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Pare Two so couBmi.iisnEsoso, n. cv 1 .v-TfiTESDAT, A.UGTST 81. 1522 LEADING- TJIE FARM BUttEAU II . 1 n M a vm rT in vrw aw nin w I r 11 ! u A I tir nte-o T t v-'T-TT'c r 1 1 For thirty years Wall Street ha had a Woe in Congress. Now th Inrmers fiae their bloc. Behind the farmers' bloc ia an organisation, the American Farm Bureau Federation, which first supplied the initia tive, and the leaders for the Farm Bloc in Congress The Farm Rloc is the name that has been given to a group ol 1 Senators and Repiestntam es who are getting action on agricultural ltfisldlinti The Ameriian Farm Bureau Federation, through the tanners' bloc, has been able to get on the statute books every project ' tor which it has t een working Here, at leat, is something worth-w hile Lout which there ian be no dispute I lnili iilually the fanner never could have formed such a bloc. No one farmer could ever hope to gain such a victory. It is only an ' organization such as the Farm Bureau that, by making use of ks referendum, is able to discover just what the farmer wants in the way j f legislation and go about getting that thing for him in an intelligent j and effective manner. The Farm Bureau has proven already that it is quite capable ol looking after the farmer's legislative needs in the nation' capitol. FOUR YEARS IN A PIG CLUB What It Taught One Boy and Why He Hated to Quit BOYS who have been member, of Farm Bureau Pig Clubt and have had an opportunity to see the advantage of raising pure-bred hogs look back after they get into actual farming for themselves to the days when they were members of Pig Clubs and made their first ven ture in pig raising. Here, in his own words, is the story of what one boy did. It is typical of what hundreds of boys are doing on the Sarm tocay: "I have to say good-bye pig club after Seing in it for four years for the simple aeason that I will be over nineteen years en January 1, 1922. As I cannot be a lemUer of the Pig Club next year I do jot think that I will forget all about the Pig Club for I will try and help get all the boys and girls interested in the Pig Club as possible. I think that all the boys and girls that are in the Pig Club will feel like 1 do, that they owe the Pig Club a great many thanks, that is, if they will have anywhere near a success in the hog busi ness like I have had through the Pig Club. The way I have made my success of it was by the folks urging me on to buy a pure bred sow pig from the pig club. I did not think very much of it when they first started talking about it. I thought it over for about ten days and I derided to join the pig club, buying a pure-bred Hampshire snw pig for $25. She weighed SO pounds when f tfot her. I fed her all that summer, and put on 1.7 pounds gain per day. Every time I went to feed her I thought more about the Pig Club and liked the hog business better and better. E showed my pig that fall at the county and precinct show. "In March she farrowed litter of eleven pigs, and I saved nine of them, Srve boars and four sows. 1 entered all nine of them in the Pig Club. I howed two of them at the State Fair and three at the County Show. I sold 11 five boars, and kept the four sow pigs ir raisc pigs from. T he next year she farrowed me a litter of twelve, and I saved ten pigs, seven sows and three boars. I put four sows and one boar in the Pig Club that year. This year 1 howed at the State I air, Interstate Fair and at the County Fair. That fall she farrowed me a litter of sixteen pigs. Then this year she farrowed a litter of seven pigs I put five boars and the sow pig and granddaughter of Pansy i t he sow pig I started in the pig clufj with) in the Kg Ckib this year. 1 showed them at the mm m Fmlr a dH -ounv 'ira. I hlv nld THIS IS AT the bottom of this Farm Bureau membership campaign, which we are now going through, you will find Charles E. Gunnels. He is Treasurer of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Director of the Organization Department. He makes no secret of the fact that he is out for another million members before next year rolls around. - Trn surer Chmt. E. Ciwiruib Mr. Gunnel csme to the American Ihirm Bureau Federation in 1920 as sn nistaat eecreUry. Then they made kin) sjnssiini to handle the money, la hie r parity as aswstsnt serlTtary he bad .rWge of the relationships between the Farm Bureau and the agricultural co4 jee and txtenakm departments as well ejg between the Farm Busmu and the Relatione Service of the Uaitod gtat Department of Agriculture. In bin M parity as treaeurer, Mr. Gannett handles . 