Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-07-12
RED WOOL =?
Colonel Bob-(Red Kernel J.
County Agent Bob
Says So?
(By Jas. t. Brown, of Berea. J


animals, corn, etc. This rec
philosophy comes to him by com
parsons, confirmed through eX
perience and consensus of opin
ion-that it has become doc.
trine and counterpart of his in
struction, for the guidance and
safety, in those initial efforts to
wards progressive farming and
breeding, etc. His predilection
for the red dominates his talks,
and he proves the varities there
of by observation and examples,
etc., so that out of an army of
converts. there is a battalion
known as the RED Battalion -
from the Daniel Boone trail
leading to and. from Berea, Ky.
Ou1 bob" is the Colonel (red
kernel) of these reds! In some
of the mountain communities, he
is spotted as "R. I. Red" for
his advocacy for the Rhode Is
land Reds. as the hen for produc
tivity in the egg line at all times
Then again as "Red Cattle
Bob"-his fondness for red COWS
and bulls as best yielders in
calves, milk and cream fastens
that title to him too.
"Red Hog Bob" falls from the
lips of many. He is ardent in
his attachment for the red hogs
(Durocs) as superior in their pro
duct numerlcally-their appetite
for roughage-their swiftness in
putting on pounds of fat and
pork etc.-'tis a fad with him
and evinces sureness of judg-
ment and big profits to all OF
his followers "clean pens and
surroundings and vaccination tc
Tprevent cholera" is a slogan
coming from him persistently at
all of his meetings.
! Quite as often as "Red Corn
Bob for this is a corn country;
his partiallty for the red corn
to show Oftener than the white
or yellow, is not an affection,
but real and distinctive vener-
alton; he reasons and proves that
red corn makes sweeter and
more palatable cornmeal; as it
runs to larger kernels, eveuer
In formation, and as a rule more
to the average cob than white
or yellow.
So sure of his success in other
red directions, he is on the track
to bri ,g forward a breed of sheep
to produce red wool; it's white
and black now, why not red ?
He's devout in his purpose and
positive too, for the result.
The "red battalion" will give
him another title of cred Sheep
Bob" when he goes among them,
if his object is attained.
This titled gentleman and a new
Kentucky Colonel fred kerneD, is
a native Kentuckian from the
neighborhood of Berea, KY, son
of farmer and a graduate of
that famous and unique Berea
College, that institution for the
education of the boys and girls
of the mountain section of Ken.
lucky, etc.
He is member of the extern
sion service of the State Univer
sity, and as such has state au-
thority in the presenting of ag-
ricultural knowledge to the seek.
ers of such information which is
rendered on call or visitation in
his pleasing and intelligent man.
ner.
He also shines pre-eminently
as a County Agent for the U. s.
Agricultural Department and q
successful missionary in the
cause of progressive farming and
cattle raising etc, and would
wear a red uniform if the u. S,
would let him. but Robert F
Spence, County Agent, Berea, KY.
rides a near red Kentucky horse
as proud and handsome an anima
that can be SCENT answers to
the name of "Ked Bird. /"
This new Kentucky Colone
with his red philosophy that has
become an obsession, and may
iIcite the desire for a heritage
from red-headed mate says ar