Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-23
Mr.. PERKINS FILES STATEMENT
Of WORK HERE FOR GOVERNMENT

Henderson county has a great many
citizens who are anxious to see furth-
er farm demonstration work in tho
county and they will continue to talk
in favor of this more modern Wav of
doing things on the farm. But there
ale those opposed to progressive-
ness OF any kind and they are also
taking.
ELa1 Ernest L. Perkins served as
y derc-1-:S Stcr for Henderson county
for 5wo years there were no few wro
appreciated the value OF his work
bit therc were those who opposed him
II sufficiently large numbers to exer-
Csc influence over the powers that be.
end Ar. Perkins was tken from Hem
don and placed N Burke county.
--e ordinary citizen is not familiar
WI the work done by Mr.. Perkins
ne = unable to grasp the nature OF II
Completely. The farm demonstrate s3Ts
.-@ to make out reports frem week
70 eek and forward to the state ana
-l2I authorities, but the ann1a!
s sQDEC5ed to eE0brace~tha fi!'5
activities. Believing that EEf,
-1. work vas never fully aiJf1s5-.
t.t-. IN Henderson eoantyapas fl
s-H-& have been, the Democrat .ba4
secured a copysof the report fled Nitt
the g2F eTnInefh c6verings his -V-z3r,,
during gfthe past yaaR Ie renort fs
SC-ss xteFSfve 5 . - :
really eye-opening. for it shows great
activity.
me report is lengthy, and there
fore space would not permit its pub
hcation IN full, but in order to show
something Of the demonstration work
IN Henderson county during the past
year the following extracts have been
seIee5ed from the report by the Demo-
crat;
100 Bushels to Acre.
z. T. Ward, of Dana was the champ-
ION corn grower. He made 100 bush
els Of corn to the acre. J. P. Anders
Ct the Shaws Creek section. was the
next biggest corn grower per acre.
having gathered "a bushels. There
were 70 corn demonstrators, So o.
EEom reported, the total acreage
gown under improved method
2o2. The average yie'' ~ % .o esiss % 5s
bushels E.Ea -" was % Ho-oP
,,,,s,I unuer the demonstration
DDS. Thirty farmers were int1u-
enced to select seed for next year. 240
Bushels being the estimated amount
selected. Four hundred farmers were
Influenced to use better methods in
growing corn during the past year,
-" during the past two years.
Is Bushels Of Wheat.
The average yield of wheat under
Cen0nstratiOn methods was 13 bushels
to the acre, ten bushels being the
AMOUNT under ordinary methods
Three hundred acres of rye were turn
ed under for soil Improvement, fifty
farmers having been induced to plant
this crop for the first time. The total
acreage of wheat and rye under ina-
proved methods is given at 200,
Big Clover Crops.
Out of the 20 demonstrators in cloV->
e. grasses for hay, mixture and cover
crops, 1S reported, the total acreage
being 800 under improved methods
and the average yield per acre being
$500 tons willie the average yield
per acre of cured hay was 4150, there
being an increase over ordinary meth
DDS Of 2735. The crop was estimated
at $50 per acre. Fifty acres of le-
gUmes were inoculated, thirty farmers
ordering material through the demon
Strator. Forty acres were turned IL
der for soil Improvement by demon
strators and zoe acres by all farmers.
The number of acres sown this fall is
gwen at $4,000, of this number 1880
being the increase as a result of DEM
CnstratfOn work
Clay Peas.
Only one demonstrator reported the
results of clay peas, the average~yield
being 18 bushels for seed and 5000
pounds of cured hay to the acre, there
being. While there was only one dem
stIator, twenty-five acres we're grown
for seed and 800 acres for hay By
other farmers Influenced to do S
through the demonstrator
Irish Potato Crop.
Of the eight Irish potato demonstra-
tors, only four reported, the average
weld per acre being 1913 Sd bushels
Two hundred acres were worked by
improved methods due to the demon
strators advice. One farmer is re-
ported to have shipped $4,000 bushels
III one, year.
Fruit Growing Demonstration.
Demonstrations were made on FIVE
orchards, there being 500 trees in the
demonstration. Fifty orchards con
tanning 1900 tree were inspected; hfty