The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-10-06
SEE VALUE OF THE COUNTY AGENT

Those who saw the boys judging hogs in the
recent swine show were impressed that tney "e,e
learning something worthwhile The talks mace
bv Professor Mowery of the Lubbock high schooi
and County Agent J. W. Jennings OF LuDoueN
county were sensible and valuable. Attending
~. Pla;nv;ew livestock show were County Agents
Ware Of Swsher county. Wilson OF Floyd county
Jennings of Lubbock county. and Professor wow
srv instructor in agriculture in the Lubbock high
school. Counties three sides OF fiainView arc
finding county agent valuable thing TOT ''e
people of the counties served H. u ware Vi
ss,;shsr county Is an energetic. livewire business
man He acts as secretary of the lula Chamber
of Commerce assists the county livestock assooia-
,;or and ia generally helpful to the farming people
of his county They wouldn't be without nm. j.
W. Jennings close relative OF one OF our own
citizens. DR.. J. c. Anderson, is the county agen,
in Lubbock county. The esteem his people ho'1
h;r, IN and his continued employment in Lubbock
comfy speaks for the good work he is doing, |;
Scott Wilson was made county agent IN rloyo
-ountv after a referendum vote through pettions
circulated throughout the county to determine
whether county agent was wanted by inc ci'zens'
The farmers. practically to man signed the peti-
ton and the opposition was among dealers VINO
houobt farm products and those who sold com
modities which the county agent had assisted IN
bvv;no co-operatively. ust what Professor NOV
r.v il doing for the school boys and girls OF Lub-
boct county as an instructor in agriculture IN the
h;ah school can be done for the children OF Pain-
view HIGH school The good work OF the county
o.,, in the three counties named can just as well
be done in Hale county. The county agent plan IS
10 rxner;nent Fostered by the Federal Govern
ment co-operatively the agent is selected ne
must be accountable to the commissioners court oil
the county he will serve and only portion OF the
expenses is borne by the county. The citizens oil
Hale and other counties are paying more tnar
half what county agent will cost IN reoefai aho
Stat. taxes We can pay the other half and have
an agent which makes it a hfty-cent-on-the-doial
nroposition for us. We pay halt and get nothing
we can nav 4 900 more per annum and get tht
services of an agent When the people OF Hale
countys farms will give the question OF county
agent thoughtful consideration and will go into
the details of the proposition we believe that ther'
is scarcely man in the county who Will not faVo
the Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Those who have no agent and have opPor
,untv to see lust what good work they are doni
orasn at once the benefits to be derived from thu
agents work and for that reason it is clear to u
that the work in general is most Commentary '2
,b;ng and every county should have agent W.
believe it is a good investment, and we are OF I'M
opinion that the county commissioners should pu
this department back the payroll IN place
making individuals take Of the county par
of the work they doing this year y goo'
live county agent such as we now have ana
good live. competent home demonstration agen
as we had two years previous adds much 10 TN
educational advantages of our boys and girls ane
the women of the homes OF Lubbock and Lubbock
county The Avalanche is in favor OF replacing
both of these on the payroll OF the county