90 THE COUNTY AGENT'S SERVICES 



and the farmer for all information other than that se- 

 cured by personal correspondence or by bulletin. In the 

 same way, the college program is carried to farmers 

 through the county agent and through the local farm 

 bureau machinery. For this purpose a suitable agreement 

 or contract between the college extension service and the 

 county association should be entered into. In New York 

 State a part of this contract reads as follows: 



"The program of work of the County Farm 



and Home Bureau for 1920, duly adopted, and hereby mutually 

 reaffirmed, is herewith attached and made a part of this agree- 

 ment. For the purpose of assisting in carrying out this program 

 the State Leader, under authority given by the Director of Ex- 

 tension of the State College of Agriculture, agrees that the Col- 

 lege will furnish through its central extension offices such serv- 

 ices of its extension specialists and other representatives and such 

 publications and other subject matter material, as may be needed 

 and as are available. The expenses of such specialists will be 

 shared on the zone system, and services will be furnished in 

 such amount and in such form as may be mutually agreed upon 

 from time to time with the proper representatives of the exten- 



Such an agreement puts a large responsibility on the 

 county agent and the local bureau and calls for real lead- 

 ership on the agent's part in its execution. He is re- 

 sponsible to farmers, on the one hand, to see that they 

 get the share of college service to which they are entitled. 

 He is responsible to the college, on the other hand, to be 

 efficient in handling and distributing its service to farm- 

 ers. This means a knowledge of farmers' needs and de- 

 sires, of what the college has to offer, and of the best means 

 to bring the knowledge and skill of the specialist to bear 

 on the farmers' program. 



