The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-14
COUNTY farm BUREAU
\ AIDERS MUCH PLEASED
Plans Are Being Made For
Membership Drive
FARMERS ARE IN LINE
Some Results of County Agent
Work in 1916 Are Shown
To Public

During the last month practically ev-
cry county in Minnesota not having a
county agent has endorsed the organiza-
ton of farm bureau.
Several boosters met at County Sup
erintepdent Detamore's office Tuesday to
discuss plans for a complete member
ship canvass of Blue Earth county. They
brought in very favorable reports and
are very enthusiastic in securing the SEQ
members required in this county This is
countrywide farmers organization and
should be supported by every patriotic
and progressive farmer.
Practically every county in Minnesota
will have farm bureau before February
1..1S1S, and will promote plans for the
duction and marketing of food crops and
live stock. At the pe.ent time more
than one-third of all the agricultural
counties in the northern and western
states employ a county agent. The gov
eminent has learned from the results
obtained through the cooperation of the
least during the war, it is very import
ant tnat every county in the United
States should organize farm bureau.
The county agricultural agent will have
an office which will be the clearinghouse
of agricultural information and the agri-
cultural organizations of the county. He
will work under the direct supervision
of the Farm Bureau ASSOCIATE Since
Blue Earth county has so many aiversi-
fed farming industries. the following or
CARNATIONS should each have repre-
sentative on the board of directors-the
shipping associations, co-operative
creameries. farmers clubs Pure. Seed as
Sociations, farmers elevators. Live Stock
Breeders association, mutual companies.
schools, county commissioners. The di-
rectors will meet and decide where the
county agent can do the best work and
then cooperate with him to accomplish
desired results.
Results of County AGENT Work. 1916
The county agents made 221 654 farm
visits and received 245 .227 office calls
They wrote 1888 press articles. 436 Aos
special letters and sent ont 1871 .29S CIV
cular letters &c $40 meetings were held
with an attendance of 2134477 people.
They conducted 23SS extension schools
l0n observation tours were conducted in
volving 53,601 peonle. They organized
l.633 boys ard girls clubs with a mem
oership of 40 27a In s s41 cases spe-
,ialists came 70 the assistance If county
agents 80 SAC deroonstra TONS We're COW
iucted: actual values tabnlated in II ns0
representations show not value of So
)31 $50 nr more than $1,000 for each coun-
agent
IN an oat sn,ut campaign oats were
heir value s1.1o7722 Corn was tested
Ia. DOT counties nv 20 nm farmers for =
m1s0n0 acres oe4 pure bred s'reS were
)urcha sed through COUNTY AGENTS. Offices
N Farmers Cooperative Rnvine aseo-
stations nv ounnt the Seceipts amount
, lad IN 81 o1o COT with a net saving Of
741 en2 or s5 700 ner oo'Intv 500 farm
ars were supplied with farm labor.
In RonNr'nn corrtv. Ninnesota in 1913
,ut Of 81 900 hogs az t03 died of hog
cholera 5sA rSer 600. In 1914 due TO
he co-oneration Of rountv agent nnd
he farmers less than five per cent died
rom the disease In 1915 thts was re-
luced to e-hundredths per cent.