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farmers by sitting on local boards of directors or executive 

 committees, whether these be of the local grange, the county 

 farm and home bureau, or of commercial cooperatives. In- 

 formation is gained, outlook is broadened, decisions have 

 to be made and responsibility assumed. All these develop 

 leadership qualities. 



Many examples of this might be cited. None is more 

 striking than that of President James B. Howard of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation. College trained and a 

 successful farmer, he first sought the improvement of school 

 facilities in his school community and largely through his 

 efforts a consolidated school was established. "When his 

 county organized a farm bureau, Mr. Howard was the logi- 

 cal choice for president, and his qualifications and work 

 were so outstanding that when his state federation was 

 formed he was again the logical candidate for its president. 

 So also Mr. Howard's qualifications, experience and con- 

 tributions to the movement in his home state of Iowa won 

 him the presidency of the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration and his leadership is now national. 



Situations sometimes call forth leadership unexpectedly* 

 "When there is a real job to be done and it is clear that 

 some one must volunteer or be drafted, individuals rise to 

 the occasion. The experience trains the individual. Through 

 such events good leadership is sometimes discovered and 

 developed. 



. THE RESULTS OF LEADERSHIP 



It would be impracticable if not impossible to list 

 here all the results of farm and home bureau leadership. 



The most outstanding accomplishment in this field has 

 been the discovery and the appointment of local com^ 

 munity committeemen in the greater part of all of the rural 

 communities of the United States. Such committeemen 



