Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1917 — TO ORGANIZE FARM BUREAUS [ARTICLE]

TO ORGANIZE FARM BUREAUS

One of the greatest needs of the present war, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, is the effective organization Of agricultural forces. The department advocates the formation of county farm, bureaus as an effective means of securing, needed local organization. The county farm bureau, says the department, helps to unify the efforts of existing farmers’ organizations and to strengthen their work. The bureau is likened to a y.ral chamber of agriculture, corin many of its functions to a city • chamber of commerce. The farm bureau grew out of a similar need for effective agricultural organization to meet rural problems, and it has been described ... organized self-help. It started as ah out-growth of the work done by county agricultural agents, but it has become the local federating agency through which groups of rural people may find expression. The farm-bureau plan, as seen ' v the department, provides for a —esentative membership, *vith mittees and a county council, lie membership should be general . ver the county, and at feast fourfifths Of it should be made up of active farmers. Those who are interested in either the formation or developmennt of a farm bureau should write to the agricultural extension director at" the state agricultural college and secure advice how to proceed.