Putnam patriot., 1916-01-07
windham County Farm Agent Report

1t gives me pleasure To present this
report for the month of December, 1915.
The work is developing rapidly In the
right direction. Miscellaneous, indi-
vidnaI work Is being replaced by work
with groups. This allows more time
for planning the work, and what is
better yet, allows more people TO get In
touch with what Is being done. The
statistics OF December, 1915, are as fol-
lows: / have visited 8 farmers, AZ
have called at the office, and ] have
gotten In touch with s. by telephone.
/ have written 30 letters, besides 81
circular letters and announcements. l
have held, OF spoken at, meetings, at
hich The attendance was 200. have
tried to keep the public acquainted
with what has been done through -
newspaper articles. Besides these Is,
one paper had nearly page about our
work tn its New Years number
prepared report Of the past sea.
sons work iof the Nindham County
farmers Association, which | read at
The Annual Meeting December 3. This
covered the work pretty thoroughly.
| have had 300 copies OF this report
printed md q copy IS going TO every
member Of the Association. In this
report / confined myself TO statements
about those things only which | could
definitely put my finger on and say
that ! WIS sure they were actual re-
suits OF the work of the Farm Bureau
On December 4tb, one Of my best
meetings was held in cooperation with
the Herd improvement Association
No. 4. This consisted of an automobile
trip TO Stofrs. Eight machines made
this trip, carrying 30 farmers from
Windham County. We were the
guests of the Dairy department at the
College and spent very profitable and
pleasant day. One Of the results Of
this meeting was the purchase by two
farmers of new covered milk pals on
their way home.
DtNGlipti o. Vg ~ WIN oIftiit Nv Nv
Haven attending the Annual Confer
ence Of officers and directors of Farm
Bureaus and of County Agents. All
the meetings were well attended and
were addressed by interesting speakers.
Many problems of Extension work
were discussed, and ways of handling
them were discovered. On the last
day of the conference each County
Agent discussed some particular and
typical problem that he had met with
in his work. Many new Ideas and
valuable suggestions were brought out
In these discussions.
During December an organization
has been completed for arranging a
fonr-day Extension School In Agricul
iure In Woodstock. This school will
be held January 1871.
All County Agents were required TO
make out nm annual report consisting
of statistics alone for the u 5. ID. A. at
Washington. This report covered the
work OF the association to January l.,
1916. Among the interesting figures
WINS the following: Woodstock firm
ers have cooperated this past year in
thelpurehase of $3.50 worth of sup
plies. Their saving was approximate
~ 10 per cent of this amount.
The project statements with (which
we worked last year were hastily
drawn up and could, | thought, be inn
proved. After comforting with Prof
Baker, heve re written the live pro.
jeet state ments.
Our office records have been very i'm
complete and inadequate. We have
now new filing cabinet, aud | have
put considerable time In working out a
system which viii allow us to lind out
at II minutes notice ANYTHING we want
TO know about our work aud how ii is
being carried on. This record system
will include a scrap book in which viii
be kept newspaper articles which APP
pear la Nindham County papers. This
Is for the purpose Of keeping record
of what paolieity work we do, and TO
check un The esuilS