The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-18
TO TEACH FARMING

oounty .se an Up-to-
Date I.rmer to Teach the
People of the County Scientif-
&c Farmins-A Boys Corn
Club.
The Robesonian does not at
tempt to advise farmers, just as
it does not try to advise mer-
chants or bankers or men in anv
other line of business, but it is
always glad to publish anything
that may offer helpful sugges-
tons. The following dispatch of
the 18th from Winston-Salem to
The Charlotte Observer is OF IN
terest:
The Forsyth County Bows
Corn Club, designed to stimulate |
progressive agriculture among
the youth, was formed TODAY, |
many of the most up-to-date |
farmers in this section also being
in attendance to encourage the
score of young men who enrolled
in the organization. The State
agricultural department has Of
fered prizes, and the Piedmont
Fair Association likewise, and it
is expected that worthy rivalry
will be engendered throughout
the county in the cultivation of
crops"
/ Also the following, a dispatch
of the same date to the same pa
per from Greensboro:
''Guilford took another forward
step in the march of progress
yesterday when a number of rep
resentative citizens, at a meet
ing held in the court house, ap-
proved the plan of employing a
progressive and up-to-date far
mer to teach the people of the
county scientific agriculture. The
work will be carried on in con-
nection with what is known as
the farmers cooperative demon
stration work of the United
l States Department of Agricul-
, ture, and it is planned to estab-
lish a number of demonstration
; farms in different sections of the
> county.
"The meeting was called by
! the board of courty commission
q ers, and in spite of the inclement
T weather, was attended by a large
d number of progressive farmers.
!, Also many public school teachers,
u both men and women, were pres
'' ent and participated in the pro-
: ceedings. Mr.. C. R. Hudson, OF
Statesville, a special agent of the
United States Department Of
Is Agriculture, addressed the meet
ing and explained in detail thu
scope of the work of the farmers
cooperative demonstration move
re ment. He talked of the value o
K soil improvement, rotation o
a crops and other things Of inter
a est to live and wideawake far
~ mers.
'The county commissioners
r who have become responsible fo
IS the expense that will be incurre
oi- by the work, will hold a specl;
It. meeting next Thursday to sele(
X a farmer to direct the movement
Dit It is the purpose Of the board
he employ Guilford county maj
&C. and in a public meeting this a
ternoon it was announced In;
vol the commissioners would appr
~, ',a ciate the suggestion of the name
,.s; of persons available for the pos
" ton.
|si coi When the county gets the wol
o oSt under way, it is understood tn
7"' the expense of continuing it w
be shared by the United Stat
Mae- M Department of Agriculture.
oy- "In connection with the far
ION demonstration movement, t!
Amu- m county commissioners have q
7ry cided to take up the work OF l
) d structing the people in hyglel
and sanitation. This work "
rd, be under the direct supervise
ere of the county board Of heal1
and it is planned to employ
ute capable physician to give his
6ed tire time to the matter. He "
ure be required to lecture in t
ate schools and instruct the peo
in their homes on hygiene q
ted sanitation. DR.. ]. K. Gord
This one of Guilford S Representa-
r. in the Legislature, appeared
ali fore the commissioners this
ternoon in behalf of the mo
* ment and told of the asslsta
io' that will be received from
State board of health in carry
~ ~, Tho y1,ork -