The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-01-24

among gOOO cltlZenS CnaC Wnen law
IS once enacted, if to enforce that law
additional legislation be necessary, Ell
Their such additional legislation should
be secured or the original act repeal
ed. 1t remains, then, for representa-
lives from Talbot county to deter
mine whether Talbot is going to take
It's position with the other counties in
this circuit in asking for such legis-
ocal law.
"You, gentlemen, have the privilege
and it is well within your province, to I
make recommendation to the mem /
oers of the legislature from this I
county such as has been made in Car /
,line, Kent and Queen Anne's, and |
+ MisIIvs, 70 geJ-i1s Iunus co work as
soon as possible and is willing to pay
the agent for the first six months in
any county where responsible citizens
will raise a guarantee fund to cover
his salary for the last half of the year.
In Talbot county on Dec. 20, the
guarantee fund was largely over
subscribed in less than "a hours after
the proposition was presented in a
o.blr address by DR.. Augustus Sial :
Ter. who is N charge of the work in
Maryland In that coun " all agen,
will 10 In!l;lled at once
| DR.. Stabler explains the plan of the
work as follows:
"The objects sought are Better
Farming, Better Business, Better Liv-
ing.
Better farming is first promoted
by showing the farmer on his own
farm how to get better results with
the means at his command. 1t is i'm
possible to visit all the farms in any
county, but we try to select 30 to so
men well distributed over the county
and so situated that the agent may
reach them easily and that other peo-
pie may see the crops. These men
are called Demonstrators. Each one
agrees to grow a definite area in some
staple crop in the best manner as an
example of good farming. The agent
agrees to visit these Demonstrators
once a month and keep in touch with
the progress of the work. At those
visits, he pays particular attention to
the condition of the demonstration
plat and makes certain that the de-
monstrator understands fully just
what he is expected to do next. Thus
we furnish not only advice but super
vision Of the work till results are OBJ
tanned.
"When man succeeds in doing
something well, he can do it again,
and can and does tell his neighbors
how to do it. Thus the Demonstration
becomes center of progress in his
vicinity. Around him will be other
/ farmers who desire to follow the same
Il directions, obtaining them through the
i demonstrators or directly from the
d agent, as the case may be. These are
known as co-operators. They do not
receive regular visits from the agent,
but he gives the mall the assistance
he can, whenever he meets them.
at has been found best to begin
thus with the adult men. When inter
est is aroused, it is always found that
there are certain boys who wish to
become demonstrators, and the boys
in our corn clubs, &C., are all enrolled
as Demonstrators who are setting an
example of better farming and receive
visits from the agent who gives them
| the instruction on the farm about
growing the crop, harvesting it and
saving the seed, &c. In cooperation
with the schools, he aids in organizing
these boys into clubs. Before boy
can belong to a club, he must be
| demonstration, l. e., must agree to do a
definite piece Of work according to
directions and report on it.
''In the girls Canning and Poultry
Clubs. the same idea is dominant The
girls are Demonstrators, but the OBJ
ject is better living conditions and
they are instructed by women who
visit the homes of the girls. These
women are usually teachers who spend
part of their time visiting and organ
izing the girls under the direction of
a state organizer"
Dr. Stabler stands ready to visit
the leading people of a county or ad-
dress meetings of forward looking
men whenever invited by some one
who is willing to help secure the ne
ccssary local aid.