The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-10-13
j. S, GOVERNMENT
WILL DEMONSTRATE
PLANT INDUSTRY
AGENTS ARE HERE, LOOKING TO
TIE ESTABLISHMENT or
we WORK.
Is of a Cooperative Character and
the Success Is Dependent to a
Large Extent on the People and the
interest Manifested Therein.

Messrs. J. NJ Dean and H, D. Tate,
of the bureau of plant industry
farmers demonstration work-of
Washington, are here for the purpose
Of investigating the farms and "oun-
try in the county with a wow to the
possible establishing of half dozen +,
or more demonstrating stations or
farms in the county, and in the coun-
ties adjoining, This work is dnder
the direction Of Mr., Bradford Knapp,
of Washington
The work of these gentlemen will
be practical and not theoretical and !
consists in practical demonstrations
at these stations or farms.
The experimental stations have !
done a great work 10 the discoveries |
attendant upon their labors, and here |
tofore have been depending on the
bulletins and institute workers and
more recently the short courses, to
carry the results to the farmers, hop
ing that the farmers would be ilduc-
ed to take up and put into practice
the teachings of these methods. This
has been disappointing in a measure
in that the farmers have not kept up
with the experimental work, have
been slow to undertake it without
something more than theory to work
on. Hence the reason for the gov
ernment undertaking the work by &C.
tual demonstrations
In agricultural work as in all 9th
er Nogk in which thel departments
have undertaken to help or interest
the public the results and the amount
of assistance from the government is
largely dependent on the interest
manifested and the cooperation Sc
cured
In ep~ating of the plans Mr., Tate
work tc hold farmers meetings. nor
IS /. "a part of our duty to give gen
eta lectures over this section of the
Stat We, however, find that we are
ab .u give a better explanation or
H. ion of the demo- rations
where we can get a number Of people
,a2.,re, and can reach larger num-
j. . farmers tnan re car by get
rirq touch with them in other
WAYS
1T is our expectation to make a
trim over the territory first, and it
may be that we will find that we will
be able to organize very satisfactorily
without calling the farmers together
in large bodies or crowds 1t shall
be the duty of Mr.. Dean to locate the
demonstration farms, visit them fire.
ouentIy, not longer than thirty days
between visits, keep records, measure
the grounds, give instructions, and
other things incident to the work.
Wherever we can do so without neg
Letting the demonstration farms we
may lend assistance by holding some
few meetings and BY taxing part
therein. We will, however, be in bet
ter position to indicate what we Will
or can do after we have been here a
few days.
This work as explained to The Her.
aid consists of the establishing OF
what these agents of the government
term demonstration farms, that is
getting some farmer to agree to sci
aside an agreed number of acres, not
usually more than five, to be cultlvat-
ed aud seeded in the manner directed
by them. records to be kept and the
results noted. In this respect they
refer to the farmer by two terms, a
demonstration and a co-operator, the
dem nstrator is the man who has the
Ger onstration on his place. and the
coI tor is his neighbor VINO can
be reached by the government
ent but who can get to the demon
|s.qtion farm, get the benefits Of the
lnlucticn and direction OF the
s-su,s and go back home and Pot il
..i into practice.
The scope of the work covers the
better methods of farming as acquir
ed by experimental work.
Proper and thorough preparation Of
,n5 soil.
cover crop sown in the fall.
Seed selection and adaptation tc
the soil
Proper spacing of the different
crops and the analysis of the soil.
Intensive shallow cultivation latei
in the season than usual.
Mr. Dean will locate most likely