Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-09-25
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ent. etc, whose salaries, fees anC
clerical assistance is fixed by law. II
overs maintenance of buildings anC
many other expenses. The road ant
bridge funds cover construction anG
maintenance. Demands for better
roads are becoming more insistant
every year. The poor must be taker
lcare Of. More than eleven dollars
out of every hundred goes for coun-
ty debts incurred years ago. Gradu-
ally this is being paid off and when
the debt is paid, taxes should be II
per cent less. A few items such as
the county fair, the library, the coun-
ty agent, and the county home dem
o%nstratiOn agent are not required by
law, but if all were dispensed with
would only reduce taxes about 2 per
cent.
Most Of the taxes go for schools.
The general and high school tax are
fixed by law and cannot be reduced
without a change in statute. The
largest single item in all taxes is
for the maintenance of the district
school. While the cost varies. on the
average it amounts to $500 out Of
every 500 taxes expended. The am
cunt of this tax is determined en-
tirely by its local people and not by
county or state officials. Sheridan
County taxpayers pay more than
half of their tax money for the ed
ucation of their boys and girls and
while the bill is high. they should
he complimented upon their desires
to properly equip their children for
LIES intensely competitive struggle.
County agent work is an additional
educational cost in many ways but it
also vitality influences farm life and
farm incomes.
WHAT COUNTY AGENT WORK
COSTS:
Salary $94.83 .......~.....-... $4,000
balance from Federal and State
Funds.)
Travelling Expense ............. 100000
Dem. Equipment ............... 5000
Office Supplies .......~-.--.~.... 100000
Clerk and County Agents
Office l2OO.UO
Total Sheridan Co. Costs $4,000
No special levy made for county
agent work but Sac out of each 500
taxes is taken from the general fund.
For each $1,000 assessed value
county agent work cost zoe.
For each 100 acres of tillable land
the cost is 30c.
For each 100 acres Of grazing land
the cost is Ice.
For each 100 head of cattle the cost
is &c.
For each 100 head of sheep the cost
is tic.
WHAT HOME DEMONSTRATION
WORK COSTS:
AS the Office, equipment, and cler-
ical assistance must be provided for
the county agents Office anyway, the
additional cost of Home Demonstra-
ton work is not so high. All her sal
airy is paid from federal funds and as
she works half time in Daniels Coun-
1 ty, her expenses are only $500 per
year. This amounts to but &c out OF
each 500 taxes expended and is ia
ken from the general fund.
COUNTY AGENT TRAVEL COSTS:
The County agent operates on a
budget. He can not spend more than
is allowed in that budget and he must
render an itemized account supported
by receipts. This account is audited
by the County Agent Leader to see
that the expenditures are in the best
interests of the work. The commits
sioners then go over the account and
make sure it is all right. There are
about 1900 farmers in Sheridan
County and while during the year
there is an average of about $500
callers at the county agents office,
he is essentially a field man, distrib-
uting squirrel poison, conducting de-
m~onstrations and tests, helping Al
Club boys and girls, inspecting shell
terbelts and hundreds of other jobs
that require travel. A copy from his
itemized statement indicates the var
led nature of his work.
March 6, Medicine Lake, Rodent
Control, bids for oats, plans for Tur-
kew Club, Shelterbelt applications
$500.
March IL, Redstone, Seed distribu'
ton, Potato Inspection, $2.05.
March 16, Raymond, Poison Dis
tribution, $500.
March 81, Dooley, Organize Al
Clubs, Livestock, $3.50.
March rs, Medicine Lake, Mix 60
pher Poison, Inspect ground for shell
ter belt, deliver poison, $7.70.
March 26, Redstone, Crops ant
Livestock Meeting, $4.70.
March 26, Redstone, Cropss ant
Livestock Meeting, $3.50.
April 2, Coalridge, Seed sales, weet
control, rodent control, $500.
April 8, Dagmar, Poison distribu
it, All C,r.,o~ C1,h &c On