The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-07

farming and labnr-SaNiuE machinery
ny extension men in the movable
& schorl and the agents work,
fsreNnsvtlte--Miss Button:
I have given six victory bread DEM
onstratfons in each district One OF
the ladies said her husband was de-
lighted and would not have her miss
them for anything,
A bank has agreed tie lend the Pou'-
try club members money Tor theH eA&S
TO be paid next fall.
NY sirls sold about Sftee7 dozen
cans of tomatoes to a hotel here ana
the manager told me the other d8N
\ they, had not found single flaw in
them and liked them better than any
tomatoes they had ever had
A woman in the county has become
Interested In canning IN tin for mar
ket because I helped her 90 sell some
canned fruit
lee--Neison y. Rue
Every farmer has weak Erbt IN
his heart through which he can be
reached fer demonstration work.
found this out very forcibly this week
In Mr. w. He has never had any
use for demonstration agents. Wa
I DO not know bat stopped 10 Ntsl'
him Saturday evening late and WAS PEE
ceived very coolly. ! liked his patent
gate and told him so. Then followed
the whole history Of that gate. and
by supper time the agent had an in
yitatton to stay 10 supper, much Ia his
surprise. He thought best to stay
and did so We talked everything but
farming till after supper and then
went out to look over the farmer r
stock. This was good and / told him
So He wouldn't Use my method OF
testing seed corn, but had used q FAR
more expensive method. I made no
recomrle n dations, however, hut began
TO ask Mr. w. SOME questions I
found him ready 10 talk and later In
the evening talked over the silo prop
csition for winterinE his CATTLE, and he
has since placed an order FOR "a l@f-ton
stio TO be delivered In september The
county agent was urged 10 visit the
farmer at all times when In the neigh
borhood. II was lucky for him that
saw the gate
Some one asked n W, winner OF
the cup at the Lee county fair II he
had as good a calf this year as last He
said. mo, i haven't papa bought this
calf for me"
prince wiliam-C. A. Montgomery:
Among my callers at the Office re-
Gently was n man who one year ago
was against demonstration work. He
told his neiEhbor' that II the county
agent came on his place he would got
ris gun after him. ! happened 70 stop
there one day last summer and or
course he told me at once what he
thought Of me and my work. but be-
fore l left ] managed to bring up
some subjects that he was interested
in and made quite long visit This
spring he came 10 me TO know where
to get lime and l told him Of the state
plant a stanton and where 70 place
his order. He went back and got hts
neiehbors - order with him ana get
one or two car loads. The interesting
y. NJ
he came last saturday twelve miles TO
hunt me and insisted that do the
ordering on the ground that J would
have more influence and could get the
lime sooner
Henrico-w. /. K{fhv:
At two public sales attended this
week took q rag doll seed tester With
me as a demonstration and gave away
bulletins on testing In my tester /
had ten grains Of corn from each of
fourteen ears These ears had been Sc
iected by a farmer who declared that
every ear would terminate. judging
from all outward signs The test, how
ever, showed three ears that would
not germinate at all. one more tn
which two grains terminated and
three more showed "a very poor start
In other words. just 80 per cent nt
these cars were safe 10 plant This
was the best lesson I have had At q
!
cnstration on the necessity Of testing
corn ear by ear one farmer said he
was going 10 test enough ears for 100
acres his entire CROP Every farmer
present promised me To test his corn.
Crair-w q. Martin:
A man told me the other day the
agents work in locating seed corn
and keeping poor seed from being
planted has been worth more To Craig
county than his salary for five years
MecklenburF--Mt Massey:
| have persuaded one woman who
for the first time IN thirty years OF
Housekeeping Is without servant
10 purchase an oil stove. II she ever
gets over her fear Of an explosion !
think she viii he delighted
Aihemarle-pau T. Sohooley,
The Peoples National bank has given
to the boys of Albeparle county pure
bred pigs for the purpose Of increasing
hog production. ana 70 emphasize the
fact that the Boys club work ia one
Of the leading movements IN demon
stration work The bank has invested
between s7oo and $500 in this purchase
Of pigs. and they are all registered
pure bred Berkshires.
Amhersty-Mrs. Noel
One little girl sent word that she
would have TO withdraw from the club
on account OF the death of her mother.
On driving up to see her ] found this
situation They are very poor; Annie,
aged eleven, is Keeping house and car
ing for four little brothers and sisters.
one baby of sixteen months, while
her father works 10 the 6fid Annie
had on her hat and YVES ready 70 take
some eggs to market 20 exchange for
groceries and arolopizod for the dishes
ret being washed went I'm. heated
the water. washed The dishes and
CLEANED the Kitchen the best / could