Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-11-23
COUNTY AGENTS GET TOGETHER
Standardize County Crops and
Livestock, Urges w. A. Lloyd.
Official of states Relations Service In
Washington Makes Chief Speech
County Organization Mny BE
Changed.

The feature of yesterdays meetings of
the conference of county agricultural
agents was an afternoon address of w.
a. Lloyd. who is in charge OF county
agent work for the States relations scrv-
ice of the federal department of agrcul-
ture. Mr.. Lloyds business is to cooper
ate as fully as possible with the state
agricultural colleges. The afternoon and
evening meetings were held at the New
Sherwood.
Mr. Lloyd came here to confer with
Thomas Bradlee. director of the extern
sion service. Regarding county agent work
and with the agents Themselves on vari-
Gus projects Yesterday afternoon he
talked informally on the general organi-
cations of the work of his department and
the colleges, especialYun the development
of farm bureaus and the organization of
county work. He urged the formation OF
programs for agricultural Improvement
in each county and the development Of
special projects. Mr.. LloydG talk dealt
at some length with tho relationship be-
tween the county agents work and that
Of extension specialists. including boys
and girls club work. lie einrhastzed the
need of each agent developing a project
, looking toward the Standardization Of
crops and livestock particularly adapted
to fis locality
jay Ccryoll. assistant county arcm
leader. made several important re-
concentrations in his report on county or
Ranzati Director Fradee r mis- re-
ma rkS in preface to the report said that
Vermont had "a lead over good man"
of The states" in county agent work. MI.
I Corycll recommended onthly meetings
! OF tho executive committee In each coun-
! ", That the committee he made UP OF
members easy Of access; that its number
he not greater than nine; that each mem
Der he put in charge of some special work
alfalfa, potatoes or what-not: that he
committee have a program of work at the
beginning of the year and tha' both com.
mittec and bureau be composed of farm
ers themselves.
Most of these recommendations were
approved by the agents by vote
/ In the morning the various committees
met at Morrill, hall Most of them will
report through their chairrner later The
chairmen are: County organization, Jay
CorNell club work, NJ. r. Downing, pub
licity, +. H. Abbott: dairy. j. +. CARR
gan; crops. G. L. Tiffany orchard, j. c.
! Otis; soil improvements A. w Sweetor:
forestry, T.. H. I.oveland: home cconom-
! les, l.. y. Wood; poultry. f. G. Shaw:
! farm management demonstrations. r. f.
/ Deuel.; hogs and sheep, j. W Dana
The opening session Tuesday evening at
/ Morrill hal was occupied chiefly with vel
coming the agents TO the city and uniyer-
sitE. President Guy Potter Benton gave
the principal speech of welcome; Dean J
, l.. Hills pointed out the value of such con-
ferences: Assistant Dean FLOYD r. jerks
told of the way the high schools were CO.
operating with the state college of a.ri-
culture through courses in agriculture
that had been introduced. jay Coryell re.
hearsed the results of the past wears
work. which had grown he showed in
every county; and T.. L. ingalls, told about
the childrens club work.
/ Last nights session of the conference
was occupied with n report OF the public
! ity committee. of which +. ". Abbott is
/ chairman The committee recommended
and the agents deci led to have signs or
, posters erected on demonstration plots or
at points on the road where plots were,
to keen newspapers informed as lecore:
to continue to exhibit at fairs: and to
I put mp posters on the farms of all mem
bcrs of county farmers associations or
bureaus. The committees on crops and
dairies will meet this morning at the
hotel, where another session will open at
nine O'Clock.