The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-12-27
Farmers STRONG
FOR AGENT SERVICE
MEETING COMMUNITY REPRE-.
SENTATIVES VOTES TO Pc
TITION FOR CONTINUANCE :.

llIION COH CVNIlNU UANCE
At an enthusiastic meeting of rep
resentative farmers from all sections
Latah county, held Thursday after
noon at the Farmers Union hall il
this city, it was voted with but on,
dissenting vote, to put petitions IL
circulation through the leading farm
ers throughout the county, asking the
county commissioners to make ade
quate provision for continuing coun.
ty agent work in the county.
The meeting was called by a join
committee representing the farm bu-
reau, the Moscow Farmers Union and
the MOSCOW chamber Of commerce
for the purpose of organizing a cam
paign to secure a continuation of
county agent work in Latah county,
inasmuch as there had been rumors
of some opposition.
President of Union Presides
Arnold Lyon, president of Moscow
local of the Farmers Union presided,
and expressed himself as very posi-
lively in favor of continuation of the
service There were 80 farmers
present, and all were boosters for
county agent work with the exception
OF J. e. Gray Of Viola, who expressed
himself as in opposition.
Homer Garfield Of Harvard, pio-
neer farmer and former member of
the legislature, said that the people
in his community are 95 per cent
strong behind the county agent work
and would consider it a serious back
ward step were the work to be elm
mated.
J. B. Kitch, community leader in
the extension work at Deary, said
that he had canvassed the situation
pretty thoroughly In the Deary dis
trict and had failed to find one per-
son who was opposed to continuation
of county agent service for Latah
couty.
Sfevers Makes Plea
George Sievers, manager of the
Moscow Union Warehouse company,
made an exceptionally strong plea in
favor of the work, stating that the
county agent service was the one
point from which the farmers could !
start in an effort to help themselves !
He said that the county agents office !
had more than paid for itself in the
past, and that it would be of much |
more value in the future.
Charles Schoo1er of Genesee, pres
ident of the Genesee local of the
farmers union, said that the county
agent service had been worth much
to the Genesee community and that
t was backed by the leading farmers
n the community. R. E. Nordby,
also of Genesee, expressed the same
sentiment regarding the Genesee
George Davidson, prominent farm
sr of American Ridge, said that he
was familiar with conditions in the ,
southeastern part of the county, and !,
on American Ridge, and !
hat the people felt the work Of the r
county agent was of great value and !
wanted to see it continued. \
Figures Show Cost Light :
Figures which had been secured c
rom the office Of the county auditor =
howed the cost to the Individual .
axpayer of maintaining the office :
f county agent to be neglib1e. Of i
ZACH $100 in revenue raised the
ounty agent fund gets 35 cents. By
it was shown that roads q
nd highways get $23.02 of each $100 Il
nd special and general school funds
sceive 1914. For a representative
iece of land in school district No. "a
nd Moscow highway district No. 2,
{ each $100 raised through taxation,
le state gets $1951; current ex-
ense, $12.01; special and general W
ehool funds $39.40 and roads and -,
ighways get $2908. n,
The meeting was in session more ~
ian three hours and it was evident
that the farmers were g,
,ep1y in earnest in their desire to =,
,ntinue the county agent service and -,
ould look upon discrimination of ~
e service as a serious loss to agri- s,e ul
lture in the county. -