Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-11-23
HOPEFUL REPORTS
BEING RECEIVED
Brief Reports From Demonstration
Agents over State Show That
Acreage viii Be Reduced.

VI thti tNluthNt VI lht Iehoiulloh
OF Texas farmers to diversity and cor
respondingly TO reduce the cotton
acreage next year is found in the fol-
lowing excerpts from reports OF coun-
ty demonstration agents coming to
the State demonstration agent, w. f.
Proctor, at the A. a. NJ. College. II
will be seen that much work has been
done already In organization. The
extension service OF the college hopes
10 inaugurate December / a sharp
campaign Of cooperation between
commercial clubs and demonstration
agents for organization in diversified.
ton and marketing. Reduction Of
cotton acreage Is accomplished auto.
matically when farmers agree among
themselves to plant larger acreage in
other crops. Wherever these organl.
cations have been effected the cotton
acreage is reduced forty to fifty per
cent
Canton, NJ. II. Vandiyer-We have
organized a central association at the
county seat. the object of which is to
urge the growing OF vegetables, corn,
small grain. hay, poultry and pigs,
with other crops which 20 to make a
comfortable living for the man on the
farm. Another object is the reduc.
tion OF the cotton acreage by fifty per
cent for 1915. The meeting was at.
tended by farmers, business and pro.
fesslonal men.
Mount Vernon. Roger Davis - The
Commercial Club OF Mount Vernon
has agreed to retain a man to work
In cooperation with another expert
TO be obtained by the farmers. these
two men working for better market.
ing facilities for truck. AZ meeting
this week the members pledged them.
selves to grow more truck, such as
watermelons, potatoes. beans, toma.
toes, cantaloupes, etc.
Livingston, Joe r. Day-lf We are
to Judge from what the farmers tell
us there will be in this county a
very light acreage of cotton and a
very heavy acreage OF feedstuffs and
truck next year.
Greenville, John II. Erickson-More
than twenty farmers have applied
during the past week to cooperate in
demonstration work All agree to re-
duce cotton acreage from % to so per
cent More wheat has been planted
than usual and more oats and corn
will be planted next year than here
tofore At least So per cent OF ;he
farmers will have 10 buy corn this
winter
Kaufman. Charles X. Walter-The
two meetings held this week were
we'll attended The county supprin
tendent Of education attended both
meetings and helped to SOW the good
seed OF Investigation.
/ Pit;sburg u. NJ. Strange The
farmers are sowing more small grain
than they have in many years.
! Sweetwater, w. c. Calvert-In my
efforts to induce the farmers to re-
duce their cotton acreage for next
year ! have the hearty cooperation
and support OF the Chamber of Com
merce and the bankers and business
people \ meeting was held this
week for the purpose Of perfectine
ways of supplying the farmers with
brood sows and dairy cattle. We
hope to import a carload each of
sows and COWS. Peanuts will be one
crop substituted for cotton.
William Gamer, district agent
Denton find that each of my agents
report that the farmers are anxious
and agree to cut the cotton acreage
by half next year.
Quitman, John r. Edwards 49, The
farmers of this section have sowed
about four carloads of wheat
Huntsville, n. r. Tisdal-There Is
an increase OF 500 per cent in oats
and crimson clover this fall.
Hemphill, D. o. Price-The farmers
are going into the tomato business on
a large scale
Kingsville, ]. c. Berryman-Every
farmer have visited the past week
has agreed to reduce his cotton acre
age at least 40 per cent.
Wharton, J. F. Bagwell-I have
held fourteen meetings this week
with an approximate attendance of
| GAS persons. At each meeting | have
preached diversihcation, rotation and
more livestock on the farm. Many
farmers have agreed to raise every.
thing that is consumed at home in so
far as possible.
Bedias, w. NJ. Plaster-l am relia.
bly, informed that the farmers in the
vicinity of Navasota have pledged to
plant at least 1000 acres Of peanuts
next year.
Bryan, A. W. Buchanan-The peo-
pie are becoming more and more in
terested in diversification OF crops
and the cotton acreage reduction