The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
FARM DENOMINATION
WORK 10 DISCUSSED
COMMITTEE ERD1 CHtNIBER
or COMMERCE. NIGHTS WITH
COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Report for Ten Monqls' Work Has
Been in Progress Shows Much
Activity for Profitable
Farming


ceedings and discuss With the court
the ACCESSIBILITY of continuing the
farm demonstration Work i'll Ellis
county. 1t had been tailed that there
was some probability Eof the court
disseminating the work because OF
the announcement THAI the present
farm demonstration wohld not be an
applicant for re-appGhntment. the
com missioners takingi the position
that a change in thj management
would be detrimental to the work
and it was to talk oyeS these matters
that a committee frolt the Chamber
of Commerce was pretent.
Secretary Schuster Explained that
at the directors melting of the
Chamber OF Commerce it was the
unanimous opinion fhat the work
should be continued and that the
purpose of the committee in com
ing before the coutt was to urge
its continuance MI Schuster then
branched off upon tie benefits to be
derived from this Work. saying he
knew from his association with the
farm demonstration that great good
was being accomplik hed, and that
farmers were taking an active inter
est
Judge +. l., lIaw4 fins appeared be
fore the court ONT invitation and
strongly urged a continuance Of the
work. He said he'll had given much
attention to the Wbrk in this coun-
ty because of giving his attention to
personal matters khile not busy in
the court room, hut that he had
observed the Wori aud benefits de
rived in Kaufmat county and felt
that to discontinue it there would
have been a sad lmistake He told
about how this giEat education work
was yet in its infdncy and that farm
crs We're somewhat SLOW in taking
holu OF II, but lfged continuance
because 1t was PIE best method of
carrying the message OF prolltab-e
farming to the fakmer.
a very stfol r. talk iii favor of
The continuance Of the work was
made by 7. A. Ftrris, who explained
that special eftpt was being made
this year in hehtlt OF diVersilication
aid that he fell that il there ever
was time Whenl demonstration work
was needed it SIas now. lie call
ed attention to he enormous amount
e.; money that goes out of Ellis coun-
ty each year fot things that should
he grown herel and told how the
demonstration IWork should and
would help solIe this problem. He
thought that tpis county could i'll
afford to discontinue the work at
this particular lime.
Some of the host appropriate talks
were made byl farmers themselves.
who explained That one reason for Il
seeming lack q interest during for
mer years waj the fact that Ellis
county farmers have Jared reason
ably well until the year just clos
ed and they 1ere not easily inter
ested, but now hhat the price of their
one-crop prod lEt had gone down to
the bottom mdtt any of them would
be willing to lend an attentive ear
to the suggestions OF the farm dem
onstrator. Neral OF the we'll known
farmers urgedtthe court to continue
the work as ! means of furthering
the profitable farming campaign.
Demonstrators Report.
The following report of the work
done during hhe ten months just
closed shows b very active work in
the county The report shows that
the farm dtmonstrator Travelled