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expected to pay the adviser's expenses while on this trip. Any 

 working funds for such items as advertising, contests, displays in 

 the office, etc., must be furnished by the county. In short the 

 county should allow at least $500.00 a year to cover all incidentals. 



8th. To assist in raising and administering the incidental 

 fund and to be of general help to the farm adviser, there should be 

 formed in every county a county farm bureau. It is this organiza- 

 tion that is the actual head of the farm-adviser project in the 

 county. It is the members of this bureau that the adviser works 

 with and through, and from this group of men comes the spirit 

 for better agriculture that ultimately makes the success of the 

 movement. 



It is not advisable for the organizers of the bureau to complete 

 its organization, appoint permanent officers, or adopt a constitution 

 until the adviser has started his work. Its officers and directors 

 should aid, counsel and encourage him and he should have a hand 

 in selecting those who can best act in this capacity. 



It should be emphasized in all cases that under no circum- 

 stances will a membership to the bureau, a donation or a subscrip- 

 tion in any form, give any individual a special claim to the services 

 of the farm adviser. He must be free at all times to carry on the 

 work as directed by those in, charge, and cannot under any con- 

 ditions or circumstances be at the beck and call of those who have 

 given a dollar or five hundred dollars. It can be generally under- 

 stood, however, that the adviser will work with those who want 

 him to work with them, of course never bothering those who do 

 not want him; and a good way for a farmer to be sure that the 

 adviser understands his wants is to pay his dollar and join the 

 farm bureau. After he has answered all the calls and requests 

 from the bureau members, then he will naturally turn to those 

 who desire his services but who have not seen fit to support the 

 work with the bureau membership fee. 



The order in which farm advisers are assigned to counties ap- 

 plying for them will be determined by the completeness with which 

 the following conditions are met: 



1. The judges of the county court should agree to appropriate 

 from the county's funds sufficient to pay the county's part of the 

 salary of the farm adviser. This will in no case be less than 

 $1,000.00 per year, and in many cases more. 



2. A fund of at least $500.00 per year — more is often required 

 — must be raised in, addition to the salary of the adviser for the 

 incidental expenses of running and maintaining the farm bureau. 



