HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



NEWS OF THE FARM BUREAU 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED 



Work of Albany Conference 



Several important recommendations 

 and resolutions were adopted at the 

 Northeast Farm Bureau Conference in 

 Albany on August 2 and 3. The former 

 came from the general session and the 

 latter from the women's group. They 

 are self-explanatory, for the most part, 

 and are as follows : 



"We, the members of the Conference 

 of Northeastern Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tions assembled at Albany, New York, 

 August 2 and 3, 1923, hereby adopt the 

 following recommendations for the con- 

 sideration of our state and county organi- 

 zations : 



"That we cooperate to the utmost with 

 state and national conservation authori- 

 ties in their efforts to focus attention 

 upon and secure control of the blister 

 rust disease now threatening the exter- 

 mination of our white pines. 



"That those considering the organiza- 

 tion of overhead buying associations, — 

 after carefully canvassing the local situa- 

 tion, — consult all sources likely to furnish 

 facts based on past experiences along 

 these lines, before definitely deciding to 

 form and operate such an organization. 



"That those northeast states from 

 which livestock is shipped, or might pro- 

 fitably be shipped, to the Brighton mar- 

 ket, make a survey of the situation with 

 a view to cooperating in the establishment 

 of a cooperative sales agency in said 

 market. 



"That we call the attention of certain 

 railroads to the fact that their new ruling 

 increasing minimum carloads of agricul- 

 tural lime will make it exceedingly diffi- 

 cult for farmers in small communities to 

 secure this material in usable quantities ; 

 therefore, there is real danger that less 

 lime will be used, resulting detrimentally 

 to such agricultural communities and, in- 

 directly, resulting in much loss of busi- 

 ness for the carriers. 



"That county organizations recognize 

 their great responsibility as collectors 

 and trustees of state and national funds 

 and that such moneys be forwarded regu- 

 larly to the state offices, which shall in 

 turn forward, immediately, the proper 

 quotas to Chicago. 



"That, if possible, arrangements be 

 made whereby all local farm bureau di- 

 rectors will receive the Weekly News Let- 

 ter issued by the Department of Informa- 

 tion of the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration. 



"That each county endeavor to be rep- 

 resented by at least two delegates at all 

 future conferences of this kind, and the 

 time of holding such annual sessions be 

 during the period from February 1 to 

 March 15." 



Resolutions Adopted by the Women 



"Whereas, the billboard nuisance is an 

 ever increasing menace to the enjoyment 

 of the scenery along our highways, be it 



"Resolved, that the woman's group of 

 the northeastern section of the A. F. B. F. 

 goes on record as being opposed to the 

 same and will do all in their power to se- 

 cure the abolishment of this nuisance and 

 hereby urges the women of all sections of 

 these states to aid in this work." 



"Whereas, the women all over the world 

 are interested in the same work and 

 ideals, we, the women of the northeast 

 group, express our most cordial coopera- 

 tion, particularly with our near neighbor, 

 Canada, and urge, in case of an interna- 

 tional conference of English-speaking 

 people, which is being agitated for the 

 future, that we cooperate to the fullest 

 of our ability." 



"Whereas, women particularly appre- 

 ciate the nutritive value of milk, 



"Be it resolved that we urge the women 

 to cooperate in every way with the com- 

 mittee on nutrition at the dairy confer- 

 ence at Syracuse in October." 



"As the question of forming a home- 

 makers' section of the northeastern group 

 has arisen, the committee, after careful 

 consideration, suggest that the matter be 

 referred to each state with the request 

 that a report be given at the next north- 

 eastern conference by a delegate from 

 each state; also, 



"That Mrs. Stillman of New .Jersey, 

 with such others as she may deem best, be 

 a committee in the interim to act as lead- 

 ers to draft a tentative plan and attend 

 to necessary correspondence." 



Farm Bureau Picnics 



At least five County Farm Bureaus en- 

 joyed picnics and field days during 

 August. Franklin was the first, with a 

 splendid afl'air at Mt. Hermon School on 

 August 9th. About 500 people attended. 

 It was a cooperative meeting with the Po- 

 mona Grange of that section. 



A similar successful outing was en- 

 joyed by the Hampshire County people at 

 Hillside School, Greenwich, on Monday, 

 August 13th. Secretary Griggs spoke 

 for the State Farm Bureau at each of 

 these meetings. 



Middlesex turned out its usual quota 

 of better than 1500 people and enjoyed 

 a day featured by inter-town contests at 

 Groton School. 



President Howard P. Gilmore, of the 

 Worcester County Farm Bureau, enter- 

 tained fully 1000 members and friends at 

 his Fay Mountain Farm, Westboro. 

 Speaker B. Loring Young, of the Massa- 

 chusetts House of Representatives, shared 

 the platform with Dr. Walker. 



As a result of these get-togethers, hun- 

 dreds of Farm Bureau members now have 



NATIONAL NEWS 



"The Farm Bureau is a great forward 

 movement which has rhythm as well as 

 scope, and a sound like the march of a 

 mighty army. It is good for us, the or- 

 ganized battalions of the farm, to time 

 our crusade to music. We may well 

 phrase our ideals and our inspirations in 

 song. Farm Bureau people, strongly 

 purposed, through their organized efforts, 

 can say with the Psalmist, 'Let every 

 thing that hath breath praise the Lord,' " 

 says 0. E. Bradfute, President, American 

 Farm Bureau Federation. 



A new and improved edition of "Official 

 Farm Bureau Songs" is just off the press. 

 This is the second edition of the Farm 

 Bureau .song-book. The first edition of 

 50,000 copies has been completely ex- 

 hausted. The .second edition is printed 

 by the Department of Information to 

 meet an increasing demand for official 

 Farm Bureau songs. A number of boys' 

 and girls' club songs are included in the 

 new edition. The price of the songbook 

 is 25c for single copies; 20(* for orders of 

 50 to 100; 15f for orders over 100. Ad- 

 dress inquiries or send money to the De- 

 partment of Information, American 

 Farm Bureau Federation, 58 East Wash- 

 ington Street, Chicago, 111. 



a clearer insight into the accomplishments 

 of the big organization to which they be- 

 long. Furthermore, they have become 

 better acquainted with their friends from 

 neighboring towns as a result of such 

 county-wide meetings. There is no ques- 

 tion but what the annual picnic is a Farm 

 Bureau institution that has come to stay. 



Daylight Saving 



William P. Wharton of Groton, Chair- 

 man of the Federation Legislative Com- 

 mittee, has been devoting considerable 

 time of late in an effort to ascertain what 

 chance, if any, there may be to secure 

 the repeal of the .so-called daylight saving 

 law in Massachusetts. Mr. Wharton has 

 been holding conferences with a great 

 many influential people who are in touch 

 with both sides of the situation. A re- 

 port will doubtless be forthcoming from 

 his committee within another month. 



Representatives of the Federation Com- 

 mittee on Cooperative Buying are about 

 to consider plans for handling fertilizers 

 during the coming season. The commit- 

 tee had a meeting several months ago with 

 representatives of the Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange and entered into an 

 agreement regarding the grain pool. 

 Some similar action may be taken relative 

 to fertilizers. It is planned to begin early 

 in order to take advantage of the market 

 if it happens to be low in the fall and 

 early winter. 



