The log cabin Democrat., 1915-01-19
DEMONSTRATOR IS
 RETAINED FOR 1915 MERCHANTS GIVE FUNDS
TO CONTINUE SERVICES OF COUNTY AGENT EARLIER
 ANOTHER YEAR.

Although it has been known for some time that donations by the mer- chants of Conway had been made to assure the retention of United States farm demonstrator for anoth- CT year, it was not officially announc- ed until today that John w. Earlier had been reappointed by the United States department of agriculture. An appropriation for the demonstrators services was voted down in the Faulkner county levying court last October, but the business men of this city, aided by small contributions from a number of farmers and rural merchants, have raised about $1 900. which sum will be supplemented by So00 fro mthe government, to con- tinue the demonstration work. Elf forts are now being made to raise a sufficient sum to continue the girls canning club work, and it is believed that this movement will also succeed.
 MT. Earlier today issued the fol- lowing letter to the farmers of Faulk- her county:
 To the Farmers of Faulkner County:
 1 have been so very busy since Christmas, making out my last years report and mailing out special bulle- tins on diversified farming, that haven't had time to let you all know that l will be demonstration agent for Faulkner county again for 1915. Now We want to get started right, as it seems that some people, and espe- Icially a great many farmers, don t understand the work that 1 am try l ing to do
 Now, brother Farmer, I find that lots of you when you invite me to visit you think hard of me for not visiting you. Now, please don't think that l don't want to visit you, but when you invite me to visit you, do you in that invitation tell me that you want to try an acre or more of your crop under the demonstration method? No, you invite me to come and see you, and that I would gladly do but, as you haven't shown any disposition to take up the demonstra- tion work, l can't possibly visit you in social way,
 You all are good people and would like to pay you social visit but don't forget, brother Farmer, that l am employed to visit the farm CTS that want to take up the demon stration work, and that my work is a business proposition, pure and simple and my instructions from the depart ment are to visit the farmers that are l Itryinng to carry out the demonstra- tion methods, and to visit them only so you see that lots of good farmers and good men have criticised me very unjustly.
 Now, brother Farmer, let us start right this year, and don't forget that I can only visit some 40 or 50 farm CTS, and by the first of May at the outside, I have to get all the farmers located that l am to visit during the year. Now, please let us all pull to- gether, and if we will all pull to- gether we can make Faulkner county the banner county in agriculture in the grand old state of Arkansas.
 am only a servant of the farmers of Faulkner county, but at the same time I can only do what I can, as no six men could visit and give the farmers in Faulkner county the at tention they should have; so how can one man do more than six men sould do? Wishing you all the success pos sible,
 Very respectfully your servant,
 John w. Earlier,