Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

and eggs and greenstuffs. until they
outgrow all the ills that flesh is heir
to because it eats too many pancakes
before the age of adolescence;
THE GREATEST OF ALL
Bringing it to pass that farm child
rem learn the farming business and
(Which naturally folows) learn to like
il, and so remain in the country and
become charter members of the cffic-
lent agricultural population of the next
generation.
Oh. these are only hints, of course.
The University of Idaho extension di-
vision In 1919 has been helping Idaho
farmers kill squirrels and rabbits and
sparrows and grasshoppers; it has been
helping them sell their wool and their
lambs and their steers and their hay:
1t has been helping them find feed for
their livestock, build storage cellars for
the fruit. improve the grade of their
wheat, standardize their potatoes, buy
purebred bulls, put in irrigation and
drainage systems. fight epidemics of
Influenza among horses and of small
pox among people--in a word helping
them in everything they wanted to do
to help themselves.
IN A NUTSHELL
Helping them 40 everything they
want To do to help the!nselyes-that
as the secret of success of the whole
VI II Sots mo tdCn coiu-
munity, asks the people their prob
lens, helps them to study, encourages
them to organize and choose their own
leaders-and invites them to make use,
as literally as possible, of the dew"
The Increase II effectiveness and
scope OF the organization has been oue
OF the marked achievements of 1919.
While we have called this increasing
the popularity and effective distribu-
ton of dew, 1t really refers to the thor
oughness with which the orga MIA ton
comes into contact with all the com
munities and the state and functions
there.
WORK EXPANDING
So far as the formation of county
farm bureaus was concerned that pro-
cess was pretty well completed a year
ago, with 80 counties organized. But
the significant fact is that the organi-
zation of new communities has con-
tnued in the old counties and the en-
listing of new membership has con-
ttnued in the old communities, and the
finding of new community committee
men, has continued among the Old
membership. The following table,
therefore, shows greater proportion
ate increase in membership than in
communities organized. and greater
increase in number of community com
mitteemen than In membership, com
pairing 1919 with 1918:
1877 1918 1919
Membership ..... 5000 5000 1900
Communities ......... 300 800 GOO
Committeeman 600 1900 Zoo
Counties .,...,. l6 81 SO
All this Is new development in the
state. The first county agent was en-
ployed only as recently az 1913. and
the first county farm bureau was not
Organized until 1916. At the close
OF the REORGANIZATION campaign in the
spring of 1919 there were 50 farm bu-
reaus with 33 agricultural agents EN-
ployed and a membership of 1900
farmers, as indicated above. Organi-
zation recently of the Boundary coun-
ty farm bureau brings the total to 80.
and several more counties are ready to
fall In line. SO that 1t Is expected a
complete touch with all agricultural
sectjons OF the state soon will be es
tablished.
10000 MEMBERS
With the completion, about two
months hence, OF the 1920 reorganiza-
ton campaign. It Is expected that farm
bureau membership will total 10000 in
the state, with $500 community COM
mitteemen enlisted In active leader
ship in the solving of their local prob
ems
While the creation OF this organiza-
tion Is spectacular enlargement OF
the university campus that appeals for
. chilly to the imagination, 1t should not
b. forgotten that activity is initiated
from both ends OF the system. The
county agent II hired under a coopera-
tive agreement entered into by the
<o,1btv commissioners and the exccu-
tif% * Irsuittee OF the county farm hu-.
rcau viii the director o. extension.