The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-04-28
Letters To A Former
Dear Bill:

That check for your Farm Bu-
reau dues really did look good to
me! Thank you. The thanks are
not for paying your dues in Farm
Bureau: you should have done
that without even being asked.
The thank you is for restoring my
confidence in you. had about
come to the conclusion that you
were the one out of every 10 farm
ers who will not join Farm Blu
reau after he understands its pro-
gram.
Tell Mary that l appreciate her
offer to help get other members,
and I am sending YOU ten men,
bership cards. Hope both OF you
will sign up at least ten OF your
neighbors this week.
Bill, I want you to help me.
Farm Bureau has big job to do.
We have a big job in the county.
We haven't been as active at the
county level as we should be. l
want the board to meet more
often, and I want the members to
meet several times this year. AS
| see it, there are several Things
we need to do in this county,
such as % sponsor better farm
nractices. (2l take an active part
in Junior Club work; (3) sponsor
well balanced agricultural pro-
gram, and "a encourage better
farm living conditions. That Will
take plenty of work and / believe
you will help with that.
Then there are problems at the
state level that we need to do
some thinking about. For instance,
don't you think the farmer has
got the short end of this road pro-
gram in Mississippi? We can't
blame anybody but ourselves,
but I believe the time has come
for the Farm Bureau to push
that would hardsurface
every rural road that should be in
daily use. We need to pitch in
and help on that.
I don't believe all of our farm
ers have taken stock in the nitro
gen plant that is to be built at
Yazoo City to make anhydrous
ammonia and ammonium nitrate.
You know only stockholders can
get the fertilizer. Don't you be-
lieve we ought to push that in this
county?
Another thing I am wondering
about - you sell livestock so you
should know what I'm talking
about when l say that Farm Blu
reau needs to see if it is costing
Us too much to sell our livestock
at these sales barns. I'm for the
owners making a reasonable pro-
fit, but I'll be dern if l believe it
ought to cost as much as l paid
a while back.
These are just samples of what
I'm asking you to help think
about and plan for. You see we
need you as well as your money.
You asked for some suggestions
on how to sell your neighbor. Sit
down with him and ask him if
he believes each of the Farm Blu
reau helped him any:
l. Instrumental in saving the
national farm program for agri-
culture.
2. Made available three SER
vices to Farm Bureau members:
life insurance, casualty insurance
and hospital and surgical service.
8. Successfully promoted a
that will result in the
building of a nitrogen plant own
ed and operated in Mississippi.
4. Helped secure appropria-
tons to continue the School Lunch
R. E. A., Extension SER
vice, Vocational education and
other agricultural programs.
5. Helped secure an increase in
the appropriation for the Soil
Building Payments program.
(Also helped get the distribution
of these funds to the various states
based on soil conservation needs
which resulted in more money for
Mississippi.)
6. Aided in securing perma-
nent charter for Commodity Gre
dit corporation.
z. Aided in continuing the Re-
search program for agriculture.
8. Successfully promoted a