The Dairy Improvement Association 49 



committee of the County Farm Bureau Association and the 



Director of Farm Bureaus of New York, by the officers of the 



Dairy Improvement Association, tlie home office of the latter being at 



, New York, and by , Dairy Demonstration 



Agent. 



(2) The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding is to provide for 

 the joint cooperative conducting of a dairy imjirovement association and the 

 cooperative employment of a dairy demonstration agent approved by the 

 Director of Farmers' Institutes to do work witli such association and else- 

 where in County as hereinafter specified. 



(3) In consideration of the dairy improvement work liereinafter set forth 

 to be performed, the Director of Farmers' Institutes hereby agrees, subject 

 to legislative appropriation, that he will supply all members of the Dairy 

 Improvement Association and the Demonstration Agent with all necessary 

 blanks such as stable sheets and herd-record books; furnish experts to assist 

 in the organization and conduct of the work upon request of the Farm Bureau 

 Manager, paying the traveling expense of such experts to the county in wliich 

 work is done, conveyance and entertainment to be furnished by the County 

 Farm Bureau or by the Association, as the former may determine. 



(4) The INIanager of the Farm Bureau, subject to autliorization by the 



executive committee of the Farm Bureau Association and 



approval by the Director of Farm Bureaus, agrees to exercise close super- 

 vision over the work of the Dairy Demonstration Agent; to assist him at all 

 times in planning and carrying out his work; and to report promptly to the 

 other parties to this ^Icmorandum faiilure of said Agent to perform his duties 

 in an efficient and efl'ective manner. He also agrees to report the condition 

 of his associations to the Director of Farm Bureaus quarterly, or as the 

 latter may request, and to send duplicates of the monthly records of all cows 

 entered in Eegister-of-jMerit work to the Director of Farmers' Institutes. 



(5) The President of the Dairy Improvement Association 



agrees to see that the Demonstration Agent is furnished with necessary sup- 

 plies, such as Babcock tester, acid, and scales, and that there are sufficient 

 members in the Association to provide him a minimum of 24 days' work each 

 month at two dollars ($2) a day and board for himself and his horse. The 

 President further agrees to use his best efforts to secure the collection of 

 fees, not to exceed two dollars ($2) annually from each member, for the pur- 

 pose of providing the Agent with necessary supplies, and to see that all mem- 

 bers in the Association pay the Agent promptly for his services as above. 



(6) TTie Dairy Demonstration Agent agrees to follow the instructions as 

 published by the Director of Farmers' Institutes, and to report monthly in 



writing on blanks provided for the purpose to the Manager of the 



Farm Bureau and to the President of the Dairy Improve- 

 ment Association on the progress of his work. He further agrees not to 

 undertake any new lines of work without the official sanction of said Manager 

 and President. In counties where there is no farm bureau manager, the 

 Dairy Demonstration Agent agrees to report to a duly authorized repre- 

 sentative of the Bureau of Farmers' Institutes, who will otherwise perform 



