Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-12-25
REPORT OF W. R. RITCH
Good Work Done During Last Year.
Plans for Next.

Mr., W. r. Riteh, Farm Demonstra-
tor for Yazoo County, has given out
the following;
Having arrived at the end Of the
first years services with the farmers
Of Yazoo County, as Agent Of the
Farm Demonstration Work, coming as
stranger among you, feel that il
would be a display of an ungrateful
disposition not to express my appre-
citation of gratitude for the many acts
Of kindness shown me during the past
year. The life OF a Demonstration
Agent is hard one, at best, and but
for the cooperation, encouragement,
and assistance by the good people OF
Yazoo, ! fear the ends sought for
might not have been accomplished
feel that my work might have amount
ed to little had 1t not been for the as
sistance rendered me by the Yazoo
Commercial Club, first in introducing
me to the various farmers over the
county and helping me locate the diff
ferent demonstration plots, and second,
in providing the funds which were
used for the following purposes: A
tour Of the county, carrying speakers
right to the farmers direct. The home
grown dinner held in Yazoo City in
September. The putting on of the va
200 County exhibit, both at Jackson
and Yazoo City, as well as the demon
stration Of the inoeulation Of hogs for
cholera by DR.. +. NJ. Ranck, Of the
A. & M. college on Nov 9th.
think that this is more than has
ever been done by any other CONNER
cial organization in the United States
up to the present time. 1t might be
we'll to state right here that the ini-
tiative taken by the Yazoo Commercial
Club in encouraging this line Of work
will receive the support Of almost ev-
cry Southern commercial organization
during the season Of 1915. It is now
receiving the greatest consideration at
the hands Of the business men Of the
South, as II is a subject that is Of
vital interest to us all.
must also give due credit to the
three newspapers Of Yazoo City, for
their assistance and cooperation.
Without the support Of the newspa-
pers, | realize that this work could
not be accomplished near so quickly or
thoroughly.
The following progressive farmers
of Yazoo County have rendered ma
terial aid in pushing this work for
} ward:
G. E. Rivers, p. C. Mitchell, Ernest
Pepper, w, 7. Clark, W. A. Cannon,
w. +. Jenkins, J. j. McGraw, H. H.
Brickell, j. S. Rowe, Marx Schaefer,
G. NJ Manor, d. A. Swayze, Wallace
Fleming, J. W. Henderson, J. A. Cald-
well, Wise Bros, Kyle Kirk, W. G..
Sharbrough, and many others too
numerous to mention.
And last, but not least, appre-
ciate the interest manifested by the
Board of Supervisors since my EN-
ployment by the county for the sea-
son Of 1915. AS | am just entering
upon the work for the next season, I
am going to ask the cooperation and
support of every farmer in Yazoo
County. l am now employed by your
county to assist you as much as possi-
BILE in the improvement Of your farm
ing methods. I shall not impose upon
you the untried theory Of anyone.
Rather | bring you the true and tried
methods Of the Department OF Agri-
culture. It has cost our government
millions of dollars to establish these
/ principles, and ] want to assure you
that you run no risk in their adoption.
Of course, you viii understand that
am not going to be able 70 visit every
, farmer in Yazoo County, and make a
demonstration plot Of every farm, but
! / shall endeavor to establish at least
one plot in every community, and it is
my desire that you keep well posted
upon the progress made in youI neigh
! borhood To those who might doubt the
efficiency Of the methods / teach, de-
sire to inform you that very shortly
shall compile my annual report to the
J government as to just what was ac-
compIished in your county, and for
your inspection I am going to have it
published. This report will only deal
with results which I confidently be-
lieve viii challenge your most earnest
consideration. w. r. RITCH.