Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — INDIANA FARMERS TRYING TO RAISE $200,000. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA FARMERS TRYING TO RAISE $200,000.

The officers off the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations, who were authorized at a conference of farmers held in Indianapolis last week to start a campaign for $200,000.. with which to finance ganization for the next three years, have completed the task of working out details governing the \uotas to be made up by the various counties of the state. The work of raising this fund ate to be started at once by the county associations. W. H. Hickman, first vice-presi-dent of the federation and chairman of the executive committee, former pastor of the Delphi Methodist church, said three elements have entered into the fixing of an equitable basis. “The first thing we considered,” sfid Mr. Hickman, “was to determine the number of farms in the state whidh are. listed as being of five acres or more. We found that there art approximately 218,000, which means about $1 a farm will be the assessment when all are taken into consideration. In the second place we used this as a working basis and found that one-quarter of one mill on the assessed valuation of the farm land in each county would raise the fund and at the same time run parallel with the $1 a farm estimate. Third, we took the general prosperity of the county into Consideration and from all these faldts arranged the quotas.” Reports have been received from a number of the counties abating that they were ready to taike hold of the work of raising their quotas as soon as the figures were available. Accord&ng to the federation officers the plan off raising the fund, which will insure Indiana one of the strongest farmers’ organizations in the United States, is being met with approval tin all parts of the state. Considerable friendly rivalry Us expected to result among the vairiious county units for the honor off being the first in the state to “go over the top” with its quota.