The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-01-12
S WORK
OF DEMONSTRATORS
INSTINCT AGENT TELLS WHAT'S
sElNo DONE IN THE
DELTA.


4pt0tot 20 IHc Neto8s
jackson, Miss. Jan. 12.--Bradner J.
Moore, district agent for the United
1fofes government in farm demonstra'
Hon work in this section Of the state.
~ given out an interview In which
he tells Of the work accomplished in
Mississippi, and comments particular.
" On activities Of the agents in the
delta. He says:
The demonstration work In the
delta district. comprising Tunica,
Quitman. Coahoma, Tallahatchie, Boil
var. Ssnfower, LAHORE, Washington.
Holmes. Sharkey, Issaquena, Yazoo.
and Warren counties is on an excel
lent footing.
COOPERATIVE arrangements have
been perfected in seven Of these coun.
ties. which provides for the employ
ment Of an agent in each Of the CO
operating counties. E. c.. McInnis
with headquarters at Cleveland, Is
agent for Bolivar county; William R
Ritch at Yazoo City for Yazoo county;
Harris Barnes, at Clarksdale, for
'7Coahoma county; H. o. Jones, at
Marks, for Quitman county H. G. Car
penter, at Rolling Folk, for Sharkey
county; P. E. Spinks, at Tunica, for
Tunica county; and Carleton @
Smith, at vicksburg, for Warren coun-
IT,.
"All of these agents will be provided
with automobiles which will enable
them to cover their respective coun'
ties with expedition and thoroughness
heretofore impossible. Each will also
have an office at the county site,
where he will maintain an exhibit OF
the county's agricultural products, and
keeps stock Of Farmers Bulletins on
tho xarioas subjects Of interest to his
ss1llon, Tor distribution among the
fa1mers and planters seeking infor
nation.
1.-THE agents VIII have every Satur
,da5 s6s an office day, when they will
be "a hand to meet any one desiring
infdr6ation or advice, attend to cor
respondence, answer telephone calls
and make out their reports.
<ssWost OF them have provided black
boards In their offices on which list
of farm products, livestock, seeds and
implements offered for sale can be
placed, and ON which others may list
their requirements. thus offering
medium through which neighborhood
exchanges can be made.
'e'As further assistance in the work
/ shall get out in circular form, from
the Jackson office, at the beginning OF
eaok month, a list of suggestions for
Wo1k in the gardens and fields dur
iha1 the current month, calling atten-'
ti61< to the seasonablenesSo the vari-
ounF farm operations and urging the
early purchase OF seeds, fertllizers
etG% These circulars will be sent to
the county agents in bulk to be mailed
by them to every farmer in their coun
ties.
Through these agents will also be
distributed the regular seasonable and
timely publications of the bureau OF
plant industry and the other bureaus
Of the department Of agriculture.
"The results OF experiments carried
On at the Delta station at Stoneville
viii also be put before the farmers in
the cooperating counties.
Y When convenient and advisable,
Held schools will be held at the vari-
ous demonstration plants. to which
WflI be invited the planters and their
tenants from the surrounding plan
tations. and to whom will be explain
"a the various processes and opera
lions carried on on the demonstra-
tIon farms"