The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-08
DEAN EXPECTS |.
RESULTS FROM
FARM MEETINGS
COMING or EXPERTS HERE ON
THURSDAY, JULY IA, WILL BE
y INTERESTING EVENT.
MAsY COUNTIES MI THt LIST
Best Known Among the Agricultural
Advisers Of The State viii Discuss
the Vital Problems Of the Day--To
Advise REIMBURSEMENT ''HTae ~

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According to J. M. Dean, district
agent for the division of extension
and who has supervision over all coun
ty agricultural agents in this section
OF the state, the agents in the various
counties are planning to make the
crop and live stock meetings which
are to be held in sixteen counties on
July IA, Is and 16 great event for
farmers and business men.
The county agents in cooperation
with the county councils Of agricul.
ture and farmers, business men and
.balikers will have charge OF the pro
gram In their respective counties. In
many of the counties all day picnics
and barbecues have been planned and
arrangements have been made to have
local business men, successful farm
ers Of the county and others to address
the gatherings in addition to the three
outside speakers who are to visit
thom.
The county agents who will have
charge of the meetings and upon
whom the success of the campaign
will largely rest Bedford, w. L. Fpw-
Ter; Davidson. O. l.. Farris and Ebb
Thomas; Giles, w. A, Haynes; Hum
phreys. T. H. Richardson; Lawrence.
@, e. Wright; Marshall, E. B. Wright;
Maury, S. G. Alternately; Montgomery,
A. 3. Harmon; Robertson, H. H.
Jones; Sumner, ]. H. Evans; William.
son, j. Ben Thomson; Wilson, E. F.
Arnold.
1t Is planned by the division of ex-
tension, under the auspices of which
the campaign is to be conducted, to
send three speakers into sixteen conn-
ties Of Middle Tennessee on the above
dates. These teams will be composed
of an agricultural and live stock ex.
pert and business man of the Nash
Vile Commercial Club Each team
win visit two counties, one each day.
The counties to be visited and the
dates for each are as follows:
y July,14, Maury, Bedford, Giles, vii,
hanson. Franklin, Montgomery, vii,
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July Is, Marshall, Rutherford, Sum-
ner, Lawrence, Lincoln, Robertson
and Smith. Z
On July 16 meeting of Davidson
county farmers, at which all speakers
will be present, will be held at the
Commercial Club in Nashville.
Mr.. Dean is very enthusiastic about
the campaign and he feels that it will
be great success. He believes that
such series of meetings in the va,
fious counties at the county seats will
be very helpful at this time in aiding
the farmers to plan conservative
and profitable system of farming. deal.
ing with crops, live stock and dairy
ing. He says that 1t is not the object
OF the meetings to dictate to the farm.
,ers, but rather to discuss with them
their problems and from the discus
sions 1t is hoped to work out unified
program OF farming and live stock
!, raising adaptable to Middle Tennessee
that farming in this section may be
more Immediately stabilized The
prosperity of the farmers In any com.
munity means prosperity for the com.
munity as whole and since at this
time farmers are keenly alive to the
study of better farm methods with the
idea of equipping themselves to bet.
ter cope with the new conditions
which have followed the great world
war these meetings are thought ad,
visable, says Mr.. Dean.
Mr.. Dean has been engaged in agri
cultuhal work as district agent in this
section for about ten years and he is
keenly alive to the situation in which
farmers find themselves at this time
and he believes that this tour of speak.
ers which will include the entire force
4 OF specialists of the division of exten.
sion and many other recognized agri.
cultural and live stock authorities
will be Of great value in that they will
carry to the farmers information
about better farming methods, crops,
live stock and dairying that VIII en-.
courage and benefit them! y . 3er9a
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