370 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART V 



Executive Committee 



The Executive Committee as in the previous years has given thorough 

 consideration to the business of the organization. The number of meet- 

 ings held by the board totalled one hundred thirty-two. Every re- 

 sponsibility devolving upon the board as the governing body of our 

 organization has been fully accepted and faithfully carried out by each 

 individual. We would recommend that the County Farm Bureaus es- 

 tablish a closer relationship with the Executive Committee. The two 

 district meetings held annually have been very helpful and have been 

 the means of giving the members of the board a better understanding of 

 the real needs of future activities. 



President 

 The President has carried for the greater part of the year just closed 

 a far greater responsibility than ever before. The Secretary's time being 

 occupied so largely in endeavoring to untangle the affiairs of the U. S. 

 Grain Growers, Inc., it fell to the President to assume largely the re- 

 sponsibility of the Secretary. This duty was cheerfully performed, and, 

 so far as it was humanly possible, every activity was fully supervised. 

 This added burden necessarily interfered to some extent with the field 

 duties of the President, but the spirit of co-operation and harmony that 

 prevailed in the Federation office in which every employe assumed added 

 responsibilities and duties without regards to days and hours of added 

 labor made it possible to carry through the program of work for the year 

 without added expense. The President attended many County Farm 

 Bureau meetings, conferences and hearings in which the interest of the 

 farmers was involved. In addition, there is a constant demand upon his 

 time by the outside public. To maintain our public relationship with all 

 interests requires a keen perception as to what constitutes courteous con- 

 sideration as distinguished from selfish individual desires. The President 

 has always been able to differentiate between such requests in a manner 

 to prevent entangling alliances or serious embarrassments. 



Secretary 



We have as Secretary-Treasurer given the closest attention to the 

 business of the Federation during the past year. The wise expenditure 

 of our funds has been our first concern. The amount of dues paid by 

 the individual member is not sufficient to carry on all of the activities 

 that are demanded of us. We have never hesitated in assuming the re- 

 sponsibility of protecting the farmers' interests even though it required 

 the expenditures from the reserve fund. We have never been able to 

 reduce the amount of our expenditures to fifty cents per capita, which we 

 are paid. During the year 1922 we were allowed a budget of $92,000 and 

 our total expense, according to report hereto attached, shows an ex- 

 penditure of $70,952.37, a saving on our estimated budget of $21,074.63 

 for the year. 



I am of the opinion that we have probably reached the lowest possible 

 amount that the work can be done for if we are to continue to carry on 

 as strong as we have in the past. Every year there has been contingent 

 expenditures to meet that could not be avoided, and if you will permit 



