The commonwealth., 1913-09-04
Purpose Of Campaign.

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Purpose Of Campaign.
The primary purpose of the cam
paign Is to show the American farmer
that alfalfa Is the most profitable crop
he can grow; that it can be grown
profitab1y upon every farm; that 1t en-
riches the soil; increases farm values;
stimulates live stock growing and daf
rying; produces, double that of other
hay crops. and Is better feed.
Thirteen campaigns have thus far
been successfully conducted In Mich
tgan, Ohio and Illinois
Some Of the Resuita.
.Ra--.I.s ~ The He-t county (Mich.)
campaign are:
I'D Six thousand farmers visited at
their homes during fve-day
campaign.
i{2) Thirty-two meetings held
(3) Three hundred and seventy-f1ve
miles travelled by the Alfalfa Au.
tomobile Train.
(4) One hundred and thirty-six alfalfa
talks made by the Holden staff
Of alfalfa lecturers
90 Many applications for similar cam
paigns from all parts of the
United States.
The Kent county campaign has been
followed by campaigns In Allegan
Barry. Grand Traverse and st. Clail
counties. Michigan; Van Vert, Marion
Fulton, Williams and Champaign coun
ties. Ohio; and Sangamon, DuPage
and Kane counties, Illinois.
Great Meeting In Ohio
At one meeting in Ohio upon the
farm of Joseph E. Wing. near Mechan
icsburg, nearly 1000 people gathered
from all parts of Ohio and adjoining
states to learn more about alfalfa. AT
this great meeting the Ohio State Al
faifa Growers association was organ
lied. Over 300 automobiles made up
the alfalfa train It Is recorded as
the greatest agricultural assemblage
in the history of Ohio. Other Ohio
counties where the work has been
taken up report success on every
hand.
Sangamon and Kane counties, ILL
nois, have both conducted great cam
paigns- At one meeting In Williams
Vile, ILL.,, over 1900 farmers came to
hear the alfalfa lecturers.
In all OF these campaigns which
were conducted within q period OF
about two months nearly $4,000 farm
ers have been reached with the gos-
pei Of alfalfa
As a result also Of the campaign
work 1t Is conservattvely estimated
that 100000 acres of alfalfa will be
seeded during this and the coming
season.
Such is the result Of the initial work
of campaigning for alfalfa. but vastly
moro than this tangible result has
been accomplished. Every farmer
throughout the region where the work
was conducted is talking about al
falfa The cooperation of the schools
in the territory is a very important
and eFectfve feature. School officials,
from the highest to the lowest, have
never failed to appreciate the oDpor'
tuntty.
Professor Holden has expressed
| himself as considering it the most
wonderful experience and the most
| beneficial trip from the farm stand
| point that he has ever taken.
But this is not all-wherever the
farmers of any community are Inter
ested In the growing Of alfalfa. when
| possible follow-up man, thorough In
his knowledge of alfalfa culture, Will
be sent out to assist them in getting
4 a start. He will live with the
farmers and aid them In solving
the problems at home. He Will
go from farm to farm upon re-
quest and study success and failure.
!, Before the coming Of 1914 cam
patgns will have been conducted In
every part of the United States and
Canada. Interest IS growing so rap
idly that many counties have organized
! campa.c.,s ard undertaken the work
wftho..s assistance from the outside.