THE ORGANIZATION OF RURAL INTERESTS 531 



ganization campaign and to elect a temporary organization com- 

 mittee. Each committeeman should be elected because of special 

 ability to direct a definite part of the preliminary organization 

 program, such as publicity, finance, programs for local and 

 county organization meetings, program of work for the organi- 

 zation, constitution, and by-laws, etc. 



Plenty of good publicity matter, in the form of a series of 

 several articles giving the advantages of organization in general, 

 the history of the farm-bureau movement, results of local exten- 

 sion work in neighboring counties, need of an organization to co- 

 operate with the Government and the State in the employment 

 of trained workers, plans for starting the work in this county, 

 and the progress of the campaign, should be given to the local 

 press at opportune times. 



(1) The organizer should explain farm-bureau work carefully 

 and suggest the organization plan. 



(2) He should secure the committee's approval of the plan 

 and its help in working out the details to meet local conditions. 



(3) The committee should decide on a definite date for the 

 completion of the membership campaign and the necessary 

 number of members to be secured before that date. 



(4) The location of the temporary community committeemen 

 may be indicated, as each is selected by the county committee 

 on an outline map of the county, showing the approximate com- 

 munity boundaries. In considering prospective candidates for 

 the community committees their qualifications for effective serv- 

 ice on the permanent community committees for the ensuing 

 year, as well as for temporary service, should be discussed. In 

 so far as possible the number of members to be secured in each 

 community should be decided and indicated on the map. 



(5) The county committeemen should give the organizer per- 

 mission to use their names in sending letters to local committees, 

 in newspaper articles, etc. 



(6) Definite arrangements should be made with each member 

 of the county committee to attend the meetings of the temporary 

 community committees where he can render the most service. 



(7) As far as possible, each county committeeman should 

 understand his or her part of the preliminary organization 



