The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-01-05
BROWDER MAKES
REPORT FOR 1916
SAYS OHIO COUNTy's RESOURCES
EQUAL, ~ NOT SUPERIOR, no
ANY IN STATE.
HAS MADE GOOD AGENT
Travelled 1880 Miles, AddressEd p
800 People and Held 0Iter-
sonal Consultations.

County Agent w W. Brdwde
Wednesday submitted his repbrt ,
the Ohio Fiscal Court for thu yes
1916. as follows:
Hon. J. D. Wilson, County Judge, an
) Members OF Fiscal Court OF ON
-County:
Gentlemen:- The year OF Islk
having passed into history, II Vi
hooves US to retrospect little an
see where in we have failell al
Z where made good. and with N At Ell
Qn view. / wish TO lay before you Z
~ brief way. the work l have bone.
i As l have stated 20 you before. M
I aim in this work has been and stil
Is better citizenship. which D. pro
duced by better education and bette
religious training. ! have stron
desire to see every farmer and ey
cry business man free from the wor
ries OF poverty and debt. ana 10 ihi
end am striving as best can.
{. With that in view. feel that m.
work with you Is to assist you in RI
claiming your badly worn soils ari
10 help you in better AND mon
economical method OF cultiyatieh
thereby producing a greater tncoil,
with less investment. that In 80 DO
ing you will make the country nor,
beautiful place to live and thgFliou,S
more desirable. and you sl,bngar
:. pniiding ap agriculture ant d8rl
cultural life. MI
The seasons OF the year htEc pnD
all been what we desire, nor 10 -,
often get that. We had an eIlreme
~ wet cool spring and earli sum
mer. with all OF its draw backs. and
yet with this we have no retSon "a
complain, for we had a bumtiful
corn. tobacco and hay crop.
We are beginning to see g. i'm
provement in number OF thinL, and
feel that brighter day is daW mug on
our people. We had an extImely
dry late summer and fall tina kept
us from getting all the xhea ani
clover sowed we would have liked,
ont these are doing as well as could
be expected.
We have vast resources |, the
county equal II not superior % any
IN the State and when we full! awaE-
en- to the possibilities In thi cour.
~. we will have one of tho best in
the State.
/ have travelled in youi county
since January LIST. 1916, $40 miles
by team, and have travelsd 1880
miles by rail In the work; nave ad-
dressed $500 people in Sc pabliC
meetings. We have eight. farmers
clubs in the county, which we are
listing and trying to help tlIem solve
tbs problems OF life and hors 70 see
club in every community I Nave
made CTS personal visits 70 our reo-
iile through the county, besides lac
boys In the club work, ntking oS-
er 500 visits in all since Jshlary list,
1916. Have distributed I,0A5 bnl-
etins aud have written s2i Uthciai
otters pertaining to the N0rs.
have held 2,7OO consultatims reIa-
i've to the work. Have ACCOUNTED
GOT hogs in 81 differed hcrds
gainst cholera. / have-p,aned 20:
rees in 30 different Orchids, get
Ing people started TO pruning Rhc
ave never pruned before, Have Ill
, assisted In spraying aul hopo TO
ne many more at IL by andther- yeay.
,fe have had demonstrations " Grim
on. Red and Sweet clover Town ~
august, and also Alfalfa soRn - Ar-
asst, which have done well aud show
syond doubt that there .ar an be
aised where we make the tiegt pra
oaration for them. and hell "a re-
tore our land and fill our pans AMI
etten our stock.
We have also demonstrations 81
(. udan grass, showing whutl wonder
tll amount of feed can bs produced
Nh a short while on a snil amoupt
fsf ground. We also have ttmonstra,
lions in ground limestonS show ag
4 ome wonderful results ID clover
and wheat in connection N'th acie
,hosphate. Also nitra.e % soda,
showing a wonderful isc'eyte IN hay.