Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1919 — EIGHTY-ONE COUNTIES IN FIRST STATE CONVENTION. [ARTICLE]

EIGHTY-ONE COUNTIES IN FIRST STATE CONVENTION.

Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 24. [Special. ] • ■Officers of the Federation of Farmers’ associations with headquarters in this city are. highly elated over the result of the ! first annual convention of the organization held during the last week, rhe enthusiasm and loyalty expressed by the delegates from all parts of the state, along with the spirit of co-operation manifested, svas such that the leaders in the federation have tackled the job of making Indiana 100 per cent organized with renewed vigor and energy. It also is a souree -of pride an the part of the members of the federation that their organization is the first in the United States to become affiliated with the new national federation of farmers known as the American Farm Bureau federation. Indiana fanners had a prominent part in drafting the constitution of this organization at the Chicago meeting two weeks ago, and as a tribute to their work the Indiana convention ratified the national constitution and voted to jo'n it by unanimous action. Eighty-one counties were represented with official delegates pres ent at the state convention, and the first annual session of the fanners will go down Fn agricultural history of the state as one marked by harmony and unity of purpose. The various county associations used good judgment in the selection of their accredited delegates, the convention as a whole being made up of good sound thinking farmers wnose purpose it is to better conditions and build up our public institutions rather than destroy. There was not a single radical provision advocated and the series of resolutions adopted have received considerable favorable comment on the part of the press. , The work of completing the organizations in the eleven counties which either have failed to organize in part or have failed to affiliate with the parent body for some cause or other will be carried on throughout the winter Ninety-two counties fully organized and affiliated with the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ associations is the goal set by the officers and district directors The eleven counties now out of the fold are: Perry, Crawford, Dubois, Martin, ‘Brown, Switzerland, Ohio, Jasper, Elkhart, Vermillion and Owen. Mrs. Van Grant was in Chicago today. .