The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-28


and that it IL one uf the mast COM
siftr aud aatlefriuE answers De over
.srrd ne said ttaf D. Knapp had
absolutely gone fo ere bottom ~ fh,
qlsstion.
TIE psnonstration Work.
TIE farmers cooperative demon
rtration work was started iu a smell
Wy iu fs8e pr. knapp Ftsifrd nne
small fern near Terrell. Texas. about
~ &c month and directed re opera.
uana there Neirhr5TfnE farmers met
him IN field maaunrs AZ the close 1f
tha year be had proved that cotton
c5sld be- ssouu Iu tlc face 1l TIE boll
WeevN. ans ives urged to extend Bic
teachings and his methods throughout
the whole countrv devastated b. Tho
ncst
The next year. vim fun5n furnished
- CONGRESS and hy local business
nen. ~ aupointed few agents emo
began fa orEanlzc dlncrcnt counties
In Texas The work soon attracted
the attention a. the country. Con-
rrsss ENLARGED lfs appropriation. local
tld was increased and The work WAS
extended n louisiana and Missis
ElpppI
About this time ths general esuca-
tion board 81 New York asked TO be-
allowed 90 Appropriate money for sim-
raT work in other cotton states. II o.
few short yeara thIa Ueat work Rad
covered TIE entire south had e force
% thousand agents. en- enrolment 20
one hundred thousand farmers. sew
sniy-hve thousand blys .u the corn
cIuha end twenty-five thousand girls
I in the canning ciuhs.
Every state On are south baEau %
sho wan increase an mo average corn
l producuon per acre. a. wen a. other
crops. and southern corn club boys
attracted the attention 81 The world
/ hy producinE more ttan two fundr "a
I bushels 81 corn f1 tra acre a. Iow
4 cost Girls. to-. demonstrates rrac-
ucnL scientific WORK n garden and
Y home
During tas gear 20 hts deafh. Eus-
eta. Brasil Ens.aud. sJuth AFRICA and
/ Argentina sent representative 90 thr
country Co study ne dEmaustratisn
work sir Horace P'uukett ere Ereat
I Irish reformer. came f1r enc same
I purpose, and af the request ~ ths
klng 81 siam. ~ knapp sent one 81
his uEeuta to tHks charge ~ aErlsll-
I tural matters in fraf country
Mrs knapp Expressed fEs hsuef fhat
an o. her husbands rarssr bad been
providenfIaly studied rs "a preparation
I for ths great work fhsE ne diH In His
closing years pr UnurIrk summed
90 20 hv saying Seventy gears 90
I. preparation tor srtrn years az work p
A leading suuiharuTr rr1.e ~ Hm a.
fSirachef. farmer philosopher and
Z Etafreman.7 D. Walter Do FaEr raI8
90 the demons ration work. tnaf 10 Del
Ftbe meatest single piece af lauafrur-
i've educational uork iu this csc CT
any ase." Forrest Crrrav called him
The missionary bishop OF American
I agriculture"
a Memorial N His Honsr
I Immediately following or Knapp
death numerous suEeeFtlens arer.
u throuEhouf the south In rrEarH 90 q
memorial u his honor Dr. was urrued
That uC ARE prompt o. build monu-
meuN and FaE tribute t1 lle heroes
o. war ana WY not % b hero ln fhc
arts of pcaeeE Dr. EnappH work and
Teachings made % well uiFh Impossible
o. erect monument of cold marble
I .r dead bronze m was foif that
/ there must be living memorial
committee wns ORGANIZED with
Z representa- dives from every southern
I state. AFTER careful deIberatlou %
was decided 90 erect a knapp school
and 20 purchase and equip q knapp
farm. The general cducntion board ..
New Yors gave 900 600 90 tndow the
KNAPP school OF Country Life in con-
ncctinn with the Peabody COLLEGE az
Nashville The memorial COMMITTEES
has undertaken f0 raise 81 10000 for
the building and Cor TIE farm.
No such Institution has ever been
/ planned before ln che history Of the
world. This % 90 be demonstration
farm and a damgusfratl0n school
u Is httnF that this memorial shall
Be unique. TIE service was dtsunc-
tive. Such a service merits. and uII'
receive. the appreciation OF a grateful
AMI generous reopie
Il brought thc resources % Tho
souta 90 the attention 1f che world In
o. new light. buf better sam % brought
i comfort end Soy 20 thousands where
\ poverty and gloom had prevailed. q.
made the education cf children poe
sihle where ignoraEcc MET. perforcc
have held sway 90 brrdeht better lu-
struction and renewed hope CD men
nnd women whose training had been
neEiected A issfInr thinker rad sad
that bis plan constitutes one Of ths
Greatrst FfHtrnH ~ adult training
ever devised
I ~. knapp loved t1s SOUTH and vas
"a cidEru thereof Cor o. quarter ~ a
century r. wac Dis closer home Iu
BE mature years flc had nfu red is
people f1r TIE rhira'rv. rrurfHaF. and
high sense ~ honor prevailing amanr
tlsr De- bad srmpaffIFrI nlfh frar
during tneir hardships and strHEEIrs
\ d. hnauu waa lrnrfn -fer as man.
kind and hIa wurHH fH follow him
The sentiment wnIrh arfaafeI him
and fhnse who worked vita BIN and
Cor BIN is best expressed in Ste ov-u
/ words.
\ The power wh.rr transformed fFr
I humble arhffmeF ~ gaure into mighty
apostles ~ truth Is ever present and
wn be- used sH effectively today In
ems Egaa cause ~ when lhF Son oI
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