The Glenwood post., 1916-05-20
CONCERNING THE
COUNTY AGENT
The Scope and Work Of the
County Agricu|turist and
His Value to the People
AGENT AllRED's PLANS

From time to time this question is
asked: "What is the work Of the
county agriculturistf What is his plan
of work. Who pays himf" These,
questions should be asked, for this
work is for the people and they should
understand the work in order to obtain
the full benefit.
Object of the Work
Broadly speaking, the work of the
county agriculturist is to assist in the
improving of the agriculture and agri-
cultural conditions Of the county in
the following ways: Observing the
best systems which are producing the
best results and pass them on from one
farmer to another. To secure and give
to the farmers of the county the in
formation which the state experimental
stations and the U. s. department of
agriculture have obtained by the e1-
penditure of thousands of dollars IN
experimenting and observations On
farming problems. To assist the farm
er in locating good seed and in dis
posing Of same. To assist the farmer
in the control Of plant and. animal disc,
eases such as smut in grains, potato dis
eases, cholera, b]ackleg, etc. To encour-
age cooperation between farmers and
better sanitary conditions and better
systems of disposing of market pro-
ducts and more economical systems for
securing farm supplies and farm credit.
To encourage the teaching of agricul-
ture in our schools. Fo promote and
encourage the organization of boys'
and girls clubs. To secure when OBJ
tainable any information on farm sub
jects desired by the farmer. To assist
each and every farmer in working out
his individual problems
How the Work is Financed
This work is cooperative between
the U. s. department of agriculture,
the state agricultural college and Gar
field county, each of the cooperating
parties paying portion of the ex-
penses. Outside of the financial as
sistanee furnished by the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture they also allow Che
franking privilege on mail matter pss-
tanning to the work. The agricultural
college furnishes specialists along va
rious lines, specialists for institutes
and short courses in agriculture. Tho
services of the county agriculturist arc
free to the farmers of this county and
he will be glad 70 assist you in any
way that he can.
The farmers have very difficult
system of exchange. Almost every
farmer from time to time has horses,
cows, pigs, fowls, etc, or articles which
have outgrown their use to him that
could be disposed of and put to better
use by someone else, perhaps his neign-
Dor, or someone in the other end Of the
county. In older agricultural countries
they have market day where the
farmer is able to take any articles,
whatever they may be, and turn them
into money.
County Agent Alfred has arranged
to publish q Farmers Exchange Bull
letin which will be printed the first Of
each month. This bulletin will adver-
tise products and anything that the
farmer has for sale, also give list of
things "wanted - There win be NO
charge for entering items "F'or salev
or "wsnted. +" Notices Of meetings
will be printed in this bulletin. An
communications should - IN By ths
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