The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-01
Annual Report Presented by 0. c. Cooper
County Demonstration Agent, Shows
Accomplishments During Past
Twelve Months
SUCCESS IS RESULT
OF COOPERATION
Active Farm Bureau and Good County
Officials Responsible Statement
Details Gives Work Of Entire
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Il believe that Grady county, with
the kind Of cooperation being given
by agent, county officers and CONNER
cial bureau, is accomplishing as much
in the better agriculture movement as
any county in Oklahoma" O. G. Coop
en- said on his return from the agents
short course meeting at saltwater
Mr. Cooper gave complete report OF
his work for the year while attending
the meeting. Other agents did the
same thing, and the locas man declares
that he is positive OF three things. The
first Is that Grady county has the liv-
est commercial and farm bureau in
the state, the second is that county of
ficials in Grady county cooperate with
the agents work mere fully than they
do in any other county, and the third
is that the local bureau is furnished
Oith the best quarters Of any in Okla.
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The report covered every phase of
the work being accomplished in Grady
county. That it has been perfectly
satisfactory to federal and state de-
partments, county officials and farm
bureau directors is evidenced by the
fact that the agent has been appoint
ed for another year with a raise in
salary
The report shows six community
center social clubs, in which women,
boys and girls are taken twelve anti
hog cholera clubs; 243 members Of the
boys clubs; county demonstration
farm and thirty-three demonstrators.
doing work with corn, corn and COW
peas in alternate rows, corn and pea
nuts in alternate rows, cotton, kafir.
wheat, oats, sudan grass and sweet
clover; four members OF the Oklaho-
ma Seed Growers association; and
preparations being made for twenty
township fairs
Concerning these section exhibit
tions, Mr. Cooper states that there will
be township fair in every municipal
township in the county except one.
and that two Of these, the ones at
Minco and Tuttle. will be as large as
many county fairs. The county dem
onstration farm is owned by Ed Bur-
ton. four miles east of the city. where
everything is being managed under in
structions from the agent
Besides this, there were 152 home
gardens kept by Chickasha children
during the spring, three school gar
dens in Chickasha and five in the
country
Concerning the cooperation OF coun-
ty officials. Mr.. Cooper's report to fed
eral officials states that. both the coun-
ty commissioners and the county SUI
perintendent have lent aid in every
possible manner. Il believe NJ. "a.
Shepard is one of the best county SUI
perintendents in the state, the report
says. "He not only is a great help
personally. but he also insists that his
teachers cooperate with us"
Concerning the Commercial and
Farm bureau. the report gives the
membership at I27. and the amount
paid into the treasury last year as sS.-
$3.50 The club paid out. besides a
part Of Mr.. Cooper's salary. $40 a
month rent on the bureau rooms: $50
a month, upkeep on the car: $40 a
month. stenographer; Sl2 a month.
telephone expense; and S4 a month.
lights and gas. They purchased new
Ford car for the agent last month and
have promised raise in their part Of
his salary for next year.
Mr.. Cooper declares that after heSr-
ing the reports from other agents. he
is positive that the local work is fur
nished the best quarters of any in the
state. The room is % by l4O feet,