The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-11-27

justified, but when Dr. Knapp held the
nigh standard of reforming agricu!-
ture for proht, pleasure, Improvement
of rural conditions and so forth, there
was. and is now, a still greater justi-
hcation for the work.
Soon after DR.. Knapp adopted the
County Agent plan, progressive farm
eTS ana business. ana professional men
accepted the plan as the key TO the
slIuaIlon ana arose IN mass TO take
steps to provide the necessary money
to pay saIaries to County Agents. The
government maze small approprla-
IONS to enable farmers to grow cot
ton in spite of the Mexican Cotton Boil
WeeviI. Practically al. OF these APP
preparations We're used to assist in
paying the salaries of County Agents.
Inc General Education Board OF New
Crk City learned OF the great work
being done by Dr. Knapp and mis- men
and made appropriations to assist in
paying the salaries OF the County
Agents. Counties, Chambers of Com
nlerce, Boards Of Trade. bankers, bust
ness men and farmers contributed to
the funds to pay the County Agents,
VI ~. N'i''pp > i''i99lN'i.'Il S', eS '1iSy
were often called.
Or. Knapp died in 1911. The nation
and especially the South mourned the
death of this truly great man. Or.
bradford Knapp had been assistant to
his father in Demonstration Work for
several years and was unanimously
chosen to continue the great work. He
mas proven to he q most worthy sue
ccssor OF his distinguished father.
The number OF County Agents con-
yluUed to Increase until there were $40
acid mcn-thaC is, County. Local and
Boys Club Agents. with their super
yismg State and District Agents, and
the farmers continued to fail rignJ
into the ranks with the great forward
movement Of agricultural progress IN.
der the direction of Or. Bradford
r-Aapp and his assistants. The Boys
Club Wort. was started in 1908 At
inst corn was the important consider
alton; today the WORK has been elaO-
GRATED. taking in many other CROPS,
such as cotton, a fa!fa. potatoes, also
poultry. pigs and baby beef. The
Girls Club Work was started in 1910.
This has grown until now it is known
IS the Girls Canning Club and Home
Demonstration Work, which is taking
in the farm women as well as the girls
themselves.
The great success of DR.. knapp's
plan to put County Agents in counties
to begin at the bottom and teach the
best methods Of securing the largest
yie.d Of field crops with the greatest
economy by ocular demonstration and
personal appeal accomplished such
wonderful results that a nationwide
demand was made on Congress for
most liberal appropriation for the
work. The Hatch and Adams Funds
were for the purpose of investigation
and experimentation. Those funds
could not be used for demonstration
work. The Smith, Lever Act neces-
sarily followed in 1914 because, as
strongly emphasized at the outset, the
information obtained by the Expert
ment Stations could not be transmit
ted to the great mass of farmers by
means Of bulletins and lectures.
The movement toward the Smith
Lever Act started several years ago.
A number Of bills We're introduced
from time to time Some features of
lllCSe DIS were retained ana all 1OunQ
their elimination in what is known to-
day sthe Smith-Lever Act. This act
provides for cooperative extension
work in agriculture and home econo-
mics There is permanently appro-
priated, annually, to each State, the
sum of $4,000. There was also APP
nropriated an additional sum for the
fiscal year following the wear in which
the $4,000 became available, and for
each year thereafter for seven years.
a sum exceeding by $500OO0 the sum
appropriated for each preceding year.
This money is allotted annually to
each State in the proportion which
the rural population of each state
bears to the total rural population of
all the states. The act provides that
no payment shall be made in any year
to any state until an equal sum has
| been appropriated for the work for
that wear from within the state,
Thirteen counties in this State have
made the necessary anpropriat to
assist in paving the salaries of County
Agents. Twelve well qualified mon
have been appointed and are now