Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-27 | Page 15 | [Illegible] Farm Boreo Membership Grows

?1 fill OH ! iERSHIP DRDWS j ' . jo County Agent Points (Things Accomplished by Organization. Juction and Distribution Declared Vital to Agriculture. - ., 10 The Tribune. r Iiiaho, May ill- Furm bureau --ilp of Idaho has liu'ronsed to ,'lvu) alrraJj- i 1915. from tho ' a'eml)crshlP of last yea.-, says 11. Jfr assistant county usent loader, j "Element urging every farmer to .. '--ited in the advancement of Ills ureau, "which means better llvo-'. llvo-'. ytler furm crops, and Incidentally niariie'hig and Improved living ::or.s." t,,;, bureau organization' says Mr. means unity and organized ef-.. ef-.. Mr the development of agriculture : lurn will bring organized us well Ividual profitable returns, i -('organized effort through the farm L aj organization within the communi- of tho county will return to the sj -tv a saving of $100,000 in.farm crops re extermination of rodent pests, It ifits every person within the county, C-er or not he has been a member of ; arm bureau and had a part in It. not, then, every person within the :tj- become a part of the farm bu-.j bu-.j either directly or Indirectly? Then i 't not necessary for every person wlth-i wlth-i te county to become an active member t.t farm bureau, which enables each i.viJ'jal as well as the county to sere se-re greater returns? iim Is to Increase Value. "i-.e question today is not 'making two 'Ais of grass grow where one grew be-v,- but makings each blade of grass .:th twice as much as before, thereby J .easing its value twice and reducing j cost of production one-half. Thus, rj the same effort the net profit must increased to at least double. The county agent is not a spirit going ror,? the farmers and telling tnem how ' co things, but an ordinary human be- trying to help solve the farm problems : an organized way. Tour county agent is a direct repre--:'j;lve of your agricultural college and :-gs the aid of that institution and of ; department of agriculture to the ers. Through the farm bureau or-.:-:iition you are able to make the best of these institutions together with knowledge of the best farmers, gained ;:vjgh experience, with all of which the m- aent should be familiar. Tr.e greatest problems of the farmer i'; production and distribution. By this :io not mean that a farmer must in-his in-his production, but he must so Mr.Tiahze and plan his production that -rrewill not be a surplus or shortage of .one product. He must then standard-i; standard-i; his products so as to increase the and, thereby facilitating to a xeat ?;ure the distribution of such prod-Farm prod-Farm products, standardized as to : jty, will always demand permanency, -'.'.ally, the demand is increased, which-''-wio raise the market value. M Bureau Is Example. "The farm bureau cannot correct all nations :i an instant. One thing should - accomplished at a time. While the -:n bureau has in its plan the building ; oi and carrying on of all phases of iu.tural development, vet each par- arpart of that plan must be worked Jy those most interested in it. ine wool pool is a splendid example i of what can bo accomplished through a farm bureau organization. However, pooling pool-ing of wool is only one phase of the farm bureau program of work and should be developed by those interested in wool production. The farm bureau sees the need of pooling in order that each producer pro-ducer of small quantities of wool may have the same advantage in marketing as the man who produces large quantities and sells in carload lots. From this need springs the "Wool Growers' association, which is organized for the specific pur-,pose pur-,pose of pooling wool, while it yet is a part of the farm bureau organization. Other Organizations Needed. "Many other such organizations have their origins in the farm bureau and are a part of the farm bureau program of work, each having for its purpose the development de-velopment of a specific part of the program, pro-gram, such as cow-testing. livestock, grazing, potato growers.' beet growers' and seed growers' associations, and similar organizations. or-ganizations. "The farm bureau plan, based upon the county-wide x,rorani of work, naturally tries to keep a balance in the development of these aforesaid special phases of the program. Individuals within t community work upon their community program, developing de-veloping each part of it and keeping a balance. The communities then in turn, within the county, work on a county-wide county-wide program, aiming to keep a balance throughout the county of the development, of the different lines of agricuiture. '"The farm bureau is yet in its Infancy, In-fancy, and needs the support of every : farmer, for there is undoubtedly a great i deal of good that can he derived from the! developing of an organized program of work. Such a program will extend not1 only throughout the county, but through- I out the state, as the farm bureau is a I national organization."