Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-01-10
FARM BUREAUS POPULAR.

Any agricultural county in the
United States can be organized for
county agent work in short time if
accomplishments Of farm bureaus
and county agents in other counties
in the various states are properly
presented to the farmers.
This is the assertion Of the United
States DEPARTMENT Of Agriculture Of
ficials wl.o have been assisting in
the organization of farm bureaus in
the Northern and Western states.
More than 700 county agents and
emergency demonstration agents
work in the 33 Northern and Western
states. The increase in agents since
emergency appropriations became
available was more in two months
than the avergae yearly increase dur
ing any of the past four years,
COmpet' nj Men in Demand
County agricultural agent work is
conducted by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture in coorera-
ton with the various state agricul-
tural colleges and local organiza-
tions representing the farmers of the
county in which the agent is located.
The county agent is usually selected
by committee representing the
county organization, on recom,nenda-
ton Of the county agent leader at the
agricultural college. There is at
present an unusually great demand
for men qualified for work of this
kind to carry out the plan, adopted
under the food production act, of en-
ploying an emergency demonstration
agent for every agricultural county
in the United States not having a
regular county agent. This is a
part of the National plan to increase
the production and conservation of
food to meet the war emergency
needs.
To Put an Agent in Each County
Organization of new counties is
rapid, especially in states of the CEN
trail west, several of which have given
ASSURANCE that there will be a county
agent or county emergency demon
stration in each of their counties by
February LIST.
Maine. New Hampshire, Massachu-
sets, Connecticut Rhode Island and
Delaware already have an agent in
each county. while New York. Indi-
ana and Pennsylvania are almost
completely covered. Nearly half of
the agricultural counties in the
Northern and Western states are now
being served by local demonstration
agent, and the indications are that
the country can be completely cover
ed before the beginning of another
crop year.
One of the mos gratifying fca-
lures of the organization campaign
in the Northern and Western states
thus far has been that most counties
taking up the work are arranging
for it on permanent basis-many
of them making plans for periods of
three years.
County Agents Must Have Thorough
Training.
The qualification requirements of
agents are somewhat different in the
various states. Graduation from an
agricultural college is not in all cases
required, though training substan-
TALLY equivalent to four years
course at such college is usually in
sisted upon. A considerable amount
Of farm experience is a universal re-
quirement, and it is preferable that
some of this experience should be Sc
cured since completing the college
course
Additional information in regard
to county agent work and the organi-
cation Of farm bureaus can be had by
writing to your state AGRICULTURAL
college or to the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C.