Status and results, county agent work, Northern and Western states, 1919 . 7311111 ii 123 ...... 57 North Dakota 51 Ohio 88 35 Pennsylvania i 1 675 South Dakota 3 3611 1 3 24 71 3 8 ...... 125 34 11 2 827 22 2 66 Utah 28 Vermont A1 41 14 211 ....!. 37 71 Wyoming . 21 Total counties takingwork during Total counties withagents at close offiscal year 55 113118 102208 128 348 116419 154 542 5721,133 701,106 3121,102 1,127 181 1,596 Appointed 1910. 2 See page 3. Status and Results of County Agent Work, 1919. 5 THE PROBLEM OF PERSONNEL. When county agent work was started in the Northern and W
Status and results, county agent work, Northern and Western states, 1919 . 7311111 ii 123 ...... 57 North Dakota 51 Ohio 88 35 Pennsylvania i 1 675 South Dakota 3 3611 1 3 24 71 3 8 ...... 125 34 11 2 827 22 2 66 Utah 28 Vermont A1 41 14 211 ....!. 37 71 Wyoming . 21 Total counties takingwork during Total counties withagents at close offiscal year 55 113118 102208 128 348 116419 154 542 5721,133 701,106 3121,102 1,127 181 1,596 Appointed 1910. 2 See page 3. Status and Results of County Agent Work, 1919. 5 THE PROBLEM OF PERSONNEL. When county agent work was started in the Northern and WesternStates it was hoped that the men appointed to the positions wouldremain in the work for a considerable period of years and that thework might be thought of as a career, comparable at least, withother professional work in agriculture. Experience has proven thatthis is desirable, and that a good county agent becomes increasinglyuseful as his period of service is lengthened. It takes time to learnlocal conditions and to gain the confidence and cooperation of Fig. 1. -The county agents office is the farmer headquarters. An average of 1,233 farmers calledon each agent during the year to discuss their farm problems. The new agent must be able to work sympathetically with any or-ganized groups of country people that he may find in the countyand often to help in a more effective and complete organization forcarrying on extensive work. All of this takes time. Most of all,the county agent must be able to analyze and correctly interpretthe economic tendencies in his county. The experience of those agents who have been in the work forfive or six years has demonstrated the value of continued and con-certed effort under uniform leadership to properly develop a perma-nent agricultural program. It is therefore a matter of some con-cern that the average period of service of the 798 men who haveresigned from county agent work since 1911 has been but a year and 6 Department Circul
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