Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-02-05
Bureau Hears Farm Board
Member.

C. B. Denman. livestock member Of the
Federal Farm Board. was the principal
speaker at the thirteenth annual meeting OF
the Montgomery County Farm Bureau, held
| in the Circuit Court room here last Friday
and attended by many of the county q
leading farmers and dairymen and others.
His subject was Assistance Offered the
Farmer" He declared that only through
organization can the farmer expect an
equitable distribution of the dollars the
consumers pay for his products. He stressed
the necessity of cooperation. especially in
marketing.
In discussing the board Of which he is a
member, Mr.. Denman asserted that in time
it will be appreciated, just as the Federal
Reserve Bank act, similarly attacked.
finally came to be justly valued.
Other speakers of the afternoon included
DR.. Frank B. Bombereer. assistant chief Of
the Division of Cooperative Marketing of
the Federal Farm Board. whose topic was
THE Problem of Marketing Farm Crops
Frank M. Payne, secretay-treasurer of the
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation, who
discussed the necessity of organization,
and James W. Davis. president of the
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation.
Lawrence A. Darby, Josiah W. Jones.
Preston L. Snyder. Hobart Hutton, George
c. Fry and Thomas C. Kelley. were elected
directors at large, and the following dis
trict directors also were chosen: Laytons-
vile, Ulysses Griffith. 4th; Clarksburg.
Robert L. Hickerson; Poolesville, Joseph
D. Byrd; Rockville, Ebert T. Clagett {;
Colesville, G. Rust Candy: Jamestown.
Thomas c. Darby; Bethesda, R. c. Red
dick; Olney, Calvin Broadly; Gaithersburg,
n Glodoff -.
GAINESVILLE, Windsor W. Hodges; Da-
mascus. E. S. Walker.
To represent the bureau at the annual
meeting of the Maryland Farm Bureau
Federation, Osborne Stabler. G. Rust Candy
and Thomas C. Kelley were selected, u.
Griffith, 4th, Hobart Hutton and E. S.
Walker being named alternates.
The annual address of President Josiah
W. Jones and the annual report of Otto W.
Anderson, county agricultural agent, feat
ured the morning session. Mr. Jones gave
resume of the activities of the organiZa-
ton and declared that if 1t had done
nothing more than to be responsible for
the existence of its subsidiary, the Farm
Bureau Supply Company. it could be re-
garded success.
President Jones declared the agricultural
situation to be still critical. but insisted that
the dairymen of this section have no real
right to complain, as they are close to the
finest market in the world and are buying
their feed at prices 40 per cent less than
they were two years ago.
Mr.. Anderson's report consisted largely
of a summary of the 1881 activities of the
County Agents Office and suggestions for
the current year.
President and Mrs. Jones entertained
the speakers, the Farm Bureau directors
and their wives and few others at dinner
at HungerfUrd Tavern.
The treasurer reported that the 1891 re-
cepts of the bureau totaled $3,369.33
and the disbursements $3.ll4.4S. leaving
on hand $258.75, plus an uncashed check
for 81. The report also stated that the
supply company owes the bureau $342.14.
The newly elected directors will meet
soon to choose officers.