THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT 405 



interview, the telephone or mail can be employed. Pupils 

 and teachers should become acquainted with the agent per- 

 sonally, attend the demonstrations and public meetings, and 

 study the experiments and investigations he makes. Think 

 over carefully the work of the farm and if either you or 

 your parents have problems that are annoying troubles of 

 any kind with soil, crops, or stock seek the advice and 

 help of the agent at once. 



Boy scouts pruning their apple trees under the direction of a 

 county agricultural agent. 



Advice on club projects. Club projects should be 

 selected with great care. The county agent should be con- 

 sulted as to the best project for the boys to undertake, and 

 the best one for the interest of the girls and the home. All 

 of the club projects outlined in this book will be of espe- 

 cial interest to the county agricultural agents and they 

 will be glad to give encouragement and assistance to the 

 work. They will help plan also the work of the manual- 



