Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-24

lie aBaFu4FS |sO-Op0 60 fSSSaO0lu
n stratio1 Wek cried c. byRpr a
re- M. ~Colfeg ana Ouf State depart
ment of Agriculture is now in opera
ton in 50 counties of the state, with
i q. county agent in charge of the work
j in each county During the pTeseni
Il year these men mad enrolled ss' dem
1:cnstrators, directly under their sup
4 ervfsfon $3.50 farmers These farm
4 ersvwgre growing fUrztner own bene'
d fit and as demonstrations in their
Respective communities the follow
ing crops, where the best known meth
uFlssin agriculture were applied 11,O6S
Il acres 6f. Corn; 3.068 acresuofs cotton
and 55,4M acres of other ropsA or a
H total of 90 651 acres. Thisis an yer
s age Of over 1000 acres Der ceAntg in
Il Demonstration territory.
During the presents year these
agents have made 28,607 personal
Il visits to identify farmers. They have
probably advised and helped IS many
1 more of which we have no record.
i Each demonstration plat influences
! from ave .sto one hundred Farmers.
4 Farmers: often drive eight to- ten
Imiles to study these plats. Aside from
Ethis, there were enrolled about IL, 600
k0fher farmers, some Of whom ere
| Visited and alt of whom ecefved
! agricultural bulletins, phauap let's etc.
In this work there is not nauch stTeess
! nut upon the method of giving in
t structions or advice by eerrespen%
dence, still several thousand letters
rave been written in reply to requests
for information by farmers. BysaA
i of these methods. combined there has
1robabIg been reached SOC. O0e far
ners. most of them in a way practical
way -
E Aside from this the growing OF the
ordinary summer crops, another val
Fable afeatHEesQof the work has been
the growing and planting OF 80 s7S1
acres OF winter growing crops. A
conservative estimate of these are
worth at least $1,000 per acre, or
total value Of $500, 100000. These
crops consist of $40 acres of Clo-
yer; s4,249 acres Of grasses; and H.
SS7 acres of other crops consisting
of. rye, vetch, small grain. rape, etc.
During the season county agents
have started definite systems of ratio
ton of crops with 1881 farmers.
lessons in their respective communi-
ties, and will furnish much valuable
information to Demonstration agents
to be distributed through their coun-
ties. a.....t ~ 81
These agents have been instrument
tai in introducing into the state the
following live stock; stations, l45
mules, 116 bulls; III COWS; S53 hogs;
$50 sheep, or a total of 1,1S0 animals
of improved blood to be used for
breeding purposes They have vaccin-
ated 3,7SI 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 |
tie U. S. Department of Agriculture |
with out state veterinarian in an eff |
fort to control and to eventually Grad |
icate this swine plague. They have in |
GCGed the building. of % -silos- and !
have started several cFeameries with |
collecting routes in connection. Much |
of this. work was done in cooperation ]
With our state dairy department. 1t /
would make long story to attempt /
to state all OF. the work being done by !
these progressive men, Some. things
drainage systems. and the putting in
of 68,000 feet of thing. the terracing !,
ef-a number of farms, the pruning
and. spraying of 396. orchards, the re-
ROYAL of over 10000; stumps, the
starting of several hundred pastures,
the stopping of one outbreak of Black 1,
leg, the getting of one soil-survey, !
etc.
Boys Corn Club Work has been |
carried on in 81 counties with an en-
rollment of over 1900 boys. which is |
100 per cent greater than that of last |
year Girls Canning Clubs have been |
extended from IL to 80 counties, and |
from an enrolment of 120 girls last |
year to over 1900 this year. They |
not only can tomatoes; but in one way |
or another are saving every kind of !
edible fruit and vegetable on the farm. |
puling the year poultry clubs in CO.
operation with the Animal Husbandry |
Division have started in counties |
with a membership of over 300. Many |
new and modern poultry houses have
been built, and much good livestock
has been purchased by the members
of the clubs. This work is to be great
ly enlarged during the ensueing year.
are now being made to
start pig clubs and beef clubs, each
ia ten counties to begin with. The AMI
nal Husbandry Division. will furnish
expert advise and help to- organize, |
but County Agents will largely be
held responsible for the success OF the
work lin their respective counties.
Much stimulus too live stock growing |
is expected to result from these eff |
forts. szsxsElf astf}.ya r3rI bas auG. !
A new department. Of the work now /
to be added is that of Home econoz
mics. This is for the benefit OF farm I
women. tits to- deal with canning,
preserving, curing, house keeping /
home-making, sanitary measures.
food values, cooking, clothing, health
problems, marketing, labor saving de-
vices, women 8 clubs, etc. 1t is stated
there ia much to be done in the 1aol1safI