The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-07
WORK FOR
/ BENEFIT Of
/ THE FARMER
FEDERAL AND STAT 3
GOV ER N M RNTs ARE
woRKING TOGETHER
lLENDING EACH OTHER
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
make Plans For Improvement
Of Farm Conditions and
Farm Life


The sarmeFp cooperative demons.
|trallon work, undertaken ln okIaho-
ma BY lhe United States department
81 amicuiihre, II expected o make
hs lrst showIns 81 results this yeas
IN lhsa work tbs Federal Government
and the state government are lending
each other mutual assistance n an
official way The Federal agent lorl
the state, w ID. Bentley has his head
quarters al Tishomiug0. Dlstfict agents
lpre 3aslgDed 10 these different coun
ties;
Caddo, Grady and Canadian, g g..
Ferguson MInco: Payne. Pawnee. NOS
hle and Logan. W. IT, English, still
Iwnter. Murray and parts Of Johnston
and p0nsotoc. "A. "A. Aldrloa. Mill
Creek: Chcciaw. G. J Johnson, 1oper;
ICarter Lave and Marshall, y, r.
Caldwell, Ardmore; Bryan and Atoka, y
lM, Murphy Durant; Kiowa. @. IL.
lplnkley, Eynder: Waahila, George N
iBishop cordell: Comanche. r NJ RIM.
nells l.awton; Stephens, w N Mo.
Pherson. Duncan: poliawalnmle IT.
II Springer Shawnee; LeFlQre Lat
inner ana Plilsburg J w. "a Cor
Hey Howe.
/ seessssss. wiz. " n. Esall as4eesll a War
/ Farmera institute work VIII be con.
ducled by MT. Corley II other counties
lin conjunction With state agents. and
! the work Of the federal demonstrations
farm service Will be presented In coun.
tiles Nhesu there are no district agents,
| hy n NJ. ieil0rda of ElRln, state super.
llnlaHdenl ol farmers Institutes.
| These federal demonstration farms
we're tlrss established In Oklahoma 10
combat The spread Of the boil weaTlt
Hin the Gotten growing districts, agents
going to the different countiea and
Igeltlng lists OF farfers who would
agree 70 cultivate from two 10 ave
acres Of lhels farms 1t the direction
and Under the instruction OF these
lagenla. 4 was shown III Oklahoma,
as II other cotton growing states,
thal cultural methods would not only
defeat ta Z 8reat extent the ravngas
Of laa Weegll, but hy Intensive and
scientific culture this crop could be
doubled aaa trehled II acre produc.
ltlon.
General uplft Then began.
Tho department. then Was asked ~
estabiina demonstration farms ambfac.
Ing the fnll scope OF the departments
plana To- she improvement 0f farm
condlll0na and farm life. By intensive
culture and breeding up Of seed anu
by the rotation and dleersidcatlnn Of
crops, the uae Of legnmln0ns plants
and the addlng 81 humus Ia TIE soil
{ by blowing under of kfsen pea vInes
and other heterogeneous plants worn
and depleted soils have been built up
and made more productive ii 4 mum.
ber Of southern states land values
have been Increased III lhis manner
+ fnm $40 En flQ0 an acre
Fhls demonstration work Is intended
TO bring about IL every state the aims
.lcfthe country lie commission appoint
ed BY President Roosevelt S. A.
Knapp special government agent n
lnhafge Of farmers demonstration work
Hin the United States has said.
Need Of upllft Everywhere.
HI Most persons agfeH that rural con.
ldlglons should be improved The farm.
y believes Il aa strongly - anyone
II The pruhIEm Is to know where 20 De
.lgln. Evidently the answer depends
IupoH the degree Of udtaneanient ol
lfural communities The remedy thai
wouIa help one might be utterly inap
Ipllenble sG another. For example. Il
IA were found that tbs average farmer
/ N fusal township llVed IN mouse
Valued At about 500, without any barn
lnr garden tn0l a mere patch of green
lbut weiltilled plot that furnished
In The South sufficient lnbers. roots
llegnmcs. lelons and fruit IN thoIr sea,
le0n for the fsmIly) ard without COW
pasture and suiIclent supply ol
Ipunllry. and II Il were also found TINT
IA majority Of the tlIlers Of the aoIl
were unable 10 read and were heavily
| III debt, It would b the height Of folly
70 commence the rural uplifl By ealah
lIAhlng public lihmry OF even d
lsphool The rural t0lIera must arat
he properly nourlshed. clothed and
heAsed The money 10 do this cannot
pe given them. and ii Il we're ghero
would no upllit They must he
Shown lnW ID eurn II By better
ilIlase Of The soil ana how . hushana
ltheIf earnings hy q greater thrift