The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-18
GOVERNMENT WILL PAY HALF
OF SALARY III TWO COUNTIES
WILL DO THE REST.

An effort is now being made that
means much to BE- farming interests
or this territory.
beginning in March of this year
Mr. ]. S. Jones, one of the good farm
ors of the county was employed for
mart Of his time to act as agent
among the farmers of Terrell.
He has visited monthly thirty-four
farmers who have conducted demon
STATIONS under his supervision. This
has been somewhat of an unseasona-
HE wear, but the results obtained are
sufficient to prove to those who are
interested in improved farm meth
DDS and conditions that the county
NOT only does not want to lose the
work without an effort to keep it,
but that it is worth being extended.
Mr.. Jones feels that he cannot
longer continue to act as agent, but
is anxious that the work be contin-
ned. and is cooperating to aid in
getting arrangements made whereby
q man can be secured to give his
whole time and attention to the work
by combining Terrell and Lee coun-
ties into one territory.
The United States Department of
Agriculture, in cooperation with
the State College of Agriculture at
Athens, has been paying for the part
time service of agents for the coun-
ties. They now say the demand by
counties that have not had the bene-
fit of the work is so great that the
funds at their disposal are not suffi-
Gent to allow them to continue long
or the work in the counties that have
had it unless the people become suf-
ficiently interested to be willing to
help. There are so many counties
in Georgia that it will be long time
perhaps before sufficient funds are
available to place the right man
without local aid.
Duties of the Demonstration.
Something of the work is already
known by few in Terrell A dem
onstration agent is, in few words, a
medium or carrier of information
from the different sources of infor-
nation to the man who needs infor-
nation. 1t is carried to him by per-
sonaI contact with the farmer on his
own farm, and by frequent visits of
the agent the farmer is induced to
adopt the methods that have proved
to be of benefit to hundreds of other
farmers over the Southern states. In
addition to conducting demonstra-
tons with the main crops, such as
cotton, corn and oats, the demonstra-
ton agent is able to give or to get
information needed on any phase of
farming. He works to build soils so
as to grow increased yields at mini
mum costs. He advises as to the
intelligent use of commercial fertil-
izers and how to buy these cheapest,
as we'll as to secure the grades need
ed for certain crops and soils. He
urges the growing of home supplies
and the making of the farm self-sus-
tanning. He encourages the growing
of live stock and feed stuffs to sus-
tain these. He aids in helping to
keep down disease among live STOCK
as well as to show how damage to
the farm crops by disease and insects
can be minimized. He seeks to unite
more nearly the business interests
with the farming interests. One of
his main texts is cooperation as well
as Investigation and rotation to put
the farmer on more nearly an equal
basis with those of other professions.
1t has been said of him that he is the
only agency that reaches the class Of
farmer who needs most to be reach
ed He does this by looking him up
and finding him at his own place of
business. In short the good demon
stration agent is the agricultural col
lege, the experiment station, the U. S.