The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-13
COUNTY AGENTS REPORTS.

xious to sell. In order to get rid OF
him the owner set the price so high
he thought he would not buy He ask
ed $1,000 for the three. The man
tried 20 have the price reduced. but
in few minutes paid the, price and
three of our good Holsteins loft the
county. This is only one of many In
stances.
Appoma ttox--Miss Bell
Three strange beaming faces met
me ut my sewing club at Past
week. They were just ten years old ,
and they greeted me with this: We'll,
Miss Bell, here We are at last. Now
how are YOU going TO keep us out of
must he worth while sometimes il
new club members as eager as these
three to join project.
New kent--Miss Minor
one of my club members. eighteen
years OF age having completed sew
erai years in poultry work and four
years in canning club work. enter
ed summer school at FarmvilIe last
year She paid her expenses witt
money saved from prizes won in can
ming club work. She received first
grade certificate although she had
only the advantages of a one-room
public school. Did 1t pay to do club
( work?
Mrs H an influenza victim with
four other members OF her house
hold said to me this week. Miss
/ Edith, | wants to thank you for what
you has taught Little Sister" about
! cooking for the sick. She knew how
{ TO fix nice things for US while ives
sick, and she amt old much She
! won't let US have hard boiled eggs
] and batter bread as Pat wanted" OF
/ course, | had talked and shown the
! club how to arrange attractive trays
! and Little Sister remembered well
and practiced what she knew.
| Bedford--O. w. Collins.
| report came into the Red Cross
! headquarters that a family living
three miles from town were all sick
| with influenza, that they had been
without food for thirty-six hours, and
! the stock had had no attention for
the same length of time. | went
/ with a representative of Red Cross;
/ found the report true. The lady pre-
pared food while / fed and watered
1.-The stock, MIXED the cows and did
The other necessary chores. The
! family were very grateful for the ser
vices rendered and complimented the
| extension work and workers very
| highly.
/ MiSS Cook
| One little girl in this county signed
the enrolment card to join the can
ming club for the third year. When
she saw the requirement card and
noted the lao acre for the plot. she
! said: "Oh. that's not enough, want
! to can 500 cans OF tomatoes this
! year"
MeclSlenburg-~N. H. Williams, Jr.
! Recently | had the pleasure OF see
/ ing Mr.. r, a dairyman bring in three
head OF pure bred cattle which cost
/ him approximately $500 This was
a direct result of demonstration work
am pleased to say that I pat him
/ in touch with the owner OF these
cattle and urged him 20 auy, and
| now he is very much pleased with
his cattle, | ordered pure bred
! Guernsey hull yearling for .. man In
! a section remote from a pure bred
| bun. ! have secure fourteen new
members fbt itfit 1--we 'ssstotR tssbtia-
| ton Az result OF personal work
and circular letter sent out
J Sussex--Mrs Edwards
| While | was in the homie OF one
OF my club girls, and talking to the
| mother, the father came into the
, ward exclaiming: We'll, well. You
| here again. am so glad Mary
say you have at last gotten the, old
| lady to Join the club. She was the
only member. OF nY' family who was
not a club member. She said she
didn't believe in all your new ways.
of doing things and now she has at
last come over Ny. i think you
can do most anything II you can con-
Yert my wife. She Is hard to con-
vince when once she has ~ her