The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-12-30
BUSY YEAR FOR AGRI-
CULTURAL EXTENSION
COUNTY AGENT FULLER MADE 339
VISITS TO FARMERS TRAVELLED
1925 MILES, ETG.

The busiest year of Agricultural
Extension work in Carroll has just
closed. The farmers of the county
have ayailed themselves OF the use of
the County Agents Office as a clearing
house for their troubles and wants.
The service of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and the University of
Maryland is at the service OF the
farmer through the, County Agent.
In the educational work this past
year Farmers Institutes were held at
three towns; 81 meetings were held
with a total attendance of 11,071; one
field meeting with an attendance CT
25; eight Community Shows wehe held
this year, the best exhibits being
shown at the County Exhibit in De-
cember
The Boys and Girls Club work is
picking up slowly. Owing to the lack
of meeting places the work is scat
tered and personal rather than group
work. Two boys completed the acre
of corn project with an average yiela
of 67.7 bushels of shelled corn. There
are ten boys and girls in the growing
phase of the pure bred SOW club, ard
nine Ii the SOW and litter club. This
pig work is the most interesting anu
keeps up good competition, not only in
the growing phase but in the litter
phase as well. Through the coopera-
tion of the Poultry Association there
are 33 members of the Junior Poultry
Club raising pure bred poultry The
club work has accomplished three
things this year which will mean
much to the agricultural interest OF
the county in the near future. 1t intro
duced pure bred corn, pigs and poul-
try, the first two practically new in
the county.
An effort has been made to com
plete a good farmers organization in
the collnty, this has partly been ac-
Farm Council This body is made up
of delegates from each local organi-
zation IS grange or community
club. The council in turn sends a
representative to the council of the
Maryland Agricultural Society which
is affiliated with the National Farm
Bureau Federatfa The latter part OF
the organization eErne farmers into
community Clubs, oranges, ETC., has
not been as successful as might be sex-
pected under the present economic
conditions. while three community
clubs have been organized this year.
The demonstrations carried on with
the farmers of the county this
year consisted in corn II, wheat 8,
barley 3. wheat and vetch 1, sweet
clover I, soy beans 1, orchard improve
ment 9. gooseberry plantations 1,
brought 3 pure bred boars into the
county, Is sows, aided in selling &C
swine. and 65 pure bred dairy cattle,
treated o cases of hog cholera, tested
20 samples of soil for lime requirement,
and beautifying the home grounds.
The demonstration work is to develop
new varieties of grain in the county
and compare them with existing var
ieties. get pure bred stock of good
type and high producing qualities.
Another phase of the County
Agents work is that of personal ser
vice. County Agent Fuller made 33S
visits to farmers this year and travel
ed 1925 miles, 633 persons called at
his office in the Times Building for his
service. 9S meetings were held with
an attendance of 11,096, S37 lette
were written, 42 circular letters were
sent with a total of 37S6 copies, 358
L. S. Department of Agriculture bull
letins and 720 University of Mary
land bulletins were distributed, and
35 specialists from the University
and the u. S. Department visited the
county this year.
The Agricultural Extension work
stands for the improvement of farm
ing conditions, the Farm and the
Home. The services of the County
Agent is free to all. Mr.. Fuller is al
ways ready to help or secure help for
those who call on him.