The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-19

man among business men
The Local Fund.
Fourth: That the sum to be raised
in each county should equal annually
one cent per acre of all the tillable
land in the county. or minimum of
800 to be subscribed by farmers,
landowners, elevators, country mer-
chants, professional men, blacksmiths,
hotels, etc., in each township.
Share Of the Cities.
Fifth: That an equal amount be
contributed by the commercial club,
merchants, manufacturers, bankers
and business interests of the county
which shall not be less than mini
mum of 500 for each township in the
county. This divides the financial re-
sponsbility equitably.
State Selects Man.
Sixth: That trained agriculturist
of business tact and judgment shall be
employed by the committee as above
set forth, who shall be recommended
by or satisfactory to the Dean OF the
state college Of agriculture.
That this man shall be responsible
only to the local corr mittee, and the
committee shall have power to control
his actions, or discharge him, accord
ing to the terms of the contract.
Employed Two or Three Years.
That this manager shall be en-
ployed for not less than two years,
and preferably three years.
That the commercial club shall es-
tablish an office for him in suitable
location, preferably with the CONNER
cial club.
Kept Busy by Press.
That he must submit his plans to
the local committee in writing at least
one week in advance, stating in detail
what is arranged for each day, and
copy of these plans must be furnished
to the newspapers in the county, with
a request that they be printed IN adj
vance.
Duties of County Man.
His duties shall consist in general
as adviser to any farmer in the county
requiring his services; to organize
farmers clubs; to conduct corn clubs
and other agricultural contests; to
arrange for exhibits of agricultural
products: to give practical demonstra-
ton and instruction in crop rotation,
soil building, farm management, and
horticultural work in various parts or
the county under ordinary conditions;
to cooperate with the superintendent
Of county and city schools in teaching
the rudiments of agriculture, part1cu-
larly of seeds, so that the children
may ultimately test all of the seeds
to be planted on each farm in each
school district. .b~N
Children In It, too.
That the children of the public
schools shall be furnished with crop
report blanks between harvest and
seeding time, and each pupil be in
duced to obtain written statement
upon these blanks by different farm
er stating the number Of acres devot-
ed to each crop and the annual yield
az per directions furnished.
Who Lowers the Average?
That these reports shall be CLASH
fed and the results tabulated and
published by the committees in charge.
The object of this is to learn not only
the total yield of the county but how
much each individual adds TO the
total.
That the manager shall make as
many personal calls as his time will
permit, and answer all inquiries on
agricultural subjects by telephone, or
in writing.
Seed Breeding Plots.
Seventh: That the manager lay out
a practical schedule of farm practice
for the county poor farm which shall
be acceptable to the county supervis-
ors, with view of putting the farm
on a self sustaining basis. 1t shall
be his duty also to establish seed
plots, both on the county farm and in
various parts of the county on private
farms to breed up to the highest eff
cheney the variety of seed wheat,
corn, oats, barley, rye, or other prod
ucts which may be best adapted to
the soil and climate of the county, so
that eventually a single uniform va
riety and grade OF each grain may
be established which may be shipped
in carloads free from mixture of other
grains and the seeds Of noxious
weeds
Plan Very Elastic.
Eighth. While it is not incumbent
upon the local committees or of the
manager of the county farm bureau
to put all of these recommendation
into immediate practice, it will define
a line Of procedure which will enable
the county committee and Crop I'M
provement Committee of the Council
of Grain Exchanges to make salts
factory agreement
COUNTIES NOW AT WORK.