The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
News Items From Agents

The farmers of Choetaw county are making more cotton than they thought they would, few weeks ago. says County Agent A. G. Harreu In a re- cent report to extension headquarters at Auburn. Mir. Harreu states that the farmers of his county are saving a large amount of planting seed with the idea of putting in a big crop of cotton next year Many of the pigs of the pig club members in this coun- ty are gaining more than pound a day, and they are being fed almost en- tireiy on peanuts and corn from the fields. says MT Harrell.
 c. V Steltzenmuller, farm demon- stration agent of Baldwin county. is working up a meeting of all sheep own CTS of the county for the purpose of promoting sheep raising in every way possible It is hoped that out of this meeting will develop a sheepmen's as- sociation and one of the first pieces of work contemplated is to frame rec concentrations for better dog laws to he presented by the Baldwin county representative to the next legislature.
 The farmers of Geneva county are showing much interest in the use of inn
 proved farm machinery. says Agent R. L. King. They are beginning to real ize that the best use cannot be made of farm machinery on stumpy ground. Recently representatives of a powder company gave five stump blowing dem onstrations in the county, all of which were we'll attended. Demonstration Agent II. H. Best of Washington county reports that within two weeks he has treated against cholera or supervised the treatment of 500 hogs in the vicinity Iof Leroy.
 In Tallapoosa county Demonstration Agent E. E. Binford is holding several seed corn selecting demonstrations, One is to be held September 26 on the farm of Mir. F. c. Phillips. He reports much interest on the part of the farm CTS in this kind of work,
 The first hog sale day held in Coneeuh county was quite satisfactory. says
 Demonstration Agent Pierce R. Pettis While only a comparatively small num- Der of hogs were sold the price was pleasing, the average price being ap- proxmately $25 per head for all of the hogs sold.
 The recent reports from the demon stration agents all over the state prove very conclusively that Alabama farm CTS are going to grow wheat in large quantities. From Etowah county comes the report of !. H. Witherington that even though his county did grow 5000 acres of wheat last year, the average increase will be 100 per cent. EXten- sion headquarters at Auburn requested this county to increase it's acreage B per cent, but the progressive and patri- otic farmers are not going to take any chances on not having plenty of flour and are planning to put in 5000 acres this fall. At one of the wheat cam paign meetings the following sensible remark was made by one of the farmers present: There may be no real money | in few acres of wheat, but there | is sure some real eating"
 County Agent c. F. Striplin of Madi- | son reports that the farmers of his county will not only increase theil wheat acreage, but will more thorough. Ily prepare and fertilize the land thar ever before, that only well selected seet I will be used, and that all seed planted 1 will be treated for certain diseases 1 Interest in wheat growing for home consumption is increasing, and presen | indications point to at least a 100 pe1
 cent increase in Butler county acreage
 for another year." says Demonstration Agent N. Eric Bell. MT. Bell report,
 that no encouragement in the way o
 profit is being offered the farmers, bu the appeal is being made on purel.
 patriotic grounds.