Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-16
COUNTY AGENT |S
 HELPING W|N WAR
Daring Last Twelve Months County Agents n State Travelled
 2t6,s13 Miles.
By ". c. Lassetter, Director of Agri
 cultural Extension Division, U. of A

f'S N'' " A|"SDSttSh, 1/iiCNlOI Ol AsIf
 cultural Extension Division, U. of A
 Drriog the last twelve months the
 eoAnty agents in Arkansas have tray.
 aled 21t,S13 miles, made 57,857 visits
 to demonstrators, co-operators and
 other farmers, enrolled more than
 twenty-two thousand boys and girls in
 the club work, and held 3997 farm.
 ers' meetings with total attendance
 of 1S6,972.
 In addition to 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 the Councils of Defense They have been called upon to encourage al lof these activities because they were on the ground, knew their counties thorough. ly and have been willing to work night and day in an effort to help win the war.
 In addition to these activities the men have conducted campaigns for food production. crop! inspection sow ing of grains and a farm labor sur .Yey.s They have conducted surveys on prices of implements, grain thresh- 1; ! sHa supplies and prices of various farm iiHrodNcts and other matters at the GoNernment request as;pThe classification of farmers arl farnal Jaborers in the coming draft will be made by the district boards large. lf| ,pppn the information furnished by Ftltfi eostnty agent. With an agent the llfNsnty ,,iwi11 be properly represented BetdfestKe District Board and will not ssshHe J its danger of being left without labor adeuhate for it's agricultural WpEk. ,..:
 x; Wcn,en agents have assisted in the fsamHaigns for increased food produc- ftisff.s, have organized Red Cross aux .haries and have participated in the .Enifd welfare, food survey and go-to- ,1sl.9iool campaigns.
 In their regular demonstration work, the men agents have vaccinated ami. mals against disease. terraced land, rluned orchards, introduced better cat tie, given instructions as to 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, taughtthe use of substitutes in order to conserve food needed for carrying on the war, held cooking schools. encouraged the use of homegrown products and giy- en instruction in measures calculated to preserve health.
 In addition to enrolling the boys and girls in agricultural clubs and teaching them to be better farmers and housekeepers. they have organa- ed men and women into county agri- cultural clubs and conducted many farm meetings.
 Tn spite of the thousand and ons things which the county agent is call ed upon to do he is still at the service of every farmer in his county and tho home demonstration agents are al- ways glad to help the farm, housewife. It is your privilege and your duty to call upon these agents whenever you need them and to seek their advice whenever it is desired If there is any special problem which they are rot able to handle they have a score or specialists behind them employed by the Extension Division who are al ways ready to cooperate in every way possible.