Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-21
Fine Work N. c. Extension Service.
Nearly one million and a half pc,
sons In North Carolina we're reached

during the year 1917 by the workers
Of the North Carolina Agricultural
Extension Service.
These cords show that total OF
10 SS7 demonstrations have been hell
In the growing and handing of field
crops o. different farms 1926 dem
onstrstlons have been given in Nan.
dang, feeding and breeding I've stock.
296 clipping watts and silos have been
constructed by the workers, or with
heir assistance and SEQ animals
4 pped, services have boea rendered
n handling buying and distributing
fertilizer, manure and lime to $685.
farmers, the county agents have
placed 722 demonstration home or.
chards containing +95 trees to aid
their co operators in the question of
fruit supply; total OF 1885 or.
chards have been Inspected. pruned,
sprayed, or otherwise handled, and
a total OF $4,000 trees have been con.
aned in these orchards, 800 farm
buildings such as sweet potato stor.
age houses barns and outbuldings
have been constructed with the assist.
ance and suggestion OF the VIC ters;
GA buildings have been improved.
93S plans have been furnished
fo- use later on; G29 water systems
have been installed, 1921 farm lighting
systems have been put In; the home
grounds on l6l4 farms have been i'm.
proved with the assistance and sug.
gest!on OF the workers important san.
itary improvements have been made
with the aid Of the workers in 1S,467
cases; assistance has been given In
establishing 1886 telephone systems;
a total OF $50 drainage systems have
been established in which 4l95 acres
have been tie drained and lO.3G0 have
been drained by open bitches; 4Sl
pastures have been established. or
renovated; 9j5 farmers have been
aided in terrac,ng their sloplng lands,
with total Of IS o9S acres being az.
fected 1878 home gardens have
been established and improved; assist
ance has been rendered in the pur.
chasing OF l7i}l farm implements;
a total Of 207 various farm organlza-
tons, with total Of G,332 mambers,
have been worked up. 81 per cent OF
the counties In %orth Carolina now
having a county or central farm or.
ganization, over 7l.s3S visits have
been made to individual farms; COL.
936 miles have been Travelled ard D..
G2G mcetrgs held. 3 S7i OF these be-
irg addressed whore there were a TO.
tai OF 5S5S77 people in attendance.
which does not include the 99.165 con.
ferences and calls made on the work.
ers by individual farmers; 4 divisions
report writing l20 23l letters. and
there is an average OF from GO to 65
thousand malt graph letters and cir
culars sent ont each month from the
office OF the agricultural editor, 1.78S
articles have been written AID pub.
lished by different divisions. other
than that Of the office OF the agricul.
tural editor articles from his Office
have averaged enc a day for the en-.
tire year; Sc 229 circular letters have
been sent by the county agents; 342.
$50 copies Of bulletins and circulars
have been issued by the AGRICULTURAL
Extension Service alone dL"!ng the
year and $685. bulletins, il Guiding
some from he Federal department.
have been mailed out by the workers.
during this tine over $500 canning
demonstrations have been held. and a
total Of SOS go containers have been
filled 22S 5GS gallons OF products
have been brIned and 557 $50 ponds
Of product, have been dried. % l0S
heYs and girls have been regularly en-
rolled in scme ore OF the different
clubs and many thousands Of others
have been reached by the activities OF
these club members in disseminating
The knowledge raned by their club
association in cotton grading 25,025
buyers farmers and mills have been
served. with 774i2 bales graded; at
the short course $50 members o. the
agricultural clubs were present and
received instruction; last fall 207 Of .
the fairs Of the State co.oneratei. and
42a iuaros We're furnished these fairs /
whore there were a total estimated at.
tendance OF $4,000 people, 800 food .
ard feed surveys were reported from
lie various counties in the first sur. |
yer requested by the government, and
much valuable Information gained as
result Of this, at present there ere
total Of 5000 names on the various
mailing lists maintained by the work
ers and these people are constantly
receiving instructive circular letters
and other Information as 1t is being
worked up