304 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



work of the Colleges of Agriculture and of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. He must be a man who can 

 meet people easily and win their confidence and he must 

 also be a natural leader and organizer. 



A Community Movement. — The success of the county 

 agent movement in any particular county depends a great 

 deal on the ability of the man selected as agent, but it 

 depends a great deal more on the people in the community 

 who are back of the work. The work is bigger than any 

 agent. It represents a desire and determination on the part 

 of the people in a county to improve and an organized effort 

 to accomplish their desire. Success in farming is becoming 

 more and more dependent on the success of the whole com- 

 munity. Good roads, good schools, good markets, good 

 social conditions and in fact good facilities for the improve- 

 ment of live stock and other farm products can be had only 

 by groups of people working together in an organized way. 



Questions: 



1. What can you say of the county agricultural agent movement 

 in your state? 



2. Why is it important that the citizens of a county be organized 

 before employing a county agricultural agent? 



3. In what ways may a county agent be of help to the farmers 

 of a county? 



Arithmetic: 



1. If 100,000 acres of corn are grown in a county, how much is 

 it worth to the county to have seed corn that will yield 1 bushel more 

 per acre that the ordinary seed commonly used, if corn is worth 45c. 

 per bushel? 



2. If by proper vaccination a county agent may save 2,000 

 hogs in a county from loss by hog cholera, how much is saved, if each 

 hog is worth $12? 



Exercises: 



1. Boys and girls of each community should organize a boys* 

 and girls' club, adopt a constitution, elect officers and take up some 

 favorite work. 



2. What farmers' clubs are in the district? What are their ol> 

 jects and advantages? Do any farmers not belong? Why? 



3. How are the farmers marketing their eggs? Can you sug- 

 gest a better way? 



4. Does your school have a school garden? If not, do the pupils 

 have home gardens of their own? Do they or do they not pay? How 

 do you know? 



5. If your county has a county agricultural agent, what are some 

 of the important things he is trying to do or have done? 



