St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-22

state college or with the county Off
Gals Some Of them retain the sole
supervision of their manager, but In
the majority of cases the direction
will be delegated to the state leader,
who will represent the state, the gov
eminent and the local association.
We have nothing to do with the Sc
lection of the man or his hiring, nor
do we have any domination over him.
This is also left to the executive
committee, and they can make
any arrangements they please with
the cooperating parties.
Duties Of AgricuIturist
"The duties of the county agricul-
turist shall consist in general as ad-
visor to any farmer in the county re-
curing his services; organizing
farmers clubs; conducting corn
clubs and other agricultural con-
tests; to arrange for exhibitions OF
agricultural products; to give practi-
cal demonstrations and instruction in
crop rotation, soil building, farm
management, live stock, dairying,
horticultural work, ETC., in various
parts of the county under ordinary
conditions; to cooperate with the
superintendent of county and city
schools in teaching the rudiments of
agriculture.
Establishing Seed Plots
"He shall lay out a practical
schedule of farm practice on the
county poor farm upon the request
of the county officers in charge
thereof with a view of putting the
farm on self-sustaining ba-
Sis 1t shall also be his duty to
established seed plots both on the
county farm and on various private
farms to breed up to the highest eff
ficiency 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 uniform variety
of each product may be established
and marketed, free from the mixture
of other grains and weed seeds.
'He shall be ready at all times to
cooperate with the existing agencies
such as the breeders associations
farmers Institutes, county fair as
sociations, country life associations
and any other associations having
for their object the best agricultur-
interest of the country
well, Mr.. Ball, how do they go
about raising their local funds?"
County Conditions Vary
''There are hardly two counties
in the United States which have
done precisely the same. AS a rule.
the commercial club, or the local or
ganization, when formed, gets up a
finance committee with a chairman
in each township who is amply able
to pay the quota of each township
himself if he chooses to do SO. In
some counties they solicit SIS, $40 or
$25 subscriptions from the outlying
districts. In some counties they get
SIS and $40 memberships to the COM
mercial club, and in nearly all of
them there is some provision made
for any person joining at the nom
inal sum of 81 a year."
will the farmers pay to get into
this association"
Farmers Good and Bad
Farmers are a great deal like
other people, good, bad and indif-
ferent. You can generally depend
upon ten per cent of the progress
sive farmers coming into such an
organization. The bankers and COM
mercial clubs are taking a great in
terest in this matter, and in a great
many counties they agree to make
up any deficiency"
How much does it cost to run a
county farm bureau?"
Salary of Expert
cit depends upon the kind of
man that you are able to find. One
cent per acre is enough We know
of county that pays $4,000 to theil
expert per year. The government
says that $2,700 is about enough
to run the bureau, but this allows
only about 81, 500 to $500 for the
salary of the manager. Some coun-
ties are hiring men as low as 500
a month.
Raising a Local Fund
1--WE advise raising a local fund
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year for at
least two years, because there are sc
many things which can be done to.
develop the county and make the !
plan a success, if there is plenty of |
money available. We are not in ia |
vor of running it on the cheapest |
possible basis. We always advise |
getting the best man in sight and |
paying him what he is worth"
Don't you think the fund should |
be raised by appropriation from the
and local taxi"
Business Men in Plan
eyes, to a certain extent, but / |
believe with DR.. Galloway, that 1t |
is not sufficient to obtain funds from
and taxation sources |
alone, but that as many persons in |
the county as possible should parti- |
cipate in the work, who shall con-
tribute a portion of the local fund |
SO raised for county development, az |
in order to maintain the interest and |
get the best results, it is necessary |
that the business men, land owners, |
bankers as well as the farmers of |
each county, shall be personally and |
interested in the plan.
"Of course, it would be much cas-
Ter for the government or the state |
agricultural college to have the en-
tire handling of the proposition, the /
hiring of the man and the whole |
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