The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-23
DEMONSTRATORS
MEET At HICKORY
farm Improvement Experts OF
West in Convention
March IA
&.-aisl 70 The News and ooserver.

N~-c4el % ine News and Observer |
Hickory, Feb. 20.-The government
farm demonstration agents for the
western district of North Carolina. |
which includes Guilford county and
all counties west Of tia county to the |
Tennessee line. will hold a district
meeting here March TO 4, inclusive.
Mr.. E. S. Millsaps of Statesyille. was
mere this week perfecting arrange
ments for the holding of the meeting.
The headquarters Of the agents will
be held in the chamber of m
rooms.
The first meeting on Monday night,
March /, will be an informal one.
Several speeches. including an address
of welcome, will be made, and the
meeting will not be devoted so much
to farming. During the progress OF
the sessions demonstrations of the use
Of the anti-hog cholera serum will be
given by competent persons and prom
lnent speakers are on the program
which will be highly Instructive to n
farmer attending.
The county agents Of farm demon
stTatlOn now at work in the western
district and who will probably all be
present at the meeting are +. II. An
derson, Guilford; F. S. Walker. Rock
ingham; Bruce Anderson, Forsyth; ].
c. Dobbins, Yadkin; VIM. f. Holt.
Stokes; q. Nj. Goforth, Caldwell: ".
r. Bailey. Mcdowell; J. B. Steele, Da-
wilson: E. L. Perkins, Henderson; ".
Is. CrufnptOn, Rowan; a. L. Siler, Ma
con; r. ". Graeber, Mecklenburg; A.
G. Hendren, Wilkes: II. K. Foster, Ca
taWDa; r. M. Gidney, Cleveland: J.
". Johnson, Surry; g. f.. Dull, ire
dell; B. F. Folk, CASTOR; X. D. Good
man. Cabarrus; F. f. Patton, 1ancey;
J. r. Sans, Madison; +. D. Bow6itch
l NJ : ol,o i Tl~- ~--
r. D. Weaver, Buncombe.
These men in 1914 worked a tota-
of 6.733 days, made 1899 visits t,
farmers. traveled by team 69,OS1
miles, by rail 23,101 miles. visited SCI
schools, talked to 20,156 school child
rem, held 495 public meetings. speak
ing to 1884 farmers and wrote 9,15,
, letters.
! r. S. M~illsaps, the district agent
, received during 1914 $3.50 letters
+ forwarded 3,037 letters, made Sc Wis
it's to agents, Travelled by rail 1864
miles, travelled by team 1857 miles
q held 10 public meetings spoke to 9,S3
persons.
These figures represent merely tn
physical work Of the men engaged i
farm demonstration work in the west
ern district. According to MI. Mil
saps, the results obtained are too bi
= for a short report and that durin
3 the seven years of demonstration WOr
- in the State the results lave amounte
- to almost a revolution in agriculture.
- He says the yield Of corn has il
creased more than 20, 900, 900 bushe
wheat over 1900, 900 bushels, and co
: ton more than 500, 900 bales. All otf
er crops nave increased in the SAN
proportion.
He goes on further to say that whe
this work was started a farm hous
screened from flies was an exception
:. now the unscreened house is the e.
- ception. At the beginning Of the wo1
only a few counties were doing in
proved road work-now it is a nigh
. poor county that is not doing son
good road work.
=. The change in school work has bee
remarkable and along every line
- rural Improvement the farm demon
1y StratOrs have been active promoter
ot Perhaps every creamery in the Sta
has started since this work began.
IN Mr.. Millsaps is very enthusiast
70 over the work. He says that althous
the agricultural awakening has be-
81 marvellous, it is really just beginnil
and that when the State has an ev'
one hundred demonstrators still grea
10 er results will be accomplished.