The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-10-20

Items of interest and importanc,
issued from the Office of the Dear
of Agriculture from time to time t
give timely information and repor
progress.
Editorial
The following definition of 9
County Agent is quoted from an ad
dress delivered before the annual
Farm Bureau Conference at Chica.
go, March 1919, by II. II. Crocheron
= Mr.. Crocheron comes from Californ.
ia where they have had several
years of successful experience in
handling Farm Bureau and County
Agent work. II is indeed interesting
to read what Mr.. Crocheron has to
say concerning this.
The County Agent
1.-THE farm advisor is placed in
the county for specific purpose,
which is to extend the knowledge
which the agricultural colleges and
experiment stations have gained
through the intensive research work
of the investigators who are behind
them. He is the field agent of the
agricultural forces of the nation.
farm bureau nor is he directed by
the farm bureau. but rather he is
maintained as closely as possible in
direct relation with the federal and
state governments. This is of the
utmost Importance.
, The value of the farm advisor to
the people of the county is in hav-
ing the unbiased judgment of an
official who does not represent a
local situation or local constituent
CIV, whose appointment and whose
term of office is not dependent up
on the favor of local politicians or
even of certain influential farmers,
but who represents the organized
agricultural forces of the govern
ment and the knowledge that they
rural life. His value to the people
is in precise proportion to the eX-
tent to which he knows and tells
the truth. His only function in
that county is to disseminate the
subject matter which has been slow
ly and painstakingly gathered by
the agricultural institutions, which,
like great factoies, are slowly but
surely grinding out the product of
the knowledge of life. He may ad-
wise the farm bureau upon its re-
guest as to the procedure which it
may best follow. He may cooperate
with IL and doubtless will cooperate
with ii on most of the projects that
il has under study, but in so doing
nc must be clearly defined as a gov
ernmental official who is working
for the benefit of the whole people,"
Animal Husbandry
1921 Hog Outlook
1t seems that there are fewer
hogs than one year ago, and evil ,
dence of their scarcity is the rise
in price to SIS in Chicago. With
corn dropping to $1.00 hog produc-
ton promises TO be profitable. 1t .
is not too late to add to the spring
crop of pigs by breeding another ,
SOW or gilt. The outlook is bright
er for the hog production in 1921
than it was in 1920.
Heavy Horses
The Experiment Station has just ,
Mares for students Judging work. 7
One of these mares, Marine, has -,
won the Grand Championship for .
Illinois Bred Percheon at the Illi- =,
nois State Fair, August "a. The !,
other mare is full sister and two 4,
years old. They are not of the ex-
IRENE heavy type; but are large .
enough of their age weighing a lit =,
tie less than 1900 pound each :
Agronomy ,
Where To Obtain Seed Wheat q,
The very short crop of wheat in
Kentucky this year caused a scarcity
of seed wheat i'm MANY sections In