Show BANKER FARMER MOVEMENT GROWS funds supplied by bk banking organizations in many states state to finance studies and contests the tb nationwide movement being conducted by county and state slate bank via ers as associations and tho the american bankers association in co operation cooperation with the state agricultural colleges and nd county agents for or the purpose of 0 bringing about both local and national solutions for or farm arm economic problems has shown results during the past year A review of these activities in the bulletin of 0 the agricultural commission american bankens association cia tion summarizes some of tho chief points as follows in missouri a meeting was held at the college of agriculture at which the bankers again appropriated agoo tor for boys and girls club work saline county bankers have raised to stimulate beef calf clubs and report definite results obtained in getting farmers to ilmo almo their soil and grow alfalfa county key hey bankers to promote banker support of farm betterment projects are being appointed and another short course in agriculture tor for bankers Is being planned in kansas no less than fifteen counties are ara reported by the extension service as eng ged in definite banker tanner farmer work county key bankers attended tour four district conferences during tho the year the louisiana bankers agricultural committee met at the college of agriculture in connection with a bankers farm course the bankers are thoroughly ong illy aroused to the wisdom of tick eradication and are operating cooperating co to that end county key bankers are being selected and county meetings with bankers throughout the state will be arranged results result shown in kentucky key bankers have been appointed in each county with the result that the bankers of the state ire are operating cooperating co with the college of agriculture more specifically than any other group of business men some of the fruits of this operation cooperation co Is demonstrated by the tact fact that the number of dairy cattle in the state has increased seven per cent and the production per cow twelve per cent three counties in the state have elim all scrub bulls in north carolina the ou standing accomplishments have been the honoring of class A farmers that la Is those attaining a degree of proficiency lenc in a well balanced and sound system of farming as indicated by a score card prepared by the college of agriculture and the bankers short course g given iven there future plans provide tor for the continuation 1 I county key banker system and the arranged arran arrangement gei e nt of cou county laty banker farmer tours to lo virginia has been raised by subscription tor for borsand boys boy sand and girls club work largely from rom bankers A group meeting was held at the college of agriculture with two hundred bankers in attendance the committee oo on agriculture of the state bankers As ocl atlon voted to continue and check up on the county key banker work the reports from new york on the activities tor for the past year included the distribution of short form farm credit statements prepared co operatively by the agricultural college and bankers the bankers agricultural agri ri com committee cittee also arranged to send end suggestions to the banks of the tate state to aid in financing purchase of dairy cattle to replace those lost by th the e tuberculin test bankers farm schools bankers Can kers farm schools or short courses continued popular during the year several colleges held such courses under the auspices ot of the e state bankers agricultural committees and are repeating them this year minimum of 0 talk Maxi maximum muni of demonstration was the character of program put on by the kansas agricultural college tor for the second bank ers farm school in april four foar representatives were invited from each of twenty counties consisting of the county key banker the county agent the secretary of the tha county bankers association and the president of the th farm bureau proper tann farm methods roe thodi were brought out by demonstration then tours were made to farms whose owners had bad followed the practices and methods outlined by the college tt tc illustrate the lessons emphasis was wai placed on the important part bankers banken can play in developing agriculture aerl culture in south dakota specific plans to 01 the ensuing year are the appointment of county key bankers operation cooperation co in boys and girls club projects and group meetings of county agents and key bankers in minnesota the county key bankers system Is to be continued with special emphasis on bringing tin the county agent and key banker into ant closer operation cooperation co at a banker meeting at the north dakota agricultural college it was waa do d aided that the key banker organize tion would be completed and la in ardai to acquaint the bankers with agrical tural lural needs county bankers meetings were planned during the year at a conference hold held at montane state college it was reported thal thai county key bankers had operated cooperated co in arranging for a livestock sped train which ran for or seventeen days made twenty nine stops and came in I 1 contact with people that bank ors ers had assisted in six district con ferencek feren ces that led to the formation ot of a state agricultural program and that twenty eight counties reported definite work under the leadership of the th county key bankers such as in the purchase of purebred livestock and loans to club members other states in line lin idaho college of agriculture wn was the scene of a caal meeting attended by thirty five n bankers and college representatives the conference voted to join the key banker ranks in oregon the first bunker farmer short course was held in january with a good attendance and marked enthusiasm thusia sm A meeting of the state bankers agricultural committee held in conjunction with the course voted approval of the banker farmer contest sponsored by agricultural commission american bankers association and appointed a committee to confer with college authorities on methods to prevent spread of contagion in dairy cattle california hold held twenty two successful county tours during the year and as a result it Is planned to extend the tours to every county in the state and also to arrange a statewide state wide tour the county key bankers played a big pa part rt in pushing this work at an art ioia zona d ollege of agriculture of bankers county key bankers were appointed and plans made for or community conferences of bankers farmers and others where local agricultural needs will be discussed in new mexico bankers and county agents met at clovis as a step in the plan to acquaint bankers in different sections of the state with agricultural conditions and to bring about greater operation cooperation co between them and the county agents at the colorado college of agriculture plans were formulated to select county key bankers to follow up work with key bankers and county agents and tor for chairman ot of the state bankers committee to attend and address group meetings in nebraska four our farm arm outlook meetings were held largely attended by bankers sixty nine county key bankers were appointed during the year and follow tollow up work between them and county agents Is to be pushed for iowa lowa i effective operation cooperation co to li reported between bankers and the extension service of the state stale college in their farm bureau programs every third farmer in the state la Is a member of the bureau the key banker system Is to be continued and special emphasis Is to be placed on team work between county agents and key bankers director D H R otis of the agricultural commission american bankers association attended many of the meetings |