Middletown transcript., 1915-11-20
REPORTOF COUNTYAGENTWORk
G. H. ALFoRp. State Agent.


to assisting the farmers Of their
counties. The salaries paid these men
range from $1,000 to $4,000 per annum.
Nine of the twelve County Agents own
automobiles and all pay their own ex-
penses. These men have charge Of
Adult Demonstration Work and the
Boys Corn, Potato, Pig and other Club
Work. The rule is for the county to
pay half Of the Agents salary and the
u. S. Department of Agriculture to
pay the other half through the Mary
land Agricultural College.
County Agents are selected and
nominated for appointment by the
State Agent. The selection must be
satisfactory to the county commission
ers, the Maryland Agricultural College
and the U. S. Department of Agricul-
| ture.
There is sufficient money on hand to
pay half the salary of $4,000 County
Agents in four other counties. The
first counties to vote the necessary
money to pay half the salary Of, say,
a $4,000 man, will get the governments
money.
These County Agents are getting
wonderful results. Mr.. G. F. Marsh,
| of Cecil County, has Travelled 4,S24
miles and visited 451 farmers, 153
farmers have called at his Office. He
has received 326 telephone calls from
farmers; addressed 2,142 farmers at As
farmers meetings; written 290 articles
for papers; visited Al schools; ex-
/ posed the promoters of creamery and
saved the farmers about $4,000; ex-
posed fake hog cholera cures and
saved the farmers a great deal of
money.
Mr.. H. S. Lippincott, of Somerset
County, began work on the first of last
March. He has organized ten Farm
ers' Clubs; has 80 boys in Corn Club
Work; has a total number Of 1888
acres on 80 different farms, in 26 diff
ferent farm crops in demonstration
plots. He has inoculated 1880 hogs
on 921 farms against hog cholera.
Mr. G.. F. Wathen, Jr., of St. Mary's
County, has visited 760 farms and
travelled $500 miles. He has ad-
dressed SO farmers meetings; organ
lied eight farmers clubs; boys agri-
cultural club; distributed 1850 bull
1etins to farmers bought 1900 tons
of fertilizers for the farmers and saved
$500 per ton; bought about 1000 tons
of lime for the farmers organizations
at saving of $1.00 per ton; purchased
500 bushels of seed for the farmers
clubs at a saving of from $3.50 to $1.0O
per bushel.
Mr.. ]. H. Drury, of Calvert County,
began work February 18th, and up to
November 1st, had Travelled 4,41O
miles, visited 578 farmers; addressed
1851 farmers at 81 meetings; visited
20 schools, wrote 270 letters; mailed
1890 bulletins; wrote 20 articles for
county papers; inoculated 27 hogs, and
advised 468 farmers. He has so adult
demonstrators and % boys enrolled in
Corn Club Work.
Mr.. John McGill, Jr, Of Allegany
County, began work on the first OF
March, and up to November first had
made 663 visits to 121 different farms
He has travelled 5,363 miles; dis
tributed 1859 farmers bulletins and
organized four farmers clubs. He
supervised the building of the first
concrete silo in the county; has
demonstration plots of alfalfa. Canada
peas, potatoes, vetch, and oats, COW
peas, soy beans, sudan grass, and
crimson clover on SO different farms
He had 1856 phone calls, and 17S visits
; at his office from farmers. Held 2S
farmers meetings with total attend
ance of 1,404.
Mr.. H. C. Whiteford of Anne Arun
del County, has been on duty only
four months. He has visited 80 farm
ers on their farms; has 81 demon
strations in different crops on as many
farms; has written 40S personal let
ters to farmers; has had 80 telephone
calls from farmers; has purchased
head of pure-bred stock for his demon
strators; has travelled 2,441 miles; has
listed 25 bushels of grain for sale; hal
addressed four farmers meetings, ant
made 2O2 visits to farmers.
Mr.. ]. F. Monroe, Of Worcester
County, has inoculated 1,030 hogs oil
: 1O5 different farms; visited 162 farms
made 452 visits to farmers; travele'
l 1864 miles; addressed 27 farmers
i meetings, wrote 926 personal letter
J. to farmers, mailed out 428 bulletins
had calls from 6S farmers, and re
3 ceived Office calls from 1856 farmers
| He has Is wheat, oat, 10 soy bean, /
Sudan grass, Is alfalfa, orchar'
y pruning, drainage, l corn, ferti
s lizers, l pepper, 2 potato, l silo
Mr.. Gilbert B. Porter, of Dorcheste
r County, has supervised the building o
y 65 silos; inoculated 1,060 hogs; as
sisted in putting in an overhead irriga
t. ton plant on ten acres Of land; he'll
/, % field demonstrations in sprayin
s orchards and put on a campaign TO
g more cow peas and soy beans. He ha
, travelled 1895 miles; addressed /
q farmers meetings; promoted farm
ers' Institutes with an attendance c
827. He has IL top-dressings c
> nitrate; Is Sudan grass, IL soy beans
3 20 corn, lis alfalfa, so COW peas, an
{ Is wheat demonstrators.
d Mr.. w. R. Linthicum, of Charlie
= County, has travelled 9,161 miles
II visited 629 farmers; held 46 farmer
= meetings. made talks at 3S schools
u and has enrolled 4s boys in Corn Clu
. Work. He has six demonstrators
wheat, IL in oats, 6 in Sudan grass,
:, with alfalfa, numerous demonstration
- and aox4y noae and his