The Marshall republican., 1913-04-11
farm ADVISER
WHAT THE FARM ADVISER rs
DOING FOR. CAPE GIRARDEAU
COUNTY.

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Farmer.
Last summer. down In Cape Girar-
deau county the Commercial club of
Jackson and Cape Girardeau, the
County Court and a lot OF farmers
got together and concluded to en-
ploy a County Farm Adviser. When
they were sure they could raise the
necessary funds for his salary they
sent for Prof. ID. II. Doane of the
Missouri Agricultural College and
asked him to sen them a man who
could make good"-and after GO
Ing over the situation thoroughly
Prof. Doane selected G.. NJ. McWil-
liams. who is n Missouri farmer boy
raised up In Northeast Missouri and
who graduated from the Agricultural
college In 1910. He took the full agri-
cultural urs but specialized in vet
Urinary science. After graduating. he
returned to his home near Novelty
missouri. and remained there until
The call came from Cane Girardeau.
Mr.. McWilliams Is a quiet. mas
Stunning sort of young fellow about
30 years old. He goes about his work
In a serious. determined sort OF wey
and makes little noise. He assumed
his duties on August LIST. and when
he arrived he found Cape Girardeau
county suffering from the prevalent
scourge OF hog cholera TO which the
farmers OF Missouri have been com
pelled TO a such heavy tribute dur
Ing the last two years-and soon he
was In the thick OF the fight aud here
hia NalnrinuFN trnininU runnn info
splendid use.
In talking TO him recently about
his fight against cholera he said: ~
found the disease raging all over
the county and little being done 20
combat II. First. we started In by
ordering quantities OF the serum
from DR.. Connaway aud distributing
IL among the farmers but I soon
found out that because OF n lack of
cleanliness and "A desire to economize
by not using enough serum our re-
suits were not satisfactory-so | took
the matter In hand personally and ad
ministered the serum myself. Many
farmers didn't believe In the serum
but before long the work showed for
IL self and o o I had more than I
could do myself-and I APPEALED TO
DIR. Connaway for help. lie sent Will
son Cramer. Jr.. senior In the Coll
~ OF Agriculture 20 help me out.
He was here Is days and both OF us
worked constantly going from farm
To farm IS quickly az we could. No
charge except for the erum was
made. In all. 1850 hogs were inocu-
lated and they averaged about 20
hogs TO the farm
Some time ago ! heard n promin-
ent banker OF Cape Girardeau say.
MIR. McWllliams saved our farmers
st least $4,000 In his fight against
hog cholera ~alone--Or about five
times his annual salary" Cane Girar-
dean county offers splendid opport-
unities for dairying and Mr.. McWil.
iiams has lectured all Over the
county and M a result farmers are
taking a greater interest In this
much neglected industry than aver
before. Good dairy cows are being
bought aud silos are s~pringing up on
every hand and beyond doubt the
farmers In this county are going 10
reap thousands OF dollars from the
dairy business from o ON AS "A re-
suit OF the agitation which Mr.. Me
Williams has stirred M. A. tho lit
tie town OF P~ocahontas a dealer re-
Gently sold 90 cream separators IN
n week-ahd this IL lust n sample
or what II ha Rpenlng In other parts
OF the county. 4
Briefly this is Mr.. Mcwiniams
program. Four DAYS OF each week
are field DAYS. During this time he
goes about over the county lnoculat-
Ing hogs. planning crop rotations.
testing soil or holding meetings at
which he discusses the hundred aud
one questions which concern farm
operations--permittlng the farmers
In attendance TO ask questions and
giving such suggestions and advice
az he deems best In each particular
case. Saturday and Monday are Of
flre DAYS and ut this time Mr.. Me-
Williams disDoses of q rather heavy
correspondence aud advises personal
~ with the farmers who call mt his
office in the Court House and on
Saturday esnecially when the far
mers come Into Jackson TO do their
trading his quarters are always
crowded. The questions they ask are
varied. Some want to know about
alfalfa growing methods. seed corn
hog cholera, veterinary questions,
crop rotations, silos and innumerabIe
other things. For instance said he
as | vas talking to him. before you
came In three farmers had lust left.
One wanted to know where he could
get some pure breed seed corn. ano-
Their told me about his hogs which
seem to be off their feed while the
third thinks he has oil on his place
and having written to an oil company
wanted TO know what the geological
term "Ancline' meant-and 40 Il
goes. Yesterday a sale OF Jersey
COWS was held and I was called upon
to make a talk on Jerseys. These
cows had passed the tuberculin test
n hence ] was able to say some
good things about them" Continuing
he said: THE newspaper side OF our
work Is very important. We have in