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for the creation of a national marketing commission to be composed 

 of twenty-nine members, fifteen of whom shall be farmers and fourteen 

 of whom shall be selected with reference to their eminence in commerce, 

 law, finance, and transportation, said commission to adopt a plan of 

 action for the effective organization of the states, counties, and 

 localities of the United States for the economic distribution of the 

 products of the farm. The type of this proposed commission is the 

 Landwirtschaftsrat of Germany. It is conceivable that such a semi- 

 official body, taking the place in reality of all the so-called national 

 farmers' organizations, would wield great power. Within its hands, 

 and in the hands of the subordinate state, county, and local branches, 

 could well be placed the solution of all those problems that today 

 vex the unorganized farmer. From such an articulate body we 

 should have the right to expect some aid in the solution of our prob- 

 lem of unemployment, through its co-operation with the proposed 

 bureau of labor exchanges. 



Therefore we trust that your Excellency will see fit to support the 

 above-mentioned congressional resolution in such ways as you may 

 deem wise, and that you will urge upon our state legislature to memo- 

 rialize Congress to the same effect. 



79- AN ASSOCIATION FOR BETTER FARMING 1 

 BY GEORGE W. BUSH 



The county farm bureau has come to be known as a group of 

 farmers in the county, organized for self-help, and is recognized as a 

 local organization of farmers, formed for the purpose of providing 

 necessary machinery for the co-operative effort of attacking the prob- 

 lems confronting the farmer and the farmer's wife. It is also the 

 local headquarters, or clearing-house, for agricultural information and 

 for the extension work of the College of Agriculture and the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



The aims of the farm bureau are many, the chief of which are as 

 follows: 



i. To assist in the federation of community interests. In all 

 counties there are many local organizations, such as county fair asso- 

 ciations, live stock breeding associations, granges, and various other 

 associations, all striving in a more or less independent manner to 

 better their conditions. How much more could be accomplished if 



1 Bulletin of the Ohio Slate University, Vol. XX, No. 6, pp. 54-56. 



