St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-23
Advises Farmers 10 Co.
operate and Advertise
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F:lm Bureaus is doing Tor the a%Hl-
cultural people of the country
At the close OF his talk, Il vote was
t:len rs to whether the county btu
rcau should unite with the National
Federation, and is it was UNANIMOUS
/ ~ voird to do 30, ii seems evident
that III. CoInwall4 address rcct iVrd
.cl rral approval This closed the
/ ll"gram and the meeting then &d-
Jrllned, al feeling that the session
Lad been an unu> ually interesting
and profitable one.
The annual report of County Agent
Leland A. Wood in part is as follW>:
81 herewith submit my 9Th annual
| report a. County Agricultural Agent
TO- Caledonia County. 1t is with re-
set that | must say that it is to be
my las in this connection. However,
il. my new duties, ] expect to be held
t. Il rigid accounting by the farmers
o! Caledonia county. This report in
. clut!es the work accomplished during
| the period from January 1919 10
June |, 1920.
"During this period the follol;-
ing statistical information may shs "
low the time of your agent W.:
spent. Fifty per cent of the tiElc
was spent in the field and fifty II
cent in the office. There were 1G.2
c"lls at the Office either personal -
by telephone; 1847 letters were VT
tcn ) demonstration meetings W, Hc
held with an attendance of 1903; ~,
meetings were held with an attcn +
ancr OF 2030; 26 other meetings wrH'
held with an attendance of $50 j.;
about $4,000 circular letters ;..:t'
Farm Bureau News were mailed OF.
Travelling was divided Us follow:
AG4G miles by train 9231 miles b.
auto and 406 miles by team. Thee
wa 800 farm visits made, II col
fcrcnccs held and 7 visits at demol-
STATIONS.
| FARM BUREAU EXCHANGE :
The Farm Bureau Exchange W..
OF organized June 26, 1918. 1t has been
found necessary to do an immcn e
mount of educational work in ccl-
ntcton with the exchange in order
20 show the farmers that Il coopcrl-
TIVE institution must be run Is such
ana not as a speculative organiz.-
ticn. 1t was found necessary durii.. Z
he year to increase the capital stot k
from $4,000 to $4,000. The exchange
has done Il business Of approXimat, =
ly 100000 during the year. II h:.;
resulted in saving the farmers lar. q.
amount Of money and has had Il ~
n@rkahlc effect in stabiliZing tie
prices charged by local dealers.
FARM MANAGEMENT
Under this project rs accoun.
farmers. Many OF them were aSsis.-
cd in getting their accounts started.
Accounts were summarized dulin:;
the ycar for 10 farmers. Several
day, were spent summarizing AMI
studying the set of cost account,
kept by the president Of the Farm
Hurcou and also in starting another
so of accounts.
ORGANIZATION
The organization work has consi,' -
ca of rendering assistance to TIE
women in organizing tho Home
demonstration Department Of tE,'
Farm Bureau so that they could Sc
cure q Home Demonstration Agcn:.
In some sections there has been y
nocd, also for personal work in r.
gard to the increased MEMBERSHIP
fees in order to explain the NECESSITY
for raising the dues to many mem
btrS who were not pro sent at the am
rual meeting. In spite of The fact
that the dues were doubled the mem
bcr*hip has" increased.
RURAL CREDITS
A number of farmers have been
assisted in securing loans through