Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-07-12
RED WOOL?
Colonel Bob-(Red Kernel :
County Agent Bob
Says So?
(By Jas. T. Brown, Of Berea. !

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best adapted for men, women,
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 prediction
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.
Our Bob" is the Colonel fred
kernel) Of these reds. IN some
of the mountain communities, he
is spotted as "R. 1. Red" for
his advocacy for the Rhode Is.
land Reds. as the hen for produc.
tfvity 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 to
prevent 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 partiahty for the red corn
to show oftener than the white
or yellow. is not an affection,
but real and distinctive veneer
atiCn; he reasons and proves that
red corn makes sweeter and
more palatable cornmeal; as it
runs to larger kernels, evener
in formation, and as 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 ig 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 "Red Sheep
Bob" when he goes among them,
if his object is attained.
This titled gentleman aud a new
Kentucky Colonel fred l:erneD, is
a native Kentuckian from the
neighborhood of Berea, KY. son
OF a 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 a 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 prominently
as a County Agent for the U. S. |
Agricultural Department and a
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 +.
Spence, County Agent. Berea, Ky,
rides a near red Kentucky horse,
as proud and handsome an animal
that can be seen-it answers to |
the name of "Ked Bird"
This new Kentucky Colonel
with his red philosophy that has
become an obsession, and may
ircite the desire for a heritage
from a red-headed mate says an