The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17
WORK OF FARM
DEMONSTRATORS
Forty-Fivc Counties in Virginia
Ready for It-Largcr State
-''' Appropriation.
ONLY ONE COUNTY GOES BACK
Larger Fund Needed, and Lcgis-
lature Will Be Asked to
Help Out.

Burkeville, Va, December l6-Thc
farmers cooperative demonstration
work In charge of State SuperIntcn-
dent T. o. Sandy. OF this place. will be
carried on next year on u much larg-
err scale than ever before. According
TO the reports received ut the super
intendent's Office the work for next
year VIII extend over forty-fvc coun-
ties. possibly fifty, and II will likely
be necessary for the Legislature TO en-
large the State appropriation. 1t is
well known that this work was started
BY the New York Education Board.
which turned part of It's appropria-
tion for educational work in the South
TO agricultural lines. The United
States government through the Ag-
ricul'ural Department then came in
and supplemented the fund The
State then came alongside and made
an appropriation and further passed a
law authorizing the Boards of super
visors OF the counties to further sup
plement the fund to insure good work
In the counties. 1t is, OF course dis
cretionary with the boards TO vote Il
county fund or not. OF tho counties
that made appropriations for the year
1911 and. finding the work we'll done.
have come forward with a like appro-
priatlon for next year, are the follow
ing: Norfolk. Nelson .ilbemarlc.- Bed
ford, Halifax. Fairfax, Orange. powhu-
tan. Louisa. Rockingham, AppomattoX,
Prince George, Chesterfield, Nanse-
mond, Culpepcr, Fluvanna, Buclsing-
ham. Goochland, Amelia. Amherst,
MiddleseN, Roanoke. James City and
Augusta.
Only One County Dropped Out.
So FAR only one county that appro-
priated for this year has refused to
come forward for next year, and that
is the county OF Dinwidd!e The In
formation is that the people of that
county do not approve the action of
the Board of Supervisors. and it is
likely that the matter will come up
for reconsideration at the January
meeting of the board. That the Din
widdic supervisors should turn down
the cooperative work Is hard to un-
derstand. for. the fact stands out in
bold relief that mighty good work has
been done in that county. Last year
the corn prize for tho whole State
went to Dinwiddie boy who made u
fraction over 167 bushels OF corn on
one acre. and it is needless to add that
this boys success advertised Dinwid-
die county all over the country. Din
widdie cannot afford to be cut out of
the demonstration work next year.
Counties that Are In Harness.
The new counties that have so far
como into the demonstration work by
voting the appropriation allowed by
law arc Southampton, Wythe. Rock
bridge, Warren and Franklin
The following counties. some OF
which were In the swim this year, are
pretty sure to vote through their
Boards of Supervisors the necessary
fund to insure county demonstrator
Cumberland, York, Clarke. Loudoun,
Gloucester, Nottoway, Greenesvillc,
Sussex. Page, Hanover. Henrico. War
wick, Prince Edward Mecklenburg,
Brunswick and Pulaski.
Thus it will be seen that forty-fiv
counties are surely In the work. IT is
worthy OF consideration that tho small
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