Show FARMERS ADOPT MARKET Cooperative Selling of Grain and Livestock Livestock Livestock Live Live- stock Approved by Federation Chicago Appointment Appointment of ot committees committees committees commit commit- tees to devise plans for tor the time co cooperative co ive lve m marketing of grain and livestock estock was d determined upon at the final sessIon session session ses ses- sion Saturday of the American farm bureau federation The livestock propos proposal proposal pro pro- pos l was unanimously when the associations association's committee on that In Industry Industry industry In- In recommended recommended It This action came a few hours after the plan of the grain committee had been received favorably by a majority of the conven conven- tion The grain committee which will be appointed In the near future by J. J R. R Howard president of the federation will be a permanent body with headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters In Chic Chicago go It will InvestIgate investigate investigate gate existing plans of operative co-operative marketing as well as suggest new plans Members of the committee will comprise leading grain pf producers ers grain elevator men and others A resolution was as adopted directing that efforts be made by the farm bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau to obtain cars to move crops It also was recommended that freight problems be referred to the federation federation federation federa federa- tion to obtain uniform freight rates and equal facilities for all farmers The federal trade commission was congratulated for Its substantial work York In the east and the support of the time federation was pledged to that or or- Another resolution indorsed ed deep waterway projects Efforts of the federation to obtain freight cars were reported by Mr Howard In January the federation sent a delegation to Washington to learn earn whether we could obtain more cars he said We were advised that there here tl ere existed a shortage of approximately matel cars and that about more needed repairs We were told that the time best we could hope to obtain in the way of freight cars was about 60 GO per cent of norms normal equip equip- ment Representatives of the United States Grain Growers Growers' association and of the National Board of Farm organizations ons who vho who attended the meetings here announced announced an an- that a convention of those organizations organizations or or- would be held at Columbus Columbus Colum- Colum bus us 0 O. probably In August |