The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-03
COUNTY AGENT
TELLS OF LIVE
Home clubs
Committee Appointed at Confer
ence to Make Recommends
tons for Good of Farmers.
FOUR REQUIREMENTS
WHICH MUST BE MET
Recommends That Farmer Never
Buy Anything Except When
He Sells Something to Swap"

At the recent Farmers conference
held at the county court house to dis
cgss the problems of the farmer of
this section, several committees were
appointed to investigate certain speci-
~ phases of farming and farm eff
ciency and make recommendations.
Because of the lack of gardens on
the average farm and because many
Of the farmers are habited to going to
The cross road store to purchase their
living there a. Live At Home Com
uttee" appointed to look into and
make such recommendations as they
saw Et to the conference that would
help 10 counteract this practice. This
committee was composed Of J. T. Fill
llnglm Bluff Springs, D. NJ. Rudd,
cottage Hill, 8. Garrett, Beulah, G.. j.
Ward, Walnut Hill. Messrs Hornyak
and Merkle OF Barrineau Park ana
Norris Of Figland Park.
Live at Home Clubs" should be or.
ganlzed in every community OF the
county" said J. Lee Smith, county
agricultural agent yesterday,
Speaking further in explaining the
clubs and their and what can be ac-
complished through them Mr.. Smith
said that there are four requirements
that must be met. They are: First,
own one or more milk cows, each Civ
ing IL gallons or more of milk per
day; Second, have thirty or more hens
on the yard: Third, have a garden
Twelve months in the year from which
they are gathering fresh vegetables;
ana Fourth, buy nothing unless they
carry to town something from the
farm to sell which will pay for 1t.
These are in line with the recon-
meEdatlons made by the committee.
Taking up each Mr.. Smith had the
following to say:
1T Is to be noted that in article one |
Of the accommodation that they did |
not say pure bred COW, but have made |
the only requirements IL gallons |
of milk per day. In rendering these !
recommendations for the committee. !
Chairman Fillipgim did not say but I |
feel sure that he knew COW that was
giving much less that this was a
"slaeker" snd had no place on the
farm.
In article 3 would like to say that |
II is possible TO have growing at least |
one dozen varieties of vegetables any |
month in TIE year. have seen them
with as hight as %. Yet most of the
wear we fclIners have no garden at all.
When we do have our garden is when
we are the busiest-in the So ing OF
the year.
In regards to article of the COM
mittee recommendations I am glad to
say that there are a few people in the
county who are making this their
practice. One man I think of now who
says. Il never go to town unless I
carry a load. I sell that, buy what I
need, and carry the rest home or put
it in the bank That. is what I call my
balance, for I keep that" This is one
man that is making more than liv-
ing farming.
"A family on the farm that has a
good milk COW, thirty or more laying
hens a garden from which they can
gather fresh vegetables the whole year
round Is a family in the land of
plenty" What more should they want?
II they then carry something to town |
10 pay for what other things they
need, they will lhave cash to Jingle in
their pockets.
TT has also ben suggested that !
where there Is a Woman's club in a
community in the county that they get
behind this movement and organize a {
Live al Home Club" in that COM
munity. This club can have picnic c
dinners where they have nothing but I
WhAf IN mi 1 Z
and make the club popular. Which @
VIII be The first community