'j e the funds of the Ameriras Farm ; : , Taints Farm Burnt members ca wab ' J tonrgs nimsnsl differences sod smbkione i Sttd Ion netfy toward the goal of helping rrimkure; ere are going to lost mitmL' T Fern purratt helps develop . and ' '.-V of si) fKgtnifSttone f ! f -'! i urn! four of these boars so far this year. In the fall Pansy farrowed me another litter of fourteen pigs. I think whenever a person gets hold of a good producing sow, keep her as long as keeping is possible. I have bought two boars since I have started, one for $75 and the other for $150 I sold the $75 one for $85, and still have the $150 one for a herd boar. 'ryi "Since I entered the Pig Club and got started in he pure-bred business, I have sold fourteen head of registered hogs for $885.50 and forty-five head on the market. I have 140 head of hogs now that are all related to Pansy excepting the herd boar. I have been offered $750 for her but I thought that she was worth that much to me, and I think she has raised me that many dollars' worth of pigs. During the four years in the Pig Club showing at the fairs, I have won 55 ribbons that I won showing in the Pig Club and open class. Pansy has raised all the pigs that won these ribbons. The fifty-five ribbon composed two grand champion, three junior champions, twenty-two firsts, ten seconds, six thirds, six fourths, two sixths, one seventh. These ribbons amount to $.156 in prizes; besides these ribbons I have won one trophy and the last two years I have won the free trip to the Boys' and Girls' Club Week at the College of Agri culture in the spring It it had not been for the Pig Club I suppose I would not ever own a pig or care the least for one. So that makes me feel the pin club is one of the best things going for Ihe boys and GUNNELS Bureau Federation and worked out uni form system of bookkeeping for the state and county farm bureaus. He made a record snd the Executive Committee promoted him to head the Department of Organization on January 1, 1922. Mr. Gunnels came to the American Farm Bureau Federation from the States Relations Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, where he was assistant chief of the Office of Extension v. b lib m mm wi wv V. m . 1 L , ....'., 1.1 18S8. He was reared on the farm. He was graduated from th agricultural college of the University of Nebraska in 1915, and became instructor la sgrooomy. He resigned from this position to become county agent of Seward county, Nebraska, in 1916. Hare his work attracted so much attention that ha was promoted to be county agent leader for Nebraska in 1917. During 191S and 1919, he was director of the Agricultural Ea teuton Service of lb University of Nebraska, sad went to the State. RetetioM Service la Washington, D. C, la 191. Then the Farm Bursas got him sad bs Is sow busy multiplying the membership by two. Taking care of tbe fifty cents that toeh Farm Bsress member pars to the National orgsnfestio b tbe job of Charles C. Gunnels. His Is the ieponWbilHy of showing where every penny of the Feder ation's income goes. He has to keep a record of the receipts sod expenditures of every department snd stats for inspection by anyone who is uterosted. , A written statement Is presented st each' snorting of tbe National Executive Committee and at rnck annual sseotmg. I m , nii'i.nMr SPUN II iM The big thing lef the township farm barest to do is to attempt to solve the norety local agricultural problems. "-r ," . 0 ' "O . J .' -"-.,. 