8 THE COUNTY AGENTS SERVICES 



a county program should also be simple in its elements 

 and not try to deal with the whole range of problems in 

 general terms. 



What is done by the agricultural agent will usually fall 

 under the heads of the improvement of (1) soils, (2) 

 crops, (3) animals, (4) economic farm management and 

 marketing, and (5) social conditions. What is done by 

 the home demonstration agent may usually be classified 

 under the headings (1) food, (2) clothing, (3) shelter or 

 household management, (4) family health, and (5) social 

 conditions. Both agents will probably do work with boys 

 and girls and with certain other special problems. 



But what is to be done must be more definite than this. 

 It must show what particular kinds or types of soils, crops 

 and animals, and what special marketing, health, food and 

 clothing problems need improvement in the particular com- 

 munity or county. How much it is proposed to do, and 

 how it is expected to do it, are essential to a sufficient defi- 

 niteness in a county program of work, to insure under- 

 standing and command intelligent support. Goals for the 

 year should be stated as the farmer thinks of results, in 

 terms of bushels, pounds, acres, animals and so forth, im- 

 proved. 



Balance With Emphasis. Another element which a good 

 program must have is balance, although it should have this 

 with proper emphasis on a few of the most important 

 things. It will be an unusual condition where all the 

 farmers or communities are interested in one thing. A 

 few things will always be of outstanding or immediate 

 importance, particularly those which fall into the groups 

 of marketing, health and social relations. Even in these 

 fields some persons have a greater interest than do others. 



The type of farming and the special economic and social 

 problems of a community or county will determine the 



