The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-07-07
Mr.. KENT'S JUNE REPORT
DEMONSTRATION AGENT TELLS
OF WORK ON THE FARMS.
MANY Farmers Are Preparing EXhib-
its For Fair This Fall. Much
Interest Among Club Boys.

Interest Among Club Boys.
Following is the report of Mr.. K.
H. Kent, demonstration agent for
Terrell county, for the month of
June:
During the month l have visited
IS demonstrators, "a club members,
inoculated 81 hogs as a preventative
of cholera, wrote "a letters and trav-
eled 469 miles.
All this month the conservation of
moisture has been stressed a great
deal. This can be done this time OF
year in only one way, and that is
by rapid cultivation. Where this has
been done the crops have not been
injured near as much by the pro-
longed drouth as where cultivation
was discontinued. We have had to
RELY altogether on capillary moisture,
but where cultivation was not contin-
ued the crops reached but little ben
eft from it. This drouth should
teach our farmers the importance OF
deep fall breaking, addition OF hu-
mus and the use of a cover crop and
the harrow. The good effects of these
are seen on a number of farms in the
county, and I feel certain that num-
bers will follow the example another
season. We should constantly bear
in mind that the time to begin a crop
is in November instead of in March.
Field selection of seed, cotton and
corn. have received special attention
all this month. The Importance OF
this cannot easily be overestimated,
and we hope to be able to furnish
every farmer in the county field
picked seed of any variety wanted,
seed raised in his own county and
on soils that he hopes to plant them.
We cannot afford to waste our time,
money and energy planting seed OF
an inferior type, and we firmly be-
Iieve that the farmers are realizing
this as never before. The wilt re-
sistant cotton seed distributed are
giving good satisfaction in neraly
every instance so far. This alone
is enough to warrant selection OF
good seed.
| Considerable time has been given
to the county and state fairs. Some
have already begun selecting eXhlo-
IFS and others will start soon. II
each farmer would prepare gen
eral exhibit of the best of every
thing raised on his farm what a cred
table fair we could have. From all
the exhibits we hope to prepare an
exhibit for the State Fair that Will
show the rest of the state what tne
soils of this county will produce, how
progressive it's farmers are, and II
will be the cheapest and best adVer-
tisement of the resources of this sec
ton that could possibly be had. we
cannot take it for granted that other
neople know what a fine agriculture
section we have. They cannot see
it as we do. Seeing is believing, and
if we want development we must
show what we have to offer. Ev-
cry farmer will manifest his county
interest by the effort he makes in
saving some of the best of his prod
ucts for exhibition.
am extremely glad to say again
that not club member has dropped
out. The interest seems to be still
increasing, and by the end Of this
month I hope to have taken picture
of every member with his corn ana
pig. and as soon as his report is com
plete present him with it. These
bovs deserve all the praise that their
narents and friends can give them
r II. KENT. Demonstration Agent