SUPPORTS INCREASED FEES 



Wharton Presents Federation 

 sition to Ways and Means. 



can Farm Bureau Federation, has HAMPSHIRE MAKES A START 



figured out what portion of the suit — 



Po- buyer's dollar finally gets into the Chooses Josiah Parsons President 

 pocket of the wool grower. On a And Campaign Director. 



suit which retails for $40, the grow- Thirty reoresentative farmers of 

 The State Federation stood almost "''^ share is ?1.96. Hence the wool Hampshire County met at lunch on 

 alone in supporting the request of power s part of the suit buyer s del- Thur. day, February 9, 1922, to 

 - '"'• '" '' " "'>-*■'» make the final plans for the Hamp- 



shire County campaign and to re- 



suppor 

 the State Highway Commissioners 

 for increased contributions from mo- 

 tor vehicles toward the upkeep and 

 and extension of the wonderful Mas- 

 sachusetts state highways, in the 



lar is 4.9 cents. 



HAMPSHIRE FORGES AHEAD 



Two hundred members in four 



hearing before the Joint Committee to^^s is the fruit of the first four 

 on Ways and Means at the State ^j^^yg ^f ^^le Hampshire County mem- 

 House, March 6th. bership drive. Hampshire was a lit- 

 Mr. Whai^on of Groton, repre- (.jg gi^^^ ^^ starting the game, but 

 senting the Federation, and also the ^here is nothing slow about their 

 members of the Commodity Council, ^ork now they are in it. 

 held last December, took the position fj^'g ^g^^ ^f solicitors is captained 



ceive their instructions as local di- 

 rectors. 



President Hinckley, of the State 

 Federation, delivered a thoughtful 

 address on the farm bureau idea. 



Mr. Paine, County Agent, explain- 

 ed the difference between the Exten- 

 sion Service and the Farm Bureau 

 and told how each could gain in ef- 

 fectiveness by working together. 



The State Secretary, Mr. Russell, 



that motor vehic es, particulaily ^ j^^^^^ Parsons of Northampton, went into the nraoticalnh-K^es of the 



heavy trucks, should pay a laTger the nresident of the Bureau who went into the piactical phases ot tne 



«linrp nf the cost of the roads either • i P^^^^'aeni oi uie ;Duieau, wno campaign and answered a great many 



snare oi tne cosl oi me loaub, eiuiei ,g largely responsible for the way nup^tions ac tn the work of the 



through a gasoline tax or m increased t,^g ^^.j^g j^ j^g. The solicitors are ^?tfnn 'l .^ l,J.%J^l.f^^n. 



going. 

 Middlesex, 



Taylor of 



registration fees. He urged that bright of .o.^, .^,.^. .. 



some of the money thus collected be pranklin, and Dickinson and Frost 



used to improve the town roads in ^^ Hampshire. All are doing excel- 



country towns, which have been de- jgj^^ ^^^^.j^ .^^j^jj Dickinson high man 



stroyed'by motor traffic, and which ^^ ^^^g 



the towns cannot afford to replace. Meetings to precede the solicita- 



He argued that a gasoline tax ^j^j^ ^^.^ ^^^^^ jjgj^j ^^ t^e larger 



National and State Federations. 



The Precident, .Josiah Parsons, who 

 is to manage the campaign, then ad- 

 dressed the men and told them what 

 he expected of them. 



G. F. Pelissier, of Hadley, and 

 William Belden, of Bradstreet, both 

 endorsed the movement, and every- 

 body went home determined to put 

 iipr«'tvnck"but"asT rulVuses'Tt S'''* ."''" ^' natneia, aeo ^zna. ^^rough a successful membership 

 has a tiuck, but as a luie uses lu ggcj-gtary E^ussell spoke at East> camnaip-n in the cauntv The drive 

 regularly only for a few months. He Hampton Feb. 28th. A very satis- Sn on Wednesday February 

 hoped, however, that provision might ^^^^^^.y nu„,ber were signed up at ?^S''" °" Wednesday, i-eoruary 

 be made for exempting gas lor farm ^^^j^ ^j^^^g ^^^^g^, ^-^^ meeting. Sixty- 

 stationary motors and tractors.^ ^.j^^.gg members joined in historic Hat- 

 Commissioner Cole argued: i. am ^^^j^^ ^j^g laj-gggt number in any town 



so far. This movement has got un- pj-ggident 

 der the skin of the Connecticut Val- ' 



ley farmer in an amazing way. 



