Tom and Jim Discuss Farm Bureau and Community Hope
In a church shed Tom and Jim discuss a farmers meeting about forming a Farm Bureau aimed at marketing farm products collectively for better prices. They reflect on past movements, cooperation as the bureau’s core, and how farming life could improve, ending with plans to attend a county meeting. Nearby a note about Ireland’s Catholics contrasts past Icelandic church changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Jim
Agein
Farm Bureau
Farmers’ Grain Growers Association
Grain Growers’ Association
U. S
Peter
Grange
Farmers’ Union
Co-operative
God
Geri
Big
Ferm Bureau Organization
The Farm Bureau Movement profile by John L Heaton
A brisk review tracing the rise of the county farm agent system from 1911 Broome County to a national Farm Bureau federation. The piece notes support from local chambers, Cornell science, and a farmwoman adjunct, then observes how a powerful lobby formed in Washington influencing Congress and Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Movement
John L. Heaton
New York Evening “World
Catskills
Cornell
New York
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Harding
Orville Merton Kile
American Farm Bureau Federation
New Power
Macmillan
United States
John H. Barron
Broome County
Binghamton Chamber of Commerce
United States Department of Agriculture
Lackawanna Railroad
Home Bureau
Farm Bureau
Congress
Messa
Kile
Grange
Leading the Farm Bureau President James R Howard of American Farm Bureau
James R Howard, head of the new American Farm Bureau Federation, runs a large Iowa farm named Homeland in Marshall County. He balances farm duties with national leadership, and his six foot tall frame and steady grip reflect a focused, sympathetic leader. He grew up in Marshall County, studied at Grinnell Penn and Chicago, taught economics in South Carolina, and helped organize the Marshall County Farm Bureau before leading the national federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington St
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Benton County
Mich
Great Lakes Waltway
Muscle Shoals
Jim Howard
Marsha County
New American Farm Bureau Federation
Howard
Clemens
Iowa
Marshall County
Mr. Howard
Grinnell and
Penn
University of Chicago
South Carolina
New Providence State Bank
Iowa State College
Marshall County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
American Arm Bureau Federation
Jim
Our Own Problem by Walker on agriculture and reform
W H Walker discusses the American Constitution origins and the Farmers part in building the nation. He notes agriculture’s historic leadership, the shift with steam power, and the need for cooperative action through the Farm Bureau to address transportation, finance, marketing, and tax issues affecting farmers.
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Lexington
Concord
Stalwart
Husky Farm
Washington
Monroe
Jefferson
John Hancock
Supreme Court
United States
Kentucky
Ohio
America
Aaricus Tone
United
Winals
American Farm Bureau Federation
Atate
Wallace
Hoover
St. Louis
Missouri
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Argentine Republic
New Zealand
Farm Bureau
Policy suggestions on federal treatment of Indians in the United States
A review discusses Farm Bureau gains and North Dakota experiments, contrasting socialist labels with real policy aims. It notes aggressive federal road, banking, and tax measures, plus farm financing, price supports, and export bills, while criticizing efficiency over radicalism and asking how the federal government should approach Indian policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. D. Cole
England
Wall Street
North Dakota
Manufacturing Trust
Kile
Farm Bureau
Congress
Harding
James ’ Howard
United States
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Tom and
Rein
Storm
Ireland
Iceland
THE
J. R. Howard
W. H. Walker
Freeman
Amican Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers of
Eben
Glade Valley
Glade Valley Bakery, Inc
Walkersville, Md
Alevans Pach
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