The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05

SFS, drOuSinS tnclr interest, ana Sc /
curing tnelr cooperation. |
Demonstration Oh Methods and Pro
cesSeS. |
At field meetings, special meetings, |
and on Individual farms demonstra- |
tons showing how to do certain
things about the farms are frequently
given. Among other methods and
processes taught in this way are: The
use of improved implements and farm
devices; better methods of cultiva-
ton; orchard management, pruning,
spraying, grating, and budding; pull
ing, burning, or blasting stumps; how
to use the Babcock tester and the
cream separator; uses Of the farm
level; terracing to prevent erosion;
laying d%raintile; testing soil for acid
ity; how to build silos and dipping
watts, and various farm buildings; vac
clnatlOn OF hogs to prevent cholera
and OF cattle to prevent blackleg;
how to c%aponize, c~astrate, and any
other farm operation Or process
which may be made the subject Of
definite demonstration.
ONO Rural Organizations.
To extend his work and develop
rural leadership. the county agent en-
courages m promotes helpful rural
organizations Of various kinds. Farm
ers' clubs, seed breeding, live stool
and truck growers associations, cow
testing associations, poultry clubs,
shipping clubs, and local associations
for cooperative buying, particularly
of fertilizers, pure-bred seed. or live
stock for breeding are eX-
amples of organizations most fire.
quently promoted. He endeavorS to
make use of all existing rural organ
iZations or agencies, and to -ordi-
nate their activities so that all may
work unitedly and efficiently. Such
organizations are extremely helpful in
extending the influence and further
ing he work Of county agents and in
developing a helpful spirit of CO
operation among farmers i'll each
community.
Gives Advice and instruction to Farm.
ers Generally.
Such instruction may pertain to
any activity on the farm or of rural
life. How to grow, fertilize. or cul-
tVate various crops; methods of com
batting plant diseases and insect pests;
the care, management, and feeding
of live stock; the prevention or 0
troll Of iseases of live stock, and 70
tation of crops and systems Of farm
management are but a few of thu
8 subjects on which his advice and hell
is sought and given. Much Of thi
| help is given by putting the farmel
l in direct touch with the expert at tn.
agricultural college or of the de
f p%art1nent, who is particularly quail
fed to help him, and by the distribu
ton Of bulletins and circulars o
t these institutions dealing with tn
y particular subject on which advice
S sought. The agent is the link con
r. Meeting the farm with the experiment
n station, the agricultural college, an
G the United States Department of AS
S riculture.
y Women and Girls Work.
Women and girls work is conduct
ed by women county agents, super
- vised by the central office. 1t was be
e gun in 1910, and is the logical GU
growth Of the work with men an
- boys. The woman county agent is
do for m girls, and the hon
< what the farm demonstration ageT
a does for the men and boys AND tn
farm. The aim in each case is to &c
done some definite worthwhile thing
which teach a lesson and inspire t
greater achievements. In h girl
"a c~anning-c1ub work the girls are il
" structed how to grow tomatoes an
other vegetables on one-tenth Of q
acre, and how to can, preserve, pickl
Mt in other ways utilize the product
it Winter garden clubs and poult1
n clubs have naturally followed tt
work in canning and summer garden
al ing. Bread making and many 9th
to forms Of home-improvement wol
have also been taken up. This wol
In trains girls TO become CIIlC1enC non
a makers, develop the resources of IL
tie farm, to improve h quality of tt
r country life, and to become econom
al ally Independent. From the girl
so garden to the mothers kitchen al
er the home is a short and easy ste
BIS The work with girls has opened Il
IT. way for systematic home-econOmi
on work in the rural home. and has d
rs veloped the logical organization al
ct methods for doing this work.
Farmers in any of the 720 cou
ties Of the South having local agen
should not fail to get in touch wi
les such agent and secure his assistan
ity in building up and improving t
go farm. Encourage the boy and g
lss to join their respective clubs and c
re- operate with the college and the d
CHI partment in this work in every pc
"a sihle WAY. Where there is no lo1