Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1920 — INDIANA FEDERATION OF FARMERS [ARTICLE]

INDIANA FEDERATION OF FARMERS

Indianapolis, Ind./ Aug. 6.— (Special)—The month of August promises to be one of the busiest months of the year on the calendar of the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations. Officers of the organization are looking forward to many activities* including the start in many of the county units of membership drives conducted under the uniform plan system which they hope will pave the way for the Hoosier state to become the strongest farmers’ association in the way of membership of any of the sister states of the Middle West. When the present officers of the Federation in this state took over their duties they set 100,000 members before the second annual convention in November as their goal, but recent developments along with remarkable success in many of their enterprises has given the movement wonderful momentum and they now have visions of a membership of 150,000 before the winter months set in. Many membership drives open in counties affiliated with the state Federation during the month of August, several of which have rural populations among the largest in Indiana. Among the counties which open campaigns this month are Allen, Cass, Lawrence, Dubois, Clay, Owen, Putnam, Jefferson, Hamilton and Washington counties. First place honors among counties in this state for membership at the present standing go to Madison county, but reports reaching headquarters are to the effect that a number of

counties are figuring on concentrated drives in which every farmer in the unit will be visited and are predicting that Madison’s membership will have to be increased if that county is to retain the premier honors. In the absence of John G. Brown, president, and Lewis Taylor, general secretary, both of whdm attended important conferences in Chicago and in Michigan during the last week, E. E. Reynolds, treasure?, has been looking after the routine busi* ness at state headquarters. H. C. Reid, state organizer apd field man, has been covering much territory in I arranging for additional membership I drives in various counties. His ! schedule will include practically ev- ' ery county in the state, ninety of the ninety-two already being either 1 organized or booked for member--1 ship drives which will put them in i shape to affiliate with the parent body, Elkhart and Brown counties ‘being the only two out of the fold. The Chicago meeting called by J. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, was in the nature of a co-operative marketing* conference and was atby grain, live stock and farmers’ associations from all parts of the United States .and Canada. The first tangible result growing out of this conference will be the appointment by President Howard and I his advisers of a permanent gram I committee, whose work will be to (formulate a definite plan of organization which will rilake it possible for co-operative marketing of gram. Many valuable, suggestions were brought out for the committee to work upon in deriving at a national plan of action. The Michigan 'meeting was held at Lansing among presidents and general secretaries ,0f the Mid-West group of states of the American Farm Bdreau Federation to which the Indiana farmers are affiliated. A meeting of the board of directors of the Federation has been called for Augukt 5 and 6. One of the chief subjects to be dismissed will be the question of establishing a bureau of markets. Recommendation for such a bureau was passed in a resolution adopted at the annual convention.

Boys know best. AU, doors are bow constructed to shut themselves. —• Many a doctor has saved a patient’s life by not being in when called. Honeysuckles and the sweet girl • graduate bloom simultaneously. A good cook should be at the head of every provisional government It’s easy to have a good opinion of people you don’t know very well. Few men put off until tomorrow the meanness they can do today. ( Scandal is the tattle of fools who judge other people by,themselves. A hen is wMh the cornmeal.is being distributed.