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which in turn have effected a national organization. These farm bureaus 

 in co-operation with extension service which is supported by the federal 

 and state governments have an enormous responsiblity in maintaining our 

 food supply, in developing our agriculture along permanent lines, and in 

 ways that bring fair returns to the producers, in preventing imposition 

 upon farmers, in promoting rural life, and, perhaps chief of all, in helping 

 to drive out un-Americanism. 



Let us hope all these things can be accomplished thru education and 

 peaceful co-operative efforts. It would be difficult to overstate what can 

 be done thru the joint efforts of the farm bureaus and of the federal 

 government and of the colleges which are sending out so many trained 

 young men and women as well as devoting themselves to extension work. 



ADDRESS BY A. B. JUDSON 

 State Master of The Grange 



Mr. President: 



I want to congratulate the officers of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation 

 on the success of the campaign that has just closed. I have been asked 

 to talk to you about The Grange, the first real farmers' organization the 

 world ever saw, the first organization the farmer ever had to champion 

 his cause, the first organized body of farmers to secure recognition in 

 our legislative halls. 



More than half a century has passed since this great organization came 

 into existence, and during that time it has been the leading factor in 

 developing and raising to a higher standard the business of farming. 

 During this time other farm organizations have sprung up and flourished 

 for a time, but The Grange still stands as a monument to the founders. 

 The wonderful and lasting benefits that have been accomplished for 

 agriculture and humanity cannot be estimated. The Order of Patrons of 

 Husbandry has not lived, grown and thrived simply for the benefit of its 

 members, but has always taken a broad and comprehensive view on all 

 great questions for the advancement, benefit and uplift of humanity, 

 to make our country a better place to live in and bring up our families. 



In attempting to secure legislation that would be beneficial to the 

 agricultural interests of the country and so give the farmers an equal 

 and fair chance with other great business enterprises, we as an organiz- 

 ation have always been mindful of the rights and interests of others. 

 When men high in political life and those in executive authority really 

 understand what this order stands for and its aims and purposes, they will 

 readily give greater consideration to what is said when our leaders 

 speak. We, as farmers and leaders of this great organization, have a 

 right to be, and are, justly proud of our profession, for agriculture is 

 really and truly a profession, equal, if not superior, to any other profession 

 or calling, and one on which success in many other lines of business de- 

 pends. It has been truly said that when agriculture languishes all other 

 business declines. 



No order of the present time is, or is likely to be, able in the future 



