The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-09
The Demonstration Work a n d
County Agent Cooper Come
in for Strong Words Of
Commendation
PROGRESS MADE
BY MOVEMENT
Problem is to Increase Productivity
Of Grady County's Fertile
Acres; Ladies Serve a
Superb Feast

Marking the close OF the second
years work Of the organization and
the passing Of its management from
the old to the new board OF directors,
the second annual banquet Of the
Commercial and Farm Bureau OF Grady
county held In the Dugan building
Tuesday evening, was featured by the
presence OF number OF farmers who
voiced words OF warmest commenda
tion for the demonstration work that
is being done by County Agent 0. G.
Cooper as the representative OF the
U. $. department Of agriculture. On
the benefits to be derived from the
work there was no dissenting voice
but. on the other hand, the farmers
who have been In closest touch with Ii
n joined with the business men who
spoke in approval OF it and paid par
ticular tributes 10 the efficiency Of
Mr. Cooper
1t was Ben johnson, the retiring
president Of the bureau, who conceiy-
ed the idea of inviting the farmers to
be present and give some first hand
Information To the business men on
what is being accomplished and how
the work Of the organization Is viewed
by the men who till the soil. A fine
body of representative men from var
ious parts of the county responded and |
the brief talks which they made prov
ed to be highly interesting and instruc- |
ttive to the large crowd, numbering
nearly two hundred, that gathered for
the big feed" II was d happy oc-
casion socially as the town and coun.
try folks met and talked over mutual |
interests IN frank and friendly way
Completely lacking was the spread
eagle brand Of afterdinner oratory.
plain business talks OF a practical ma
ture being substituted for the elo-
quence and bomhast frequently heard |
on such occasions.
Retiring President Speaks.
In his opening remarks as presiding |
toast-master Ben johnson outlined ths
work which the bureau has been doing |
and the objects which II seeks to ac-
complish. "The benefits OF the dem
opstration work are evident in the re-
It's achieved by the boys clubs" said
he. Last year the boys made an aver
age of AZ bushels OF corn per acre in
this county, while the average corn
production for the county was about
12ik bushels. The boys made over
four times as much per acre as the
average farmer The object of this
work is to get the entire county into
the highest state of cultivation If
! we can increase the average produc-
ton Of the 100000 cultivated acres Of
the county to the extent of one dollar
the total increase win be sufficient to
pay all taxes collected in the county.
'aThe benefits of the bureaus work
are not limited TO agriculture but in
clude livestock. good roads, diversifi-
cation and everything which tends to
make the farm more profitable. An
other object at which we aim is TO
bring the town and country people
c,osser together In a social way and
that is one OF the reasons why we arc
glad to have our farmer friends with
us this evening
Cooper Makes Talk.
AS the first speaker OF the evening,
Mr. Johnson nihsfroduced County Agent
Cooper wnseFh opening remarked thar
he preferred to have the farmers pres,
ent make his report for him as they
could tell better than he how well his
Work was being done. Mr.. Cooper said
he had 303 boys and girls enrolled in
his clubs, more than the government
allowed except by special permission
and that he had applications from
many more whom he was unable TO
handle He also has 81 adult demon
strators, has organized fourteen anti
hog cholera clubs and -four commun-
ity clubs. s'We have one OF the finest
counties in the state said he, "ano |
don't believe you will find finer class