The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-01-14

is green maple or hickory smothered
with sawdust. Hard wood is al.
ways preferable to soft and resinous
wood should never be used, for I,
will give meat bad flavor. Corn.
cobs are the best substitute for hard
wood.
One thousand County Agents.
There are 1000 county agricultur.
al agents in the forty-eight states OF
the Union. or this number there
are eight in Nebraska, these being
employed in Gage, Seward, Madison,
Thurston, Dawes, Dakota, Kimball
and Boxbutte counties. Four addi-
tional counties in Nebraska have
asked for agricultural agents to be-
gin work in January.
ION the whole, these agents have
been very successful in winning the
support and confidence of the farm
ing people, says the Experiment
Station Record of the United States
Department of Agriculture, land the
tangible results of their work are
very encouraging. The personality
of the agent is, Of course, a very
large factor in determining the
measure of his success. His UNDER
standing of the real problems of the
region in which he is working, his
sympathy with rural people and his
ability to meet them on their own
ground and actually to convey to
them important practical instruction
and information in a convincing way
are among the essentials. When to
these qualifications are added stud
ious inclinations and habits, the pos
session of accurate and up-to-date
knowledge of the practice and science
of agriculture and business ability of
high order, we have a very able and
useful man whose services will mean
much for the agricultural and So
cial advancement of his country.
Farm Letterheads.
An appropriate farm letterhead
comes next in Importance to a farm
name in advertising and publicity
value. The farmer of today is en-
gagged in a business that requires a
great deal of buying and selling.
The use of printed stationery puts
him in the class with other business
men. One of the essentials in all
business is publicity and it must be
of the right sort. The tumbled-down
fences and appearance of disorder
and untidiness which is occasionally
seen even on the farm devoted to the
breeding of pure bred livestock, is
Just as truly advertising the breeder
as does the printers ink he uses.
The adoption of an appropriate
farm name points the man out as be-
ing a little more progressive than
his neighbors. Just as surely does
the use of farm letterhead estab-
lish the business standing of the
man who uses It. Printed stationery
is a most valuable means of obtain
ing the right kind of publicity. The
man who writes business letter on
scraps of cheap paper, perhaps de-
scribing a very fine pure bred ami
NAL he is offering for sale, is Great
ing, right in the start, a most un-
favorable impression of his business.
A letter written on letterhead hav-
ing a design setting forth the partic-
ular type Of farming being conduct
cd, is an indication that the bust
ness is we'll established. This i'm
preston will be unconsciously made
on the mind of the reader.
A good deal of thought should be
given to the selection of the letter
head used. The design should con-
tain the name of the farm and the
name of the owner with his correct
address. Signatures are frequently
very hard to decipher and the use Of
letterhead in business transactions
is worth what it costs in insurine
the proper addressing of return let
tiers.
The expense is not great and wher
once adopted the use of the letter
head is not likely to be discontinued
kansas Farmer.