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dollar that rather extravagant hopes have been created in the 

 breasts of farmers for reducing the "toll of the middleman." For 

 the middleman, like the farmer, is working under competitive 

 conditions, where easy and big gains are rare indeed, and where 

 losses and failures are frequent. Hence, as stated above, the 

 County Agent ought to proceed with caution in making farmers 

 "their own middlemen." 



QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT 



1. Why is the County Agent movement the most significant movement in 



American Agriculture in this generation? 



2. Define County Agent: Show the need of. 



3. Trace the origin and growth of this movement. 



4. What are the functions of a County Agent? 



5. Give examples of farmers' interests being protected by County Agent. 



6. Define Farm Bureau. 



7. Show the advantage of the Farm Bureau plan over the original demonstra- 



tion work plan. 



8. How are County Agents chosen? How supported? 



9. According to Mr. Burritt what are the functions of a Farm Bureau, in the 



order of their importance? 



10. Explain the Home Bureau movement. 



11. Discuss the Boys' and Girls' Club work. 



12. What are some of the difficulties ahead of the County Agents? 



QUESTIONS SUGGESTED BY THE TEXT 



1. What should be the annual membership dues in a Farm Bureau? State 



reasons for and against $1 dues; same for $10 dues. 



2. What is the ideal method of financing the County Agent movement? 



3. In what manner can a County Agent secure a greater degree of cooperation 



between the agricultural and the other interests of his county? 



REFERENCES 



1. BURRITT, M. C.: "A Community Farm Expert at Work and What He 

 Has Done The Organization, Methods of Work and the Results Obtained 

 by the Farm Bureau at Binghamton, Broome County, New York, in Eighteen 

 Months of Work All Interests Working Together Great Value to the Com- 

 munity Lessons to be Learned from this Successful Example." Tribune 

 Farmer, New York, October 17, 1912. 



2. BURRITT, M. C.: "The Farm Bureau Movement in New York State." 

 Circular 93, State Department of Agriculture, Albany, 1914. 



3. CROCHERON, B. H.: "The County Farm Adviser." Circular 133, 

 University of California, College of Agriculture, Berkeley, July, 1915. 



4. "Farm Bureaus and County Agricultural Agents." Bulletin Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, October, 1914. 



5. SIMONS, L. R.: "Organization of a County for Extension Work The 

 Farm Bureau Plan." Circular 13, States Relation Service, Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, January, 1919. 



6. Bulletin 60, Department of Agriculture, Albany, June, F914. BURRITT, 

 M. C.: "The County Farm Bureau Movement in New York State." pp. 

 1594-1604. ROBERTSON, F. E.: "A Brief Outline of the Jefferson County 

 Farm Bureau Work," pp. 1604-1611. 



