The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-11-12
Annual Farm
Bureau Roll
CallNowOn
Twenty-Five Leaders Attend
ed Meeting In Sank
Centre Monday
MR.. MERENESS SPOKE
Drive Will Close With Victory
Night Celebration At
Albany

meeting was held in the Commun-
ity Club rooms Monday afternoon,
to instruct leaders as to methods
they should pursue in the drive.
Twenty-Five leaders of western
Stearns county were present to re
ceive instruction and they began
work Tuesday in the drive to in
crease the membership of this farm
organization. The roll call in
Stearns county Is under the direc-
ton Of John A. Willenbring, of St.
Cloud, and c. L. Arnold, Of Wat
kins, who are the campaign man.
ayers for the county.
Mr.. Arnold opened the meeting
and told of the things accomplish
ed by the Farm Bureau. He stated
that this roll call was being held to
give every farmer an opportunity
to become a member. He said 1t
was necessary to cooperate and to
exchange ideas, especially in buy
ing and selling, and educational
and social problems. In this way
they would get to know each others
problems and thereby gain a uni
fled idea Of agricultural require
ments. He told of the Bureaus eff
forts in extension work, rural cleo
trification, tax limitation rail,
truck and water shipping, etc. He
complimented the Home Demon
stration Agent Miss Moan Amber
son, and the Extension Agent e. c.
Lenzmeier. Following his talk he
introduced Mr.. Mereness, of the
State Farm Bureau, in charge of
the membership drive.
MIR. Mereness stated that 6,O00,-
600 American farmers cannot go
down separate roads, when all 9TH
err business agencies recognize the
value of organization. The Farm
Bureau is here to unite the farmer
for group action, so that things
necessary to the welfare Of all far
mers can be carried out, a thing
the lone farmer cannot do. The
problem Is not inefficiency, but
lack Of cooperation. The American
farmer, he continued, is as efficient
in production as all the other units
of business and industry in this
country, but they have been
unable to trade their product on a
price partly for other labor since
1920. Other problems to be worked
out are finance, taxes, balanced
production and marketing, all of
which will be taken up by the Bur-
eau. The Farm Bureau membership
is $500, and this amount of money
makes possible the extension work
in the county, work in the state,
and SOC goes for support Of the
National organization. He asked
the leaders to go out and sell the
organization to their neighbors so
that the work may be carried on
more successfully.
The membership in the county
Farm Bureau has been increasing
in the last few years. Beginning in
1882 the membership among farm
ers was rather small. In the last
few years there has been a
substantial increase in membership.
During the past year close to 600
members paid their dues in this or
ganization. The drive going on now
Is for membership in the year 1887
and substantial increase in MEM
bership is looked for. Committee
men going out will be laboring un-
der a few obstacles, such as poor
roads which may make 1t impos-
sible for them to contact as many
of their neighbors as would have
been possible under more favor
able conditions. The drive will
come to a close with a Victory
Nyiolnf nrnorouo On SATURDAY. NIGHT
November 21st, at the parochial
school at Albany. At this time the
reports Of the various committees
will be reviewed and prizes award
ed for the outstanding teams Of
committeeman doing work in the
different townships.