would be fairer, since it would not 

 bear so heavily on the farmer, who 



places, 

 first 



President Hinckley fired the 

 at Hatfield, Feb. 22nd. 



satisfied in my own mind that 90 per 

 cent of those who own cars and not 

 trucks are in favor of a substantial 

 increase of fees for vehicles, as long 

 as the money is spent on roads. Mas- 

 sachusetts is proud of her roads, and 

 her citizens are envied. The roads 

 were built on honor. 



"They must be rebuilt. It is only 

 question of time. Either the 



MARKETS MILK AT HOME 



22nd, and is having remarkable suc- 

 cess. 



The temporary officers elected 



are : — 



Jcsiah Parsons. North- 

 ampton. 



Vice President, G. F. Pelissier, Had- 

 ley. 



Seci-etary, Fred Bean, Florence. 



Treasurer, Earle Parsons. North- 

 ampton. 



Executive Committee, J. G. Cooke, 

 Amherst; George Barrus, Goshen. 



Franklin Directors Meet 



Directors of the Franklii. County 



Essex County Co-operative Dairy 

 Ass'n Seciires Routes in Salem. 



To fill the need of a market for 



weighrof"ioads niiist be diminished local milk, which the dealers were 

 or the roads must be built stronger, leaving in favor of northern milk, 



"Roads built 20 years ago were several Essex County farmers met 

 built for the horse. The advent of with the County Agent last spring _ _ ..,-... ^• 



the motor demands a new tvpe of to talk over the proposition of sell- Farm Bureau met for the first time, 

 construction costing $50,000 a mile, ing their milk cooperatively. This at the Extension Office m Greenfield, 

 This is not a permanent road. The meeting was only the first of several Wednesday, -Jan. 25th. After a bus- 

 hes! road we build is not a permanent and finally an organization was iness session they dmed together at 

 road Massachusetts cannot spend formed. • „ , the Mansion House, and then con- 



Si 000 000 for 10 miles We build Two local milk routes in Beverly tmued their work. Members ot the 

 about 20 miles for $1,000,000 today, were bought out and the milk for Executive Committee were elected, 

 I am not going to make any claim these routes was supplied from the and a legislative committee appomt- 

 that our cement roads will last 30 farms of Essex County dairymen, the ed. . .^ „ 



vp«r<, from now business adopting the name of Essex Franklin County is pretty well 



"As to the truck fees, I feel that County Cooperative Dairy Associa- served by lov.al cooperatives, but 

 thpv should be much higher. It may tion. A solicitor was sent out in plans were made to tie these up, and 

 fnrpp back on the railroads freight Salem and a new route was added to to help men not members, through 

 that should be carried by them. I the Association, following which still a Farm Bureau cooperative plan, 

 hotd no brief for the railroads, but another route was bought in Salem. The State Secretary outlined 

 without them New England would This makes a total business of nearly plans of wo.k being carried out in 

 Ttarve and freeze I am not satis- 2000 quarts. other counties, and told some of the 



fled that you should build fine roads Land with a brick garage has been plans of the Stale Federation. 



and depreciate millions of railroad bought near the B. & M. depot in Sa- 



securities " lem, the garage being used for a tem- 



The opposition came from the porary distributing station until 



whole motor industry, and included better accommodations are ready. _, 



also the Boston Market Gardeners' Plans are under way for a new brick law-making body 

 Association. 



"The National Agricultural Con- 

 ference at Washington was not a 

 All we could do 



Suit Buyer's Dollar 



C. J. Fawcett, director of the wool 

 marketing department of the Ameri- 



building with up-to-date equipment ^^^^^ to go dov/n there and make an 

 for Pasteurizing and ice cream mak- imoression, and I believe we suc- 

 ing. ceeded in that." Thus, W. S. Hill, 

 president of the South Dakota Fed- 

 State Headquarters: 28 School eration, summarized the big meeting 

 Street, Main 5358. Paste this up. called by President Harding. 



