The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-01-25

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Extension Office Of said place of the
meeting long enough in advance te
permit notices of the meeting to be
sent on by mail.
:, (b) Providing the equipment. ma
terial or any cooperation necessary fol
/ any demonstration.
B. The County Extension Office:
1. Will mail to each person on the
lists of commodity producers referred
j to above, copies Of the grading rules
rules for the various commodities.
2. Will mail out notices Of meet
ing to be held for the interpreta-
ton of established State and Federal
grading rules; for the establishing of
grades and grading rules for COM
modities for which no State or FEEDER
al grades are established and for
demonstrating methods.
8. Will plan and conduct demon
strations where needed in conjunction
with the cooperator referred to in
Section A. 2, b, Of this agreement.
a. will see that speakers or demon
strators qualified to handle the sub
iect or demonstration are present to
conduct the meetings.
S. Will follow up the work by Sur
vey, or otherwise, to determine the
number Of individuals adopting the
practices recommended; the amount
Of the produce so graded and the IN
crease in market value due to the
grading.
p reject III
The strengthening Of Existing
Marketing Organizations:
It is expected that the educational
work done under Project I, will fur
nish the farmers with information
that will focus their attention on the
different methods Of rendering mar
keting services and that they will
then give their understanding support
to the marketing method that best
meets their needs.
Project Nv
Object: Survey Of market facilities
and conditions surrounding the plac-
| ing Of agricultural products on the
market in Benton County as to enable
the farmers to discover whether they
are making the fullest and most eff
ficient use Of present marketing or
ganizations and whether additional
marketing organizations are needed.
Plan Of Action:
TAI To list the acreage Of the crop
grown in the County in 1923.
(b) To list all organizations in the
County for the marketing Of agricul-
tural products, including their plan
of organization (profit making, nom
profit, private stock companies, CO.
operative stock companies, etc. their
methods of handling produce cash
buyers, commission basis, fixed pack
age charge, etc., their ware house
facilities and the markets to which
they ship the produce.
From the above data with the aid
of impartial market experts the pre-
sent and probable future market need
of the farmers Of the county can be
satisfactorily approximated.
Cooperative Agreement:
/. The Extension Service of the
State College will:
i (a) Prepare the QUESTIONABLE on the
marketing organizations and supply
the blanks for making the Survey.
i (b) Furnish the market experts to
analyze the data collected and draw
conclusions.
/ (c) The County Agent will supply
the cooperators in each community
with the blanks and instructions.
II. The interested organizations
will appoint sufficient cooperators t.
| (a) Complete crop census not
later than May Is, 1928 naming the
farmers in each community growing
each crop and the number OF acres
to be harvested.
! (b) Will see that the cooperator:
make the above mentioned Survey
and turn in reports to the Agricul'
tural Agent by May Is, 1923.
(c) See that properly qualified CO.
operators are selected to fill out the
QUESTIONABLE referred to above IN l
(a) of the Cooperative Agreement.
| III. Agricultural Agent:
| (a) Will forward the results OF the
survey and the filled out question
aires to the College.
(b) Will by calling meetings. al
wise the farmers as to the conclusion
reached from an analysis OF the sur
vey.
Little Spencer let no grass
grow under his feet, when uncle
came for a visit, before rushing
I'M with this: