The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-11
WEEKLY FARM NOTES
(By County Agent Hensley.)-.
Southeast Missouri County Agents
Hold Conference at Sikeston

Hold Conference at Sikeston
County Agents from eleven coun- 1
ties in Southeast Missouri met at
Sikeston on Thursday and Friday of
last week to discuss problems of gem
eral interest. The following program
was taken up and discussed;
RETIREMENT OF FARMsBUREAU'
AND COUNTY AGENT WORK
(a) Membership Campaign; (by
Keeping the Executive Committee on,
the Job; (c) Community 0rganiza-i
ton; (d) Written Projects; (e) Fol-
lowing Program; ~ Farm Loan As
ISOLATION and Farm Bureau; (g) Re-
lationship of Farm Bureau to M. F.
B. A.; (h) Cooperative Buying and
Selling; ID Hog Cholera Control; I'D
Hessian Fly Control; (k) Federation
Southeast Missouri Farm Bureaus;
W County Exhibits at Sikeston Fair;
I'M Office Help; (n) Improving Re-
ports; (o) Follow-up Records; (p)
Relationship of Farm Bureau, County
Agent and College.
PUBLICITY
(a) Local Newspaper--Kind of Ma
terial Wanted.
(b) Farm Bureau News-1. News
VS.. Exposition; 2. Advertising; g.
Photographic Material; A. Exchange
Column; 5. Circulation; 6. Accumulat-
ing News Items; T. Editorial Page.
(c) Publicity Through Other Or
CARNATIONS.
I'D Making Meetings Successful
/. Advance Advertising; 2. Co-opera-
ton; 8. Conducting the Meeting; a.
Follow-up of Meetings.
Mr.. A. l. Foard, former County
Agent of this county, presided at the
Conference, assisted by A. d. Folker,
Assistant County Agent Leader in
Northwest Missouri. AS you will no.
tice from the program of work, the
County Agent Conferences are simply
efficiency schools for the agents. In
holding these Conferences, the Coun-
ty Agents are following out their own
recommendation in trying to get
farmers together to talk over their
problems and to get new ideas from
each other.
Community Meetings
Cross Roads community will meet at
the schoolhouse Saturday night, April
18th.
Copenhagen community will meet at
the Copenhagen church Tuesday night,
April 18th.
Gave Springs, or Sink Hole, COM
munity will meet at the schoolhouse
Saturday night, April 10Th.
The County Agent will be at these
meetings and will make it point to
bring other interested Farm Bureau
members along with him.
Spray Your Apple Trees Now
The majority of apple trees are now
ready for their first fruit spray. If
any question in starting your spray
ing work arises, call the County Agent
and he will help you out.
Home Demonstration Department
The Copenhagen Sewing Club will
meet at the home of their leader,
Miss Helen Rost, Saturday, April 18th.
The Hazel Run Sewing Club will
hold its first meeting Wednesday,
April 10th, 2.30 D. M, at the Lambeth
school. Miss Ollie Porterfeld is the
leader of the club.
Inc sewing cluD recently orRaiuleu
at French Village will hold its first
meeting Thursday, April 18th. Miss
Bernice AuBuchon is the leader.
The Copenhagen Canning Club will
meet with their leader, Mrs. C. B.
Denman, Saturday, April 10th.
The Primrose Homemakers' Club
will hold their monthly meeting Thurs
day, April 18th, at 80 p. M, at the
home Of Mrs. Morris Jones.
The women of French Village will
meet Thursday, April Gath, at the
Hall. They will discuss the use and
alteration of patterns.
Miss Mary Robinson, Clothing Spe-
cialist from the University, will be in
the county April 18th to May 3rd, in
elusive. The schedule of her meetings
will be given next week.