The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-18
FARM RETIREMENT
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Columbia, S c., Atlanta. ca. Charles
ton, w, Va. Louisville, ~. and other
cities The committee took all these
invitations under adyisemcnt and re-
served its decision
Tribute to Dir. Knapp.
Or. ButtriCk, who opened the pro-
gram, told how the general education
board had secured the services of Or
Knapp by permission of the depart
ment of agriculture, paying his ex-
penses. to lnaugurata the dem0nstra-
ton work in the South. which was
started in Mississippi, and out Of which
grew the boys corn clubs and the
girls canning clubs-aIl of which he
originated. He gave his audience some
delightful personal "reminiscences of
the man and paid fond tribute to his
memory. In announcing the new bu-
reau Of the national department. of
agriculture secured through the board.
he told how the board had formulated
TINS plan and with the seal of the APP
prevail of a real man" CDR Page)
submitted it 10 another real man"
secretary Houston) vino had al once
agreed 10 it. The purpose of the new
bureau, he said. will he to bring to
pass system of rural credits; inves-
tive agencies-to bring together the
great forces for the betterment of
country life in the new education in
GODS out-of-doOrs. which shall be A
training for life, in life and by life "
bradford Knapp, special agent in
charge OF the demonstration work for
the government, gave the audience
succinctly what his department is
doing and how ii is done through
state, district and county agents and
the system employed. The sole oh
ject of MS bureau is to teach better
and more economic farming and to
this purpose congress has appropriated
1919, goo: the general education board
$l33.000 and the people in the States
and counties Interested $230 600
There are now / 643 counties in the
southern States who have county
demonstration agents, backed by the
State and district organizations
Work In Louisiana.
The statistics given by Mason SNOW
den. State agent for the farm demon
stratlon work in Louisiana, showing
what the work has accomplished for
the betterment Of farming in that
state by facts and figures made a
deep impression on the conference
and elected frequent applause. and
the address of O, r. Martin, assistant
in charge of the boys corn club
work which was illustrated with
stereopticon views of the prize win
ming boys and their products, as well
as groups of the clubs in various parts
OF sections of the country, expressed
better than words how the movement
is revolutionizing farming. though Mr.
Martins talk was interspersed with
sufficient humor to keep his audience
in a litter
The champion corn club boys and
the pretty canning club girls. who
were placed a the end of the pro-
gram, held the center of interest The
boys made eXtemperanous speeches
and each betrayed the talents of a
budding Demosthenes in addition to
the more substantial virtues they al
ready possess. and, while the girls
read from manuscript, they acquitted
themselves well, and every one of the
quartet awoke a storm of enthusiastic
applause.
Sidnor Terry, of Rockbridge county,
made so bushels of corn on one acre.
which netted him $100 on the crop
Of corn ard $f00 in prizes to say
nothing of trip to Washington.
Frank Borckman, of Amherst who
is Terrys senior made 167 bushels
keted for SITS and he won over 500
ba to the National Corn show and
numerous cups. Young Brockman
declared that this year he proposed
TO raise zoo bushels to the acre, and
amid laughter and applause, he de-
clared. "All | want you gentlemen to
do is solve the market problem"
Daughters of the Soil.
Miss Ella Agnew, who is State
agent of the federal government for
the girls canning clubs Of Virginia
too Oldest to go into detail as to
her ork in the State-was very
brief, preferring to let the results
speak for themselves, and the two
attractive young misses who have ac-
complished wonderful results, not
only for themselves but for their com
munities IN by personal work and
example, and who walked off with the
prizes offered for the Virginia canning
clubs We're introduced
tftzg erald, Ga, plans to erect a
$4,000 monument in honor of the
Civil war soldiers of both North and
South