Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-18
BIG EDUCATIONAL
CAMPAIGN SOON
international Harvester Company
Through Enterprise Hardware
Co., To Give Demonstration.

Under the direction Of H S MoDley
of the International Harvester co,
the County Demonstration Agent:
and the Y NJ c A District Director,
countrywide Educational Campaign in
the interest of better agricultural and
farming conditions will be conducted
in Lexington county from June rs TO
July 1st Mr. VIM C Allen, Advance
Agent of the International Harvester
Company together with Y NJ A Dis
trict Director Mr. A W Honeycutt visit
ed this city Tuesday to make arrange
nlants for the time and place of these
educational demonstrations under the
direction Of county agent Mr. W Shea
1y
Two demonstration centres have
been chosen where the great
est number Of farmers can be most
conveniently assembled, one in the
city limits of Lexington on Mr. G H Bal
lentine's place in front Of public school
the other at Piedmont school house
on Mr. Derrick's farm
Similar compaigns have been or are
to be waged in York, Chester, FAIR
field Richland Newberry, Laurens
Greenwood spartanburg, GreenVllle
and Anderson counties
B Harris, State Commissioner OF
Agriculture yesterday announced that
his office would cooperate in the pro
motion of the campaigns over the
State 1t is Mr. Harris belief that
the campaign will do much good He
isdelighted that it is to be conducted
in so many counties of the State
The campaign will be in the nature
of demonstrations and lectures and 1t
is proposed to carry on the work IN
every nook and corner of the county
Tt will require nine two ton trucks 70
carry the paraphernalia and appa-
ratus that the workers carry with
them It will include a moving pic
ture outfit cooking ranges, lighting
plants dairy machinery household oe-
vices and other things The demon
stration party wa include Mr. No0leS
and six others
One of the party will be Mrs A r
HOWE of Wisconsin who has a ma
tional reputation as an author, an au-
thority on farming and country house
hold topics and subjects She was
one of the first exponents of intensive
dairying in Wisconsin and is regarded
as one of the foremost women lee
turers and demonstrators in the coun
try on the subjects she is interested IN
Forenoon
In field and in tent machinery lee
lures and in demonstrations cream
seDarators ,Babcock test Feed ana
food growing Manure spreaders and
the subject of fertilizers tractor
nlowing and the subject of seed bed
preparation Motor cultivator and the
subject Of crop tillage Seeders, disc
harrows and other machinery adapted
to use in this country
Afternoon
In tent Animal husbandry We IN
.clude soils and feeds in these lectures
and demonstrations concerning live
stock Special emphasis during this
part of thtet program is laid on dairy
ing This part is conducted by Mrs
Adda F. Howie who is admitted TO
he Amerca.s most successful dairy
woman The afternoon also includes
corn alfalfa the growing of clover as
well as fled operation and daily house
methods
Evening Session
The evening session is devoted to
the subject of community work Wnlch
includes business methods in Whlch
both town and county are interested
and lays special emphasis on a pracu-
cal method for teaching in the rurai
schools is matters Of education these
great subjects which are so essential
for on PROCESS and prosperity
F,XEltUTTNE COMMITTEE