Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-31
Some Of Gratifying
Results Of Farm
Demonstration Work
WORK DONE u HENDERSON COUNTY, BIZ
FARM DEMoNsTRAToR Z. i. PERKINS.

EC1d pHOSpHag0 WHICH Is g c463p k1Hn8
OF fertilizer. Practically every man
that SUBSIDIZED in the winter claims
that his yield was increased hEough
this source alone from 20 I'd so per-
csllt If a man can subsoiI an acre oE
land for $500 and add to the yield
from 10 to 80 bushels It looks 70 me- s
ike It would be paving proposition
for any farmer to look into.
Some More Results.
5000 acres more crimson clover this
year than last.
1900 acres more redcIoyer this year
than last.
5000 acres more small grain (esti.
mated1 this year than last.
5000 acres more crimson clover this
than last.
5000 more improved apple tree.p
this year than last
100 acres more pasture grass this
year than last
20 acres lined. IS
Is more orchards sprayed this year
than last.
systematic crop rotation started
on 40 farms.
succeeded IN getting an experiment
al cold storage in HendersongiIle.
Have succeeded in planting seeds or
thought that viii grow and prosper
for hundreds Of years to come
Sold several hundred bushels of rye
at advanced price
Results Of the Work.
The Democrat has carried during.
the past few weeks reports Of the
work of Demonstration Be- L. Perkins
Herewith it carries report of the
Importance of this work in North
Carolina and the accomplishments as
prepared by State Agent c. II. Hudson
The Farmers coop I've dena0nstra-
ton work carried on BY our A. dEs
| college and our State department Ok
agriculture cooperating with the u S..
department of agriculture is now iuf
operation in SO counties of the State.
| with county agent in charge of the.
work in each county. During the pre-.
| sent year these men had enrolled as
demonstrators and directly under
| their supervision, 1853 farmers. These
farmers were growing for, their own
benefit and as demonstrations in their
| respective communities the following
| crops, where the best known methods
| IL agriculture were applied: II ,08G
acres of corn; 3,068 acres cotton: and
| 55,487 acres of other crops, or total
of 1861 acres. This is an average of
over 1000 acres per county in demon
monstration territory
During the present year these agents
have made 38,607 personal visits to in
| d1vidual farmers. They have talked
| to 104,884 farmers in meetings at
tended. They have probably advised
and helped as many more of which VIC
have no record. Each demonstration
plat influences from five to one hun
| dred farmers. Farmers often drive
from eight to ten miles to study these
plats. Aside from this, there were
enrolled about 10000 other farmers.
some of whom we're visited, and all OF
whom received agricultural bulletins.
| pamphlets, etc. In this work there is
not much stress put upon the method
| of giving instructions or advice by
correspondence, still several thousand
| letters have been written in reply to-
requests for information on by
farmers. By all of these methods
combined, there has probably beem
reached 100000 farmers, most of them
in a way practical way.
| Aside from this the growing of the
ordinary summer crops, another valu-
| able feature of the work has been the
growing and planting of 50,737 acres
of winter growing crops. A conserva-
| tive estimate of these are worth at
least $1,000 per acre, or total value
of over 100000 co. These crops con-
s1st of 32,510 acres of clover; 4y240
acres of grasses; and IL, ,987 acres OF
| other crops consisting of rye, vetch.
rape, small grain, etc.
| During the season county agents
have started definite systems of rota--
| ton of crops with 1,081 farmers.>
These will furnish valuable object
lessons in their respective communi-
| ties, and will furnish much vaIuabTz
| information to demonstration agents
| to be distributed through their coun-
| ties =
] These agents have been instrument
I "a in introducing into the State the
| following livestock: stations, T45s
mules, 116 bulls, 1T COWS, 353 hogs,
$50 sheep. or a total of 1,180 animals
! of improved blood to be used for
| breeding purposes. They have vaccf-
mated 3,781 for cholera. 80 per cent Of
| the injections seemed to produce i'm
munity when used in time They are
now cooperating with an expert from
| the U. s. department of agrfculture
with our State veterinarian in an eff
| fort to control and to eventually erad-
icate this swine plague. They have
induced the building of % silos and
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