28 THE COUNTY AGENT'S SERVICES 



There is a wide difference in the application and use 

 of the programs of work in different communities. In 

 some communities the program functions quite fully; in 

 others it fails altogether. This is usually due to local lead- 

 ership or the lack of it more than to any other one factor. 

 How the program is made, its adaptation to a given com- 

 munity and the work of the county agent also have much 

 to do with it. A study of the actual functioning of a 

 county program of work in the home community of the 

 writer shows fairly good application and results, though it 

 leaves much yet to be accomplished. Few community pro- 

 grams function even to fifty per cent of their possibilities. 

 This community is engaged in general farming with fruit 

 as a strong specialty. It is quite progressive and prosper- 

 ous. The following comprised the activities of the commu- 

 nity committee and the county agent in 1921 : 



Farm Bureau Organization 

 103 members (406 farms). 

 17 committeemen, 12 active. 

 1 community committee meeting. 



Many individual conferences. 

 3 general community meetings, attendances 145. 



Fruit 



1 general fruit meeting, attendance 12. 



1 pruning demonstration, attendance 8. 



1 pear psylla control demonstration, attendance 45. 



3 packing house meetings, attendance 49. 



1 cooperative packing house association, organized with 15 



members marketing 25,000 bushels of fruit. 

 21 members furnished special spray service. 

 Ill farm visits made. 



Soils and Crops 



1 corn variety demonstration. 

 1 potato spraying demonstration. 



