The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-10
COUNTY AGENTS
HOLD CONFERENCE.
Northeastern Group County and
Home Demonstration Agents
Entertained at Glasgow.
BUREAU HAS DOUBLED MEMBERSHIP
Organization Has Substantial Growth
Throughout State During Past
Year; Practically Every Coun-
ty Has Organization.

The northeastern group conference
of county agents and home demonstra-
tioii agents held at Glasgow this week
was we'll attended and the extension
workers and their state leaders were
we'll pleased with the splendid well
come they received from the city of
Glasgow.
The conference was opened at 10
a. m. Wednesday morning by being
welcomed to the city of Glasgow by
l.. E. Jones, secretary of the cham
ber of commerce and agriculture. Mr..
Peter Peterson, president of the Val
ley county farm bureau, gave the re-
sponse. In his talk he outlined the
real secret of extension work and in
very few words. Mr.. Peterson said
in brief, that the extension worker
is in the work for the good that he
can do and not for the mere dollar.
The money consideration is only a
means of living, but that the spirit
of the worker is far ahead of the
present and always working for the
betterment of rural conditions and
always ready and willing to serve
the people. And that all funds spent
for extension work will reap hum
dred-fold harvest.
Miss Bess M. Rowe, state leader
Of home demonstration agents, then
addressed the conference on the sub
+ tject of Relationship Of Home Demon
stration Agents to Community Life, -
giving in detail the many problems the
home demonstration agent helps to
solve in bettering home life conditions
through the farm bureau organization.
She brought out the fact that the
home demonstration agent is a COM
munity servant, bringing the best
known methods from the state col.
lege and U. S. department of agri-
culture to the farm home.
Miss Rowe's address was followed
by Miss Gertrude Erickson, district
supervisor of home demonstration
agents, giving a talk on s"The Devel-
opment of the Women's Part of the
Farm Bureau in Northeastern Dis.
trict.' Miss Erickson stated that wher
she started the work last March there
were only about seventy-five farm
bureau women members in the north.
eastern district and now there was
over one thousand farm bureau womer
members and that the work was get
ting on a sound basis and that there
were working committee women in ev
cry community.
J. C. Taylor, state leader of coun
ty agents, then addressed the con
ference on the subject of genera
Farm Bureau Development" stating
that despite general drouth conditions
throughout the state that the farm
bureau had continued to grow AM
that it had doubled it's membership
in the last year, and that every agri
cultural county in the state having
county agent had an active farm bur
eau. That the farm bureau growt]
had been slow but in going slow i
had laid good foundation and ha
been a real service to the farmer.
The second day of the conferenc
was taken up by individual confer
ences of the different agents with tn
state leader. Those in attendance a
the conference were as follows:
Miss Gladys Kyle, Sidney, hom
demonstration agent, Valley an
Richland counties.
Miss Barbara Heidner, Chinook
home demonstration agent, Blaine an
Phillips counties.
M. A. Torfinson, Chinook, count
agent, Blaine.
w. P. Stapleton, Malta, count
J agent, Phillips.
Murray E. Stebbins, Glasgow, cour