Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-08-19

have farm focks. porting out thai
they are sure money makers and al
the same time are unexcelled when
it comes to cleaning fields and en-
ricfIing landi Livestock specialists
urged the farmers to use purebred
sires of all kinds for herd improve
ment and pointed out the great loss
to the farmers of the state each year
because of the use of he scrub sire
They increase the part livestock play
on the farm in enriching the land.
To sum up the main thoughts OF
the meeting it might well be said
that they are as follows: The re-
quirements of successful farming is
the ebility to make full and com.
Portable living from the. land; to rear
family carefully and well; to be of
good service to the community in
assisting and cooperating with 9th.
ers; to leave the farm more product
i've than when it was purchased.
County Council Doing Fine Work
Possibly no topic discussed at the
luluulO CuACSbCC luolilulC nOI Will
more interest and ENTHUSIASM than
that of the county council of agricul-
ture. Middle Tennessee at present
leads the other sections of the State
in the number of these organizations
and reports from leaders of some of
these organizations showed that they
were doing things for the farmers.
The first speaker 'was E. G. Gun
ningham, president of the Montgom-
cry county council of agriculture,
and one of the largest and hvest
councils of this grand division. Mr..
Cunningham told in most interest
ing manner of the work that has
bee done n Montgomery county.
He said the success of this Coun-
Gil was largely due to the untiring
efforts of the county agricultural
agent and the home demonstration
agent. The business men of the coun-
ty have also co-operated in a most
splendid manner said Mr. Cunning
ham, with these agents and with the
farmers. The county council has &C
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Montgomery county during the past
seven months, than had been done
for them dn ten years.
Mr.. Cunningham told how the
council boosts the boys and girls club
work in the country and stimulates
interest in better roads, conducts
health surveys, purebred .ire cam
paigns and has organized a dairy
shipping association.
One of the biggest things the coun-
Gil has done for Montgomery county
said Mr.. Cunningham, lis the study
and survey that has been made of
rural conditions, and remedydng those
things thru the united efforts of the
farmers" The council advocates the
breaking away from the one crop
system. For years and years Mont
gomery has been tobacco raising
county, and has actually had to buy
feed-this yer as result of the coun-
ellis work the county will have feed |
to sell.
The council has also boosted the
county fair, strawberry and sweet
potato associations, cts.
William A. Schoenfield, assistant |
director of the Division OF Extension,
IN the absence of Hon. J. r. Howard
president of the Ame1dcn Farm Blu
-eau Federation, discussed the prog
'ess of the federation and what it 7
means to the farmers. Mr.. Schoen-
feld, who has only recently made a
rip to many states for the Division
If Extension for the purpose OF
the various bureaus and
'tate declarations, stated that the
outlook for the organization is bright
n han that of any other organization
or farmers that has ever been start
I'd and that it is doing some wonder
ul things in many states. He stat
ID that its purpose was to improve
country Mfe in general, bringing
Ibout better conditions in the home,
'etter schools, churches, roads and
lelp the farmers get fair share OF
he price the consumer has to pay
or his farm products. Other organ
zdtlonS tndt nave sprung up rom
ime to time failed largely because
hey did not take all these things in
o consideration.
PROT Schoenfield said Tennessee
viii need such an organization very
Don. He said there were three
ypes in the state, the extremes, the
90 fast and the too slow. / is the
middle ground on which Tennessee
7ans to stand. He told OF the spIen-
i'd work that Is being done by the
tate council in New York, and COM
AIRED other eastern states with Ten
essee. IL
.Poul Levy, Of Lawrence county,
Jas the next speaker. He told OF the
plendid organization of four humid
cd members in his county. One of
he results of its work has been the
Increase OF the rural school term
rom five to seven months, and at t
hes anne time secured an increase 9
l pay for teachers. Not only this
ut the council has saved the farm