The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-05-20

County Agriculture Agent Decided t.
N, Remain After f.' Talking With
. I. Farm Bureau Members

Us. & l#.s5 HIS Farm Bureau Members .3s Y
l u A. L. Norling Mclean County Ag-
riculture Agent, met with the organ
ization committee Of the County Farm
\ Bureau Friday evening at the court
y house and there discussed the resig-
nation. which Mr. Norling had pre-
4 viously handed to the County Com Com
missioners. !, ig s.,t 4. 57s5s r ~ +,
The report of the meeting is very
I. pleasing to the farmers Of the scoun-
~. for the result was, that Mr.. Nor
ling will remain in the county. The
committee decided to putA the work
Dn a permanent basis and intend to
/ petition the commissione to that
s end. The men realize the value of
an agent andw. hat an agent can, do
/. for tile county. In this issue is an
]. article from the president Of the
committee telling Of the meeting: .,s3
Ia discussing the work Of. the agent
a representative Of the Leader had
MI. Norling outline the work he had
done since he ha dben in the county
The outline. he gave is just the ma
/ jor work as performed. The Co,
Z pher Work can be said to have been
the biggest job. When Mr.. Norling
came into thee ounty, it was alive
with gophers. Hundreds Of them on
every quarter section: Today, how
ever, it is hard to see a single gopher
after miles Of driving through the
8 country. The Gopher Work has saved
thousands tsof dollars for the farmers
q OF the county, by the saving, Of grain
which would have been, DESTROYED.
i sThis.is good example Of what can
( bes accomplished when there is an or % = 4
ganized method to the work. And the,
organization was only perfected thru
the efforts of Mr.: Norling 81
Another good Wrk he mplished
was the Grasshopper Work This work
was similar to the Gopher Work. in.
shat, Ii saved the farmers crop from
being destroyed by grasshopp ppers. Uu- Y
der Mr.. Noriing was q corps Of will
ing workers, who at his direction
handled the poison in different parts .ts'.
OF the county. The result was q Sc
vera Ell. blow dealt to, the grasshop oppers;
lrf I, - 81 49,
and hundreds Of acres Of crops saved.
These two works we're direct re
suits for the farmes. Other works
are the Wool Growers Association:
and 5theE xchange List. The Wool
Growers Association was organized
last year and affiliated with; the. state
organization. The result was Il the
members could ship their wool col
slectiyelys and thereby get "a higher,
price for it. It was shipped from. one: !:
point at one time to 9 poor at Fargo:
there \ man hired bys the state organ.
1zation saw that the farmer as an I'M
s;dividuall received fair treatment.
The Exchange List, q new work
/ that Mi. Norling has Just entered IN A.
10, is proving to- be bene eaciaI to the.
/ farmers who are taking adya1lt :of4 q
III. The work is merely getting to-
gether the farmer who has omething]
,.to sell and the farmer who wants 4 to
! buy it and Yisayis, At present Mt: 4 4.
{ $NoIling has 200; farmers who have
sent snl sin q list of articles; they have to
% !4,sseli. q The list. included live stock Of
ali Kinds, arm machine and feeds 6 q
ana seeds. hen i ever = part rites 'a'
to Nj Norling foi taain 4 article
gM sorling looks SoYre the list and nd
send is the party aslist sot the names eaas
sj;of the FARMERS ~ I'M the count Who
=,av,e ii for sale This nethod, s. lots
ois cases, the time and a
n money ands iyss him rs ins1 a:
i ssssprect the sarti wishes buy.
hsrreS before hes inigh send into GA
otber sSsta te fot. same thing and
then VI might not bes as good cost.
HIN more, expenses:
,s added h N M lI y
\ ililll stiimllaf 81 TIL value q Il go0ds
sss.,lils soiisS 81 asee "a,
chans farmer the tl N
hit alYierage ~ 90 an. aIs
tIcl M l pndrred rd them il!'l
7rreeprssen 300 Stte la' lneII
lit would thel
count M toes esther could VEL
300 Son cles they l. have st5l',| toI
ssslI III III II tpestion butI
every ner can get n bnyerll
his prop neV 1'll st hsrss| rls|
a1ds him. 4
|slirlg ~ q I ollniJ 81 sdesIf
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