10 OREGON FARMER 



"The principal questions are: On what have they succeeded, and why? 

 From ten to twenty farmers will generally be sufficient in each locality. The 

 minimum number to be interviewed in a county is fifty, and those should be 

 scattered throughout the county. Do not make mistake of confining your 

 attention to a popular and easily accessible locality, to the exclusion of localities 

 less known, since the primary object of the survey is to find the opportunities 

 open to settlers in every part of the county, and especially in those parts that 

 are least developed. 



"2. Send a form letter to each of the farmers selected. Be sure to fill in 

 your name and date. 



"3. Arrange your route so as to secure the greatest economy of time. The 

 best results will be obtained by arranging to stop at farm houses over night, 

 whenever practicable, since in this way you will save time and obtain consider- 

 able valuable information. 



"4. Call on the newspapers of the town and introduce yourself by pre- 

 senting a form letter and a questionnaire. Explain your mission and suggest 

 that a mention will be appreciated. 



"5. All interviews should be made on the farm, and your own impression 

 as well as the specific information should be carefully noted. Whenever 

 possible, secure the information from records and do not accept statements 

 intended purely for local advertising. The object of this survey is to secure 

 facts. 



"6. It will often be found impracticable to fill out the entire list of ques- 

 tions in the presence of the farmer interviewed. All omissions, however, 

 should be filled in completely before the interview is mailed. 



"7. Until further notice, mail interviews every day if you are within mail 

 connections. Remember that this requires first class postage. Keep this 

 office informed of your plans and movements at all times. 



"8. Expense vouchers must be fully itemized and a receipt taken for every 

 item of one dollar and above. Forward expense bills to this office not later 

 than the last day of each month. 



"9. After completing the agricultural survey of a given locality, fill out 

 and send in your private locality report. Whenever practicable it would be 

 instructive to attend Sunday services in the country churches, and thus learn 

 by your own observation something of their influence in the country. 



"10. Farmers will frequently ask for professional information of great 

 importance to themselves and their community. In most cases it is advisable 

 that you refer such matters to the proper department of the College, and that 

 you represent yourself only as a solicitor. 



"11. Bear in mind particularly that while each field agent is sent into 

 localities devoted principally to his own specialty, he is to complete the survey 

 in each county before leaving it. That is, while interviews on the Hood River 

 district, for instance, will be devoted very largely to fruit, yet there will be 

 found very successful general farms, and these should be properly represented 

 in the total number of interviews of the county, otherwise the survey will not 

 show properly the range of opportunities in each county. 



"12. For comparative purposes it is important that both the large and the 

 small farms be about equally represented in the survey. Kindly bear this in 

 mind in selecting the farms to be interviewed." 



The active field work was done by thirteen agents, all of whom 

 were senior or graduate students or members of the faculty of the 

 Oregon Agricultural College; and each of whom was assigned to 

 one or more counties, depending upon area and density of population. 