'Wt A. ist " Al mnrt'worti most U boosd sound btHtni prlncfptes, pieory wool k. ' ' "When the people atop to think, old aad established institutions crumble and disappear." The farmer and hi son rode silently home from town. The wagon was empty but for the two sacks of Hour purchased from the merchant who had bought their produce. Purhng on his pipe the farmer pondered over 5ome question of the moment. The boy's mind was im t inactive. "Pa," he 'aid, "when you took our stuff to the store what did you ask the man'" "1 asked him how much he wa giving today." "And when you bought the flour, what did you ask him?" "How much he was asking." "You asked him how much he would pay for our stuff and then how much he would take for his?" Lapsing into silence the boy thought over this and the silent , man puffing his pipe by his side also thought. I "When the people stop to think, old and established institutions crumble and disappear." The Agricultural Bloc We're used to combinations of financial gentlemen Who organize to "stabilize" the country, now and then, But who, in all veracity, Would look for such audacity As shown in House and Senate by this stubborn Western flock; Who made a combination To mold our legislation And who blocked a robber tariff with an Agricultural Bloc! The farmers fell for flattery and promises and praise Which seemed to keep them quiet in the ante-bellum days, But now, that's not enough for them, They say the times are tough for them, They're burning corn for fuel and they cannot sell their stock; They don't get satisfaction From the Grand Old Party's action, So they've got the party guessing by an Agricultural Bloc! STICKING IN Chicago the clatter of the stock ticker chatters out minute by minute the story of wheat sold and prices advanced or retarded. In New York this busy little recording mechanism whirrs out a record of gradually strengthening industrials that puts men. back at work in factories and shops. And those directing the destinies' of business study carefully the unrolling tape and gauge their actions accordingly. On the farms of America, in tbe corn belt, the cow country, in New England, and down in Dixie the fight is being carried on these days to make permanent the farmers' organization; to bring back confidence to our farmers and health and strength to their basic business of soil tilling and stock raising. That fight for better farming will be won or lost on the basis of Farm Bureau membership, because results are obtained, not by the efforts of individuals, but by the united voice of all. Checked Day by Day. In the Chicago office of the American Farm Bureau Federation, therefore, the progress of this campaign for membership is being carefully watched and checked, hour by hour, and day by day, for this ia the year when increased and stabilised memtwrship is essential to the life of the greatest of all farmers' organizations. Instead of a ticker and tape, a map on the wall shows every county in the United State. Whenever a county is organized and a farm bureau established, a red headed pin is placed in that county, and "Farmert' Preferred" advance! a point. Out west, where the countiet cover huo dredt of square milet, these pins appear far apart, while in little Rhode Island three pins dose together make a 100 Farm Bureau state; but every pin repre sents hard work and tells in brief the story of euccess. A Record of Devotion. This recording mechanism, however, is much more deltcste thso is required to note the addition of sew counties. With in the counties, in townships, commsjnj ties, snd parinhee it notes sad mskes permanent record of the careful planning, the unselfish devotion of time and effort, the obstacle overcome, hopes sostsiaed, snd discouragements surmounted. As the stream of daily mail gose the We central Office, every letter ie srsimed lor news from the Wd, enfolding bit by bit, the dramatic human story of the birth of united endeavor. . . f . The searchlight' plays for a moment on Virginia, where down in the Blacksburg There are folks that bhrme the banker,' There art "IM that blame she laws," There art folks who think thai Uncle Sammy , I. the one who't tiled with flaws; Them