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of the State Farm Bureau was vested in the board 

 of delegates from the county farm bureaus, propor- 

 tional to the membership of each as stated above. 

 The board was authorized to adopt "such by-laws, 

 rules and regulations for the conduct of the affairs 

 of this association as shall be deemed advisable." 

 The board of delegates at the annual meeting, held 

 on the first Thursday in February, was directed to 

 choose the executive committee, composed of the 

 president, vice-president and six other farm bureau 

 members. It fell to the executive committee to 

 "execute the policies of this association as determined 

 by the board of delegates," and it was "empowered 

 to manage the affairs of the association, to have 

 charge of the disbursement of funds, to judge qualifi- 

 cation of all membership applications, and to appoint 

 and employ such agents as may be necessary for the 

 conduct of its affairs.'"' The president and vice-presi- 

 dent were to be chosen at the annual meeting. The 

 secretary and the treasurer were to be appointed by 

 the executive committee. The board of delegates 

 were to choose representatives to the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation. Officials of the association- were 

 made ineligible to hold any state or national, public, 

 elective or appointive office. The by-laws provided 

 for various committees with special duties related to 

 the work of the association. ^ 



It was of prime importance to bring within the 

 scope of the farm bureau a large proportion of the 

 active farmers of the State. A membership organi- 

 zation was quickly built up and canvassed succes- 



