The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-18

lose interest in what he. was saying.
At the conclusion of his address he
was roundly applauded.
Mr.. McQuarrie was followed by MIR.
Waldrup, the agricultural expert of
the G. S. & F. Railway. Mr.. Wal
drup talked along the same lines and
for the purpose of emphasizing the
Importance to the county of dem
onstrator. He gave many illustra-
-tions of the value to farmers of a
demonstrator which had come under
his personal experience.
Miss Jessie Harrison Burton, the
Putnam county agent of the Girls
Gardening and Canning Clubs, was the
next speaker. Miss Burton made a
most interesting talk and it was easy
to see that the audience was deeply
interested in all she had to say. She
told of her own work among the girls
and showed that there was a positive
demand on the part of the boys of
the county for some one to lead them
into useful fields of endeavor, also.
Miss Burton is graceful speaker;
she is familiar with her subject and
therefore fully at home in its dis
cussion. She closed amid a storm Of
applause, and since the meeting many
comments on her address have been
made, any one of which would tend
to spoil a less sensible and earnest
young woman.
There were also short talks in ad-
vocacy of the Demonstration work by
B. F. Tillinghast of Crescent City,
Mayor R. M. Burt of Hastings, E.
H. Williams, H. L. Mann and others.
On motion of H. A. Davis of this city
the chairman was authorized to ap-
point a committee of 25 citizens of
the county to go before the County
Commissioners at the next meeting
and urge action on the part of that
board.
County Commissioners Tom Wal
dron of East Palatka and c. E. Row
ton of this city were at the meeting
and both made short talks showing
their interest in the appointment.
Commissioner Waldron made a decid-
edly interesting talk from a practi-
cal farmers standpoint. He show
ed that it took him several years to
get by practical experience, knowl-
edge that an up-to-date Farm Dem
onstratorrcould have given him in one
Commissioner Rowton told the meet
ing that it could count on his sup
port.
Concerning the work of these Dem
onstrators and the work now going on
among the Boys Corn Clubs, and Girls
Canning Clubs, the following edito-
rial from Tuesdays Atlanta Journal
would not be out of place here. The
Journal says:
"The corn clubs and canning clubs
of Georgia are becoming famous
abroad as well as at home. A wri-
ter in the Philadelphia Public Ledger
refers to the growth of these organi-
cations as 'one of the most striking
evidences of the Souths agricultural
awakening He notes particularly
these facts: That at the State corn
show held last year at Atlanta there
were more than three thousand eXhib-
its; that the average yield made by
excess of fifty bushels an acre; many
of the boys producing more than one
hundred bushels an acre; that one of
the prize-winning boys raised 1912
bushels, the cost of his acre being
$5465 and his net profit $12707; that
the girls canning clubs put up fifty
five thousand, one hundred and sew
enty-three cans of tomatoes with an
aggregate value of S12,16S.73; and
that each tenth-acre garden repre-
sented an outlay of $11 and an aver
age net profit of $23.26 to the owner.
"This record, admirable as it is,
will probably be overtopped during
the current year; for, war conditions
have emphasized the opportunities of
THAT field of agriculture in which the
corn club and canning club members
are leaders. The collapse of the cot
/ ton market last autumn demonstrated
the folly and danger of dependence
on a single crop. The need of pro-
Iducing more foodstutfs and of develop
ling a broader range of resources has
been impressed as never before upon
the farmers of the South
Furthermore, the work Of the corn
clubs and canning clubs has proved
the practicability of scientific methods
of cultivation. Parents have learned
from their children. Farm boys have
shown that fifty bushels Of corn to the
acre are easily producable and that a
hundred or more bushels are attain
able. Farm girls have shown that
vegetables can be raised and market
ed with handsome profits. These
youthful crusaders have opened the
way to a new and richer age Of South
|ern agriculture"