70 New Members And A 

 Fish Fry In Clark 



THOS PRl'MMON-D 



FRANK BOHN 



The f")aik County Kami FJin'eaii adilcd 

 Til new im-Mibors liiiiiiij;- it> ivi't'iu 12-ilay 

 iiH'mlj<-!>hip (irivo. reports R. K. Apple. 

 farm ;nivi.-fr. Tho i-anipaiirii was a coii- 

 !.•»! l>-'Twt-cii thf cast and \vi-<l siilfs of 

 thf ■ oiiiity with Tlmmas l>riini!nonrl. 

 r'.iint.\ organization ilin-ctor. in char^re 

 of thi \vi->t half and Frank Rohn in 

 ciiaiy' <'f 'he ca.st. 



Thi i.Miipaitrn t'tillowt'd an ^lysicr s'lii- 

 |M,-i a'i<: pfp nK'Ctii'.ir held in Marshall. 

 Thr la.^t sidf nf the i-ountv wroto 4(1 

 n'.riniitT' anrl the west sidi' :!0. Thf win- 

 nini; ^i^i( was tn^ated to a fish fry. All 

 ifw iiK-inhcrs as widl as solicitors who 

 had writti-n at least one menihiM- were. 

 i'lviicd. O. I). Brissdiden of thv I. A. A. 

 f 'riratii/.atioti Dopartiiu'iu spoke at the 

 nnH'Tit-i;^ which -tartcd and ••ndi'd the 

 '•ani.naiu'! . 



"\V(- are well pli'a>i'd with th<' riv-u!ts 

 .iiid 'Host of our iiu'ii say th^y have more 

 prospects now than when they starteil.'" 

 writes Mr. .Apple. "This addition hriiiss 

 '•lit irieiiiliershiii ii|) to iiior-' 'hail .lOO. 

 The outstaiidini; I'eatiire ■<( the dri'.e 

 "as the wirk (rf l-'rank P.ohii ami .\lfred 

 S.'idel who sjfriu-d fj new nieiiibeis in 

 on.' day." 



Consumer's Dollar 



I Coiitimieil from paire li i 

 • fjeration May 1. 193.3 and ha.s icturnod 

 tiroKts to pnxlucers in the form of 

 pal mr. age dividends at the rate of 

 !ieari\ Sl.OOO per month, which will 

 ^. mount to approximateh .S24.0O0 h\ 

 •May 1. 1935. 



Th> Producers Creamer\ of Craw- 

 lordsville. Indiana, returned to pro- 

 ducers in eight years more than S300.- 

 i"X) In eleven yoar.s the Columbus. 

 [■idiana co-operative plant returned to 

 patrons S580.421.98. This is an average 

 ■'f $52,738 per year. 



The foregoini> evidence clearly shows 

 :' pay.*- to co-operate. Therefore, every 

 patron of a co-operative creamer\ 

 -should make an efYort to induce his 

 non-member friends and ti"i«;hbors to 

 co-operate with luni. 



Farm Paper Editors 



Back AAA Program 



Twi-nty-eijrht farm paper editor- meet 

 inp ill Washington recently drew up a 

 10 point statement of their conviction- 

 in which they expressed support for; 

 (n balanced production through crop 

 ad.justnient and parit.\ jirices for farm 

 products. (2> reduction of distribution 

 costs by cojiimerce and iiidu^lry to jire 

 vent undue increases in cost of living. 

 I'D more atrjrressive efforts to Mevelop 

 noil-food uses for farm prtwlucls. t4i 

 more efficiency in crop and animal pro 

 duction, (•'>( encouragement of the co 

 operative movement aniont' farmers h\ 

 ifovernmeiit and re<i.jrnitioii of ;ill cot. 

 =trtictively-tiiin<led farm orjranization-. 

 <•*>> intensive eiVoits to increase foreiyi 

 trade, (7 1 leadership which promotes 

 economic democracy and national Uliitv 

 in opposition to force.- which tend to 

 confu.se and disunite farmers. (8» assist- 

 ance to tenant farmers in iiecomiiur homn 

 owners, (!>) belief tha' .America's eco 

 nomic and -iK-ial future rests primarily 

 upon asrriculture and that farmers must 

 continue to uphobl and preserve our most 

 treasured ideals and traditions. (Illi ap- 

 preciation and jiraise of ."secretary Wal- 

 lace and his aids f.ir their intellijrent 

 t'earless and atrjrressive leadership. 



SiKni&.ant is this who;'--liPartod ha'-kin*' •>■ M*- 

 Jirogram lot idrm r'<»>veiv .sponsor*''! .ind slc,)»*'*rT(;.l 

 by tIiL> Farm Bnieaii inoTOment *)>■ t)u- Ir.-i'linfc laini 

 p.iper eiit'^r.-i or' the t'Ountry who hr"*.' ta*- in.ir. 

