The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
CANT PAIGN!NG { !
FOR alfalfa
Object of the Work and Results
Obtained-Some of the
Prominent Features.
GOING TO THE FARM HOMES
Thirteen Campaigns Have Been Gag
Red on in Michigan, Ohio and I'LL
neis-HoIden's Plan Meets Warm
Reception With the Farmers

Agricultural Extension Department on
the international Harvester Company
OF New Jersey, has planned and put
into operation q new method OF eS-
tending agricultural knowledge.
Holden was the originator Of agrt'
cultural demonstration trains; OF as'
ricultural short courses, and man!
other effective plans, through the
agency Of which millions Of dollars
have been added to the agricultural
wealth Of this country.
The latest plan Of Holden Is to
esace alfalfa upon every farm. There
are three prominent features IN MS
plan: 4
~ The introduction Of a COMPARE
lively new crop into the Corn
Belt, Southern and Eastern
states.
90 Going direct to the homes OF the
farmers. where meetings are
held in the fields, and success
and failure discussed according
to local conditions.
{3) The use OF that most modern 70
hicle-ths automobile.
Purpose Of Campaign.
TIE primary purpose Of the cam
NDaign is to show the American farmer
that alfalfa is the most profitable crop
he can grow; that it can be grown
p.ontably upon every farm; that 1t en-
riches the soil; increases farm values;
stimulates live stock growing and da1'
Tying; produces double that OF other
hay crops, and is better feed.
Thirteen campaigns have thus 1aF
been successfully conducted in Mich
igan, Ohio and Illinois.
Some Of the Results.
, Results Of the Kent county (Mich.}
campaign are:
if1l Six thousand farmers visited at
their homes during fve-oa3
campaign.
!fs) ThiTty.two meetings held.
~ Three hundred and seventy-hVa
miles travelled by the Alfalfa Az
tomobile Train.
20 One hundred and thirty-six alfalfa
talks made by the Holden stan
Of alfalfa lecturers.
(S) 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. Clan
counties, Michigan; Van Vert, Marion,
Fulton, Williams and Champaign coun
ties, Ohio; and Sangamon, DuPase
aad Kane counties, Illinois.
Great Meeting In Ohio.
At one meeting in Ohio upon the
eazn OF Joseph E. Wing, near Mechan'
:sesburg, nearly 1000 people gathered
from all parts Of Ohio and adjoining
states to learn more about alfalfa. AT
shis great meeting the Ohio State Al
sslta 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, 1llS
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 period OF
about .wo months nearly $4,000 farm
ers have been reached with the gos-
pei of alfalfa.
AS a result also Of the campaign
work it is conserratiyely estimated
that 100000 acres Of alfalfa will DO
seeded during this and the coming
season.
Such is the result Of the initial work
Of campaigning for alfalfa, but vastly
more 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 very important
and effective feature. School officials,
from the highest to the lowest, have
never failed to appreciate the oppor-
tunity.
Professor Holden has expressed
himself as considering it the most
wonderful experience and the most