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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1922
Page
16
A farmer and his son ride home with flour sold to a merchant. The boy asks what the seller paid and what he asked in return. The farmer reflects on price power and how public thinking can topple established institutions as he ponders the merchant’s two prices.
A Farm Bureau Pig Club member recalls four years of pig raising with pure bred hogs. He describes buying a $25 Hampshire sow, her litters, and how showing at fairs led to sales, ribbons, prizes, and a potential college trip. The account credits the Pig Club with inspiring ongoing interest in hog farming and personal success.
The American Farm Bureau Federation built a farmers bloc in Congress to push agricultural legislation. It leverages referendum processes to translate farmers’ needs into law, a feat individual farmers could not achieve. The Farm Bureau’s organized effort claims credit for legislative successes.
In The Farm Bureau Movement John L Heaton surveys the rise of the County Farm Agent and the national Farm Bureau, tracing its origins in Broome County New York 1911 funded by local chambers and government guidance. Heaton notes how the bureau expanded into a potent Washington influence shaping tax, road and finance policy and questions the balance of regional and guild representation.
The Farm Bureau is a voluntary co operative association for agriculture’s well being economically educationally and socially. Its purpose is to make farm business more profitable improve farm homes and enhance community life through organized essential activities not achievable by individuals.
A town editorial urges support for the Farm Bureau, praising farmers for backing community events. It highlights benefits like better roads, marketing, production, and profits, urging residents to unite with a neighborly, mutual aid spirit to boost the local economy. Ambrosia winter wheat flour is endorsed by Rossmayne Flouring Mills.
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