Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-06-04
|2ET farm ADVISOR
ITO TEACH LOCAL
| ACR|CULTUR|STS
BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS
JOIN HANDS TO BRING INsTRUC-
TOR TO IDAHO COUNTY.
COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED
Dean Carlyle and Director Coglon Point
Out Benefits to Be Had by Adoption
of Plan-Movement County Wide.

The matter of employing a county
farm advisor and agriculturist for
Idaho county, proposition which has
been discussed considerably at length,
approached step nearer its successful
climax last week at meetings held Fri
day and Saturday evenings. These
meetings were attended by many Of the
representative business men and farm
ers and livestock men of the county,
many from the outside districts being in
town to attend the Horse Show, and
addresses supporting the move were
made by Dean w. L. Carlyle, Of the
University Of Idaho at Moscow; R. b.
Coglon, director Of county agriculturists
at the university; T. F. Mcconnell,
county farm advisor Of Lewis county
and others.
Agricultural extension work was the
principal topic at both meetings and
those present discussed the issue with q
view of securing an expert agricultur-
lists for Idaho county. That such an
office will be created and competent
farm advisor employed is practically
certain at this time. At last week g
meetings the following committees for
the county were appointed:
Grangeville-E. s. Sweet, c. Overman
and B. F. Zehner.
Cottonwood-Riley Rice, Gus Schroe.
der and Frank Nuxoll.
Fenn-Herman Won Bargen, Henry
Meyer and d. H. Kube.
Winona-A. Harchelrode, John Seger,
George w. Sheldon and j. s. Adair.
Stites-Herbert Moore, Theo. Toilet
son and G. M. Butler.
Kooskia-J. G. Rowton, George L.
Hanson and Frank Fem.
Whitebird- George Behean, John M.
Taylor and Gus Wright.
Tolo-H. F. Church and J. L. Stewart.
The members of these committees are
requested to ascertain the wishes Of the
farmers in their respective localities
and districts and report the same to
the county commissioners when the
county fathers meet in Grangeville for
the regular July term.
Discussing the farm advisor move.
ment in general and its relation to
Idaho county in particular Mr.. Colgon
said:
ITO increase the efficiency of its
agricultural development work the
FEDERAL government recently appropriate
ed to each state and territory the sum
OF $4,000. Each year this amount is
TO be increased according to rural popu
iatlon. The fund is to be used fol-
agricultural college extension work un
der the direction Of the state expert
ment station and will become available
July this year. To employ an agricul
.ur'st Tor year, pay all expenses OF
travel over the county, and furnish the
necessary equipment will require ap
pfoxlmately $4,000. The federal funi
As not sufficient to provide for all agri
'uitural counties Of the state, and tt
assist as many as possible the present
plan is to offer $1,000 to each county
making an additional appropriation Of
s1Voo, until the government fund is ex
.austed. Idaho county is among thu
iirst to receive this offer.
Help Farm Interests.
The duty of the agriculturist vii
.e 10 assist in every possible way thu
Improvement of the farming interests il
' county. When called upon he shall
,s' farmers at their own farms to hell
p-an better systems of crop rotation
'e'ter schemes of farm management
'o'n IN production and marketing O.
seea grain, the production of more an,
es'er iive stock. He shall lead organic
~ effort in checking weeds and in sup
piesSlng outbreaks Of such destructiv
y p'uemlcs as hog cholera. He is to b
'ne county farmers "hired man
specially trained and available at al
ines TO assist in agricultural improve
A.nt and development in the way tha
VII mean larger nrof;ts fo tho farmar