The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-21
Advises Farmers to Co.
operate and Advertise


things which affect their interests,
and ibis the National Federation Of
| Fam Bureaus is doing for the agIi-
cultural people Of the country.
At the close 81 his talk, a vote was
tpfcn as 30 whether the county bu-
reaC should unite with the National
/ Federation, and as it was unanimous
| ~ voted to do 50, it seems evident
| that Nj. COrnwalls address received
| %el eral approval. This closed the
| program and The meeting then adj
| Jculned, all feeling that the session
| had been an unusually interesting
| ana profitable one.
| The annual report OF County Agent
Leland A. w God in part il as foAWS:
Il herewith submit my 5th annual
| report as County Agricultural Agent
foo Caledonia County. 1t is with re-
9tet that | must say that it is to be
MY last in this connection. However,
IL my new duties, | expect to be held
To llgid accounting by the farmers
OF Caledonia county. This report IN
c!udes the work accomplished during
the period from January /, 1919 to
| june i, 1920.
During this period the follow
ms statistical information may show
hoN the time OF your agent was
| apent Fifty per cent Of the time
was spent in the field and fifty per
. cent in the Office. There were 1912
4 cell. ut the Office either personal Or
BIZ telephone; t847 letters were writ
! ten, ) demonstration meetings were
| held with an attendance OF 1903; AZ
meetings were held with an attend
! ancr OF 2050; 26 other meetings were
| held with an attendance OF 1906;
about $4,000 circular letters and
| Farm Bureau News were mailed out.
| Travelling was divided as follows:
| 3G4G miles by train. 1921 miles by
/, auto and 400 miles by team. Yherc
| wa 500 farm visits made, II con
II fcIcnces held and 7 visits at demon
1 STATIONS.
FARM BUREAU EXCHANGE
! The Farm Bureau Exchange was
| organized June 26, 1913. 1t has been
found necessary to do an immense
II amount of educational work in con
! nectiOn with the exchange IN order
10 show the farmers that 4 coOpera-
1 tive institution must be run as such
i. ana not as a speculative organiZa-
ticn. II was found necessary during
tho wear to increase the capital stock
from 5,000 TO $4,000. The exchange
has done Il business OF approximate
III ~ 100000 during the year. 1t has
resulted in saving the farmers large
amount of money and has had a re-
rarkabc effect in stabilizing the
prices charged BY local dealers.
FARM MANAGEMENT
Under this project rs account
books were placed in the hands OF
tanners. Many OF them were assist
| Cd in getting their accounts started
/! Accounts were summarized during
| tho yea. for 10 farmers. Several
| d9vs were spent summarizing and
.ridving the set of cost accounts
| Irnt bv he president of the Farm
| Borcau and also in starting another
! sar Of accounts
ORGANIZATION
The organization work has consist
| el of rendering assistance to the
women in organizing the Home
1 demonstration Department Of the
II Farm Bureau 80 that they could Sc
III cure Il Home demonstration agent.
In some sections there has been a
| need. also for personal work in re
GARD to the increased membership
| fec, in order to explain the necessity
| for raising the dues to many mem
bCrs who were not present at the an
| nual meeting. In spite Of the fact
| that the dues were doubled the mem
Il bcrehin has increased
RURAL CREDITS
| A number of farmers have been
/! assisted in securing loans through
| the Farm Loan Association. Up to
| the present time about $4,000 in
! | loans have been closed in Caledonia
| Country Farm Loan Association.
DAIRY PROJECT
| The Dairy Project includes work
with she Caledonia County Jersey
| Club Cow Testing Association and
| New ENGLAND Milk Producers AS
ISOLATION. The work with The Gale
II donia County Jersey Club consisted in
/ helninp the directors make plans FOR
then annual meeting and securing
| sneakers. One new Cow Testing AS.
ISOLATION was organized in the vici-
nity Of ST, Johnebuy.