The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-06
COOlEYs REPORT
SHOWS AGENTS Of
COUNTIES ACTIVE
Sale of Crops to Tune of $240.
600 Not by Any Means En-
tire Work Accomplished
Under Smith Lever Bill.


state College. y. NJ, Jan. Ga to-
tai of $4,000 worth of farm prod.
! ucts was sold last year through the
! county agents and an additional sI4,-
600 through a county agricuiturist
This is only one of the items from
La report made Yesterday afternoon to
the New Mexico "a rmers' congress ny
\. g. Cooley. director of the
division. IL a only about "A wear sine.
tn. work boSan. and ii ~ only the
\ counties Of Luna. san Miguel, CoIfaN,
Chaycs. Dona ANA. Eddy and Tor
rance that have had ounty agricul-
| turists and some of these only for
pant of "A wear. but the results already
accomplished are marvellous, Al
though. as Director Cooley Saws. the
county agents are no, curc-ulls for
all the Ills that afnict each county
| During In. p,at v.ar ASA farmers
I were visited. g.5Gg letters Yrf. writ
ten. zoos office calls were made. 2.s9g
telephone calls answered. g>s NEE D..
ings hold with nm OF So.
ssS. miles Travelled by auto .i63s.
miles travelled by other conveyance
| 30. O0g. women's clubs IL.
| momb,rs .ts. boys' ana girls climbs
Organized Il. members 7s5. bulletins
| distributed $4,000.
Like the t'ouutr, uoctor.
Hut listen. there was even more
THAN that The county gents helped
ITO plan n improve 4, farm build.
ings, constructed ~ silos. Installed .
gas engines, repaired gas engines
planned I drainage systems. aided Y,
%irrigation systems. assisted m l~"yclins
and yL~aring 10 farms. helped to SEE
lcct the seed tor 20 farms, treated tbs
seed Tor 251 farms. planned 20 croe
rotations, changed or introduced IA
crops, procured seed for i05 farms,
helped is3 farms to make better use
of natural fertilizers. pruned - or
chnrds. sprayed Is orchards. holpsi
purchase % registered bulls. 30 reg
istrrod cows, l,VtN other COWS, %,
REGISTERED hogs. - other hogs. trcatc'
ed $40 animals for blacklcg. ga TOT
tuberculosis, 1859 Tor cholera. l26 toi
miscellaneous diseases. 1875 farms in'
ilu.ncod 10 feed livestock. % farmers
induced To i:cop records, and many
~ - 49, Rh''
which In themselves have paid eacl
|county manifold for employing q
%county agent. Ia fact. there ~ not q
Ic1unty in h state that can ans long
.r anord 10 do without ne.
The Greatest Work or All.
''To convert IN. pcopl. To boliey,
lin New Mexico" is Tho high. tns,
lthnt the extension department has sci
itself throupa is count agent
strang. that such work should %,
necessary. but Director COOLEY ha.
| found in his travels that tho gtcgr
majority of farmers IN NON McSi.,
|are dissatisfied invariably YOU I'm,
IA farmer willing tn soil out for los.
Than wh,, no Maid ,,, ms hnda
i rhousands of doll,rs ar, made avail
Iabl. for commercial clubs to ady,rU...
INC country Ia hiring in se,tlcrs au,
nuv.rs -, lnua nut IL IL woll utr,
mpussiale Ia get a cent To helm Get
tiers and hu,rrs to pc, alonx. Ia max
|, success after thcy have beci
brnuah Ia New Mexico IL seems IA.
rul. That after land has been sold 1,
la u.vcntn.r. In abandon MN to a.
fate. la L., him root hog or die.
,nd ,r,st of them die. We must nav,
home builders, not apc,ulators
t.uuxuk, Prove, pouulnr.
II The most snappy talks of the So
, sio, INN. lar nav. be.n made h
/ county agents. and the s~napuiest Of al
talks nv Cnunty Ay.nt NJ AZ. CON
zal.s az san Miguel I'm him IN. stint
p has acquired a y.ritabIe Jewel frnr
The stint. of Utah. and ne drove HON
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