The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-01-16
GREAT WORK OF
COUNTY AGENT
FOR PAST. YEAR
GIVEN IN DETAIL IN REPORT SUB
e MITTED TO THE QUARTER.
LY COURT.
NE TRAVELLED OVER 5000 MILES
Saved the Farmers More Than $500
Alone In the Purchase Of Crushed
Lime and Increased Acreage of Al
fafa and Crimson clover.

Interesting facts about the work
done through the division of extern
sion were presented to the quarterly
court Monday by Prof Evan A. Nc
Lean, the county agent. In more than
a dozen lines of agricultural endeavor
splendid results were achieved
Prof. McLean's report on his activi-
ties for the past year follows:
ITO the honorable county court of
Maury county, Tennessee:
In performance Of my duties as
county agent in Maury county | have
accomplished the following work dur,
ing 1918:
Had six organized communities
which met regularly each month to-
tai membership 400, men, women,
boys and girls.
"Entolled over fifty boys and girls
inSpigjelub, over one-half of which re-
portedfesults of about twenty ($2OOO)
dollars clear, they fed slop and let
the pigs run in the corn field
Twenty corn club boys reported
an average yield of fifty bushels of
corn tothe acre, totalling 1000 bush
els, valued at $500 $50 acres of
crimson clover were grazed and turn
ed under for corn, best grazing record
was results from acres that was
grazed from October 20 to March 81,
with forty hogs and five milk cows.
1t was turned under in April to be
followed with soy beans. Good re-
suits last spring caused over 5000
acres being sown in the county this
fall f21 acres of corn on demonstra-
ton yielded an average of As bushels
to the acre, which was worth $685.
417.10 Several thousand acres were
also worked under cooperation. APP;
proximately one-half of seed corn in
county is pure bred
Over six thousand (G.000) acres Of
soy beans and corn were planted to-
gether for hogging down, had only one
kick, this, which was due to not fol-
lowing out the prescribed methods.
Best RESULTS was on As acre field of
soy beans and corn, where the IS acres
put on fifty five dollars $3.50 worth of
fat to the acre, and grazed forty head
of cattle and young hogs for thirty
days afterwards. If corn had been
sold from field would not have brought
but $3.50 per acre, thus the. adyan-
tage Of hogging down was $7S75O. 81
acres of beardless barley demonstra-
ton averaged "a bushels to the acre,
which sold for $3.50 per bushel
Held tractor demonstration at Elk
pertinent station where 1000 people
saw ten tractors working at the same
time.
Bought IS cars of crushed lime
stone, averaging 40 tons to the car,
at $3.50 per ton, saving farmers 25c
per ton, totalling $3.50 Several dem
onstrations on red and alsyke clover !
and alfalfa showed a marked differ
ence where lined and lmlimed.
"Over so acres of Japanese clover
was sOwn by demonstrators on rough,
billy land, last spring is doing well.
Soy beans for hay on As acres of
demonstration averaged three tons T
to the acre, total value $3,712.5O. Soy
beans for seed on 20 acre demonstra-
ton averaged Is bushels to the acre,
value 5000, stover left after threshing
has some value as timoth hay.
One hundred eighty-four acres of al
falfa on demonstration yielded an
average of 31a tons, totalling 644 tons,
1t $50, making $19,320; succeeded in
getting nearly 500 acres sown this
all over the entire county, inoculat-
ng material was furnished by U. S.
department. of agriculture.
Worked out feeding rations for
logs, beef cattle and dairy cows for
armers over county, who wanted help
where high priced feed was used.
TOOK census of county as to num-
Der of scrub sires in nearly all commu-
titles Found that 40 per cent of sires
ire scrubs; am going after these this
lext month.
I'm order to know the expense in
,urred during the year. | travelled by
Iuto during | | months total of 5,l75
niles, made 1906 visits to farmers.
Had attendance at community and
'ther meetings of $500 people. distrib-
tied over 500 bulletins to the farm