The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-09
A. & N. MAN GATHERING DATA ON
Community ORGANIZATION WORK
PURPOSES PUBLICATION OF BULLETIN WHICH WILL BE
A GREAT FACTOR IN TEACHING RURAIISTs
LUBBOCK ORGANIZATIONS WELL KNOWN
of Interesting Educational Institutions This Section
Have Been Proven in Work the Vocational Agricultural
Students Have Done On Lubbock County Farms

DR.. W r. Garnett. Of A. & NJ.
College, was in Lubbock Thursday,
looking after the interest Of his
work Of compiling data for he pub
lication Of bulletin on the best
examples Of community crganiza-
tions, the accomplishments q such
organizations, and the valrc 90 the
state of their work.
DR.. Garnett certainly T und
nest Of what be was looking for in
Lubbock We have more active
agencies for the advancement Of
Lubbock and the rural distri Is com
prising Lubbock's trade territory
than any other town in West Tex
as, we sincerely believe, and the
fact that all these organizations are
functioning enables us 10 boast Of
their success, and that they, under
directions Of specialists in every
line, are making a reputation for
themselves and the Plains makes
US proud Of their every principle,
motive and aim.
Dr. Garnett expressed favorable
impressions in his views Of the
Plains, and just TO prove that Iub-
book is recognized by others than
ourselves, he said in most all the
points in Texas he had visited he
heard more and more of the organi-
zations in Lubbock, and that when
he finally reached our city and
found that an the reports were true
and even failed, in some instances,
TO cover the situation as II is, he
was not surprised to find our peo-
pie working so harmoniously for
the advancement Of their home
town.
Such comment as Or. Garnett has
heard about Lubbock is great
magnetic force that ever draws the
best people from everywhere TO
our midst, and as soon rs they find
themselves so enveloped with the
spirit Of go-get-it-ness that pre-
dominates here organizations,
find ambitious, alert, Industrious
members to further their cause, and
we are sure that when the proposed
bulletin is ready for inspection, we
viii find Lubbock getting the ad-
vantage Of the work her people are
doing, with a nice lot Of substan-
fia advertising that will add just
that much 10 the endless chain Of
advantages that are making Lub-
book the greatest commercial and
industrial center on the Plains.
The fact that the trade territory
adjacent 20 Lubbock Is comprised
Of some cultivated farms. with
thousands Of acres Of fine lands
that are waiting development. is an
indication Of the needs of the times
for greater development, and better
means Of accomplishing the work
with maximum effectiveness on min
mum cost
We are glad 10 testify 90 the ad-
vantages Of the various institutions
Of learning taking interest in this
section. Only last Wednesday we
were given a complete demonstra-
tion Of the advantages Of having
the A. & NJ. College interested in
the Plains, when, through the court
esy Of the Animal Husbandry in
structor Of the high school, r. G.
MOwery, we were taken TO the
homes Of some of the students in
Vocational Agriculture. We found
every one Of them owners Of fine
herds Of thoroughbred hogs, which
are already proving a great means
of money making. though the work
was started only few months ago
The clearest demonstration Of what
well directed efforts in this line
will do, was shown on the Boyd
Farm, where Raymond Boyd, state
stock-judging champion, is putting
the theories he has worked out in
the class room. into actual practice,
and has twenty-seven fine hogs to
his credit, among which are four
brood sows, one herd boar, and
twenty-five spring pigs, which are
all Of the very highest type, and
can be sold on the open market at
premium to those who might wish
TO start the business Of hog raising.
Professor Mowery calls on the
boys regularly, helping them in ev-
cry way possible to solve the prob
lens that come up IN their work,
and, with his help. every one Of
them has made success of the
business that will eclipse all achieve
ments In that work OF the old tim
ers who thought that all there Is
20 hog raising Is TO pour the feed
20 them and let 'em 90"
We look upon Or. Garnett's visit
70 this section as the coming of an
era Of progress In community org
anization work. which Is destined
10 accomplish more for our people
than anything else.
The fact that only a few years
ago Vocational Agriculture was
matter of experiment stands out
~ bold emphasis OF what can he
accomplished In the future b. kind
red work, and there u nothing which
j. designed % help the farmers m
q broader sense than 20 learn them
the sNllulr 20 helping one another,
10 Hhl n, po understand, the pro-
nased bulletin viii he d1d|'aIed'