The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-06
C CUUtUjNEf ! AGENT
WRITES PEOPLE
URGES THE ORGANIZATIONS OF
COMMUNITY CLUBS-CITES
MANY OF THIS KIND.

Editor The News and People of
Terrell County: In most of our
counties that are getting the most
good from the county agents efforts
we find organizations of different
kinds through which the agent works.
, The Farmers Union is one of the
organizations that has played very
important part in getting the agent
IN touch with more people. There
are other clubs or organizationa&ha
help in the work and are of great
Importance to the communities, espe-
clally IN the marketing of farm prod
ucts that can't be sold at our local
markets. Through the organization
we can market the products in car
load lots that would otherwise be
wasted, because no one farmer ever
grows enough products, other than
staple products, to ship in carload
lots.
know of one club in Clark coun-
ty, Miss, that has been a great agen-
cy in introducing better livestock of
all kinds in that community. It is
known as The Agricultural Club.
This club bought purebred bulls, male
hogs, stations, and jacks and by the
use Of these animals many a farmer
was enabled to stock his farm with
better livestock, that otherwise
could never have done so. This club
did not limit itself to introducing
good livestock, but it helped the
farmers of that community to get a
market for every farm product that
was produced
We can take the Sweet Potato
Growers Association of Bay Manette
or Foley, Ala. The members of
those associations grow their pota-
toes not by one mans instructions,
but by the instructions of the asso-
citation. They have a regular meet
ing every two weeks and discuss the
conditions of their potato crops and
any other subject that is beneficial
to the community at large. Owing
to the large amount of culls they
have to have stock of some kind to
consume them. After the local mar
hCE ID O0DpliC0 diE4 IlOUlG uGmdDuS
filled, the surplus of stock is mar
keted through this organization or
club. Mr.. l.. T. ROdes, president of
the Foley organization, told me that
the first year after the boil Weevil
visited them they begun to grow po-
tatoes without any definite plans or
ideas. Resulting in the loss of
cargo, due to the fact nobody was
ready to ship when his neighbor was.
Then they got busy, called the
growers together and drew up plans,
and now they sell all potatosS4they
can produce for cash befOI~ 150sdng.
Not only the few benefits related
can be obtained but many others.
Through community clubs each and
every man in our county can be
reached by the county agent at least
once or twice each month, where
otherwise it will be impossible to see
every man in the county as often as
we would like.
Through community clubs the
dreaded boil weevil will be more cas-
lily conquered or rather the condi-
lions he brings on a county will be
more easily removed or overcome.
1t took Texas, Louisiana and Missis-
sippi about five years to overcome
these conditions; but with their ,ex-
perience, the aid of the agricultural
college, and the department of agri-
culture to help US, it stands to rea-
son that we should be more success
full, provided we do our part and fight
him hand in hand, one and all.
Wishes to See Every Farm.
If l am right, it is the wishes of the
board of commissioners of Teri ell
county that the county agent reach
each man in the county as often as
1possible, and by the aid of those en-
trusted, | hope to do so.
l believe each community should
organize club, elect its officers and
draw up rules and bylaws. Then
choose three or four or more men to
carry on demonstrations under the
instructions of the agricultural col
lege and department of agriculture.
These farmers will be visited once
or twice each month by the agent,
and each and every member of a
community club should be present at
each meeting. The communities can
have the benefits of the specialists
of different kinds sent out by the
college, through their clubs, but now
the agent can only take the special
list to individual farms-while the
specialists time is like the agents
belongs to every man in the county
Then, why can't we use him?
I hope no one will misunderstood
and draw the conclusion that | am
not to visit individual farms, for /
will be glad to visit any farm at
any time you see fit to call on me.
l am here for each and every citizen
of Terrell county. ]. L. ALLEN,
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