The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-12
HUMAN AGRICULTURE.

Eleven millions pounds pork would feed people
That cured pork raised 1914 eleven counties OF
Georgia where there are PIG The clubs have been organ
lied only part Georgia but throughout the United
States They composed of and girls The membership now
amounts thousand The organization and encourage
pig part of the work of the Department q" Ag
rcuture respect many other respects the Department
Agriculture is of department of education 1t training
American boys and girls understand the country in which they
ve and take part its Development There are four thousand
poultry clubs Toe United States Government taking
long look ahead when thus reaches out to make American boys
girls country life and successful in rural business
Altogether the Southern States there 10000 boys and
girls enrolled during the various Xxi nds of agricultural
clubs OF the sixty thousand boys Mr. Houston Secretary OF
Agriculture in his recently issued report many were interested IN
growing gumes for soil Improvement -Four crop clubs were
formed the States with rotation three acres of ground
show the financial advantage of improving soil fertility There
people who have no idea what egumes are and
have less idea of the significance OF ourcop cu
familiar these and girls The fifty thousand
girls enrolled clubs taught TO make home
gardens for home the garden products well
the fruits and vegetables of the entire farm
educating country boys and girls merely the
Federal Department of Agriculture but the joint
work that Department and various State agencies including agr
cultural colleges aud county agents
In addition the and girls in the South there
900 boys girls enrolled the Northern and Western
of the members of these clubs buying land and
this acquiring Secretary Houston he habit of thrift
and the of the dignity of landownershp
not however, only the and girls that the Department
of Agriculture and the various States educating but also the older
people, The farmers being taught how to be better farmers
Farmers wives being taught how they make their work
efficient and bosang. Under the Department there has
been organized the legislation by the last session of Con-
eess the estates Relations Service This brings into cooperation
the agricultural educational activities of the State institutions
and the Federal Agricultural Department There provided in this
Nation wide system instruction for the farming popua
tion During this first of has been necessary to
work the lines of the The Department the
importance of establishing agent with permanent
headquarters, who the representative of the local
community, the agricultural college, and the Department There
the United States than thousand counties with
such and these there several hundred employed
These agents give farm demonstrations
In the fifteen Southern States for example three
thousand so built agents CA sio
by the in which preserved for fodder
More than seventy hsdes err,ced
home gardens planted thousands drained
cooperative established the breeding of live
Stock handling seed marketing crops, The
tied homes and helpful about such the
eradication of flies and suitoe, the poultry the provision