Payette County ID Archives News.....Agricultural Notes December 27, 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com April 27, 2006, 3:56 pm Payette Enterprise December 27, 1917 Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, December 27, 1917 AGRICULTURAL NOTES FARM BUREAU A meeting of last season's Farm Bureau was held at the Court House last Saturday. When Canyon County was divided about 110 members were on this side of the division line but very little definite work has so far been accomplished in Payette County. State Leader Hochbaum of Boise was present and outlined the program necessary for our farmers if Federal aid is asked for Government co-operation the coming season. He stated that farmers must organize a local Farm Bureau of at least 250 members each paying in $1 annual membership. The government wished to speed up farm production and as a war emergency will put $1000 into Payette County providing the County is interested enough to put $2000 with it and get 250 farmers at work. With such an organization definite projects would be outlined and Federal men sent in here from time to time to direct the County Agent hired with part of this operating fund. The Government insists that farmers must first co-operate and work together as evidence that the Farm Bureau will rightfully use the funds entrusted. Petitions are being circulated by several men in various parts of the County among them being W. P. Joiner, Ira Dalzell, A. J. Shearer, Walter Pence, R. H. Woods, James Boor, Ed. Harper, C. W. Giesler, Jas. Cruickshank, and several others. Another meeting to report progress is scheduled for early January. Reported by W. R. Palmer This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb