some of the lcgiSla-
ton enacted hy Congress as a result
of demands OF organized farmers and
dairymcn.
LLOYD :. Tcuu"y. assistant chief nf
the bureau of agricultural cconor!i =
of the United States Department Gf
Agriculture. took for his topic
The Farmers Part in Solving Mar
kCting Prubems." Others VINO al
dressed the gathering were Nat
4 Frame of the University of West Vir-
7 Ginia DIR. Y. B. Symons of the J-ni-
Eersity Of Maryland, and J. c. Nc
DoWell