Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-03-15
WORK THE COUNTY
AGENT Does
Some People Wcnder Just What the
County Agent Does and What
He Puts in His Time At.
HAS STRENUOUS PROGRAM
ON EVERY WEEK


Sometimes people wonder just wha
the County Agent puts his time il
at and just what he is supposed tC
do. A report of last weeks work
will undoubtedly give the public an
idea of the work of a county agent
On Monday material was gotter
together for the Farm Bureau Tx.
change which is published ead
month. This exchange was siS
page, eighteen column issue, giving
some details of the work of the
state federation, the marketing COM
mittee, hints on different items OF
farm work.
On Tuesday pruning demonstra-
ton was put on mile and a half
south of Ridgeway. On account of
the impossible roads the Agent went
on the train to Ridgeway and walk
ed to the place of meeting. Thirty
five people were present and ar
A"i'S 'SShiShtS NSiS Iiciuc W lOIH lNO
spray rings, each composed of five
men and spray materials were order
ed to take care of ten orchards as
well as the spraying equipment for
the two rings.
On Wednesday meeting was held
in Washington township where a
farmer had been having serious diff
ficulty with disease in his flock of
III regard to the control Of the dis
ease had been sent to him about a
week beforehand and the disease was
we'll under control by the time the
meeting was called. Fifteen inter-
ested farmers and poultry raisers at
tended this meeting. After lunch
another pruning demonstration was
conducted at a home two miles dis
tance. How, when, and why to
spray and what materials to use was
discussed as we'll as the value of
using certified potatoes for seed
About sixty-fve people attended this
meeting.
On Thursday the Agent and Mrs.
Dack were in Fremont township for
the orchard and dress form work.
An all day community meeting with
sixty-five people present was held
In the evening a community meeting
was held at Steen Henderson's in
Orleans township with an attendance
of between $50 and 200 people. A
general good time was enjoyed anC
topics of interest to all were dis
cussed. Reverend Norman and Rev
erend Wells were present and gave
interesting addresses and two of the
schools of the township assisted IL
making the program interesting.
On Friday pruning work was con
Quoted at Orlando Bakkes in Frank
vile township and two dress forms
were made by the women present
Mrs. Dack assisting in the work
About forty-fve people were present
and all went away feeling that the
day had been profitably spent.
On account of the conditions of the
roads the work was seriously handi'
capped and transportation had to be
mad by train, autos in a few cases
buggies, spring wagons and lumber
wagons, but the four days work re-
suited in the holding of six meetings
with a total attendance of four hun
dred people.
Saturday was a busy day in the
office, having twenty callers, writ
ing fifteen letters, and addressing the
Farm Bureau Exchanges.
A total of forty-fve callers were
received in the office during the week
and forty personal letters written as
we'll as three circular letters with a
total circulation of three hundred and
twenty-five letters, and the 1,5OO
Exchanges mailed out.
Arrangements were made with
twenty farmers to use certified seed
potatoes for a test plot this year
This ought to be a good demonstra-
ton of the value of these potatoes
compared with the home grown.