The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-06

GclS us county agent uiuer CUR
tract
THE fulfillment of the plan should
be guaranteed for two years by some
responsible parties in the county. say
the officers of the commercial organi-
cation. or of the bureau
I'VE have already sent a check to
Bennington County and there are
couple of others hot on the trail
Our money is given absolutely with
out strings and is to be merged with
| the local fund"
Enclosed with the letter of Mr. Ball
was document containing sugges-
tions for the organization of this coun
~ work; a preamble, constitution
and bylaws, the form of an agree
| ment between a county farm bureau
and an agricultural adviser
The preamble reads as follows:
ITO bring about the cooperation of
all interests in. 49,. County, 1t IS
recommended that a meeting be held,
| to which shall be invited ali organi-
| cations Interested in the develop
ment of the county, including com
mercial clubs, farmers institutes,
| oranges, farmers unions, breeders
organizations, ETC.; also all persons
! interested whether belonging to any
organization or not, including FAR
mers, bankers, merchants, millers,
manufacturers, grain buyers, lard
owners, county and city officers, etc.
The general purpose OF this meeting
shall be to form an organization
| whose objects shall be to obtain bet
ter returns from the farm and gener-
al Improvement of rural conditions
by the organization Of a County Farm
Bureau This meeting may authorize
some existing organization to under
take the work or may form an indie
lpendent organization 10 be known as
the.... County Farm Bureau, which
may make Its own constitution and
| bylaws"
"In case this work is undertaken
by commercial organization, spec
ial provision should be made permit
ting all persons to join the Agricul-
tural Section at nominal price.
Farm Management Field Studies
The work will be in charge of a
/ IIdlUtu nAV wan W.
duct farm management field studies
and demonstrations among the FAR
mers OF a given locality.
He will acquaint himself as rapidly
as possible with the general agrlcul-
ural conditions of the locality, study
the various types of soils, the crops
that nave been found to DE best
adapted ana the types of farming
that have been most successful on
each type Of soil.
He will spend his entire time in
the interests of improved farming in
the section, studying the methods
and practices of the most successful
farmers who are following the vari-
Gus types of farming. He will visit
the farmers on their farms, study
their plans, and aid them in formu-
lating better plans.
He will study in detail the methods
of the farmers in preparing their
land for seeding, the methods of oul
tivation, the kind of fertilizer uesd,
the kinds of seed, how it is selected
and kept. how the crop is gathered
and disposed Of He will study the
live stock on the various farms and
the methods of handling. the stock.
He will study every phase Of all the
farms he visits so that he may know
what methods. crops, and systems
are best for the locality, and at all
times wherever he goes he will give
the farmers the benfit of the informa
ton he gets. He will also give the
farmers the benefit of the results of
scientific investigation conducted by
the various experiment stations and
the l. ) Department of Agriculture
relating to all kinds of farm prdc-
tice.
He will study the agricultural ten
denotes and possibilities of the local.
ty. and study the relations Of the ag-
riculture of the county TO that of the
neighboring counties and the State.
He viii study market conditions,
means OF transportation. and ship
ping facilities.
BY the time he has become &c.
quainted with each farmer in the To-
cality together with the type of farm
ing he is conducting and the methods
and practices that he uses. he should
have acquired a knowledge of the ag.
riculture of that locality which will
enable him to quickly analyze the
situation on any farm he may visit
: detect defects in the cropping sys-
TENS and general management and at
the same time note any improve
, ments that may exist over methods
b in common use.
such a study will enable him to ad
wise the farmers in the establishment
of better cropping systems on tteiT
. farms, in the intelligent selection OF
better live stock. better seed. and
better markets. He becomes m sg
rioultural adviser 20 the farmers Of
that section and his opportunitie:
for broad study Of general conditions
/ enables him to understand be.tei
than any one else the direction il
which the agriculture Of that local.
/ ~ should be directed.
His work among the farmers no
only enables him TO know the bes
practices which viii result In tn
greatest yield of crops per acre snt