 About ag:ri''"Jti're and its problems Tlian lo ir-'tro- 

 politan ne.vspap-'r odil(»rs. and who foi the ni'i** 

 par* 'r.^-:- tile faimrr-' interests at ^'.-ai'* — F^litor 



County Board Buys 



Terracing Equipment 



.Vt the reque.st of the County .\ffricul 

 tural .Agent the County Board of Rev 

 enue of Tallapoosa County, Alabama 

 has purchased tractors, terracins; and 

 aradintr equipment. "If you want to 

 have any real estate left to tax yon had 

 better buy some tractors and equipment 

 and help farmers terrace their land." 

 said County .Atreiit F'letcher N. Karrinjr 

 ton. 



The Counl.v Board complied and i.* 

 charginp farm owners actual cost for the 

 work, includinir enoufrh for depreciation 

 of the machinery. The cost is about Sl.fiK 

 an acre. More than 7.000 acres hav.- 

 been terraced and the plan is to continue 

 until all the 100.000 of Tallapoosa Coun- 

 ty's cultivated acres are done. The plan 

 permits the ow-ntr of a thousand dollar 

 farm to have the work done for him b_\ 

 a $4.'<00 outfit, reports Country Home 



A request for a copy and subscription 

 for the I. A. .A. RECORD was recently 

 received from N'avro,ii Dinshaw.ii Rana- 

 wala, Ka.iamhar Broach, India, 



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MUMMIRI 



With Our County Farm 

 Bureau Presidents 



JK .MUMMKRT pii>id,iii of i..- 

 , Fi;lton Coiirit\- Farm Biire;oi. r<'- 

 sides on and o|x'rat<s a 4fi(l .iire 

 grain and live stock farm in Wontt- 

 iaml Township, near .AsKiri.i 

 Mr Mumiiieil was one of :< com- 

 mittee of lie- 

 rti<'n. \y\ui ill IMlti 

 ci<nvasse'l Ful- 

 ton C'lurily t.) 

 - «• c 11 1* •* t b e 

 tiiitiimitm of ten 

 111 e m b <■ r s for 

 each town.ship 

 'o oiilaiii/e -i 

 Farn? Bureau 

 and employ a 

 Farm .Aiiviser 

 Mi Mimuiieit 

 ll.i- -tT\"ed a.s a 

 meiiilier of the 

 '•\ecutive com- 

 mittiH' coiititui- 

 ■ losly since th.it time and in January 

 !;I2S was elected president m wIikIi 

 i-.ip.icit.x he IS si ill sorvine 



While Ml Munimerfs fariiiinK op- 

 . rat oils have been diversified, ibe de- 

 \-elopmeiit of j»oo<l sff<l cfnii has been 

 tiis specialty H'- ,was (lowiied Con; 

 King of Ainei ica' I 111 IS20. ba'inc won 

 Grand Championsliip on S'.ng!"- E,n 

 at the Ititei naliona! .Show in Chi: ••»e" 

 .AgaiJi m 1H26 be WDii the saaie lionoi 

 Mr Mnmnuri h.is the di-'inciion df 

 tx.*inji tile or.l.v f;'rTm*i u» w in (JjHod 

 Ch^inpion.sh'p on Sini;le K;ii Ten 

 fuirs .'iid Bushel laitiy ;il the Inter- 

 national Hi was 111 the lir-t dis- 

 '1^2.')i of those recocni/eil ..- M;isiei 

 Farmers in Illinois. 



Mis. Mummer! has Ixt'ii iion<»red 

 'i> being mafic M.i-ter Honu'iuiiki-r 

 ,iiid h..- Ix'cn .icuvi III Hoaic B'ii< ;iii 

 v\'ork. 



In addition i<i bis farming opr- 

 ations and Farm Bureau serv ces. Mi 

 Munimeit b»s found time for varimi- 

 other activities He s4'i ce<l ">ieb! 

 >eiir> .IS super\*isoi for bis t<»\Miship. 

 anil for tw^o years was chairman of 

 ihe cfrunty board of sui)ervisors For 

 man,\ .years .he sei"vetl as a rbi'^ctor 

 of the bank at .Astoria He is now 

 servins; his tv.eiit.v-tii"sl yai as sop-i - 

 intendeiit of his local Church Bible 

 School is chairman of tht chuidi 

 board, and for several .veai s wa- 

 pre.-ident of tlu- County Sunday 

 School .As.sociatioii. He is a iiitiiibei 

 of the .A.-toria Kiwaiiis CluV). and 

 Chairman of i'- .Aurictiltural Com- 

 mittee. 



The .Mummeits iieh'vv in fdiica- 

 Iioii Their son DeVere. i- a grad- 

 uate of the University of Illinois, and 

 is at present leacbing vos-ational -igi'i- 

 culture at Dwight. Ill The daughter. 

 Maxiiie will giailiiate in June from 

 the Home Economcs Departm«-:it >\f 

 ih«' Uiiiversit> of Illinois. 



Mr Mumineil was ('Kvte.i cli.oi - 

 man tor his commuiiit\ <n\ the Coun- 

 ty Wlit-at Control .Ass<Kiaiion: like- 

 ivi.se. for the Com-Hog .AssiKtalioii 

 and IS acting trtasurer for ,jch of 

 these Orgaiii/.atioii- He is al.so a mem- 

 ber of the Coiinu D''b' .Admstn^etit 

 Conimittf.. 



MAY. 1 »:«.-, 



