The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-18
County Agents Are Busy

These are busy days for everyone on the farm and especially for the dem onstration agents. The weekly reports that come in to the headquarters of the extension service at Auburn show how busy these men are. Here are a few among the many items of interest in some of their recent reports.
 County Agent w. l.. Howard of Mon- roe reports that 50,000 bushels of Irish potatoes have been shipped out of that county. The prices were very unsatis- factory, but the farmers are following the potato crop with corn, peatnus, cowpeas, etc. In this way some peanuts, will be secured from this potato land,
 In Blount county several farmers will build silos this summer, and when the first silo of the season is built Agent Sizemore will give a demonstration Of the making of the wooden hoops used in constructing the most inexpensive type of silo.
 G. H. Stewart, farm demonstration agent of Randolph county, reports that much interest is being taken in live stock and that the once misunderstood dipping vat is quite popular and much used.
 E. '. Binford, the farm demonstra- tion agent in Tallapoosa county calls attention to profitable, cottonless farm owned by w. T. Williams. His money crop is peanuts, from which he said he made $40 per acre last season and only s20 per acre from cotton.
 Hamlin L. Brown of Jefferson county reports that he had one pig club mem Der whose pig made gain of 51 pounds in 30 days. His pig is Poland-China, and is of the bigboned type. The mum Der of good hogs and Jersey cattle is increasing notably in Jefferson county.
 The campaign for wheat on every farm" has already commenced in Mad ison county, and Agent C.. F. Striplin reports that the progress being made is very encouraging. He also reports that preparations are being made for putting in large acreage to grass and clover this fall.
 Limestone county is wide awake along food production lines, and F.. Stewart, the county agent, reports that a record crop of fall Irish potatoes will probably be put in. The Cartwright Community club of this county will put on community fair this fall, and com mittees are already at work to make it a real success.
 In Dallas county much stubble land has been put in peas, peanuts, Mexican June corn, etc. County Agent John Flake, reports that much of this plant ing of late crops in being done solely
 
 are no more patriotic people in the country than those in Dallas county. MT. Blake reports that many water heaters and sterilizers have been placed . with the dairymen recently. and that "a wonderful improvement is noticed in the quality of the milk and cream where these steri1iZers have been used He reports that the acreaee in corn, peanuts and peas is larger than that of last season, although the early corn crop was 10 per cent less. These late planted crops more than made up for this decrease in early corn acreage.
 In St. Clair county, Agent Meadows is determined to increase the acreage to soy beans He reports at least 64 farmers as growing soy beans, who had never before grown any. Each begin- ner with the crop was supplied with circular letter discussing the value of soy beans, and planting, cultivating, and narrowing methods