The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-17
COUNTY Agent MAKES
REPORT FOR YEAR 1918
Year Just Past Has Been
A Busy One For w. w.
Browder

with the ending of the year 1918
| wish to make to you my annual re.
port of the work done in the county
for that period.
The year has been full of troubles
and worries caused by the awfulness
of war and disease, war, by taking SO
many Of our boys from home, disease
by the great scourge of influenza
which swept our whole land, with 50
much sickness and death, in connec-
ton with the war took so many o.
our people from the activities of life.
leaving our farms short of the neces-
sary labor to produce maximum re-
suits. Yet with all this we have been
able to do our share in the produc-
ton Of all kinds of foods. We have
made splendid crops of corn, wheat,
oats, hay and tobacco and have pro-
duced more meat in cattle, hogs and
sheep than ever before, and in a
great many cases have been building
up our lands and homes.
The following report will give you
some idea of what your county Agent
has been doing in the county during
the past year, which would have been
greater, were it possible, and had it
not been for the many duties imposed
on him by the war and which could
not be helped, but nevertheless took
up considerable amount of his time
During the year the following work
IVES done.
666 visits were made to Demon
strators, Farmers and Business men
1914 visits were made to Agricultural
Club members. 1911 Interviews and,
Consultations were held. 904 Tele-
phone calls were answered.
Day and night meetings of Farm
ers Clubs and others were held, 1857
persons in attendance at these meet
nigs. Making a total of personal
visits. consultations and meetings of
all kinds of 1907. Making a grand
total of 1884 persons reached
through the above visits, consulta-
tions and meetings. 255S Official
and Circular letters were written, 791
Bulletins were sent out, $50 hogs
were vaccinated against cholera with
serum alone. AZ cattle were inoccu-
leted for blackleg. 5,2S4 miles were
Travelled in the work.
We have carried on demonstra-
tions in wheat, corn, oats, tobacco,
we, soy beans, alfalfa, crimson clover,
sweet clover, red clover, winter vetch,
lines. fertilizer, soil build
ing. cattle feeding and hog feeding.
In our Boys and Girls Club we had
IA corn members, 6 soy bean. l pota-
to, 4 tobacco, beef calf, "a pig and
"a poultry members, total enroll
ment of &c members, great number
of which not only did their work fine,
but studied their Agricultural lessons
that we gave them in connection with
the work, and took final examina-
tons, standing high up in their
grades, thereby securing certificates
of merit from the College of Agri-
culture at Lexington showing the
work and grades they secured in the
work, and we are expecting great re-
suits in the future from these boys
and girls. There are many things
would like to incorporate in this
report, but could not tell it all if
were to try, and 1t would make it
too long. so l leave this with you.
For the year 1919 we hope to do
the greatest years work we have ey-
err done. With the war closed and
our people returning to regular va
cations we hope to see greater i'm
provements than we have ever seen
before.
We have already, installed in the
County, one plant for the crushing
of lime stone for agricultural pur-
poses and hope to have several more
put in during the year, as we con-
slider this one of the greatest works
that can be done for the farmer, for
we want to see these lands btilt up
and the homes improved, more and
better stock, until we make this the
best county in the State.
We are hoping this year to get
our alfalfa acreage increased very
as well as soy beans and
red and sweet clover, all of which
are needed so much here to help
restore our lands and furnish feed
for our stock. We want to see the
sheep industry much increased on the
hill farms and to this end will strive
as best l can.
Wishing you all a Happy and
Prosperous New Year" and thank
ing you for your hearty co-opera-
ton with me in this great work in
the past, and asking a continuation
of il in the future, to make this
year the greatest of all, which we can
not do without your help, remain