Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-08-08
FARM EXPERT AT HAND
The Day When Farming Is to BE
Placed on Scientific Basis in
Iowa's Fertile Fields Has Arrived.


adopted i'm Clinton County last
week. when the farmers and busi-
ness men got together and en-
ployed an expert farmer to serve
in an advisory capacity to Clinton
County farmers during the next
three years. A few days later
Ringgold County followed the ex-
ample of Clinton. And it is stated
that other counties will follow suit
shortly. The despatched below in
dieate the scope and details of the
p plan as adopted:
Ames. Iowa, July 29.-Special:
M. l.. Mosher of the agricultural ex-
tension department at Iowa State
College is rather young man to
be pionere but he is. He enjoys
the distinction of being the very
first agricultural expert to engage
in courty demonstration and pro-
motion work in Iowa. He was re-
GENTLY selected by a joint organiza-
tion of business men and farmers
in Clinton County to take charge of
agricultural promotion in that
county and he will begin his work
September /. Other counties are
talking OF following his example.
but Mr. Mosher and Clinton county
are the first to engage in 1t defi-
nitely.
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agricultural expert ON wheels. for
he is 70 be provided with an auto
mobile for getting over the coun-
ty. The idea is for him to go to
the farmers, visit them in their
homes. in their fields, in the COM
muRity meetings, talk with them
about their farming problems and
give them the benefit of his ex-
pert experience in solving them.
He is we'll qualified for just such
work, not only because of his ex-
perience as manager OF the county
demonstration farm work of the
extension department, but because
he is q good mixer among farm
people.
Mr.. Mosher's work in September
will begin with series of seed
corn meetings in every schoolhouss3
of the county. Here the seed
corn problem will be brought home
to individual men. Mr.. Mosher's
automobile will be fitted up like a
miniature special train with charts
and materials for his lectures.
In addition he will do these other
things: Grow improved seed on
the county farm for distribution;
conduct field demonstrations at the
county farm; supervise cooperative
experiments on private farms; hold
short course schools; promote agri-
cultural teaching in rural schools;
establish a farmers information
bureau at his Clinton headquarters;
organize and supervise dairy test
ASSOCIATIONS; organize farmers
clubs, oranges, etc.
For this work Mr.. Mosher has
three year contract. The Clinton
Commercial Club has guaranteed in
support of the work fund of
$4,000 the first year. $3,5OO the
second and $4,000 the third. After
that it will be no trouble whatever
in getting all the money needed for
its promotion.
Mount Ayr, Iowa, Aug 2--Ring-
gold county expects to be one OF
the first counties in the state to
get into action as a result of the
movement started in Des Moines
IN Thursday when the Iowa Agli-
cultural association was organized.
Rinsscld county was Represented at
the meeting by George S. Allyn and
II. G. 1aa:d aud when they reached
Mouat Ayr today they entered at
once unon an effort TO organize
this county. Mr.. Allyn was made
member of the executive committee
and expects to give his best effort
to starting the movement. The
Mount Ayr Commercial Club and
the farmers of Ringgold county are
interested in helping Mr. Allyn to
have his own county the first to
get ready for the movement.
The plan of organization to be
adopted will follow closely the Clin-
ton plan. 1t is likely that the co,in-
ty will be organized for term of
three wears. 1t is expected that
all of the towns of the county will
cooperate in the work and the farm
ers seem TO this time are actively
Tor the pan.
Mrs. Cochran and daughter, Mhr-
garet, departed Tuesday evening
for Anita where they will visit
few days with relatives and friends.