The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-09
COUNTY AGENTS
ARE in SESSION
Meetings at Gainesville Are Featured
BY Many Good Addresses.

! The first meeting of the ninth an
nual conference of Florida county
agents was called to order at 10
o'clock Monday morning by State
Agent C. K. McQuarrie.
| After the invocation by DR.. I. c.
| Jenkins of the Gainesville Methodist
church. Dean p. H. Rolls expressed
], on behalf President Murphree, who
was unable to be present, the warm
spirit of welcome with which the uni
versity received the agents. He ex-
/ pressed regret that DR.. Murphree
could not personally greet the lead
'ers of agricultural progress in Flor
ida. Dean Rolls then gave a brief
summary of extension work to the
present time and sketched the work
: for the future, pointing out the serious
handicap put upon the work by the
/ curtailing of funds by the last con-
gress.
w. B. Mereier, acting chief of ex-
tension at Washington, was then in
troduced and spoke briefly on agricul-
tural extension work from a broad
general standpoint. He pointed out
how essential was the work of the
individual agent to the success of the
that the county agent can possibly
best find relief from present financial
stress by showing the counties the
value of their work. While that is
sometimes hard to do, he said that
county action is sometimes quicker to
get than national action.
H. z. Savely was next presented
and he impressed all with the fact
fl.nI che
patters, radicals, self before service
men; but on the other hand that they
are progressives, men with the ideal
and spirit of service before self. AS
examples of real service and of sue
,cessful achievements he cited several
cases of what Florida agents have
done. He said that the man who has
the fight about him will overcome any
obstacle; will weld hard hearted, sell
fish business men to his notion-mold
them as putty in his hand. His talk
was full of spirit and enthusiasm,
which meant inspiration to all who
heard him.
State Agent C. X. McQuarrie then
took a few minutes to stress the i'm
Dortance of saving present crops. es-
pecially corn and potatoes. He said
that the world needs food too badly
to let that already made go to feed
weevils and to rot. He also pleaded
for a system furnishing complete, up
to date reports from county agents in
orders that progress might be known
readily.
Professor Frazier ROBBERS then
spoke, giving a summary of a trac
tor efficiency survey of Florida. He
said that it has been learned that a
tractor can be considered success in
this state; that they provide both a
reduction in number of work stock on
the farm and an increase acreage, as
well also as really giving better SER
vice at reduced cost.
Thise closed the morning session.
The agents were divided into two
sections in the afternoon. Those in
the citrus belt met with County Agent
II. E. Stevens for round table dis
cussion of citrus problems. while 1.-The
other group watched a terracing and
ditching demonstration on the Uni
versity farm.
The meeting Wednesday morning
opened at o'clock and the following
spoke: H. e. Savely, DR.. j. Z. Tur-
lington, County. Agents c. d. Kline
and G, NJ. Berry, and DR.. r. w. Rup- |
recht. The speakers yesterday after |
noon were l.. Nj. Rhodes, Prof. A. P. |