CONTENTS 



PART I 



The County Agent's Services or the County 



Agent at Work 

 CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE COUNTY PROGRAM OF WORK ... 3 



II. TEACHING AND INFORMATION GIVING . . 33 



III. ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP ... 66 



IV. THE RELATION OF THE COUNTY AGENT AND THE 



FARM BUREAU TO COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES 93 



V. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CONTACTS . . . Ill 



VI. THE COUNTY AGENT'S JOB AND OPPORTUNITY 129 



PART II 



The Background and the Means of Service 



VII. THE AGRICULTURAL SITUATION AND THE OPPOR- 

 TUNITY . 143 



VIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF COUNTY AGENT WORK . 153 

 IX. THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOVEMENT . . 181 

 X. THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION AND STATUS OF 



COUNTY AGENT WORK ..... 192 

 XI. THE FARM BUREAU AND ITS RELATION TO THE 



COUNTY AGENT 210 



XII. THE STATE AND NATIONAL FARM BUREAU 



MOVEMENT . 232 



XIII. THE FUTURE OF THE FARM; BUREAU MOVEMENT 252 



INDEX , - L . . ^ . 267 



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