DEVELOPMENT OF THE FARM DEMONSTRATION AGENCY 



tendencies. He will be able to give timely advice which will 

 often be profitable to all of his people. Many students in 

 colleges now have seen this trend and are preparing them- 

 selves accordingly. 



The active progressive county agents realize they are 

 developing a great system of educational work. They should 

 know that they are pioneering and that the work they are 

 doing will be helpful to their siiccessors for hundreds of years. 

 Their records contain much material which will grow in value 

 with the passing of the years. The weekly field report of 

 Robert F. Waters, of Love County, Oklahoma, of January 3d, 

 1919, gives a good idea of the varied and helpful nature of 

 the work of county agents in general : 



Monday — My work for the day was confined largely to my 

 office. I did a lot of regular routine office work, besides some that 

 might be easily classed special in that it was out of the ordinary. I 

 have reference to some correspondence with a little girl in the East- 

 man community in regard to helping her secure one of the pretty 

 little Holstein calves which are so frequently advertised in our farm 

 papers. This little girl is a hustling mem^ber of my calf club, and 

 became intensely interested after I had visited the boys and girls in 

 the interest of club work. This sort of interest and initiative in 

 only a little child is enough to stimulate and encourage any one, and 

 I am glad of the opportunity to report that this little club member, 

 on the strength of her own initiative and forethought, will soon be 

 the proud possessor of a Holstein calf. 



Tuesday — In the early part of the morning I had a consulta- 

 tion with Mr. Hartman. He wanted to pay outright for the Poland 

 China gilt which his son, Arthur, received on the E. C. P. I was 

 really glad to allow him this privilege. Mr. Thurman of near 

 Rubottom asked to be allowed to pay for his gilt. I allowed him to do 

 so. I have decided to give all of the other boys, 33 in number, the 

 same privilege. This will lift quite a burden from me, and will be 

 just as good as selling the increase at auction, and will be a much 

 faster way of settling matters. 



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