The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-07
UNCLE SAM HANDS
OUT WORDS OF PRAISE
TO WEST VIRGINIkNS

Special Dispatch :" 60. =" '">''''s
NASulSf;TDN. l.. e. E>". '---ii""
r-;xr.xxiyelv ari successfully the az
-.culturat eNtcnsI2n WORK :&'S
N az east ,hre.. COUNTIES m west VII
..i,ia .i;an,;nlcn. rahcG ard Wood coIi.-
;,.s-,s ,oi,! in report m;>te puoN"
today =. ,ns department OF aarIcu!'"'''
1t reads: 49, 49,.
>!c,.n. rerxprts from three West E'r-
.-;rio :.ru;.t:.S indicate what TIC aE''-
,..it,r::! extension service ~ the Ih'tc''
States iryartmcn, II aSricUttNre A''1'
generating state agencies can 90
In Randolph county. where ''"P
alive extension worE has been oTsaa'%eu
for three years under the leadership Il.
one agricultural agent and the S"F'''
.rcr,.;ry service Of l. hoHi" d':n"''S''' =
ION agent Cor =, v"r:,i n:"rtu$ during
The summer. >" rural community ''"'>
r,vr h.rr crrau.X,.i. and i?H iaFf''S'S
are ra,G-uu n"rlh"rS Of nc 'Aria '
~sau OF til" Hrrh farm families 80
he ,nuuiv, :" pc:c"nt ar" 'Sl>''F"
-cc,l? through w"'H!y news h"'"S ".'
answers - injuries. thus the A''..
sion S--y.c,. IS actively reaching % H.
cen, o. IN. farm families N tae |"u',t!
l.: addition 4 assists 1900 OF ihe """',
industrial tamtl! tS III i'asoc'''"e o
canning "pc-atlonS.
Mon7h1y Pnpsr 1ssuod.
Tn C'ah.n county. where c0opeFdIin''
c~h.,si,r work has been IN progress
four years. are now employed one Soui-
~ agent one county home dHmonstrAT
ZION agent and assistant agents ou''"s
the summer Nineteen rural @onltluuI'!
clubs arr promoting better farming IA
their respective communities. ~n'le ~
farmers are paid-uP members OF 'H'
farm bureau. which - the county CEN
trail organization. represented IN e'c''
community by the community CLUBS
Tho farr1 bureau IS suo-dlfircd mo
garden division. a kitchen and cahn'"s
division and n war srT:lce ui' 'S'"'. a..
81 which are prospernE. The county
farm, bureau also publishes g. monthly
paper the CoopeTato:. "h'cn aodS
peciallv in developing get-toEether tor'
and iuntSrrsal service for the ioctI
farms o. the 200 farm families III
I:ahetl county. 20 percent are reaehe"
directly through the community organ
;.ct;ors while an additional IS per ont
OF the farmers are assisted In ih"''
work by the public press. the Coopfr'i
and this garden. canning and buying &C
Invites 81 the COUNTY association EiSh'e
ocrcrnt. OF the 5000 industrial families
hcrre DEMONSTRATION agent. who active =
assist them in canning, kitchen and set
v.cJ operations.
2e Clubs In the Field.
II Wood county coopersltivs exon
sion work was organized five years aga
III" agricultural agent and home der :
orStrstica agent have assistant aEeE' )
du-:ag the summer months. fhe as3 :
cultural affairs OF this county are on
tr,:,cly pros porous. Twcnty-s;N COM
,rvuity clubs OF farmers and their ram
lies form the field organization for sos
farm families are aided indirectly
bureau. Thus $500 Of the 800. farm
families OF Wood county are behind tns
efits from the assistance and adf'c'
OF the extension agents. Another -
farm families are Aide dindt-Hct!y
through the press. canning dcnlGnstra-
tons. gardening aud purchasing acttr!-
ties. 4 total OF % percent OF the farm
families OF Wood county are behind the
county agent movement and are net
backward in awaiting themselves OF Il .
service which the department OF aErtcu
t,irc and the agricultural college OFFS .
r'urthc-n,ore. 81 percent or the ST .
industrial families residing in tho cot =
" plan their earning and gardening
work. according rs the advice OF the /
cal county home demonstration aScn'.
There n. cnly thrcr of the 1850 90" :
tics in the Cnitcd States n"w being
served ~ men county agents, HOO :
which also hay: women agents.
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