The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-29
COMMUNITY QUESTIONS
SERVICE, COOPERATION

are giving.
Are you and is your communit,
lined up on a money-making, money
saving, well balanced and far reaching
educational program?
Can a farm, a business organiza,
tion or a farmers organization func
ton without a well defined, we'll bal
anced program?
Are your community officers giving
the service they should?
Are you putting OUT anything
to make your community organiza-
ton a success?
Has your community a crop pro-
ject leader?
Has it a consistent and dependable
supply of pure seed? Does your crop
man make available all information
he receives relative to pure seed, ap-
proved seed, home made tillage imp
lements, grain grading, smut control,
rust control, ETC.?
Has your community a farmer with
at least one of each kind of home
made tillage implements?
Do all the farmers in your COM
munity know everything about rails
ing corn in Northeastern Montana?
Are you conducting a corn variety
test? Have you a boy who should be
in the Corn club or on the corn judg-
ing team? Have you a registered
alfalfa grower in your community?
Has your community conducted any
forage crop or pasture demonstra-
tons?
Have you a gopher poison distrib-
utor and is he supplied with cheap
bait?
Did you get rid of your ~jackrabbits
last winter at practically no cost?
Do you know if many g~rasshopper
eggs were laid in your community
last fall, if so, how to get poison and
control them?
Is your boy getting the benefit of
the Sow and Litter club? Dc you
know that a boy must be either in
the Sow and Litter club or the Corn
club to be eligible to attend the boys
camp this summer?
Do you know anything about a
baby beef club and their success in
corn communities?
Has your girl entered the Garment
Bread club now going on?
How about the poultry, car you
Gull and can the boarders? Have
you a poultry demonstration farm in
your community? Do you know how
to feed, finish, pack and dress poul-
Try for market?
Does your community get quota
ions from several different markets?
DO you know that corr finished
turkeys will go one grade higher than
my other finish?
Do you belong to your livestock
Cooperative shipping association, if
have stock to ship, if not why not
Do you use the exchange list in
he Extension News either to buy or
ell? Do most of the farmers in
our community keep farm records?
you realize the value of these
ecords in determining your cost and
utting down your expensive and
isky farm operations?
Do you know that regardless of
onditions and prices the cheapest
roducer will be the big moneymaker?
Ask yourself the above questions
gain. If you are not getting favor
BILE from the above ques-
.ons that are applicable to your COM
you are not operating to
our fullest degree of efficiency and
are not taking the best advantage
f your county organization, the
arm Bureau or Extension Service.
Do you know that communities in
counties and states are taking
apid strides in all of these projects
nd organizations and that we must
nix or swim. What are we going
do? Do you know that a man who
oes not work with or cooperate with
r take advantage of such organiza-
ons is generally a most severe critic
ecause he don't know what he is
liking about or what is going on.
his mar is generally the one who
pes not get along with most of his
eighbors.
If you are not getting service in
.ost of the above things in question
is someone's fault, either your own,
our community, committeeman, pro-
leader or county agent.
Let's tighten up the leaks in our
meetings. And above all
oes your community have a spirit
fellowship and cooperation?
Mr.. Babson states that Jesus of
azereth was the greatest economist
at ever lived, that He taught His
that THE prosperity of each
dependent upon the prosperity of
and we can help ourselves only
we help others"
Use the above questions as a check