The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-06-02
TELLS
OF LATAH COUNTY
Writes Lead Aftical For The
Idaho Farmer.

1.-The Idaho Farmer" Idaho's
weekly farm magazine, carries as its
lead story IN the issue of May l8,
1922 an article by o. S. Fletcher,
Latah county agricultural agent,
entitled cooperative Extension
Service Gets Results The state
menr is made that "Latah county
farmers cooperate with the county
agent and specialists tor worth
while achievements.
Mr. Fletcher IN his able and inter-
esting story tells the history OF the
remarkable growth of the Latah
county farm bureau since 1918. Por-
tions of Mr.. Fletcher's article fol-
low:
County agent work, or coopera-
tive extension service, In Latah
county was started in 1918 with the
organization of the county farm
bureau and. so far as possible has
always been carried on through that
organization. The Latah county
farm bureau was organized to CO.
operate with the University of
Idaho, the state experiment station
and the United States department
of agriculture in Latah county, and
the development of the farm bureau
and county agent work have gone
forward together.
when the writer took up his
duties as county agent for Latah
county IN September, 1918. he found
a tarm bureau with a membership
of 242, out with no regularly organ
ized communities and no community
programs of work. The county pro-
gram of work was organized as
temporary one. From that time the
work has gradually grown until IN
1921 there were "a communities reg
ularly organized for county agent
work. The "a communities adopt
ed an average OF five different lines
of work, SO that a total of l20 local
projects were adopted for the last
year. One hundred and zine farm
ers lead these 120 local projects,
some men leading in two projects.
Lines OF work taken up IN each COM
munlty, the aim being to work on
projects that were of the greatest
local Importance. Farmers of each
community decided upon the work
for that community and selected
their local leaders. The county
S program of work was composite of
!. the community programs of work
e Pest control, grain standardiza,
S ton, weed control, live stock i'm,
t provement and poultry improve
D ment management are the chief
d projects OF the farm bureau and CO.
n opertive extension service IN Latat
J. county. The first three of these
y were part of the temporary program
:, adopted in 1913 and became a part
n OF the regular program as soon al
l. the various communities organized
and adopted projects. Land clear
ing, potato improvement and croK
reporting have also been adopted al
projects. Much work is done eact
:, year that does not fall under any ot
these projects and is designated al
miscellaneous A complete re
view of the work done during tn,
= last tour years on these proJect
, would take more space than can b'
- . devoted to this article. so work re
- viewed will be mainly that dont
= during 1921.
- ''In the work that has been car
rled on during the past four year
the county agent has been gwen al
possible encouragement by tn
assistance and encouragement b,
rs the progressive farmers of tn
d county, the executive committee o
If the county farm bureau, the boar,
g of county commissioners, and tn
Il administrative division and colleg
ct of agriculture of the University 0
.e Idaho. The results that have beel
d. obtained could net have been achiey
k, ed without this cooper ation.'
S. "