The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1915-07-22

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their needs and anxious to adopt new
methods. but the plain, average farm
er is too frequently left uncared for
and unhelped. II is to the masses
that. through the aid Of the Smith
Lever bill. A. & NJ. purposes sending
agricultural education.
Woman's Phase of Farm Life.
The woman's phase Of farm life was
presented last night by Miss Susie v.
Powell, State agent for home demon
stration work. She outlined most in
terestingly the scope and aim Of the
extension work for the home life. She
called attention to the fact that Mis-
sissippi has at present four women
agents for the State at large and S5
county agents. She took the audience
on an imaginary trip of years du-
ration with one Of these county agents,
showing wildly the difficulty in the
path Of development Of the home. Miss
Powell's message was optimistic. This
phase of the rural problem is yielding
itself to treatment.
P. H. Wilson, of Philadelphia, fol-
lowed Miss Powell with an illustrated
lecture on the possibilities Of concrete,
especially for farm purposes. This
morning DR.. ]. A. Evans, represent
ing the extension work of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
spoke upon the work Of his Office. DIR.
Evans paid high compliment to the
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
which has furnished more men to the
department for Southern demonstra-
ton work than any two other colleges,
and which has given to many South
ern States, including Mississippi, Flor
ida, Louisiana, Tennessee and others,
their State agents. He said that dem
onstration work, the parent of the
Smith-Lever bill, as we'll as the boys
corn club, originated in the South.
Encouraging Statistics.
Most encouraging We're the figures
given by DIR. Evans as to the work
already accomplished by the extern
sion workers in Mississippi. Last
year they held 667 meetings, which
were attended by $4,000 farmers; they
visited and consulted $4,000 more far
mers. They held GIG corn demonstra-
lions, 80 dairy demonstrations, 816
in terracing for the preservation of
soil; others in tick eradi-
cation, silo construction, incubation
for cholera and blackleg, etc. As a
proof of what may easily be accom-
plished, DR.. Evans told that the dem
plots, situated all over the
State and on every type of soil, pro-
luced for five years an average of
about 40 bushels Of corn to the acre,
while the average of the entire State
'or that time was but about 20.
w. S. Corsa, of White Hall, ILL.,, one
# the chief breeders and importers of
he West, spoke on breeding draft /
lorses. A lively discussion followed ,
lis address, showing that Mississip-
'ians are considering seriously the
anger possibilities of this problem.
]. L. McClain, of the dairying divis- /
on of the national Department Of Ag-
iculture, spoke of the dairy. His eff !
ort was not only instructive, but was I
parking in interest h
The visitors are finding many things T
o observe and study here at the col =
eye itself. Here, for instance, is the
argest mule breeding experiment sta
ion in the world, in which there are
so mares and colts and nine types of
Tres being watched with great inter
st. The beef experiment, which sent
eef to the st. Louis market last year
hat took the highest price paid for
outhern beef, is also arousing notice.
-arious experiments and demonstra-
ons of the college are being used for