The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-18
BIG SHIPMENTS
OF LIVESTOCK
127 CARS OF LIVESTOCK
SHIPPED DURING 1919
BY COUNTY
AGENT.
ANNUAL R EPORT
Report OF Agent Reveals Inter.
esting Facts In Develop.
ment OF DemOnstra-
tiOn Work.


According to figures compiled BY
Mr.. Paul L. Wells, demonstration
agent for Lowndes county, the yea,
1919 has been very active one for
this department. One of the largest
items in his work has been the CO.
operative shipping of 127 cars Of
live stock and farm products to mar-
kets outside of the state, the gross re-
ceipts of which he estimates to be
$241 ,383.71, or nearly a quarter mil
lion dollars. Of this amount he fig
urcs that $2l ,23S56 has been saw
ing to Lowndes county growers Of
such live stock and farm products
who have co-operated in this ship
ping.
Sixty three cars of hogs were ship
ped; cattle, 81 cars; peas, three;
poultry, two; syrup, two; and one car
Of Irish potatoes. On the shipping
activities list there is also five cars
Of fertilizer which were secured
through cooperative methods for far
mers by the agent.
BY adding up the total number of
miles he Travelled both BY auto and
farmers of Lowndes county and is
has circled over a distance of $500
miles in the county during the past
year.
Personal consultations about var
ious and sundry things in regard to
farm work numbered 2,l84 and a to-
tai Of 1000 telephone calls were made
additional. Over the county regular
farmers call meetings were held by
the agent with an attendance of
about 1860 farmers and Of field meet
ings ther were 36 with attendance es-
timated at 400. Bulletins, circular
letters, ETC., mailed out personally
distributed during the year numbered
1850. %
Thirty schools were visited by Mr..
Wells relative to agricultural work
and is Of them were assisted in
degree in outlining and es-
tablishing agricultural courses.
The agent figures that as result
Of his efforts ten farmers attended
short courses q the Agricultural &
Mechanical College at Starkville and
that nine boys became students of
that institution mainly through him.
The Importance of keeping accurate
records Of costs and a general system
Of accounting on the farm was preach
ed diligently over the county and as
a result the county demonstration has
prevailed upon and successfully start
cd "a farmers to keeping such rec
Drds.
Extensive fall plowlng was begu'
by rs farmers and 1900 acres of
land was drained by tile, bitches and
terracing under his instructions.
Through his efforts there has also
been stimulated increased growing of
seed.
In various club activities there has
ocen much enthusiasm. The Boys
Pig Club had enrolled 90 members !
who owned SOP pure bred duroc and
Poland China hogs. Approximately
&c. 6.277.35 has been made by members
IF this club on the sale of their /
stock and they still have hogs valued
1T about twice that amount. The Ga
Corn Club members raised during the
year 2,68S bushels of the grain, ave-
raging AZ 1-2 bushels to each acre /
planted and costing them around AZ
'ents per bushel to grow. There are
it present eight active boys agricul-
uarl clubs and Is Community Clubs
ire now in progress of organization
md perfection. This latter club is
yenral get-to-gether organization; its
purposes being to get together In
,hurch and school problems, cooper
.tive shipping and general discussion
# community problems and getting
acquainted and understanding one
mother better. I
Quite a bit of work was done in
PLANTING new orchards and taking
are OF old ones. Mr.. Wells assisted
n planting IL new orchards and in
pccted 90 others, the result of which
ie figures $500 trees were pruned
md sprayed.
In connection with government
work Of eradicating cholera from
logs the agent vaccinated around
even thousand Of these animals.
Twenty demonstrations Of Abruzzi
Rye were held in an effort to get this
cattle feed introduced. In
act, extensive experimenting with it