The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21

TO FARMERS everywhere IloU AioS
Cholera may be prevented through
the use of the SIREN virus treatment
We do not hear much talk now of
''hollow-tail" and "hollow-horn" in
cattle, partly because county agents
have demonstrated that most dis
eases that were formerly called by
these names now respond favorabiy
to the prescribed treatment for
"milk-fever," or to the feeding of a
properly balanced ration.
How to Use The Agent
First get in touch with the agent
personally and lay your problem be-
fore him. His services are absolutely
free to farmers. Do you want to
start a home or commercial orchard
or to properly prune and spray the
old trees? Are you having trouble
with your live stock in any way or
is it that they are simply not profit
able? Is there some bug or worm or
spider attacking your field or gar
den crops? Are you dissatisfied with
the seed you have been planting?
i Are you sure you are now following
the best known method of fertiliza-
tion for your type of soil and crop?
Is the boil rot, cotton wilt, tomato
wilt or other plant disease reader
ing your efforts at profitable farm
ing in vain? Have you finally decid-
ed to grown enough feed and food
crops for yourself and your family
instead of buying them, and are you
in doubt as to what crops and what
acreages you should plant? Do you
know the best method Of preparing
planting and harvesting each of the
crops? If you know this, do you
know where you can obtain the nee
essary amount of the best grade of
disease free seed? If any of these
crops happen to be legumes (and
some of them will be) do you know
where to obtain most economically
and how to use properly the right
! innoculation for each 1egume? If
you are thinking of buying some
fertilizers, or line, or seed, or pure
bred live stock, or wire fencing, had
it occurred to you that the county
agent might be able to assist you in
making up a cooperative order with
other farmers who have the same
! plans, at saving to all? Is there
anything you need that is obtainable
from your State Agricultural Col
iege or from the United States De-
partment of Agriculture? Have you
got some boys that ought to be EN-
listed in a pig club or a corn club or
some other kind of club? Are you
progressive-minded citizen living
in a backward community and want
ing to enlist someone to help dag
nose and remedy the trouble?
Call on your county agricultural
agent. Have him to visit your farm
and then go to his Office some Satur-
day. Call him over the phone during
the week. Don't expect him to call at
your place unless you send for him.
A good county agent is a very busy
public servant and mas not the time
to pay many social visits. If he did
have, it would be reason for investi-1
eating him as to how he uses his
time. When he does call upon you,
however, you may be sure that the
plan he comes to lay before you is
we'll worth consideration. If he asks
you to meet him it is to enlist your
services in building a better COM
munity and better state.
Recently the great problem OF
marketing farm products has be-
come perhaps the most colossal pro-
blem with which the American farm
er has to deal. In the working out of
this problem the county agents OF
the country are foreordained to play
on indispensable part. Both the Am
erican farmer and the American
public are anxious for the time to be
fastened when a much larger part of
the consumers dollar will go to the
man on the farm. 1t will be advanta-
geous to both. This time is going to