Farm Bureau Work in New York State for 1914 21 11 

 Principal Items of Expense of Farm Bureaus in New York 



Salaries 



Traveling expenses 



Office rent* 



Stenographic help 



Office equipnient 



Printing 



Telephone and telegraph 



Automobiles (purchase costs) 



Automobile repairs and maintenance . 



Livery 



Equipment purchased 



Expert help 



Home economics 



Miscellaneous 



1914 



total 



,826.56 

 4,261.71 



4.935-75 

 6.169.33 

 2,087.96 

 2 , 606 . 40 



929.25 

 4-876.35 

 6,707.24 



935 20 

 1,081.73 

 1,250.36 



Total . 



2,150.16 



$82,818.00 



1915 



Total 

 (estimated) 



$53,810.00 

 4,925.00 

 5,963.00 

 8,825.00 

 I , 790 . 00 

 3,674.00 

 1,314.00 

 2 , 430 . 00 

 8,485.00 

 857.00 

 1,915.00 

 1,378.00 

 1,350.00 

 I, 945 00 



$98,661 .00 



Per county 

 (approxi- 

 mate) 



$2 , 000 . 00 



1 80 . 00 



220.00 



325.00 



65.00 



13500 

 50.00 



315 00 



34.00 



1 80 . 00 



1 50 . 00 



$3,654.00 



* Includes value of offices furnished not cash as well as cash. 



In the case of practically every one of the bvtreaus the estimated resources 

 equal or exceed the estimated expenditures for the year 1915, showing 

 that the work is in a sound financial condition. The total expenditure 

 for farm bureau work in 19 14 was $82,818.30, while the receipts were 

 $91,234.68, leaving a net balance on hand January' i, 191 5, of $8416.38. 

 The total resources in 191 5 are $107,271.25, or an average of $3973 for 

 each bureau. The average estimated expense of conducting a farm 

 bureau in 191 5 is $3654, distributed about as follows: salary of manager 

 $2000, traveling expenses of manager $180, office rent $220 (not always 

 cash), stenographic help $325, office equipment $65, printing $135, tele- 

 phone and telegraph $50, automobile operation $315, livery $34, and 

 miscellaneous expenses $330. Nearly two-thirds of the total resources 

 are derived from local sources of which appropriations of the boards of 

 supervisors form the largest item, averaging $1490 per county. 



Each fami bureau manager makes weekly reports to the director of 

 the work done during the current week. This report includes a statement 

 of the number of farmers \nsited and the purpose of visiting them, a 

 list of meetings attended with the number of persons present, and a brief 

 statement of the general character of the work carried on during the week. 

 It enables the director to keep in close touch with the work in the counties 

 and to offer suggestions for the good of the work, and at the same time 

 it furnishes much valuable information, which is given to the general 

 public. Monthly financial reports, which include a summarized state- 

 ment of all expenses and of total receipts during the month and balance 

 on hand at the end of the month, are also made by the manager and the 

 treasurer of each bureau. 



Each manager also makes a semiannual report on July i. A summary 

 of these reports was made by the director at that time. The annual reports 



