The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-05-14
COORDINATION OF
EFFORT is aim
NORTH IDAHO COUNTY AGENTS
AND SPECIALISTS WORK TO GET
BEST RESULTS FOR FARMER

coordination or eHOrt between the
county agents of north Idaho and the
specialists and other district and state
extension workers, was the keynote
of the conference of county agents
and extension workers, held Satur-
day afternoon in Morrell hail. at the
University of Idaho. The meeting was
called by w. B. Kjosness of Boise,
state agent leader, who was present.
County agents present were r. N.
Irving, Kootenai county; Carl Gray
son, Idaho county; W. w. Skuse, Nez
Perce county; o. S. Fletcher, Latah
county. District workers in attend
ance were H. A. Stone, district leader
of boys and girls clubs, and Miss
Clara Cowgirl, district home demons
tratiOn agent. E. B. Perkins, field
assistant in the bureau of biological
survey, whose work is along rodent
control lines, was present, as was
also Reno Banks, northwest field man
for the National Hereford Breeders
association, and Dean E. j. Iddings of
the college of agriculture at the uni
verSity.
CO-OrdinatiOn Is Planned
A complete plan was worked out for
the north Idaho counties to get the
most efficient results in utilizing the
various specialists and other district
and state federal extension workers,
for work in the various counties A
tentative schedule for work in the
various counties when these visits
occur, was worked out, so that there
may be the least possible loss of time
Special attention was given to boys
and girls club work, which is carried
on by the county agents in co-epera-
tion with Mr.. Stone, district leader.
and to working out plans to interest
md rf,~Ics
course, which will be given at the
University of Idaho, June IL to %.
Boys and girls from the northern
counties will be given special inten-
s1ve training under the regular uni
versity faculty, in the various projects
in which they are especially inter
ested.
Discuss Auditing System
Inc matter Of a uniform reporting
system for county agents and other
workers was discussed, so that the
public funds might be properly safe
guarded and uniform reports made.
THESE reports are first sent to Boise
for auditing at the offices of the ex-
tension division, before they go to the
commissioners of the various counties.
where they are passed upon.
MIR. Banks, representing the Here
ford Breeders association, explained
liz WI n WiiSh AiiS dSSOCidjlOn SA-
poets to do in the northwest, and
stated that special effort would be
made to aid in developing boys and
girls clubs, a number of which have
been organized in Latah county in
the past year with excellent results
Lewiston Fair Plans
Bert Savage, secretary of the Lew
iston commercial club and of the Lew
iston-Clarkston Tri-State fair, met
with the county agents and told of
the plans for the 1928 fair which will
be held the week of September TO-
He stated that boys and girls club
work will be featured at the fair,
and asked the cooperation of the
county agents in interesting the boys
and girls. The only general open
classes in livestock at the fair this
year, Mr.. Savage stated, will be on
hogs. The National Duroc associa-
ton is placing the free-for-all Duroc
futurity in the Lewiston show and the
Poland China association will hold
the Idaho state futurity at the
Lewiston fair. This has formerly
been a feature of the state fair at
Boise.
The reports of the various county
agents showed increasing co-opera-
tion on the part of the farmers In
the several counties and excellent re
suits, especially in counties where the
county agent work has been carried on
for some time.