The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-08
INCREASE EFFICIENCY
OF FARM BUREAU
Plans Were Laid at Conference of wash
ington County Organization in
Barre Thursday After
noon

moon.
Twenty.one farmers of Washington
county. members of the executive com
mittee and advisory council OF the Wash
ington County Farm Bureau association,
met at the office of County Agent +. II.
Abbott in the Howland building yester-
day afternoon to formulate plans ana
discuss organization with view to
strengthening the present bureau. L. H.
Simons of Washington. d. c., was pres
ent to demonstrate an efficient method
Of organization, and jay Coryell, assist
ant county agent leader, was also present
to assist in the explanation.
The present scheme OF the organization
adapted itself readily to these new i'm
proyements. The present association is
governed by an executive committee,
which is aided in its work by an advisory
council which consists OF representative
of the farmers in each farm center or
community 1t has been felt that the
county agent could not perform the most
efficient services without more definite
help from the members of these commit
tees and the farmers themselves.
The new outline adopted by the meet
ing retains the present system but adds
to it by indicating more specifically the
duties of each member OF the commit
tee Each of the executive committee,
including the officers of the association,
has been assigned particular item oil
work to look out for throughout the en-
tire county. For instance, the president
will lend his time largely to organiza-
ton work, the vice president Will assist
in arranging meetings, field excursions
and meetings of farmers clubs, the secre-
tary will take charge of publications.
The other members of the committee
have been assigned to different projects
such as follows: Dairy projects, corn va
riety demonstrations, home production
Of feeds, potato demonstrations and or
chard demonstrations.
Each one of the advisory council men
will be expected TO act as chairman OF
local committee in his community. The
duties of this committee will be to assist
the agent by laying out his work IN that
locality, obtaining men to carry on the
demonstrations, arranging for meetings
and projects. BY this system it is ex-
pected that the work of the association
can be accomplished more efficiently and
/ the duties of the county agent simpliiied.
/ The county agent will work directly with
! the community committees and their
chairmen and he win enlist the aid OF
/ the members Of the executive committee
in the work throughout the county to
which they have been assigned.
/ The following program OF work was
! recommended by the committee meeting
and will be carried out somewhat as FOL
I lows;
! |. Corn varietal demonstrations.
| 2 Home production OF feeds, Ia le-
gumes, SOY beans, alfalfa and clover,
3. Dairy project, ta) COW testing as
sociations, tb better breeding.
/ a. Organization work, (al county, tbl
community.
S. Minor projects, ta) potatoes, (bl
orchards. (e1 farm accounts.
! The above are named in the order OF
their Importance. The corn variety tests
will be carried on if possible by growing
/ ~ varieties of corn on a plot and there
should be at least IL plots in the county
Production of feeds is an important item
and the growing of high protein contain.
! ing feeds such as SOY beans, alfalfa ana
clover will go long way towards IN
creasing the farmers labor income The
dairy project is very important. Some
time will be spent in following up COW
testing associations and organization OF
new ones and special talks will be given
on better breeding. Minor projects will
be taken up in the localities which de-
mand them but probably to a less extent
than the more important mentioned
above.
AS voted at the meeting the question
of cooperative buying will be handled
bv local organizations such as farmers
clubs, the secretaries of these organiza
tions to look after the orders in their
community and then to confer jointly
with committee, appointed by the as
sociation for the purpose, in order to OBJ
tain right prices and combine their or
| ders.
1t seems that the above arrangement
will tend to increase the efficiency OF the
association and make it possible Tor the
| county agent to do more work.