Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-10
OF the boys and girls club work.
each haytng charge Of t~enty-fiSe
counties IA thu northeastern. north

NfSNSOA JlRS O-SS
counties II the northeastern, acrtl
westsrn and southern sections Of TIT
Estate respectively. Under thiaasitper.
vising force there are twenty, tHo 10
cal agents In the various counties who
were In direct contact with the farm.
ers and cOnducted operations on mi
farms along the lines OF scientific
agriculture prescribed by the repart..
ment. OF the local agents nine were
s,groes doing work 4moug the mem.
bera Of their race 3n the GoOnties
heavily populated by negroes. The fol.
lowing figures given do not include
any. of the boys and girls club wOrl,
or the work done by the negro agents,
They pertain entirely to results &C
,complished by fifty local agents
among the white admit farmers OF the
state. +.
Fifty Agents in state.
These fifty agents had 1.454 demon
strators in corn 1920 demonstrators
in cotton, a total of 2974 farmers who
they visited regularly ana supervised
the growing of the crops. These 2,974
demonstrators had 16,158 acres in
corn and 25,,91O acres In cotton, or q
total. of AZ ,16S acres. making the aver
age size Of the demonstration plats
~ l-5 acres per demonstrators. in
addition to the 1874 demonstrators
the local agents had on theirslis 10,-
:4o7 cooperat0rs, whom they are not
required to- visit regularly balt who
receive the department literature and
advice from the agents. Hence the
demonstration. force was in touch
with 13 1881 farmers in this state dur
Ing the year.
On the 1928 acres In corn under
demonstration methods 580,901 bush-
els were produced, an average OF. "a
1-2 bushels per acre. On the 1861
acres in cotton were produced a.
i5b63y520 pounds OF seed cotton an
average of 1862 pounds per acre. This
was accomplished in spite Of an un-
usually severe and extended drought
and a heavy boil weevil infestation.
Also the average yields were obtained
from every character of soil, upland
and bottom, varying in fertility from
very poor to rich and embracing
every section Of the.state.
Corn ana Cotton Average.
The average corn yield per acre for
Arkansas, as shown, by the year book
OF the department Of agriculture for
1912 was 20 IL bushels. 1t is fair
to presume that the average yield
for the state last year was not great-
er than this. But the average yield
on the demonstration FERNS was "a
1-2 bushels per acre, q net; gain '*of
IA bushels or a total of .227, 612 bush
els; fol. the ,l6, 25S acres under demon
stration methods. Figuring this in
creased yield at 20 cents per bushel
we have a net. gain of $3.50 per acre
or a total gain of $~l59,32S.A0 for the
total demonstration acreage over the
ordinary yields.
The average yield: Of cotton per
acre for Arkansasswas SO pounds for
1912, The average yield on the dem-
0nstration: farmsawas I ;062 pounds per
acre;9aaHf not gain of '492 pounds per
acre 81 u! total. Of ~12,747,72o pounds.
Thir,diInigiy thisci for lint and figuring the
increased yield .ats10$cents per pound
we have "a. net gain of $16.40 per acre,
or a total Of '$4299 ,942s-for the 25,910
acres under demonstration methods.
II Is shown that for every dollar ex:
pended by the people in, fostering den,
onstration work more than I'll has
been returned-more than 400 pei
cent on the amount invested.