St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-22
PRESS COMMENT
An Agricultural Agent for Orange
County

An effort is being made in Orange
county to secure the services OF an I.
agricultural agent, who shall act
in an advisory capacity to the
farmers of the county, visiting them $
at frequent intervals during the ,
year, answering questions as TO the
best methods and giving ADVICE
along the line of more sclentlnc .
and less shipshod farming. Already
those who are interested in the pro-
iect are assured of assistance in pay
ing for the services of such an agent
one thousand dollars being promised
from Washington and another thous-
and dollars from the Grain Ex-
change of Chicago, leaving third
thousand dollars to be raised be-
fore the project can be undertaken.
This third thousand must be raised
within a short time to enable the
farmers of the county to secure the
services of a county agent for the
current year; and, therefore, those
who are back of the project are very H
anxious to let all the people of the
! county. and others interested, know Il
| about the project because they feel
certain that the feasibility of the pro-
posal will commend itself to one |
and all.
That similar proposals have prov
en- successful in other counties of |
| Vermont is the testimony which has
come to The Times from those Sec
lions. the results being such as to |
warrant the expenditure many times
| over. Indeed, the amount OF money
paid for the services of the count: |
4 agent and for the cost of admin |
istration of the department is
negligible quantity in comparison
with the collective benefits which
have come to the agricultural in
terests Of the sections embraced In
the system. We have the informa-
: ton that the farming interests have
been bolstered in remarkable
fashion through the introduction of
new methods as brought by the ex-
pert on agriculture and that the
, | returns in crops have been much
larger than under former conditions
!, while the mental state of the indi-
! vidual farmer has been cheered and
! encouraged to such degree that
he is taking hold of his occupa-
ton with renewed vigor, wh1cn au-
ours well for the agricultural de-
> Velopment of the state. The coun-
: tv agent is acting like a tonic, the
! beneficial results of which may be
= made permanent as we'll as temper
/ airy.
Such. then, being the situation,
. can anyone doubt that the services
. of a county agent will prove of in
= calculable benefit to the farmers OF
= Orange county? We think not. The
: farming interests there need a tonic
= inst as much as do those other sec
= lions of Vermont; in fact, orange
- county needs it perhaps more than
I, most other sections of Vermont, 1oI
= there are altogether too many aban-
- doned, or all but abandoned, farms
- scattered through the county and
- too much inattention to some OF the
farms that are being worked. Fol
that reason, the task of collecting
- funds to pay the salary of the coun
e ty agent for trial period ought tc
= be made easy. After the trial period
:. providing they have been favored
- with the services of a capable man
e the farmers of the county will no
dispense with the services of the
\ AGENT Barre Times. n
i Grasping an Opportunity
ID The old saying in regard to op
u portunity knocking at ones dool
! is brought forcibly to mind, by thu
y Inauguration of the low rates of tn
w new parcel post system and the op
~ portunity presented thereby to thu
~ wide-awake and progressive coun
try merchant, in cooperation witt
. an equally progressive local news
a. paper. to develop and extend hi
~ home and country trade.
~ ~ Take Enosburg Falls, which
~ the trade center for one of the best
ae most fertile and prosperous farm
"a ing and dairying sections OF Yer
~ mont, a section fully covered b!
= the rural free delivery and tele
D phone services, both of which agen
& cies, in establishing close and init
~ mate trade relations, center in thi
- place.
,e5' 1t is a section also that, with mod
> ern improved facilities and bette
farming methods, is bound to in
crease in productiveness and pros
perity, and consequently in purchas
ing power, with each succeed1n
ne year. A substantial business, O
mutual advantage, has always e2
listed in connection with this pros
porous territory, but there is sti
I'M a great potential trade awaiting dc
IN velopment. 1t is unnecessary to al
lal que that it will be secured by en-
yes business man who goes after 1T an
III who is alive to the value of aggres
OF sive, persistent and straight forWar
'rs advertising.
OF The circulation of the Standar
re, covers this territory thoroughly
as The paper is taken, and, we al
~ led to believe, generally appreciates
III. by practically every family. Tn
all local happenings, both large an
o. small, of all sections thereof, al
nc. received and printed weekly, an
he the news and advertising column
IN are read with interest as each issu
'as is received.
ex- The Standard is prepared and
led anxious to cooperate in this mats
III and do all in s power to foster an
In build up the community spirit an
aid in developing these latent poss
bilities.
de In nnnnaetinn with this matt