The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-28
ORANGE COUNTY FARM AGENT.
Meeting to Further the County Project
on February 4, 1918.

outlined in this paper last month are
hereby invited TO attend the next meet
ing at Hotel Low, Bradford, at 1876
a. m. on February 4. Ii is most de
sirable that everyone interested, as vel
as those who have been circulating sub
scription papers, should attend. Ii the
sun of all the subscriptions can b.
shown to be sufficient to prove ors in
tcrest to the authorities at Washing
ton we may yet secure n man to work
with us on this years crops. Moreover
IL we do not soon take advantage OF
the offer of the council of grain eX-
changes at Chicago to the first thousand
counties to employ county agents, we
may be sorry, for over 600 applications
are in already.
Now that the details of the offer of
the department of agriculture have been
published in the papers of the county
and read in the oranges, as well as
discussed by representative men in all
of our towns, there need be no fur
Their question about our going ahead as
fast as we can Those of us who have
heard of the good work being done by
the county agent in Windsor county and
in Bennington county, are looking for
ward TO telling others of these practical
benefits waiting for us, at tbs next meet
ing. The state grange officers and many
of the representatives at Montpelier have
expressed their great desire to see this
work begun. The secretary for this
COMMITTEES has also received the follow
ing letter from Dean Hills of the State
! Agricultural college.
! THE College OF agriculture IS thor
| oughly sympathetic towards this kind
If work. The letter heads OF the Ben
nington county agent carry ths name
of the college as one of the three bod
ies cooperating. have signed a pa
per, which is likewise signed by an OIL
Ger Of the Bennington county associa
ton, and by the department OF agri
culture. indicating our cooperation. The
university at present contributes moth
ing but sympathy, and suggestions when
requested. II the legislature passes the
bill looking towards extension, we shall
doubtless be able to do much more eff
fective work than we can at present.
i have no fears of duplication OF effort.
An arrangement was entered into at At
lanta. at the meeting OF the Assoeia-
tons of American Agricultural Colleges |
and Experiment Stations held LAST
month, with the bureau Of plant indus |
try looking towards such thorough CO.
operation as to prevent any possible |
duplication or friction You can assure |
everybody that so far as this college is
concerned ii welcomes this line OF work, |
and the more that is placed in Vermont I
the better it will be pleased
Yours truly.
(Signedl -. /. Hills,
DEAN
IN talking this project over with our
neghbors, we find the most attractive
part OF the new work to be in that
possibility of getting together. In the
preliminary instructions to County
Agents" of the office of farm manage
ment, under whose immediate supervi-
sion this work is done, the following
points seem to put new valne upon
the ntercommunication of farms and
farmers with the rest of the world. II
When crops or enterprises or the
farms of either demonstrators or co.
opera tors teach a lesson. call the farmers
together on that farm and have field
day at which all the valuable lessons
are pointed out Il
MAKE complete survey of the coun.
Iy by farm farm visit, with the
dea OF learning just what each farm
il doing. prnductively and financially"
Of course, the farmers are first as I
,ured that the data secured on each :
arm VIII be regarded as strictly con-
idential and not for publication except
Is it NAV be used in averages
q. H..
to your salary knowledge OF
.ou and OF your work
The duties of the county agent in
lude assistance in organizing farmers
lubs, cooperative marketing societies,
md other farmers associations. More
ver. the county agent will have had
much more experience with general mar
.et conditions than most of us who lave
o keep busy in order to grow anything
worth marketing, and he can prevent, by
is timely advice many of the disap
ontmeuts so many meet at the hands
+ commission men. Also, just as soo1
5 the county agent can see enough
armers in reasonably connected To-
atty growing fruit, or vegetables, or
took. or maple sugar. or honey, in suifi
ent quantities to interest commission
IAN, he can call upon those farmers
D consider shipping their crops togeth-
r. think many of us will be surprised
, see how anxious dependable men IN
he, markets are to get our stuff, ii
e only can grade it and pack il uni
,rmly, in accordance with market needs
o the agent is Instructed to assist
IL farmers to knowledge of the best
cthods in grading and packing their
mt and IN putting ether farm products
4 the market in such form as to COM
ond the highest market price.
Assist in the local farmers Institutes. q
lcourage the work Of the grange, and 4
ok in harmony with all organizations
j Oh have for their object the better
ent of thc condition of the farm.
arm management simply agron-
N.Y. is the trend of the work. Ex-
,rts and specialists are TO be called in
len these can be helpful to the farm
:. at is the net income of the en-
re farm that we desire to see increased
I'd all the enterprises of the farm
ould gradually be co-ordinated with
Is end in view
BE sure to attend this next meet
e.