The Nevada County picayune., 1918-12-12
COUNTY AGENT |S
 HELPING WIN WAR
purino Last Twelve Months County Agents in State Travelled
 216,ef3 Miles.
By w C. Lassetter. Director of Agri-
 cultural Extension Division, U. of A.

By W c. Lassetter. Director of Agri-
 cultural Extension Division U of A.
 During the last twelve months the county agents in Arkansas have trav- eled 216,s1S miles. made 57,S67 visits to demonstrators, eo-opera tors and other farmers, enrolled more than twenty thousand boys and girls in the club work, and held 3.997 farm CTS meetings with q total attendance of 1S6, 972.
 In addition 10 this. both men and women agents have been an import ant factor in the campaigns for the Liberty Loans. the sales of War Say ings Stamps, Red Cross, Young Mems and Young Women's Christian Asso- citations, and especially in the work of the Food Administrator and tho Councils of Defense. They have been called upon 10 encourage al lot these activities because they were on the ground, knew their counties thorough ly and have been willing to work night and day in all effort to help win the war
 In addition 10 these activities the men have conducted campaigns fol food production, crop inspection, soH- ing of grains and q farm labor sur vey They have conducted surveys on prices of implements grain thresh- ed supplies and prices of various farm products and other matters at the Government request
 The classification of farmers and farm laborers in the coming draft will be made by the district boards large ly upon the information furnished by the county agent With an agent the county will be properly represented before the District Board and will nat be in danger of being left without labor adequate for its agricultural work
 Women agents have assisted in the campaigns for increased food produe- ton. have organized Red Cross aux- iliaries and have participated in the child welfare. food survey and go.to- school campaigns.
 In their regular demonstration work. the msn agents have vaccinated ant- msls against disease. terraced land. pluned orchards, introduced better cat tle. given instructions as 10 land pre- paration and cultivation. taught the value of seed selection, combated plant disease and assisted in buying seed and fertilizer and in selling farm products.
 The women agents have assisted in war gardening, conducted demonstra- tions in canning and drying, taught tSe use of substitutes in order to conserve food needed for carrying on the war, held cooking schools, encouraged tue use of homegrown products and eit- en instruction in measures calculated to preserve health.
 In addition to enrolling the boys and girls Tn agricultural clubs. and teaching them to be better farmers and housekeepers, they have organts ed men and women into county agri cultural clubs and conducted many farm meetings.
 Tn spite of the thousand and o3a things which the county agent is call ed upon to do he is still at the service of every farmer in his county and th" home demonstration agents are al- ways glad to help the farm housewif@ It is your priyileg and your duty 70 call upon these agents whenever yau need them and to seek their adv'sa whenever it is desired If there is arv special problem which they are r.: able to handle they have score cf specialists behind them employed hN the Extension Division Nho are al ways ready to cooperate in every way possible.