art thoatthat keep right es t ' Nonrsttnr who assy Utobtamsi . .s 'the' Farm Buress W ot the )o$ now, '' V Ad the farmer ess pUy the fmc.'v IN PINS district! of Montgomery County the story of farm, bureau organization is being carried thru Storms and Impassable roads ' on horseback; on Humboldt County, ' northern Nevada, where a woman drove fifty miles to the nearest railroad station and rode five hundred more to attend the annual state farm bureau meeting at Reno j and learn how she best could help advance the work that means so much to western ' agriculture. With a wide sweep the light wings back for a moment to old New York State where, in Jefferson County, EIlis- burg Townsqlp has just come thru with a sign-up of 90 per cent of the entire farm population. I In Utah, pushing the regular county drives we see the president of the state bureau taking the field at the head of a flying squadron in one direction while an executive committeeman of the national organization personally leads a picked NOTICE SALE OF REAL ESTATE FOR THE NON-PAYMENT OF DE team from county to county, in another. LINQUENT TABES DUE THE TOWN OF ASHEBORO, N. C. South Dakota covered a financial deficit n , L m of 13,500 in 31 minutes. In Missouri. ...f y, vrf thc Boa,1d of Town Cmm','oners, and pursuant to the stat Kansaa and Nebr, new entlnssUum, J! nd FJt: "' S. Ridge, Town and endeavor are developing daily, and the Tf lifgj? Tflf. Aflhbori?' in lie -Cotinto of Randolph. SUUr and there m the field straightening out auction to the u bwj h UuxsTcertiSn U If pLd K tangles, add.ng.ncoumg.ment or adv.ee, whereon taxes for the years 1819, 1820 and 192 plst dooid u-pafd, correcting rn.st.ke., snd sh.sys .purrmg fortb in the following list which shows thV nanW of ttrrtSsTin on to gresterdmore United effort. whose names said property is listed, together with the amount of UTand c- , yZr?t V? . . , connection with each e pars to pfcrcol: 1( - So it Is thst the most detailed and This August 82, 1922. ...... - , . . minute information as to your own work. J. S, RIDGE, Town Tax CoctorV . aad card indeied daily, ; that at any moment tneairector may glance over the Unrollint record and. at once in possession of all the facts la every esse, sppry pre, ure or help where most needed at the ngniiimc., . So tbe record grows, day by dsy. a county at a time, and ia future yearn will lunush a History ot tnose more nimcult timet when, the farmer's voice i. not aHrtyt prsrd because be speaks so oft. slone..t "i ... ' ' Tbe blsak spacos on our assp art being tiled op with little rod-headed pins, smsl) k tliemntrves,- but great ia the sum total f What they represent, solidly orgss iced American sgricufture. MR. FARMER: VTO you write your co.gr. nwnsa a letter ssk ing blm to support certain agricul tural nw.svns that yo want t . net tHactod, he Is glsd to HEAR. -from yofcv '' WHwi yott snd ail thf other pi aginative fsriners- al ywwr . district gtvt him the asms hrfortna tioa tt tha asm time U kUd to ACTforyoej. Your Farm Bvrttt? fivtt yon that fores o tnaa. esyrws- : tiM thst claims attoatio,, . j I - ... a ' h " t y Whem Jame & Howard,1 President of the American Jam pureaq Federation, looks up at yoit frafr-his ek taithe Federation's Gentrfcl Qffieer, SS East Washington 5ti Chicagt; ytt know you have met a real man vith purpdseiJHls office overtook take -MMtlns' anoYg clear day he qui sea acrosT iff the' fru& farmt of Bentoa Covnt&Mlcfe,. But he is not in the office much. His duties as president of the biggest farmers' organisa tion keep him constantly on ,the go peaking at fannera' meetings, ddrsssuig business men, conferring with national leaders, inspecting the Great Lakes Water way, studying Muscle Shoals, ets!, etc. Jim Howard left his farm In Marshall County, la., one day in November. 