The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-12
REPORT OF COUNTY
AGENT TO FISCAL COURT
Has Travelled 1907 MiIes--Has
Addressed 5000 People in
Public Meetings.
OTHER PHASES OF HIS WORK
Hon. J. B. Wilson, County Judge, and
Members of Fiscal Court of
Ohio County.

| members or Fiscal Court OF
Ohio County.
Gentlemen:-As have just com
pleted my annual report to the U. s.
Department OF Agriculture and the
State, and as it is your last meeting
for the year, wish to submit to you
in as brief a way as possible, the
work have done in this county this
year.
At the close of each year it pays
us to retrospect a little and see
whether we are nearer the goal we
started in for at the beginning;
whether we are any better off nnan-
cially or morally. and if not, then
we must know that something is
wrong and we had best change a lit
tle
Ny aim in this work is to not on
| ly better our conditions financially
but morally and religiously and to
this end / am striving all the time.
| want to see every farmer and
every business man free from the
worries of debt and poverty. /
want to see every child educated and
thereby make better citizen.
want to seq our homes made more
beautiful. the farms more produc-
tive and better and more stock on
them and we will have more con-
tentment on the farms. ..-- ...
The season has been a good one in
great many respects. We have
the most bountiful crops we have
ever had and are getting the best
prices for our produce that We have
ever gotten and we should look for
ward to a bright future for the
farmer.
We have great resources in this
county and l am glad to say we are
beginning to make something out of
them. We have the best lands in
the State for the productions of
corn and soy beans and I am glad
to say that our farmers have taken
hold of the soy bean situation and
have made an enviable reputation for
Ohio county in this crop, ranking
| first in the State, and We now have
a soy bean association organized for
the sale and growing of their beans.
and they are now getting orders con-
stantly at $500 per bushel for them
from all over the State.
have travelled in the county since
January LIST. 2,s12 miles by team,
1868 miles by rail and Az miles
by auto, making a total of 1927 miles
Travelled in this work. l have adj
dressed 5000 people in 100 or more
psblis meetings during the year. We
have eight farmers clubs in the
county, which we are constantly Wis
itins and trying to help them solve
the problems of life and hope to see
a club in every community. | have
made 7o1 personal visits to our peo-
pie through the county, besides l49
to boys in the club work, making $50
personal visits since January LIST
1917. have distributed 1907 bull
letins and have written 1850 Official
letters pertaining to the work, have
held a,695 consultations relative to
the work, have had 65S telephone
calls. | have vaecinated 175 hogs
in 10 different herds and assisted in
vaccinatins 10 head of cattle against
blackleg. Have pruned 40 trees in
"a different orchards, getting people
to prune who had never done so be-
fore Have also started them to
spraying for tho different diseases
and insects in order to make a more
perfect fruit.
We have numerous demonstrations
in alfalfa, sweet clover, soy beans,
corn, wheat, meadows, tobacco, Glow
er, sown both in August and the
spring. Limestone and fertilizer,
showing the wonderful results OF
these, demonstrations with nitrate of
soda, both on wheat and meadow,
demonstrations in oats and barley.
Demonstrations in cattle and hog
feeding, showing the advantages OF
feeding a balanced ration. We have
encouraged the building of siloS to
the extent that where you only had
Ave in the county when | came here,
you now have 81. | have eneourag-
ed better poultry houses to such an
extent that you see modern and up
to-date poultry houses all over the
county, also better feeding of the
poultry to produce more eggs. We
our farmers in purchasing
the right kind of fertilizer at much
less cost than they heretofore been
paying, saving them many dollars.
Have also assisted them in the sale
of their live stock, hay and corn,
helping them to get better prices