Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-21
.D0|NGs IN D|NW|DD|E;
DEMONSTRATION WEEK
a County That Was Once Slow Is
Now OH the Firing
Line.
SCIENTIFIC FARMING TO FRONT
Boy Farmers In Evidence AMI the
Old Men Also-Several Blades
Are Made to Grow Where Only
One Used to Grow.

S. p Spain. the demonstration agent
for the County of Dinwiddie. writes
somewhat enthusiastically from his
bailiwick. and throws out "a lot of hints
and suggestions. But his letter must
speak for itself. He says:
Dinwiddic has been on the firing
line since January 10, with better farm
ing ms her watch word: she has been
steadily advancing. carrying aloft the
banner that was unfurled to the breeze.
ten years ago. by the late DR.. Seaman
\. Knapp. with the ten commandments
Of agriculture (enunciated by hm)
cmblazoncd on same We will never
let this banner trail in the dust or be
furlcd until ignorance and poverty have
been supplanted by intelligence and
plenty.
our farmers are slowly hut surely
learning that scientific farming is the
best practical method known to-day.
and practiced by the best thinkers and
the most successful farmers in the
country. My first work this year WAS
TO go among the public schools of the
county and enlist the boys in the club
work. This was very pleasant work
for me. AS the boys have learned that
many of the greatest forces OF the
State and nation are behind them. Civ
ing both help and encouragement TO
the boys in their work. have en-
rolled 1903 boys in the corn club: sixty
eight i'm the pig club: twenty eight In
the peanut. and two in the butter bean
club. making q grand total of 2O2.
These boys are enthusiastic in their
work. knowing that it's Importance is
recognized by the banks and business
men of the country. who are cp-operat-
ing with us we'll The boys rccoG-
niZing this fact planning 10 sell
their crops and deposit their returns
IN the banks nearest to them, thus re-.
turning help 10 the banks that
~ III. -
as the men TO take cooperative help
fulness their watch word. and live
up to it, that we may stand together
as stone WALL until the farmer has
fully come into his own. both from a
producing and a marketing standpoint
SOME OTHER THINGS
TO RE CONSIDERED
! realize that more attention must
he given TO both buying and selling
by tho farmer. Our farmers would use
nearly double is much were II not ~.
the heavy freight on same, which
would enable them to grow clovers
and other legumes and improve their
lands rapidly. making larger crops,
which would give the railroad COM
panies much more to haul than the
farmers can now grow.
notwithstanding the severe drought
Wc nave had in Dnwiddie UP 10 this
date. II is an easy matter for any one
To KNOW when he passes demonstra-
tors farm. The contrast is 80 great
between II and the old-time farmer
who has not Yet changed his method
OF farming. The modern farmer II
making money farming and building
up his farm as we'll. while tho other
Fellow is not only losing money by
tanning, but his farm Is getting poorer
each year y very striking contrast
came under my observation last week
When got two men together in the
upper end Of our county. A few yeary
ago one of these men had very fine
farm and the other had very moor
one. now the fine farm Of a few years
ago is only a little over the average IN
fertility. while tho owner is doing
little work along our lines: while the
other with the poor land few years
ago mas now rich farm and IL MAX
ing money In 1914 he made net
gain. from sixteen head Of dairy cows
OF $l.'o3 -. and last year he did even
better. He told me In this interview
mat n" was doing better in the dairy
business IMAM ever before. Most OF the
men who are making money from the
farm and are building il up AS well
are either engaged in live stock bust
ness or truckers. Two men in this
heighborhood have been selling milk
the last two weeks, and are pleased
win their results 10 date, Il third is
now putting in n water system and
intends I" get In the dairy business in
the near future. Others in this neigh
borhood are planning TO take this line
OF work soon.
AROy SING INTL.REsT A,n>c