The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-10
1916 REPORT BY
COUNTY AGENT
Resources Equal to Any
County i'm State
EIGHT FARMER CLUBS HERE
Over 800 Personal Visits Made
By DemOnatratOr During
Past Year.


BOYS CUBS DOING WELL
County Agent w. w. Browder,
Wednesday submitted his report to
the Ohio Fiscal Court for the year
1916, as follows:
Hon. J. B. Wilson, County Judge, and
Members of Fiscal Court of Ohio
County:
conference.-the year of 1916,
having passed into history, it be-
hoOves us to retrospect little and
see where in we have failed and
where made good, and with that end
in view, l wish to lay before you in
a brief way, the work have done.
AS | have stated to you before, my
aim in this work has been and still
is better citizenship, which is pro-
duced by better education and better
religious training. / have a strong
desire to see every farmer and ev-
cry business man free from the wor-
ries of poverty and debt, and to this
end l am striving as best l can.
With that in view, feel that my
work with you is to assist you in re-
claiming your badly worn soils and
to help you in a better and more
economical method of cultivation,
thereby producing greater income
with less investment, that in so do
ing you will make the country a more
beautiful place to live and the home
more desirable, and you stronger
in building up agriculture and agri-
cultural life.
The seasons of the year have not
all been. what we desire, nor do we
often get that. We had an extreme
ly wet cool spring and early sum-
mer, with all of its draw backs, and
yet with this we have no reason to
complain, for we had a bountiful
corn, tobacco and hay crop.
We are beginning to see an i'm
provement in a number of things and
feel that a brighter day is dawning on
our people. We had an extremely
dry late summer and fall that kept
us from getting all the wheat and
clover sowed we would have liked,
but these are doing as well as could
be expected.
We have vast resources in the
county equal if not superior to any
in the State and when we fully awak-
en- to the possibilities in this coun-
ty, we will have one of the best in
the State.
l have travelled in your county
since January LIST, 1916, $500 miles
by team, and have Travelled 1880
miles by rail in the work; have adj
dressed $500 people in 55 public
We have eight farmers
clubs in the county, which we are
and trying to help them solve
the problems of life and hope to see
a club in every community. l have
W Jul pew
pie through the county, besides LAG !
to boys in the club work, making ov-
er 500 visits in all since January LIST,
1916. Have distributed 1,045 bull |
letins and have written 924 official
letters pertaining to the work. l /
have held 1900 consultations rela- |
tive to the work. Have vaccinated /.
207 hogs in 81 different herds
against cholera. / have pruned 256 (,
trees in 29 different orchards, get
ting people started to pruning who |
have never pruned before. Have al |
SO assisted in spraying and hope to |
see many more at il by another year. |
We have had demonstrations in Grim
son, Red and Sweet clover, sown in |
August, and also Alfalfa sown in Au- |
gust, which have done well, and show |
beyond a doubt that there can all be
raised where we make the fight pre-
paration for them, and help us to re- |
store our land and fill our barns and /
fatten our stock.
We have also demonstrations in |
sudan grass, showing what a wonder
full amount of feed can be produced |
In a short while on a small amount |
Of ground. We also have demonstra-
lions in ground limestone. showing
some wonderful results In clover
and wheat in connection with acid
phosphate. Also nitrate of soda,
wonderful increase in hay,
and We want to try some of this on
some wheat in the spring. Demon