Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
FARM DEMONSTRATORS
BECOME SPECIALISTS
Father and Grandfather Being Rap
idly Conrerted-No Laugh at
Youngsters From College.
GOOD WORK IN CATTLE SECTION
Agent in Great Stock Growing Conn
ty Of Russell Organizes u County
Association TO Insure Pure-Brcd
Stock All Over Territory.

~ OF Russell Organizes u Count Y
Association TO Insure Pure-Brcd
Stock All Over Territory.
The work Of the farm demonstration
agents is growing in favor. old Viz
GINA farmers are rather SLOW to catch
ON to new ideas. and at first and for Il
long time the majority OF them rather
resented the idea Of the college bred
fellows coming around To teach them IA
trade or profession that they were sure
they had mastered years ago, and IN
their own way. They could not believe
that a youngstor could improve on their
old methods. The young farmers, how
ever. TOOK u different view Of the mat
ter, and especially did the very young
ones. the boys just budding into the
realities Of farm life. look upon the
demonstraror as a teacher indeed
When The fathers and the grand
fathers commenced TO realize that their
sons and even graudsous. under the
teachings or the demonstrators, were
Sctung able TO give them, the parents
ana grandparents. cards and spades ana
ueat them at ih,iy own game the old
gentlemen began 10 at least be polite
and nice - The agents Now the dem
onstratorS rarely ever got the cold
shoulders from the old-ttmers True
they do not always convert the AGED
farmers, AND do not always get them
methods Of farming, bu, they do not
hear ihc 'ha.ha nowadays as they did
Two or three YEAS ago.
As WORRIED oITIN
CATTLE-RAISINc COUNTY
All OF TINS is encouraging 10 the
demonstrators. and they are making
even greater efforts to carr! on the
good work. To ;hs end al the agents
III NlrciN have been instructed 10 give
strict attention 10 special work a. they
may find il in their particular fields
They are. therefore. making an effort 10
suit the work to conditions in each
county, and take hold OF one or more
vital things that the farmers can make
success OF, and 10 push that ana not
to try to teach the men OF the noun
tain section how TO grow cotton, or
those of the trucking section how to
raise heeves. w G.. WNsor, the agent
III Russell County. has l;raspcd one
phase OF the situation as he finds it
there and his plan seems SO feasible
that he has been asked 10 make il pub
lie, with the hope that the cattle men of
other counties may form such an nssoci-
alton as he has there Mr. WySor is a
graduate in agriculture OF the V. /. l.,
class OF 1914, was raised on farm. was
an honor man in his class ranking
captain OF the battalion in his coilcr G
days and president of tho cadet corps,
the highest Office in the gift Of the
students.
!, COUNTY ASSOCIATION
THAT PROMISES WELL.
Of this special work. Mi. Wysor
writes:
When took up the demonstration
WORK in this county. January | OF this
year II was AT once evident that uicrc
was great need NJ better live stock
especially cattle, in our territory. This
Is grazing county one Of the hest
al li,-n ,.ly IL
OF surprisingly inferior type and
quality. Our chief income is from
cattle, the county shipping from 5000
10 5000 steers annually, and this is
evidently the vital interest OF our farm
Practically every farmer complains
that II IS imposShl. To buy good calves
or feeders Thr reason is not hard
TO hnd-w" nave almost no good bulls.
OF the scvcnty-tive or eighty bulls
in the county there are only eieht pure
preds. the balance are scrubs or near
scrubs. II We had every BUN in the
county pure bred, il would he worth
thousands OF dollars To tn. farmers
each year Right there il the objoc,
OF the association am organizing. We
are going To- place purc-brcd short
horn hull Within the reach OF every
farmer in this county.
Farmers have not been keeping bulls
ioi the simple reason that ii y un-
running Il charity organization Many
men who have been lsccping bulls tell
me ;hat they ha.L mot ,ycNliHod 81 on
IN" animal. tho4ch, - NJ 500 was duc.
The custom has grows up not to pay.
farmer owning Duli individually
can hardly force payment in advance.
II brings about Unpl"asaUtncSs with his
friends ana neighborS. However, II he
Was keeping a bull for the association
and had orders 10 collect In advance, II,
would ne an easy matter 10 do so W.,
expect 10 license every puIl and, in
addition, require payment in advance.
To sho" that thi. can b. done. site
the following instance: a BUN owned
by club 'sevcn mru) IN this county
returned 40 per cen; interest on inc
investmon; IN one wear Every dollar
was collected when the COWS We're
turned in
ONLY VERY HEST HRED
ANIMALS TO M HoItuJ
hope 10 have & hundred or more
farmers ~ tho association. wnlel is
10 be known - The russell County
Live stock Association Each farmer
puts IN s." and owns one Snare i'm a."
association ! might mention mere that
this Is tfu" o. every man ,Xcvrt Gov
ernor II g stuart, who is yrr, murh
interested and wul take much NOR,
OF the stock IN The asSo .iatiou W, wl
have about Ss,rur 10 iry,s: i'm buu.
The animals are to hr pGrcHas.d by
comm,ttee of s,ockucu and placed
with reliable farmers on such terms
that the 'ariucr ko.pre tN. r.lls gets
+ three iolrths Of tGc iuromc from hin,
= and also TIE breeding OF MS u,,,.. COWS
4 The association gets the o;he, quarter
Z, which VIII pay interest and expenses
LAT or 10 per cent, counting for r,.-
xfAsonable losses IN addition. .aul rn,.n-
73kksber OF tho association may breed two
5fcows free Of charse Tho 'ce is ga 20,
-.jTsss SO, 70 that insnres MIN -. or r,r
accent on his $50. Every two or TIRE.
syears the bulls arc 10 he cxchnugcd
s.-from farm "a farm TO avoid iubrccdiug
.s.When an Individual owns u luli ~,