Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-19

practical demonstrations of the ad. vantages of better implements and better methods.
 This has been made possible by the generosity of Morris K. Jesup, who last year started college on wheels through the black belt of the south. It is loaded with blows, planters, a cultivator, cotton chopper. choice vegetables, variety of seeds, sanl- ples of fertilizers, revolving churn, butter mold, cream separator, and milk tester, and with this equip ment the, instructor in charge of the wagon gives practical demonstrations to the colored farmers as he passes through the country. This travelling agricultural school is directly under the auspices of the Tuskegee Insti. tute.
 On some fine morning an odd look ing wagon draws up in front of plan tation. Over the canvas side appears the legend, The Jesup Agricultural Wagon" Seated in it are couple of neatly dressed negroes. In the field is a negro in overalls, undershirt and ragged straw hat As he shouts at the mule and jerks on the blow handles his face grows shiny with moisture. The toiling negro stops when he gets around near the wagon to discover what it is. He watches with interest, hopping his face the while, as modern labor saving blow is lifted out and carried into the field.
 What you alls gwine do?"
 The blow deposited in the field the perspiring negro is invited to hitch his mule to it and use it. That may be good blow for some." he says, but for me, give me the old .scutter.'
 He is persuaded to use it, however, for few minutes. Then he is asked to compare the amount of work done and the character of the furrow with that done and turned by his old i'm plsment. He can hardly be separated from the new blow after the con vincing test. At another time the wagon draws up in front of plantation where the corn is being laboriously plowed : over. When the possibilities of cul. | tiyator that will make seven furrows | while one is being turned by the old ' style implement. and using only one animal have been demonstrated. there is the same difficulty in parting from ! the farmer. In substance. he utters i the language of the testimonial writ l CT. If I could not secure another I would not part with this one for five times its cost" He resolves to own one himself. and in the course of time he is the pleased possessor of labor sssing device. Thus is the lesson of improved machinery taught
 After the farmers in given locality have received taste of the scientific method of making the ground earn one a living. an open air mass meet ing. to be held at some central point is announced. From the. agricultural gospel wagon as a rostrum the assem
 bled colored men and women, and curious barelcgged children with great
 rolling eyes. are told of the best and
 most economical ways of doing things
 and why they are so: of the reasons
 for failures. of the advantage of mod
 ern machinery. and the value of
 kitchen garden. a revolving churn
 and butter mold In the dairy. a pen
 full of porkers and ysrdful Of poul
 try. Then the gathering is turned into an experience meeting The
 agricultural sins of the shiftless one,
 of the neishborhcod are exposed anony
 mously by an exhibition of samples
 of their poor results. obtained in ad
 vance. Those who have good rec
 ord. as demonstrated by their fruits
 also gathered beforehand. are invites to the wagon to tell how they made
 their gardens blossom as the rose aEt
 their fields abundantly fruitful Thu
 the lessons are pointed.