Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-22
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY A. WYLBERG
FARMER week AT STATE COLLEGE

agents many duties outlined on hi
yearly program was the finding ant
distribution OF pure seed OF all kinds
II was part OF his work and he fcl,
Il Incumbent upon himself 10 at leas,
make an effort. Nobody came TO him
and 30 he again had TO make a can,
yass soliciting orders. few respond
cd. He succeeded In getting reall,
good seed. far better than we had
been used TO and also at u lower cost
In fact. In case OF the vetch seed, IN,
saving amounted 10 25 per cent
When the rest found out what wa,
being done. more individual orders
came In, again causing LOT OF extra
work. whereas with proper organiza.
4 tion, all OF II could have been or.
dered at once. maybe In quantities oi
carload lots. which would have meant
n big saving OF time and money for
the county. and II we shoui6 have
been able to order a whole car this
saving would have meant $3.50. a sum
equal to the county agents entire OK.
pensc for a whole month.
Another subject on this program
was Cooperative Marketing OF lave
stock" Appeals TO the different bo.
dies. but only Indifferent response.
and AGAIN he was compelled. In order
TO at least try TO carry out his pro-
gram. to call on each individual stock
raiser. This work consumed week =
time and he finally succeeded In get.
ting car together. Incidentally. |
wish to mention that ] happened to
be one OF the shippers with one COW
and one hog. These two animals net
ted $94.22, or at least SIS more than
| was offered by our local markets.
and ! understand that the total gain
over the price which would have been
received from sale In our local mar
kets OF the entire car. would have
been between 5000 and $500 dollars.
tAn0ther months expenses for the
county ageni)
Now this weeks work on the part
OF our county agent while paying big
has not advanced the cause OF coop
crative marketing very materially.
because. with few exceptions. the
chances are that unless he is aided by
the individual farmer himself. the
county agent will again have to So
llcit n he wants 10 make another CO.
operative shipment. and N the time
elapsing between these shipments Is
too long this very important part OF
his work Is finally permitted to go 10
sleep altogether, nor is the act that
we announce our desire to participate
in these cooperative shipments, all
that is necessary. We have also got
20 raise good stun In order 10 top
the markets and get good prices, and
now ! beg to ask you. gentlemen.
what good Is all the outside help
which is so generously extended by
the county, by the state and by the
United States government, ~ we do
not make thoroughly organized ef-
fort to avail ourselves OF this aid by
cooperating individually?
We pride ourselves with superior
intelligence as compared 10 the rest
OF the world and I do not know but
what we have a right to this exalted
opinion OF ourselves. even II II is not
due TO our individual accomplish
mcnts. but circumstances have placed
us In n position in this world where
we may avail ourselves OF the al
vantages thrown In our way by daily
coming In contact with all classes OF
people OF all nationalIties and so en-
able rs to learn from them all, yet
when we consider that little Dem
mark, from almost starvation S5
years ago, has. through her own or
ganized efforts, risen to a position
where she practically leads in dairy
products and controls the London
whereas In our rich and re-
sourceful country II Is estimated that
rs per cent OF the dairy herd are
boarders; and when we further con-
slider that the average production OF
potatoes on originally poorer soils In
Germany, is seven times greater than
In the United States. II strikes me