Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-13
COUNTY AGENT
WILL TAKE ON
MORE DUTIES
To Direct Work Among
Men, Women and Juniors
Under New Plan

After January l. the county asri-
cultural agent, club agent and home
demonstration agent will be no more
In North Dakota, and their places
VIII be taken by the county extern
sion agent" whose duties will include
all three branches of, agricultural OK
tension work, according to Gordon
w. Randlett. director Of the North
Dakota extension division OF, the Agri-
cultural college.
y. B. Morris, Grand Forks county
agent, at the present time directs agri-
cultural work only among the men.
Until recently the county club work
among children was directed by Miss
]Iiva Cronk, and tho county demon
*tration work among ONE by Miss
Grace DeLong, who cared for the
three counties of Grand Forks, Walsh
and Pemhina.
I'VE are putting into operation a
new plan Of organization" explained
Mr.. fandlett. Hitherto agricultural
extension work has been split into
;hree classes, for men,. women and
iGn'ors, and carried on by three diff
;erent types of field agents, they coun-
~ agricultural agent, club agent and
homo demonstration agent, whose eff
forts have been directed by three state
leaders. Some counties have employed
ope of these types Of agents, some two,
and others three. The result is that
in some counties extension work has
been carried on for men only, in
others for juniors only, and in some,
for just the m
May Have Assistants.
Under the new plan, the, county ex-
tension agent will carry on all three
types of work in proportion to the de-
mand from the residents Of his coun-
ty. In most counties We have had
a demand for all three types of work,
but as a rule~the county commission
ers have felt that they could not afford
to hire all three types of agents. We
believe the new plan of organization
will give a much better balanced pro-
gram of agricultural extension work
in each county where an agent il
employed. Counties with large areas
or dense populations may employ as
sistants to. the county extension agent
and it is anticipated that a number
will do so. 4.
THE personnel in the state ofic,
will remain the same, but changes
have been made in the duties of tn.
various individuals, principally tn,
elimination of the Offices Of STATE
county agent leader, state club leade
and state home dem onstration leader
Inc corps OF specialists VINO nelp tn
county extension agents will he know
as state extension agents. They in
clude two agents In farm management
two in clothing, two In human nutri
ton. and one each in agrononly
dairying, poultry, home Management,
pathology, animal health, liyestocl
and marketing.
Two Glasses OF Work.
The work OF supervising 1el,
agents will be divided int two classes
business administration and projec
work. John W. Haw, former stat
county agent leader, will DO the stat
leader in business administration. H
will be assisted by N. p. Gormar
former assistant county agent leade,
The state supervisor Of projects TO
mems work will be F.. A.. Wilson
former Cass county agricultural agen'
Mrs. Myrtle Cole, former state HON
demonstration leader, will be stat
-. supervisor of women's work, an
Henry E. Killing, former state clu
leader, will have supervision of tn
junior work." F..