The courier-index., 1917-10-12
IA COUNTY AGENT
 IN EVERY COUNTY
BUSINESS MEN URGED TO TAKE INTEREST IN MATTER SOON BEFORE QUORUM COURTS ARE IN SESSION
lArkansas Gazettel

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 An appeal to the business men of the state to use their influence to secure adequate appropriations for county demonstration agents from the County Quorum Courts. which will soon be in session all over the state. was issued yesterday by E. J. Bodman, secretary of the Union Trust Company and chairman of the Arkansas Profitable Farming Bu- reau.
 Tt is a we'll known fact that the business men of every county have a great deal of influence with the 1 Quorum Courts of their county" said MT. Bodman I think it safe to say that if every business man in the state would put his influence behind | so meritorious movement that we ! could realize our ambition of a de- monstration agent in every county. l But if the business men take no in- terest they cannot blame the justices of the Quorum Courts if they fail to make an appropriation ~.
 Is Good Business Policy
 Viewed from a purely selfish standpoint it is good business policy for the business men to take an in terest in securing a capable demon stration agent for their county It has been proven repeatedly that agri- cultural conditions are better in coun- ties that have capable demonstration agents than in those that have no agent. or inefficient ones. The pros perity of practically all business en- terprises in Arkansas depends on the @r eo,-
 Must Have Capable Agents
 "The business men should use their influence to see that their Quo- rum Courts make an appropriation large enough to enable the county to secure capable men and women as agents. Hiring an inefficient agent is worse than throwing money away, because such a man or woman gets the farmers disgusted and causes sentiment against the whole system of better farming that may set the county back many years. It is per fectly natural for the farmer, when he sees that the county agent is not a success, to blame the whole sys- tenn. although this is. of course, wrong. Officials of the University Extension Division say that it is i'm possible to secure the services of an efficient agent for less than s1.S00 to S2.400 and I have no doubt that these figures are correct, because men and women who make a success of farm demonstration work are in great demand.
 Important War Measure
 .It is especially important that Arkansas should have good demon stration agent in every county at this time. when the nation is involved in war. the successful outcome of which depends just as much upon the farmer as it does on the men in the trenches. Figures furnished by the University Extension Division show that p counties have no woman agents. and that F have no men agents. although some of these 12 have women agents. Arkansas could do much toward feeding herself and helping to feed our soldiers and those of our allies if we had capa- ble man and woman agent in each of the 75 counties
 The Agents Work
 Everyone is familiar with the i'm portant work that these agents are carrying on l was greatly impress ed by a recent statement of J. F. Nicholson, marketing specialist in the University Extension Division. He said that he had been unable to be of much real help to counties that have no agent because there was no one to assist him. For instance, he would find that several farmers had potatoes to sell but no one would S,,II ic not