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large for each state and one additional director for each 

 twenty thousand or major portion thereof of paid-up mem- 

 bers in the member county units of the state federations. 

 This board usually meets only in annual meeting, however, 

 and the immediate management of the federation's affairs 

 rests with an executive committee of fourteen. This com- 

 mittee is made up of three members each from four groups 

 of states a the Northeastern, the Middle Western, the 

 Southern and the Far Western, together with the President 

 and the Vice-President ex-officio. The Secretary of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture and the Director 

 of the States Relations Service in the Department are also 

 privileged to attend all meetings and to take part in the 

 discussions but without vote in the decisions of the com- 

 mittee. In practice only the Director of the States Rela- 

 tions Service attends these meetings. 



In addition, there is a House of Delegates consisting of 

 one delegate from each member state and one additional 

 delegate for each ten thousand farms in that state, who 

 sit with and have all the privileges of directors except 

 the vote. The purpose of this House of Delegates is to 

 bring to the meetings of the Federation large numbers of 

 farmers from all the member counties, both for the in- 

 formation and inspiration they get and the enthusiasm 

 they engender. 



The finances of the Federation are obtained by a levy 

 on the member states of fifty cents for every paid-up mem- 

 ber in each county unit which is a member of the member 

 state federation. This fee represents an increase, made 



iThe groups of states are made up as follows: Northeastern, 

 Mass, N. H., Vt., Me., Conn., N. Y., R. I., N. J., Del. and Penn.; 

 Middle Western, Ohio, Ind., 111., Mich., Minn., Iowa, N. D., S. D., 

 Neb., Kan., Mo. and Wis.; Southern, Md., Va., W. Va., N. C., 

 S. C., Ga., Fla., Ala, Miss, Ky, Tenn, Okla, Texas, Ark. and La.; 

 and Far Western, Mont, Idaho, Colo., Utah, New Mex, Ariz, Cal., 

 Ore., Wash., Wyom. and Nev. 



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