1919, to attend an organization meeting in Chicago. He expected to be back in a ;puple of days to feed his cattle. But at .hat meeting he found himself selected to FARM BUREAU JUNIOR CLUBS GROW The Junior division of the Farm Bu reau has grown from 23,000 members in 1914 to 331,000 members. The boys' and girls' clubs have as their goal 5,000,000 members by 1930. Many counties have an assistant to the county agent wheae entire time is taken up with helping the boys and girls learn better produc tion. There are 4,120 local leaders in the United States, Last year the boys and girls working under the Farm Bureau produced $8,885,092 worth of products. Besides, club work is great fun and it makes a fellow want to stay in the coun- Asheboro Grocery Co. Wholesale Gro cers . , AShebOTO, Nama Dcription r"uls M. M. Feme, Sunset Avenue ............ t . m r. p...n. o. j. m King-,. Stow Strwet . ....y H. U Miller, North Asheboro j, it xort;, balUbury Htreet ,.k K. J. Cox. Hamlin Helohtn MartltU Gatiln, East Asheboro J. A. Holder, Sunset Avenue W. H. Hughess Old Main Street H. H Ksonody. Sunset Avenue M. R. KlvottUwharrio Street Forest MMer UlUee Stroot Mrs. M. A. PreancU, Fsyettevllle Street . E- R Robins, FsyttteTille Strtet ....... w A. 8cott, Oak Avtnut E. C Shaw, Cox Street L. D. BykM, MlU Stroet , 0. a Sufir. Pnrk Street Southern Development Co.,-., O. P. WnJktr, nest Salisbury Stroot u. k. uans, nuK etrtot L. B. Hlnstittr. v. .,..;.;., J. B. MoDowtlt, Booth FsyetteMllo 8trtt Km NtOti Moors, - MU Street . , j e; . . . , ; A. 8niti Mfllor, Old Main Itroo .V;;o".. ... ! Wcyih) Killer EsUtt, N, ryUoTfTlr Stroti " Mitt Qnr. Frtoftiirtll XWW.r.,,..,? - m'ZiM" IJOUlSt Fsnriio lAulst MeCnlit, riyttttvtn 8trr Fsnnlo 8mftli (t .,' , V . , . n.ek, m riV Rbee4 It was a tremendous responsibility, but Jim Howard rose to it. President Howard's 448-acre farm U at ! CWasotts, Iowa, m MarabsJ County. He 1 csJU k "HomeiasteJ.". JUeae ad aaple. surrouad the tag old farmhouse which he has jBoderaiaed with his own hands, in stalling his owa plumbimr, furnace '.h 44f-flW Cml ereps i torn grown on the Howard farm. Every year Jim Howard foeMiO2po to 300 spring ' pigs and I to 4 cSrtcatett of steers He keep a band of e.we also, sad Contributes a carloJ of faC Umb to the world s mutton supply. Mr. Howard is 4& years old. After completing nts high school course, Howard attended Grinnell aad Penn Colleges in Iowa. His college career was finished at the University of Chicago, where he specialized in economics and history. After finishing his college course he taught economics in a college in South Carolina for a time. Then he went back to Mar shall County, Iowa, and was married. He was cashier of the New Provideoce State Bank for a time and theta bought the old home.' About ten years ago the success of his farming operations began to attract the attention of the Iowa State College. He helped ormnize and was the first president of the Marshall County Farm Bureau. When the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation was osg&Jstd, he was elected . RSfiWi'' YUW the Ame. arm Bureau reoorauoa Wat orfrn he was elected its first president No one who hss" seen Jhn Howard doubts that he belongs to the modern school of real fanners. He stands full six feet tall and is lean and 'fit.' He carries not a pound of superfluotn weight and tips the scales at '197. The Brio of his handshake, the light in his eyes, snd his mile bespeak a personality behind which a tenacity of purpose is linked with a sin cere sympathy with everybody and farm people in particular. Farmers Represent . . 52 Per Cent of Wealth One-thin? of the population of the United States is made up of farmers who produce each year eighteen per cent of the wealth and represent fifty-two per cent of the total wealth of the nation. Only recently in the last two years since the American Farm Bureau Federa tion has been speaking for farmers as m class have these facts been given tha significance due them. IS. C. 1919 .' 48.96 . 53.44 6.94 6.41 1920 X3.00 1921 $40.16 .', , 8.90 18.07 21.80 .50 5.00 43.00 60.00 6.17 6.00 11.00 52.45 .60 .61 7S.51 4 58.14 27M UZi l W.OO" 15.00 " 19.60 t.40 A 4.00 ' ' - 5.0Q ... , . . 85.01 8,41 27.29 84.65 4448 I . . . i i A I f ,f.i :,V. V" T''' T9 f 3 K , . ; ' ? .00 t fJO i..f !"-- '11.BT. ,t. tmm f . rT'.". . 1 ' J
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