The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-30
not sufficien fede5A and state funds
available undsr r Nv as enacted for
tho emn1ovma AMI. ~ full +;v,a NO., =,

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every county Of tie Emitted States, an,
since the work in the county wa:
in the interest ofssthe entire county i
seemed only logica1to ask the count,
and the farmers to help the fedora
government and state college Of agri
culture finance the work. The work
therefore, became essentially a public
work, financed for che most part from
the public funds, ana where this die
not suffice the. faf1rs were SO thor.
oughly convinced 10 it's value that
they went down In heir own pockets
and contributed toward the support OF
this. work which hadssbeen authorised
and in part financed by the national
and state governments
The farm bureau, therefore, as thus
developed, is practically public in
stitution, developed at the direct sug-
gestion of agents Of the government
for the purpose Of creating a channel
through which the practical results Of
research work Of the government
might with certainty reach the people
for wom it was intended.
Why did the federal and state gov
ernments develop such an organiza-
ton? Why did not they cooperate in
extension. work Directly with the
grange in counties where the grange
is strong or with the Farmers union
in counties where thu union is strong.
or with the EQUITY where tho enn;tv
is stronp7 Tho reason : e;mnlo
enough practicable Il, of these -. 10
secret organizations or arc exc,ns;vo
organizations. md since tho WORK of
the federal and ,s+a+o rovorn,oo,,+c =
financed by all the people and in the
interest Of all the people, these insti-
buttons felt the necessity of develop
ing q nonclass, nonsecret, noncommer-
cial, and permanent institution open
to all the farmers in the county.
through hich all could find express
sion and deal directly and in an orpa-
nizcd way with the state colleges and
federal department of agriculture.
Resides mono of tho f.rn,ors, orao
nizations with which tho aen,rtroen+
was acoua;ntcd had hecn deve,on,d
with the ;dea IF ax4one;on u,o,.k =,
mind and tho are,..5;of +,,a ,x.xa,.,,
mant, hes;tated tn +oka t,,n ,uorl. With
them or propose work to them which
would NECESSARILY involve re;,;rec.
ton of their organization. to sew moth
ing of the icalousies which might
have been created by apparent ia.
voritism in the selection of one orrani-
zation in preference to another.
The county farm bureau. therefore
was created as, and has become essen
TALLY 2 public institution very much
like college of agriculture. The
farm bureau is essentially an cduca-
tional and teaching institution
teaching institution primarily for
adults who have left school, and one
Of the highest type that the world has
ever seen on so large scale. The
teaching is done by the drawing-out
process. It is done by the filling-up
process. It is done by the people
themselves working as a full partner
with the trained agents of govern
ment, who in cooperation with these
trained agents develop programs of
out of their own needs.
who assign their own tasks. do the
work themselves, and thereby provide
FOR their own development in the only
way that anv neople ever has made
IF can make permanent progress.
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county verv much a. the aar;cn,+,,ra,
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nanv s+.ndno;,+s 49, .a,..t.
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cr;cul+nra win III - 49, ~
work done ont ~, +ha far,,, 49, So