The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-04-29
COUNTY agent QUESTION
TO Be DISCUSSED TONIGHT
Extension Director viii Put Prop
OSitiOn To Business Men and
Farmers at BANQUET

having, a county agent for jmou
couuty will be discussed fully and
probably decided at a banquet. or
rather, informal dinner given at the
Pullman cafe tonight saturday 10y
the Business Mems Association
The county commissioners and
many farmers from the surround
ing country will be present and \.
G. Cooley. Director of the ENtcu-
sion Work of the state Agricullur-
al College. and V. L. Martiucal.
County Agent for ColraX county, will
both give short talks upon the ad-
visibility of the appointment of am
agriculturist and the work such an
official may accomplish. Mr. Cooley
carries with him a steroptican and
many slides illustrating the work of
the county agent. Ii is probable
that these slides will be shown as
part of the program
Cooley and Martincuu arrived in
the city Wednesday and spent
Thursday and Friday visiting the
communities south and north of
here explaining their mission to the
farmers. They met a hearty rcccp-
ton at all stops and report the
farmers in general in favor of the
appointment Of an agent
Petitions have been circulated
through the county by Interested
parties and have been signed by a
majority of the residents. These
petitions will be presented to the
county commissioners in due form
and it is befFEr1- they wIPSreceivc
favorable action.
The County Agent. or Agriculur-
alst, is the connecting link between
the farmer and the work of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture as well as the work of the
State College and experimental farm.
Questions of farming nature will be
settled by the agent and he will de
vote his entire time to solving of
difficult matters that may puzzcl the
farmer, orchardman. stockman or
pOultryman, as well as use every
effort to instruct the new comers to
this section in the best manner of
planting and raising +lc adaptable
crops.
While it is not expected that the
agent can answer off hand all ques-
tions that will arise in his work he
will be in a position to secure the
best knowledge of the country on the
matter and if necessary will take
up the question directly with the
Department of Agriculture. 1t
would be impossible to secure as a
county agent a man who was a
specialist in all matters pertaining
to the farm but the man secured
will be one of a broad general
knowledge Of farming matters and
one who will take pains to comply
with every reasonable request of his
farmer constituents.
Another work of the county agent
is the determination Of new crops,
and the best variety Of seed for the
generally raised crops, for the COM
munity This will be done with the
cooperation Of the farmers them
selves. 1t is not the idea to start
an experimental farm but to allow
the farmers to plant, from time to
time, an acre, or ten acres, of some
crop which it is believed will be of
benefit to the country. The result
of these paintings will be careful
ly recorded and any resident of the
county will have access to these re-
ports.
The county agent will spend five
days of the week in the field, max
ing trips up and down the county
meeting and advising the farmers
and holding meetings whenever de-
sired by the communities which he
is to visit. One day of the week will
be devoted to office work and on that
day his Office, which will be located
in Clayton viii be open to the gem
eral public.
If a suitable room can be secured
1t is highly probable that the room