Putnam patriot., 1915-12-10

college two dnys a week, until my graduation in June. Since returning from the Commencement Exercises on June l6th, l have given ail my time to the work as County Agent.
 have made 855 farm visits. These visits average over two for every work Ing day that 1 have been on the job. 2so have called at the office nt Put aam, gnd 24s have reached the office b4 telephone or 10 ask questions Of to affaage tor personal visit To their m1ms. l hhVe sent cut totai ef i25l letters, 5i9 of which Wefe circular let tars. containing reports af the County Agent, newspaper articles, material of general interest of timely topics; and 182 have been personal letlers relnling 10 the business ot the Farmers Asso- ciaiion. 1 have sent out 126 uewspa. per articles, have held 75 meetings in cooperation with of haee been addfess ed by the County Agent. The attend Huce at these Ii ectugs Sas lG 2st II isanly faf to state here that this uum- Der includes m estimate of ihe mum Der reached at the 1wo f4tfs in the county, either personally, Of by the exhibits representing the Windham County Farmers Association which had there. The average attendance at the meetings hus been between thirty and forty, not including the number reached at the fairs, whicn would make the average over two hundred. i l have traVeled ,ad6 miles, 49t by rail
 road and 6075 hl other eonveyanees. From the start my work has been ] put on a project basis; that is, a del- nite program has been outlined and l followed as faf as possible in every line Of work undertaken. cur directors asked me to take up five "pfeieelS' i this titst year, and most of my time 1 has been devoted to work on some one of these projects. As a rule, personal lafm visits cannot be ciasstiied under any one project, as must farmers have i had list ot questions ready fer me which would include every one ef my projects "and then some, 1T may be paldoned tho use ot a very eXptes- sive blt of slang These projects are as i follows: Eam managemeui,d ,daifY im- pavement, orchard improvement, boys and girls eluhs, and cooperation. will report on each one separately.
 Farm Management
 Fihy-four Farm surveys have been taken, with the help and cooperation ol II. F. Reyes. and Mr. Whelplon If i the U S Department of Agriculture. These surveys consist ot taking com plete record for one year ot the iaem business. From this reeo5 I of his bus mess We can tell what part is paying a profit and what Is not, and we can suggest ways of stopping whatever losses are occurring. From a number oi such records we can get pretty good idea of the type ot farming adapt- ed to a community, and can eliminate the unplolitahle kinds These records were taken of farms in the vicinity Of Putnam. When they are returned they will be thoroughly discussed with the farmers from whom they were ti- ken. Thirteen farm records have been returned in an area already surveyed
 Four farmers are seeding down, fol. lowing the suggestions of the Agent
 The largest area is in Brooklyn, where all the available land on small farm has been seeded. About thirteen acres have been seeded here. The grass hes started finely and is going into the winter in excellent condition. This place had been neglected and plan was followed which was calculated to build up the soi and eef II tato grass i, ,ann ss ito >iNlr ARoihet ten-acye