The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-13
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
ACTIVE IN IFFORT
Secretary Barrett SeadS Out
Circular Letters 10
Correspondents


Efforts are being made by The board
of agriculture to secure accurate eros
reports from every nook and corner
of the state. Secretary Barrett who
has "a wide acquaintance throughout
the state. last week sent out more
than 100 circulars 10 crop CORE
spoudcuts. lf present plans do not
misCarry and there IS mo reasou 20
.mppoae that they wlll Oklahoma viii
have one of the most carefully or.
ganNed stafgs of crop reporters in the
etsire union There iB 10 be ono rc-
porter IN each township and practical
farmers known for iheir standing and
GOOD Judgment have been selected so
far as possible I'm addition Tie Coun+
try press is TO be asked TO help out
with the reports which viii be re-
coiVed weekly or oftpucr The old
correspondents hsVe been again se-
lected in old Oklahoma wherever pos.
sihle. The township assessors VIII
probably do the work ON Tie east
side, and FOR the firsI time accurate
crop reports viii be published from
that section u Is eHpecied that when
the plan is fully In operation it VIII
result In great benefit go the farm
ing classes and VIII open the way for
showing the people of the entire
country what Oklahoma iE really doing
in Che line Of agriculture
President Conners Busy.
President COnners was busy all last
week ia an endeavor 20 gel farmers
Institutes organized hundreds OF
circulars were sent out in au effort
D.. .fD,st-. .,strv .ftfltn.fnuts, ..l ga tElf
line of activity among HE farmers OF
the state. Of the forty eountos Co.,
the old indian Territory there are few
county Institutes and aboul one-ihird
of them have replied 10 The letter is-
sued BY President Conrers. on The
old Oklahoma side there we're already
q gOodly number oi institutes but
some We're disorganized, his due go
che division OF counties 8cu lienne5
sey s now I'm The field IN the west
4 lern portion of the state organizing and
lreoraani1lns All but nine have been
lplaced in WORKING order again
Good Effects Of Blair Law.
Urder The new agriculture law it
/ takes fifteen farmers ip "a county 10
/ form am institute. When approved by
1.-THE president of The hongd Of aericut
tnre charter Is issued for d corpora
/ tion TO be known ps q county farmers
institute. A large number Of appllca.
I iion blanks have been sent out since
the passage of ihe new law and The
lnnmher OF responses indicates a wide.
lapread interest iu tbe movement.
State institute ia August.
Each county institute % 10 elect an
actual farmer to the state institute,
who is 30 receive three dollers a day
for actual time SERVED and three Gents
per mile for necessary traycl This Is
lprOying TO be quite an additional in
lcentive 40 attend the Institutes and
become active in The work. Ihe state
linWiutc IS to De- held "a StillwaieI
on the second Tuesday in August Az
thaf time the present hoard of asrl
lculmre Will retire and q new board
lof ten, two members lroui each su
IWcme court district VIII De elected
by the delegates ha soon aa aniii
cient pumber OF Institutes are in good
working order men Who ire well Qual
filed 10 talk OF agricultural questions
win be sent over ihe state tO yisiI
leach OF lheml Time and places 0l