The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-03
( can be put in condition for such

II can be put in condition for such.
ne second herd were all Jersey and
me cows; one being sold inst baforo
me nerd was tested for SIS. and tbo
late purchaser has now n st,ndino
oier Oh 500 Tor it. The original owner
csrets not having had chance IN
mem earlier: he could have gotten
$50 more for this COW"
Good Work In Isle of w,rh,
~. {. Lyon, the agent for Isle ~
Wight, writes:
rms being the first wear that ,bo
usnohstration work has been attomnt-
ca mere, also my first eXpericncn
agent have found great many
obstacles TO overcome. and thov ~.
continually coming up
IN 1910 there was a corn club or
s"h'"ed In the schools of this county
ana win the aid OF the teachers aud
the informa ton obtained from ~
,,a IN seht out by the department,
we ooys cultivated their acres. Re-
low are the names of four bows n,,l,ino
largest yields: Fairfield Whitley
lo2 IL bushels; Joe Gale. DC % bush.
cis Elisa Whitley. o. bushels Fintnn
Garner, % l-3 bushels Two OF these
boys are members OF our club ,hie
time; the others are barred on ac-
count or age.
We nave in our club this time
ioFty-three boys actually doing dem
ohS'ratlon work. was talking with
me rather of one OF these boys a few
days ago. and asked him about Oscars
corn HIS reply was. II is all right
nut he can't join for next year be-
cause he doesn't have time for any
thlnE else. Judging from appearances
| th!nk that II all the corn on this
farm had the same attention. ii would
compare more favorably with Oscars
In our mems club VIC have sixty
hVe adult farmers. OF course, It is TOO
'".'E IN the season to say what the
result Will he. but al present the dem
oHs'fation plats will compare very
faNorably with the other portions OF
the farm
As TO IIaymalsIng.
While We are not in a section noted
'of It's hay one Of our demonstrators
ADVISED me this morning that he had
cut hNe tons OF first class hay nor
acr" from tcn-acre field of timothy
ana another that he had cut four and
ohe-nali tons per acre from a three
acre heId. one OF Woods mixtures.
liners nave done almost as we'll. but
could not give exact tonnage.
IT has been thought until recon,
successfully on the Eight SANDY soils
OF Underwater Virginia At present
mere Is somewhere about lao acres
me county. and l have listed
something Ike 100 acres TO he nut in
"ccorting 10 demonstration methods
ms IAN; also more than 900 acres OF
crimson clover, white blooming clovcr
1nu oats, clover and wheat and vetch.
win both oats and wheat.
our alfalfa has been cut twice ana
IN most casce has made from three ~
i"ur tons per acre a great deal Of /,
- nehIly ready for the third cut,inc
f'sSlhlE there are other sections or
Virginia better adapted to corn rrou
ing man isle Of Wigh, County. hut
"heh II comes 70 pork. peanuts and M,
'a'oes. here's whera they grow F,n,,
my present position can soc tnr
ana one-half-acre Geld Of clover IA,
~ carr led since March * ninetv-nino
noes' twenty cows. five sheen ana
shree colts. rho moving machine bas
nech run over this field thrice 10 boIr,
keep The growth down can inn,,
IN another direction ana see where ,hn
,"en'H-f'ur-ounce .cobblcrs yoro
grown and IN this county Is whero /
me famous smthdeld razorhact,
mans are grown, cured and packed
me we have natural resources OF |